Local notices and community updates from Barnesville area
Aug 15 19xx reports deaths and church meetings at Shiloh and Rock Creek Rev Kimball and Rev Willingham lead baptisms six new members listed Benja min Porch Andrew Ingram Ted Ingram Jr Miss Naoma Mabry and Mrs Ingram. Mentions crops weather disputes and political tensions in Stewartville and Pike with calls for fair coverage and investigations into stolen ballot box.
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Geacansville
Salpaak Thaursday
Henry Littleton
Shiloh Church
John F. Kimball
R. J. Willingham
Benjamin Porch
Andrew Ingram
Tedd Ingram Jr
Naoma Mabry
Ingram
W. G. McMicheal
Rock Creek
Liberty Hill
Mountar Gar
Stewartville
Stewartvilles
Gazette
Prohibitionists
Antis
Boom in building and cotton as Aug 17 report pins progress
Tarseyville notes a building boom and fast cotton opening with McDaniel and Maples’ new cane mill thriving. Whitman suffers a mashed foot guiding a legal saw mill, a Hamric child breaks a wrist, Belah church protracted meeting starts next Friday, camp meeting and Bethel church musical convention draw crowds, S F Ridgeway visits, and an unknown intruder robs Finahers church academy last Wednesday night.
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Tarseyville
Messrs McDaniel and Maples
Eugene Whitman
Slades
Jerre Hamric
Belah Church
Bethel Church
West Upson
S. F. Ridgeway
Troup County
Finahers Church
Schoolyard thefts prompt caution and upcoming entertainment
The report notes repeated thefts at Fincher's academy with books found near the negro school house. Mrs A R Smith, the accomplished teacher at Finchers church, will present a grand musical and literary event next Friday night. Nearby, Mr M R Hagan killed a large wild hog by his home, its tusks measuring over four inches. Reno,
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A. R. Smith
Finchers Church
M. R. Hagan
Reno
Farm notes and town chatter from Pike county
Local items report Miss Eppie Elder returning from Atlanta and plans for a trip to Liffeys Warm Springs. Agricultural Club proposals urge farmer collaboration, school reform debates, and praise for country schools. Notices describe farming labor, marriages, and household remedies amid a broad survey of county life.
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Minner
Eppie Elder
Atlanta
Liffeys Warm Springs
Jno. L. Ried
the Rock
Mary Huddleston
Monroe
Kittie Reeves
Rock Camp Meeting Sees Strong Attendance and Conversions
The Rock campground hosted a large, hospitable gathering with tents filled each day. Despite crowds, order remained good, no drunkenness reported, and preaching focused on plain spirituality. Many conversions and additions to the church were noted.
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the Rock
Missing Major and Musical Mayor at Camp Meeting
At a Rock camp meeting a minister, amid altar calls, targeted a group including a major and a mayor. The brave major fled the altar scene while the mayor joined a large choir and delivered a powerful sing. He quipped he joined to avoid breaking up the choir. The note ends with an ad for Jelly Glasses from J. L. Kennedy.
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the Rock
E. T. Pound
Tramps and Town Talk Ranging From Vagrants to Officials
A descriptive piece on tramps outlining their mysterious wanderings and social stigma. It notes their hunger and erratic lives, then shifts to local items: Gen Russell Hastings illness in Bermuda, wealth lists in Wilkes County, Cleveland appointing Thomas Hardeman as Macon postmaster, and political endorsements for governor. Also local ads for jars, lumber, and Gordon Institute boarding.
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Macon
Atlanta
Boarders Wanted for School Fall Term at Ten Dollars
J. Blasingame offers to take eight or ten boarders for the school at ten dollars per month for the fall term. Oatmeal can be found at J. F. Taylor's.
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Taylor's
Georgia
Gordon Institute
J.T. Bhanock
Blasingame
J. F. Taylor
T. F. Lawson
Athens
T.F. Lawson
Athens, Ga
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