Prohibition campaigns and county political conflict in Lincoln
Exposition ceremonies open in Atlanta while Prohibition parties push campaigns in Maryland New York and Ohio. Editors denounce liquor interests undermining voters and criticize Democrats for placating prohibition and liquor forces. Obituaries note deaths of Martin Marshall and Jas Lamkin. Local candidate Geo T Douglass named for Lincoln county Justice of the Peace.
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Prohibition Party
Maryland
New York
Ohio
Geo .T. Douglass
Lincoln County
Douglass
E.P. Douglass
Elisha Douglass
Summers Bros respond to Leaver on Prohibition ties
A Lincoln county note defends Summers Bros against The Leaver's Aug. 27 critique. It accuses editors of misquoting private talks and alleges Summers favored Prohibition for reform, not abolition of Democrats, while arguing Prohibition men were chosen for merit and fitness.
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Summers Bros
Lincoln County Times
Summers
A. M. Summers
Prohibition Party
Prohibition
Tar Leaper
Democratic Party
Reform Party
Sheriff
A.M. Summers
Tue Leaver
Tur Leapen
Democratic Pri
Tur Leaver
Dun
Tae Leaver
Tue Leapen
Summers’ Bros
People’s Party
Copiah
Tae Leapea
Lincoln County
Reform Advocate
Tae Leaner
Bro. Chambers
Bro. Hobbs
Sum_omers Bros
Mississippi
Cleveland
Political planks from 1892 conventions summarized in parallel old party draft
The Leaver presents the 1892 national convention planks in parallel columns, outlining stances on monetary policy gold and silver parity, currency reform, taxation, and government spending. It includes proposals favoring silver and gold coinage, limits on paper money, and calls for increased circulation per capita while addressing farmers and laborers. The report also notes public notices about economic policy and unrelated local items.
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Dan
Tts
Holla
Japer
Col
Abia
What Will You Do With Your Vote My Boy
A poem urging political action and moral courage. It calls youths to consider the value of suffrage, invokes Gideon as a symbol of brave resistance, and urges justice as rulers must go. The piece references Ram rulers and a call to stand, with Philadelphia as a possible location or signature.
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Democratic
People’s Partes
Gideon
Ram
Onone
Chonen
Jength
Rum
Moroan L
WiLtramn
Philadelphia
Eminent Judges Cite Liquor as Source of Crime in Opinions
English opinions on alcohol suggest most crime stems from drinking. Judges Gur ney Er skine Pattison Alderson Whitman Grove and Chief Justice Coleridge warn liquor fuels jails broken homes and social decline. The Edinburgh Journal of Jurisprudence notes Lord Young's Glasgow ruling absolving a drunken mother in a child's death.
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Gurney
Erskine
Pattison
Alderson
Whitman
Grove
Coleridge
Lord Young
Glasgow
Eliza Short
Edinburgh Journal of Jurisprudence
Saloon Sins and Clerical Shortcomings From a Pastor’s Farewell
A reader recalls a country minister who left his congregation in a dramatic farewell accusing the church of ingratitude and lack of charity. It recounts a Ohio clergy deacon encounter over a pastor’s swear word while fishing. Also notes a Chicago tale of a drunken alderman and a brief ad for stamp buyers and price lists.
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Ohio
Local Correspondence From Bogue Chitto Baptist News
Local notes report 39 baptisms on the Bogue Chitto river after services. The Bogue Chitto Association gathered, ministers preached strong sermons, temperance resolutions passed, and candidates attended. A freight train derailment occurred nearby. a death of an infant is noted. Mrs. Hobt.ee and Dr. Lockwood are mentioned in illness. An advertisement touts a Dish Washer business opportunity in Pittsburg.
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Bogue Chitto Association
Matt Tyler
Iron City Dish Washer Co
Highland Ave
Pittsburg
Fifth Sunday Meeting Program at Pleasant Grove Church
The program lists devotional exercises by R W Hall, a sermon by W F Yarborough on The New Birth, duties of parents and church, and discussions on the Gospel Ministry and Baptist Principles. Includes Sunday School notes and a dinner invitation, with references to the Northern Division of San Aer school Convention and Prohibition anniversary events.
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Chitto Association
Mt. Pleasant
Eldis
Yarborough
Price
Allmond
Sherk
Baptist Church
Pleasant Grove
R. W. Hall
W. F. Yarborough
W. H. Allen
J. Q. Byrd
David Scarborough
J. Q. Grice
W. H. Bailey
E. C. Grice
Lofton
L. D
Posey
Peatoss
Orld
B.T. Hobbs
T. Brady
W. F. Parsons
Johnston
T. J. Wills
Chas. Chrisman
The
Holy Spirit
E. P. Douglass
W. T. Jordan
J. Boone
J. A. Scarborough
A. J. Martin
J. W. Patrick
L W. East
L C. Smith
H. L. Dickey
C. C. Smith
J. J. Green
Vited
Sumitay School
San Aer
Bogue Chitto Association
Shady Grove Church
J.L. Price
W. R. Johnson
Mattie Johnson
J. B. Wooley
J. R. G. Reeves
J. L. Price
H. B. Reeves
Rhoda McKelvin
Rev
A. F. Davis
Levi Norman
Bogue Chitto Academy Seeks Prosperous Town Education
The services of Prof W. Dhurner as teacher and Miss Theresa Leggett as assistant have been secured for the coming term. The academy promises a two story furnished building, a robust course including Lab, Geometry, Literature, History, Rhetoric, Political Economy, Algebra, and Elements of Reck, with reasonable tuition and private board options. It urges patronage for the future welfare of the youth.
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Trinespal
Theresa Leggett
Staty
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