09 Aug 1894
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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1894
Page
1
A shop advertises buying from the same manufacturers as top Atlanta and Macon dealers. It claims cash payments yield the biggest discounts and pledges to offer the same styles at lower prices.
The Southern Railway Western System touts direct routes to Tennessee resorts with elegant observation coaches between Atlanta and Chattanooga. A through coach to Tates Springs departs Chattanooga 7 00 a m arriving Tates 12 45 pm and sleepers run to Washington and New York. The Seashore Express departs Atlanta 7 30 pm for St Simons and Cumberland islands with three daily Macon Atlanta and Rome Chattanooga trains.
A card from Miss Sallis Candler notes good work for Gordon Institute and predicts several new students for fall term. She is in Canton Georgia and has spent part of her vacation in Dalton Resaca Calhoun and Tate.
On last Sunday afternoon in Columbus Georgia David Adam Stroud and Augusta Merritt Jossey were united in marriage in a quiet ceremony with a few friends present. They will reside at the home of Mrs Mattie Merritt on Zebulon street as friends extend congratulations.
In Pike County third party primary Judge T J Barrett and Mr C C Holmes were the candidates. About a thousand votes were polled with Barrett receiving roughly 850 and Holmes about 150. The election proceeded quietly across the county.
The record notes 1759 baskets of grapes shipped from July 16 to August 4 by express. Agent Anderson handled them well and labeled as first class grapes. A brief health ad promotes Dr Miles neuralgia remedy with a one cent dose offer.
The Georgia State Democratic Convention in Atlanta elected James S. Boynton temporary chair and A. S. Clay permanent chair. W. Y. Atkinson was nominated for governor with a strong speech. State officers were nominated, and a platform endorses limited federal powers, currency reform, tariff aims, and education, with calls to repeal prohibitory state bank taxes and abolish mob violence. The convention supports unity and a statewide election approach.
A historical editorial argues that Democratic gains matter more in Georgia now than at any point since reconstruction, framing the political moment as pivotal for the state’s direction and future policy.
This ad touts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a universal remedy for women from adolescence to motherhood. It promises to strengthen regulate and restore health for those run down delicate or overworked and offers a full money back guarantee if no benefit is seen.
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