The Barnesville Gazette Business Outlook and National Affairs
The paper notes cautious business in Southern markets with ongoing corn and cotton prospects and hints at a substantial revival if the cotton crop meets predictions. It highlights investigations into government contracting rings, cyclone damage in Charleston, and critiques memorial efforts for Grant as a reflection on national sentiment and monuments.
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South
Georgia
Cleveland
Washington
Ring
Stlanta
Popular Monthly September issue highlights Canada and notable portraits
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for September showcases Edmund Collins on Canada since the Confederation with portraits of key leaders and Ottawa Parliament views. It features "Some Famous Juliets" with Ellen Tarry and others, Sarah K Bolton on Babelsburg and William, Ralph Tarr's Caverns of Luray, plus travel and science pieces. Wisconsin tests high license laws, reporting fewer saloons and higher revenue.
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Edmund Collins
Canada
John Macdonald
George Cartier
Alexander Mackenzie
Hector Langevin
J. A. Chapleau
Richard Cartwright
Edward Blake
Lord Monck
Lord Lansdowne
Marquis of
Lorne
Ottawa
Frank Leslie
Park Place
N. Y. City
Barnesville Rebuilt After Westward Fire Devastates Square
The October fire destroyed forty four buildings on the public square and nearby. New brick structures rise fast including a hotel for Col A A Murphey and Young J Allen, with totals showing burned value around 42,000 and new investment near 64,000. The Gazette notes 100,000 dollars in cash invested after the blaze and urges merchants to showcase Barnesville’s rebirth amid fresh stock and cotton trade.
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Col. A. A. Murphey
Young J. Allen
China
J T Hunt & Co
Matthews Livery
Matthews
Lyon
Swatts
Middlebrooks & Co
Murphey &Co
Higgins
J B Gardner
J S Ware
Summers & Murphey
Otice
Young J Allen
Blalock
Whitehurst
L R West
K Chambers
Mann
Murphey Agt
Barnesville Banksy
Murphey
A & W R Murphey Guardians
W R Murphey & Co
A A
H H Swatts
Ambrose Murphey
Gem Drug Store
Messrs
Messrs . J Murphey & Co
Jeff Davis Fire Company
W P
W 8S Middlebrooks
T G Middlebrooks
W O Marshburn
H R Chambers
T W Cochran
RG Matthews
Gregor
Ope
Col A A Murphey
C Matthews
B ® Gardner
A J Blalock
Barnesville
Gazette
Georgia
The Rich and the Poor and the Silver Issue
An editorial argues the widening gap between rich and poor and warns that plans to favor gold over silver would enrich bondholders and hurt debtors. It notes anti silver coinage moves, quotes Senator Cockreel urging a Missouri town primary for a postmaster, and urges public vigilance.
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Georgia
Cockreel
Missouri
Railway Timetable Shows Trains Through Barnesville and Macon
The January 18 1885 timetable lists up and down passenger and freight trains serving Macon Barnesville Atlanta and nearby towns. It includes No 52 Dow n Mail No 1 Down Way Freight and Barnesville accommodations with times from 5:00 AM to 12:38 PM and late night services via Thomaston and Rock.
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Gordon Institute
Captain
Louisville
Hattie Tyler
Nettie Richardson
Macon
Barnesville
Atlanta
Tan
Atlanta A. M
Macon A
LO P
Frerr Express
Marcon
Sreeral
Freienr
Uprsen
Thomaston
Noi Upson
20 000 Bottles For Sale and Property Listing at Liberty Hill
Advertisement offers 20 000 bottles for sale and immobiliary listing including a house with four plastered rooms on a Liberty Hill lot with garden shed and stable. Also promotes an excellent stand for a physician and a price of 250 dollars. J L Kennedy advertises electrotric fruit jars for sale.
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Liberty Hill
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