Commissioners Report finds approvals and payments listed
The June 6 1899 regu lar session of the Board of Commissioners approved and ordered paid numerous items including tax payers lists furnished to the tax receiver for multiple districts, prisoner care and medical supplies, road and bridge work, pauper pensions, public minutes, and expenses for conduct of county business. Acknowledgments include petitions for pauper placement and county aid investigations with next meeting reports planned. meeting postponed to July 2nd due to July 4th observance.
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Board
W. C. Jenkins
J. L. Coggin
H.G. Jordan
R. R. McLeroy
Melena
J. B. Mathews
A. D. Granger
Ras Freeman
J. W. Curtis
Josephus Coggin
Rsth
Bargtle Ace
W. G
Sarah Park Pauper
BP Aes
S. M. Howard
Barnesville Dist
J. H. Parker
Spalding County
Pic
C. P. Jones
County Farm
R. H. Yarbrough
G. M. Perdue
E. L. Manley
Peterson G. Moore
Milner
H. G. Jordan
J. B. P. Milner
W. T. Wright
J. H. Milner
Willis William
Moncrief Dowman & Co
Alice Bullard
L. T. Small
H. H. Mitchell
Republic Road Hollowville Dist
S. S. Barnell J. P
Veyance Pipe and Repairs
Oliver
Floyd Slade
Ram
Kittie Landers
Zebulon
Dist
Nancy Moore
J. M. Slade
W. G. Johnson
W. EK. Powell
Jack Harris
J. F. Madden
H. C. Oxford
Smith
Voard
J. L. Cocers
Kom
H. G. Jorpan
Cuns
R. Gwyn
Obstinate King of Ethiopia and the Toys
A vignette from Nicomte de Ponsins describes Menelek of Ethiopia amused by European toys and machinery while admiring unpacking boxes and even joking about preferring a customs role. The passage ends with an advertisement for DeWitt's Little Early Risers laxative.
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Menelek
Custom House
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Ad Claims Wide Healing Scope
A historical advertisement for Bucklen’s Arnica Salve touts cures for cuts sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. It promises pile relief and offers the product at 25 cents per box through W A Wright.
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W. A. Wright
One Minute Cough Cure
A brief note claims a “One Minute Cough Cure” was made for rapid relief. The fragment offers no verifiable details, dates, or sources to confirm its claims or context.
What This Section Needs to Diversify Georgia Industry
The Valdosta Times argues Georgia must solve the industrial problem by expanding diversified manufactories. It urges more cotton factories grist mills tan yards broom knitting canning furniture farm implements and soap plants with foreign and local capital leading growth to spread prosperity.
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Georgia
South
Valdosta Times
Remedy for Fistula or Foot Evil Promoted by Dr. Tichenor
An advertises Dr Tichenor s Antiseptic as a cure for fistula or foot evil and directs use as labeled. It notes the remedy is sold by druggists at 50 cents a bottle.
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Dr. Miles Medical Company
Elkhart
Ind
Dr. Tichenor
Recent Growth of Trusts And Their Price Fixing
The article argues that artificial pricing is driven by monopolies and combined producers across grains vegetables fruits and manufactured goods. It notes 500 plus trusts in the United States with vast capital and many secret agreements that raise or sustain prices, including steel rail nails coal and insurance sectors. It mentions undisclosed arrangements and lacks legal recognition yet they affect consumers.
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Incorporated
United States
Returning Good for Evil
A portly man recalls breaking up two egg smeared boys fighting in the street. He says he normally avoids meddling but intervened when profanity and aggression escalated. The younger boy claimed a rotten egg was thrown at him and the man mused that his own egg was a good one in return.
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Detroit Free Press
White Horses Needed for Chicopee Parade Mixup
A Chicopee parade plot involved an order from an officer for 15 white horses to marshal the event. A Holyoke livery filled the request but faced strain locating that many white horses. A day before the parade a further order for five more white horses arrived. the livery had only green horses and warned they could not supply them. The reply was immediate to take the green horses.
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Chicopee
Holyoke
Springfield Homestead
Kilmer's Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad
An old promotional snippet touts Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a quick kidney remedy. It claims widespread but unclear ailment and offers sample bottles by mail and a pamphlet to assess kidney trouble.
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Kilmer
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