Forward and upward in the South progress praised by papers
The South shows rapid growth in taxable property and urban wealth with new factories and railways expanding. Education surges, buildings rise, and schools thrive as states push development from the Potomac to the Mississippi. Georgia debates sale of the State Road to settle bonded debt. A Londoner’s Petticoat Lane tale ends with a sharp exchange over hog debts in a Texas town.
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South
Potomac
Ohio
Atlantic
Gulf
Mississippi
Waycross Short Line and Orleans Express Schedules of 1887
A garbled timetable listing Waycross Short Line trains including connections to New York and Pensacola, Orleans Express routes via Savannah and Jacksonville, Florida Express stops through Quitman Thomasville Bainbridge and Lake City, with Pullman car service to Jackson ville and St Louis via Albany and Nashville, and multiple arrival and departure times.
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Carl Wis
Anil
Soo
Fane
Havana
New York
Orleans Express
Jacksonvile
Jacksonville
Waycros
Dupont
Lake City
Jamesville
Live Oak
Wipmar
Thomasvill Lamar
Albany
Pullman
St. Louis
Thomasville
Yolgonery
Nashville
Hamar
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Biam Ly
Savannah
Song of the Fabben a bleak farmer ballad
A rough poem recounts a farmer crushed by debt as merchants sue him for unpaid goods. The dialogue shows farmers unable to pay or feed their families while merchants foreclose, confiscate livestock and crops, and demand payment next year. The elderly narrator notes the farmer’s dire poverty and societal pressure. S. B. Lee in Montezuma editor.
Intensive farming and a record-setting engine headline
Farmers urged to maximize yield through rapid, consistent work at the fruiting age, stressing intensive farming as frequent, rapid cultivation. A new electric locomotive for the Atchison Topeka and Kansas road promises eighty mph service with ten coaches. A panther with three cubs was seen near Middletown and sped away unharmed. U.S. gum spending climbs beyond fifteen million dollars annually.
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Atchison, Topeaka and
Kansas Road
Cause of Elkhorn River Fall Identified at Pierce
Investigation into a sudden river drop at Pierce Nebraska showed a musk rate had bored a hole in the dam allowing water to escape.
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Elkhorn River
Pierce, Neb
Bishop Newman Speaks at Sedalia Groundbreaking for Methodist College
Bishop Newman delivered the address at the breaking of ground for a new Methodist college in Sedalia Maine. The ceremony drew local church leaders and residents as plans move forward for the college’s construction and future operation.
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Newman
Sedalia
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D. B. Harrell
Webster County
Garteij
Americus Recorder
Patterson
Bibb County
Grover Cleveland
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Senate
Grover Q Cleveland
Chicago
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Cleveland
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Herald
Whitechapel
Jane
Middlesex Street
Old London
Willow Bend
Granger
Rufus McConkey
G. N Railroad
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Savanna
Florida
Western
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Waycross
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India
Savanne
Jacksonvill
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Tampa
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Jesup Expres
Pulman
Cintama
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Warville
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Mas Hoisery
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Knox’s
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Alace Clothing House
H. Levy & Bro
Rinse NY Ga
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Col
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Dr. LH. Peacereek
Bainbridge
Zacharias’ Drug Store
Jeff C. Talbert
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Providentia
Court House
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E. Donalson
Donalson
A. J. Hawes
Wes
Law
Bainbridge, GA
Albany Circuit
Supreme Court of the State
United States District Court
A. L. Townsend
W. M. Harrell. Townsend & Harrell
Bainbridge Georgia
North West Water Street
Daniel McGill
Charles G. Bush
Colquitt
Troop Street
Barnett
Sharon Houre
Laquare
A.B. Burnet
J.S. Cowart
Brock
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J. Lewis
Is. Cowart
Baiporidge
Decatur
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Alabama
Gulf of Mexico
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U.S
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H.C. Warr
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Dean Sim
H. C. Wultz
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Pine
Decatur County
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Hierzvik
S. B. Lee
Hall's
F.J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
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Middletown
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