19 Nov 1885
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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1885
Page
2
The issue notes price details and publication dates for The Weekly Democrat edited by Russell and Jno Brown with M Brown as proprietor. It lists subscription rates including annual six months and single copy prices and announces open pages for the edition dated Thursday November 19 1886.
A collection of dated opinions and reports touching Prohibition in Georgia politics, state fair verdicts, cotton crops, emigration to Liberia, and calls for reform in tax assessment. It notes figures like Mr. Tilden and General Toombs, quotes from papers including the Macon Telegraph and Savannah News, and discusses public morality, parliamentary matters, and local disturbances.
Portland reports tell of Joseph Dyer Jr who nearly died from injuries after a wagon accident and lay buried in Evergreen Cemetery. A note from him reached his fiancée Christine Robertson prompting exhumation. he woke on a marble slab in a dissecting room amid surgeons and grave robbers, who paid him and kept silent for a year.
A local newspaper advertises subscription to The Democrat for only 2.00 per year offering an affordable entry to the paper. The notice emphasizes value and monthly access options.
Albany News details Col. Tift winning a bridge case against Dougherty County with a long history of offers, legal ado, and a disputed sale. It notes a past county vote to fund the bridge, a bond dispute, and a later injunction over damages, ending with Supreme Court affirmation of the lower court. It also surveys broader regional white residency decline and a troubling migration of Black workers from North Carolina, likened to a modern day kidnapping for labor.
Messrs C. A. Niles and Eugene P. Speer have purchased the Rome Courier and are expected to assume charge within days. Both men are established Georgia figures with reputations for ability, signaling a strong venture ahead.
Citations from Decatur County Georgia show BF Wilkerson and SJ Wilkerson as executors seeking leave to sell estate assets to pay debts and distribute heirs. Notices urge any interested parties to show cause on the first Monday in January 1886 why leave should not be granted.
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