Barneaville Council Votes Bond Purchases and Hose Wagon
In Barneaville Georgia on November 16 1806 the council reviewed bond settlements and approved payments totaling 1761 45 including J M Pounds 150 for school apparatus and Potts Thompson Liquor 600 for Dispensary work The fire chief G L Summers proposed a new improved hose wagon not to exceed 100 and the motion to approve was passed Minutes approved and city officers listed G E Huacey mayor T W Cocuran clerk treas.
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Barneesville
Jenkins
Stafford
Huguley
Iman Murphey
J. M
Board of Trustees of
Gordon Insue
Coun
G. L. Summers
Terestally
Murphey
Hook & Ladder Co
Thomson Meter Co
J. M. Pound
Potts &Thompson Liquor Co
A. & N. M. Block
G. E. Hucacey
In Memoriam Mrs J M Lunquest Passes in Georgia
In Memoriam Mrs J M Lunquest fell asleep in Jesus on Nov 16 1896 at Ruby Georgia home of her daughter Mrs Polk Milner. Raised in Charleston she helped found Griffin Episcopal St Georges Chapel and organized a Sabbath School. She endured eleven years of invalid life with Christian fortitude and serene faith. Funeral at home. body to Griffin for burial. late words were I am easy now.
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J. M. Lunquest
Jesus
Polk Milner
Ruby
Charleston
Episcopal Church
Griffin
St. George’s Chapel
Thomaston Cotton Buyer Visits Local Market
Mr. J. B. Girardeau of Thomaston, a well known cotton buyer, was present yesterday in the city.
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J. B. Girardeau
Thomaston
Anniversary Celebration For Ladies Aid Society
The Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist church plans an anniversary event Friday evening at Jackson G. Smith’s repository. Admission is ten cents, refreshments 15 cents, with booths serving by different young ladies. Music and recitations expected. invitation extended to the public. The society notes its past good works and hopes for broad attendance.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
the Methodist Church
Jackson G. Smith
Literary Club Reorganized With New Officers
The Literary Club re organized Wednesday evening at Matthews Hotel. Officers elected include President Col S N Woodward 1st Vice president Prof E C Branson 2nd Vice president Mrs J M Cochran e Secretary Miss Clifford Goodwyn. The next meeting will be an evening with Longfellow at Blalock House on Tuesday December 1 with music sketches recitations and discussions.
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Matthews Hotel
Col
S. N. Woodward
E. C. Branson
J. M. Cochrane
Clifford Goodwyn
H. M. Fletcher
L. K. Rogers
M. Kathryn Lockhart
Longfellow
How to Prevent Croup for Young Mothers
A guide to recognizing early croup signs in children and using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to prevent or halt attacks. The article notes hoarseness as the first symptom and emphasizes early treatment, recommending the remedy as safe and effective, sold by Jnc. H. Blackburn, Druggist.
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Chamberlain
Jnc
H. Blackburn
Shakespearean Club Meeting at Matthews Hotel
The Shakespearean Club held a large meeting at the Matthews hotel on Wednesday evening. Prof E C Branson lectured on King Henry VI to loud applause. Music by Miss Lovelace Carrie Cook Mrs J P Neely and Miss Nannie Howard was praised. Kathryn Lockhart delivered a fine recitation. The gathering was enjoyed by both members and nonmembers alike.
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Shakespearean Club
Matthews Hotel
E. C. Branson
Nannie Howard
Kathryn Lockhart
Stevenson’s Modesty and Self-Image as Ex Premed
An essay contrasts Stevenson’s harsh self-critique with editor’s praise for his late life fragment. It cites Stevenson’s own letters admitting limited inspiration and deliberate artifice, and follows with a Bangor episode where Harry Villiers helps a distressed woman, underscoring themes of humility and generosity.
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Louis Stevenson
Stevenson
Macmillan
Legal Sale of Barnesville Mill Property in Pike County
Georgia Pike County will sell at public auction the Barnesville Underwear Mills property in Barnesville including the oil mill building and all machinery stock tools and fixtures plus notes and receivables. The sale to pay the debt to Barnesville Savings Bank and costs occurs December first 1896 at the courthouse in Zebulon. S. N. Woopwarp attorney for the Barnesville Savings Bank.
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Georgia
Pike County
Barnesville Underwear Mills
Barnesville Savings Bank
Superior Court
Court House
Said County
Zebulon
Barnesville
County of
Pike
State of
R.R
Ann Street
R. R
S. N. Woopwarp
Girl in Gray Refuses to Wear Bloomers
A dialogue from the Chicago Post quotes a girl in gray saying she will not wear bloomers after a friend in dark blue shows hers. The exchange notes admiration, ridicule, and a stance against adopting the fashion in question.
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Chicago Post
Stonewall Jackson’s Sunday March Violates Old Tale
A Maine newspaper, citing a Youth Maine regiment editor, says Stonewall Jackson did fight and travel on Sunday May 23, 1862, during a pursuit from Winchester to Williamsport. The piece notes veterans still feel the march’s strain decades later.
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Fliegende
Winchester
Williamsport
Stonewall
Dexter girl reads faces by touch in blindfold test
A Dexter Maine girl reportedly describes facial features of photographs by touching them with her fingers. Witnesses say she is blindfolded and then gives accurate portraits, lending credence to the unusual sense of touch.
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Dexter
Electricity in Mining Powers Change Across Industry
Electricity bids fail to revolutionize mining methods yet offer great value through long distance transmission for motive power. It is also used for ventilating lighting and pumping, proving cheaper and safer than steam and serving many traditional duties with improved efficiency.
Shooting Scrape Over Loan Ends With Wounding
Andrew Snelson shot his brother in law Bud Lifsey on a Lindsey place in Upson county after quarrel over a loaned sum. Lifsey was wounded in the thigh by a shotgun blast as both men fought with stones. Snelson had not been arrested by noon yesterday.
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Andrew Snelson
Bud” Lifsey
Barnesville
Lindsey Place
Upson
Lifsey
Snelson
Liffey
Legislature Elects Senator to Begin Lawmaking
Lawmakers move to work after selecting a new senator. The public may benefit if they deliver efficient, limited action focused on core state needs.
Scott's Emulsion Promises Rich Blood Remedy
A historical advert explains that poor blood weakens the body and that pills bitters or iron tonics cannot fix it. It promotes SCOTT'S EMULSION of Cod liver oil with hypophosphites as the best solution to enrich the blood. Available at druggists for 25 cents and 1.00 dollar from SCOTT & BOWNE, New York.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
New York
Monopolized Room By Lunching Women In New York
In lower Broadway quick lunch rooms busy men eat at high counters while women seldom appear. Two women with seven packages enter, order coffee, switch to chocolate, open six sandwiches, request plate knife butter pickles water and napkins for five cents each.
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Lower Broadway
New York Herald
Resting Duo Trade Quips in Quiet Exchange
A brief exchange captures two voices in a light moment. One asks if the other tires of inactivity, the reply is a slow yes, then a plan to rest. The Philadelphia Call notes this droll interaction as a small, everyday vignette.
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Morris Jacobs
Philadelphia
Agricultural guidance to fight seed nests in southern fields
From College Station Texas comes farming advice on preventing seed nests by timely soil stirring and growing crops. The guidance recommends mid-summer to frost as the best dry period for control, using a vigorous crop to choke nests and immediate land preparation after harvest. Cowpeas and sorghum are suggested for southern regions to suppress nests.
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College Station
Tex
Cruel Amusements In Cuba Duck and Bull Contests Exposed
A St Louis Post Dispatch report describes Cubans in rural areas engaging in cruel rites such as hanging a duck by a rope and racing under it on horseback to pull off its head. Water variants use masts on boats. another game buries a chicken head visible and participants swing machetes to cut it off. A bull baiting scene with multiple dogs racing a bull draws high wagers, despite the brutality. The item ends with a Cincinnati Enquirer quip about shared rheumatism.
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St. Louis
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T. W. Cocuran
Clerk & Treas
the Literary Club
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Harry Villier
Bangor
Harry
Astora
Lewiston Journal
Barnesville, GA
Ennis
Cumminsville
Cincinnati Enquirer
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