Summer at Walesca College described by visitors from Barnesville
Epiror Gazette recounts a July visit to Walesca Georgia highlighting mountain scenery meals at the parsonage and a growing college. The Girls Boarding Hall nears completion and the school offers boarding for five dollars a month and private living for eight dollars. Miss Marie Brinsfield leads the Primary Department and Mr Quincy Nash is commandant. Sept 2 opens with a full faculty.
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Epiror Gazette
Barnesville
Walesca
Timothy Pettigrew
Marie Brinsfield
Quincy
Col Hitch Likely To Win Brooks County Legislative Race
Col C M Hitch appears set for an uncontested walk over in Brooks county with no opposition yet formed and little reason to expect any challenger. The lack of competition suggests a smooth race for the incumbent.
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Col
C. M. Hitch
Brooks County
Pensive Pencilings From Somerville Journal
An opinion brief remarks on political oratory and education, noting caution for campaigners about free silver districts. It mocks eager questions without answers and jokes about village doctors late night calls and Somerville girls.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup Teething Remedy
A vintage advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a fifty year staple for teething children. It claims to soothe gums relieve pain ease wind colic and treat diarrhoea with immediate effect. Sold by druggists worldwide at 25 cents a bottle.
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Winton
Man Resumes Outside Life After 29 Years Indoors
William Prettyman Sr of Harbeson visited friends yesterday and met his daughter Mrs H P Burton after 29 years confined indoors. A recent cyclone nearby damaged his home and stirred him to venture outside for the first time since 1867.
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Harbeson
William Prettyman
H. P. Burton
Witty tale on wedding fees and sly ministers
A Philadelphia merchant complains of hard times to a clergyman who jokes about wedding and pew rents. The preacher agrees to marry a poor couple and ends up accepting a pup as a fee. Another bashful suitor seeks a minister for a Sunday wedding and negotiates a stern moral bargain with the clergyman.
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Philadelphia
Sal
Parson
Odd Georgia Weddings and Humorous Preachers
In a Georgia county backwoods wedding tale a possum feast accompanies vows as fathers joke through the first table. A Mississippi veteran preacher misreads a license mix up with a Henry McDougal near, while a Hardshell preacher antics amuse attendees. A Justice of the Peace mocks propriety during a kiss, and an Atlanta pastor finds a Sunday ceremony turning comic as a mechanic groom and plain bride are urged to gather guests.
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Georgia
Dana
Justice of the Peace
Atlanta
Pard
Pardner
Jane
Wealthy Ennes Sean Marries Atlanta Lady in Frugal Rite
A young man of means traveled to Atlanta for his marriage and left all duties to his best man who paid the preacher a $50 fee. The groom, unaware of the excess, signed the check in somber silence as the wedding concluded with little fanfare.
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L’ennessean
Atlanta
Ipay
Georgia Wedding by Candlelight Ends Unique Ceremony
In Milner Georgia a couple mates a surprise wedding by candlelight using a half yellow tallow candle found in a shed. The groom lights the flame with an old pipe and the ceremony is quickly completed with a kiss as neighbors recall no other marriage like it in Georgia.
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Jane
Georgia
Milner, Ga
Dr King's New Discovery Saved His Life Says Beaversville Druggist
G Caillouette of Beaversville Illinois credits Dr King's New Discovery with saving his life after La Grippe left him near death. He notes trying many physicians without success until using the remedy, reporting improvement from the first dose and full recovery after three bottles. A free trial is offered at 5 B Burr Jr's drug store.
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5. B. Burr Jr
Footwear advice for healthy feet and stockings
A dated guide advises proper shoe fit and care to maintain straight great toe alignment, heel support, and even foot wear. It warns against tightness, depressions, and excessive toe elevation, and recommends alternating two pairs of boots and avoiding rapid heel changes. It endorses stockings that allow toe spread and avoid one toe sticking.
Georgia Editor Refuses Legislature Bid Under Pressures
A Georgia editor declines calls to run for the legislature. He says his paper must keep liberty alive and enlightenment shining, not chase political office. He notes he once considered public service but has since purged the urge for official life and refuses any pursuit of political distinction.
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Georgia
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Somerville
Somerville Journal
Lippman
P. P.P
J. S. Dupriss
Newnacville
Fla
W. H. Wilder
Albany
Drs. J. M
M. T. Richardson
Piedmont, & C
Hot Springs
Ark
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Aberdeen, Brown Co
J. D. Johnston
Johnston & Co
Savannah, Ga
Atlantic
Pacific
Lippman Bros
Lippman Bilock
Savannah
Rolf Hunt
D. D
Lizzie
Mr. Story
Mississippi
Mary Lions
Henry McDougal
Thomas McMahan
W. A. Wricurt
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