21 Sep 1899
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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1899
Page
1
A collage of opinions on Admiral Sampson, Dreyfus, temperance, railroads, and local enterprise. Mentions Bainbridge growth, paper mill ideas, crop shifts, and calls for factories and housing to spur Georgia towns, with satire on national figures and press exchanges.
The article touts Decatur County onion and sweet potato yields with irrigation, claiming $1200 per season from Fowltown land and $300 per acre from potatoes. It urges local cotton mills and manufacturing, notes 5 cent cotton, and cites W H Johnson on race views, urging subscriptions and goat farming as prompts for independence and local prosperity.
Ex governor W J Northern traveled through the city en route to Atlanta from Cuthbert about the state fair. He recounted his Boston speech on the negro question and the interruption by Dr Plum, noting unfriendly reception and later cordial gestures from some attendees.
The piece argues that state pension laws are being exploited, with many pensioners in comfortable circumstances and some not in need receiving aid. It urges radical legislative action, recalls South Carolina’s early sums for veterans, and cites editorials and Jewish statistics alongside a product ad for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as context.
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