Edwin R. Sharpe and Cobb & Cobb Legal Notices
Edwin R Sharpe presents subscription terms for various durations and club rates. Cobb Cobb, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, Carlton Georgia, offer prompt business attention and collections. The fragment references courthouse matters and local notices.
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Jose L. Cras
Felix N. Cobb
Cobb &Cobb
Carroleton
Georg LA
Olleetone
Ape Gialty
Ottee
Court House
We Hall
Reagan Inter-State Commerce Bill Passes Yet Again
The Savannah News outlines Mr. Reagan of Texas championing a bill to regulate interstate rail freight by curbing pooling and discriminatory rates. It notes past House passage but failure in prior congresses and predicts Reagan may chair the commerce committee to push early reporting. The piece cites rail monopolies like Standard Oil and warns of strong opposition to the measure.
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Savannah News
Reagan
Congress
Texas
House
Commerce Committee
Standard Oil Company
Standart
Northern Pacific
Atlantic Tail Pacific
Honest Conyers man returns lost pocket book and money
A Black resident of Conyers Georgia found a pocket book containing one hunted dollars and returned it to the owner. The grateful owner a White man rewarded him with twenty five cents. The note praises generosity and contrasts stinginess with this act.
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Conyers
Rookdale County
Ife
Christmas tree of infinite variety and selfless beauty
A fragment describes a Christmas tree that endlessly diversifies and appears in any place from cottage to palace. It is praised as tighter and more beautiful than others, inspired by affection, self sacrifice, and devotion to the happiness of others.
Judge Adams and Court Loafers
Judge Adams admonished Superior Court attenders and gallery visitors to keep the court and lobby clean and not to spit or deface walls. He ordered the sheriff and bailiffs to arrest violators and declared the gallery not a lounging place for vagrants who nap after meals.
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Savannah News
Adams
Superior Court
Grand Jury
One Brick By One Brick A Lesson In Learning
A Kansas Methodist vignette features a father and son discussing bricks and building progress with the idea that learning accrues like bricks laid one by one. The tale urges patience, dividing hard tasks into steps, and not fearing large goals. The column also notes a New Yorker importing Indian mongooses as vermin exterminators. A dog helps a Pennsylvania farmer weigh grain by staying with a wagon when the load is weighed. Rev H C Christian, once pastor at Burnsville, is reassigned to Sacramento to lead Southerts Methodist Church.
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H. C. Christian
Methodist
Burnsville
California
Sacramento
Southerts Methodist Church
Texas Slavery Value Suit From Texan Unionist in Court of Claims
The Globe Democrat claims a Texas citizen and former Union supporter plans to sue in Washington’s Court of Claims for the value of emancipated slaves. The piece notes possible constitutional obstacles, doubts the news, and warns sensational bias may distort the story.
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Texas
Globe Democrat
St. Louis
Court of Claims
Washington
Congress
United States
State of
Calm Naval Officer in Storm Faithful Husband
A sea captain remains serene during a violent storm as his wife, anxious beside him, asks if he fears. He draws his sword to test her, she replies she trusts his love and power. He then declares faith in God who holds the wind, and that God is his father.
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Chicago
Questioning Whisky’s Effects Prompts Cuthbert Banner Exchange
The Cuthbert Enterprise quotes a local piece urging even a strong whisky advocate to consider its impact. It contrasts health and wealth gained with losses of money and happiness, then shifts to a satire about newspapers cash in advance and a Chicago exhibit of a three headed singer.
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the Banner Watchmen
AMT
Ex-senator Spencer claims pardon spared witnesses
Ex senator Spencer asserts President Garfield and Postmaster General James granted him a writ of indulgence barring him from testifying in exchange for supplying evidence. He also says he originated the entire far route prosecutions, a claim that would be remarkable if true.
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Spencer
Garfield
James
How A Pig Made a President
A tale recounted from the American Traveller of December 19 1828 explains how a pig rooting in Cranston Rhode Island led to a legal and political sequence. The pig’s owner was sued, Burrill prosecuted, a Senate tie resolved by a speaker's vote, and Jeremiah Howell’s stance on the war helped propel Andrew Jackson to the presidency.
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Stager
Andrew Jackson
Beneft
Society
Cranston
R. L
James Burrill
United States Senate
Burrill
Jeremiah B. Howell
Jeremiah
James
National Senate
General Jackson
Jackson
Why not reverse the phrase a solid sentiment means a solid North
A pasted excerpt from the Chicago Daily News urges antiwar and pro Democratic sentiment while mocking Northern unity. It includes a stingy urging on husbands to mistreat wives, a piece about a Cartersville case between R. H. Jones and J. T. Shepherd, and a curious eight to ten foot cedar tree growing in a negro cemetery at Americas. The text ends with a warning about hypocritical piety and public life.
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Savanah
Chicago Daily News
Partision
North
Republican Party
South
Cartersville
R. H. Jones
J.T. Shepherd
Jones
Shepherd
Americas
Drunkard's Wife Decision Clarifies Antenuptial Contract
The Supreme Court of Iowa rejects enforcement of a pecuniary provision from John York to Susan Mosler in an antenuptial contract. Despite York's drunkenness pre and post marriage, the widow could not compel payment as she abandoned him within ten months and failed to prove breach by him. The ruling emphasizes personal responsibility and limits remedies when marrying a drunkard.
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Supreme Court Oflowsa
John York
Susan Mosler
John
Brian
Whitient
Fraternal Ties Read In Lime Kiln Moot
Detroit Free Press outlines fraternal duty in a Lime Kiln lodge meeting. A leader asks for guidance on how strong fraternal support should be and the prosient offers four rules about equality aid, mortgage help, tolerating faults, and speaking well of others while avoiding conflict in Paradise hall.
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Chewso
Aek de Barber
Paradise Hall
The Three Wishes And A Wise Lesson From A Child
A seven year old boy imagines three wishes for character health and education over fame wealth and power. The tale contrasts earned virtue with worldly gain, urging young readers to value a good character, health, and education as the path to rightful success. A nearby item recounts a town incident where a cotton shipment and an attorney's fee altercation highlights deceit versus cunning.
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Chareley
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