Georgia editors urge war with Spain using ink and jokes as weapons
The piece mocks Georgia papers urging United States action against Spain and proposes tongue in cheek warfare using paste pots and slogans. It riffs on editors from Dalton Argus Gainesville Eagle Ellijay papers and Banks County Gazette, noting humor and local road law gripes while lampooning Progres editor and public figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
United States
Spain
Dalton Argus
Gaines- Ville Bagle
White Creek Whisperings in Lumpkin County News
Local items report Kenimer visiting kin in Lumpkin County and Craven hosting quilting for girls on Tuesday. Notices mention marriages, a large porker killed, and several visits and illnesses including whooping cough. several residents seen with friends along Mossy Creek and White Creek.
Local and regional notes mix with political chatter and oddities
A crowded column samples political talk about Sam Jones and George Brown, comic ethics from a Georgia justice of the peace, quirky bartering for marriage, and a satire on Li Wong Chang and international affairs. It closes with a jab at the Atlanta Constitution weighing in on China and Japan amid a tense peace moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Li Wong Chang
Daeain
Atlinta
China
Japan
Chain Ging Sing
Lns
County Notes From The Progress Columns
County correspondence reports a traveler must dismount four times to open gates on the public road. Mr and Mrs G I Allen visited George Chirk near Mt Pleasant last weekend. Merritt suspended his school at Teshatee until duties resume. A neighbor notes a small town rule of subtraction for a miles measure. J Ta Pardue swapped horses with Wim Etris of Town Creek last Saturday. John Chirk smiles at the arrival of a new lady boarder. The editor rejects settlement foolishness and warns readers not to seek printings about it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
G. 1. Allen
George Chirk
Mt. Pleasant
Tre Proanrss
J. Ta. Pardue
Wim
Etris
Town Creek
John Chirk
Section gossip and weddings mingle in rural notes
A local column records social events and oddities from a rural community.Entries mention a wedding between Wesley Simmons and Miss Emma Carroll, travels by J W Moore and others, a preacher Rev W R Power delivering a sermon on twenty one year olds, and various visits, farm notes, and rumors about spring crops and local policing. Names include Len ny Robinson, Win J Moore, Lulu Edwards, Delila Merritt, J B Robertson, J W Moore, Wesley Wheeler, Pete, and Sheriff Brown.
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Wesley Simmons
Emma Carroll
Blue Ridge Community News Progress and Mishaps
The Rev C C Spence was badly hurt last Saturday when his horse stumbled on a rough Blue Ridge road. Mrs Winn moved from the county to Ohio. James Tate entered college at Dahlonega last Monday. Rev J A Allen preached a fine sermon at Blue Ridge. Frank Reece and son visited relatives in Blue Ridge. Marion Winkler organized a corn shelling party. John Jarkins moved to Union county to start a mountain farm.
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C. C. Spence
Mr. Plaieant
Tommy Winkler
Mr. Spence
Flo
Blue Ridge Sandy
James
Phew
Tate
Dahlonega
J. A. Allen
Blue Ridge
G. A. Adams
Frank Reece and Son
Union County
John Jarkins
The Farmers' Outlook Campaign Appeal in Gainesville
The Farmers Out look urges subscription drives in the 6th district for the 1896 campaign. It offers one dollar advance for a full year from now until November 1896, with free issues for clubs of ten. A ten percent discount is offered to the county with the largest cash-sub subscriber list, and coordination with reformers is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Banus
Guampaign
OU Lpase
Gainesville
Times
Tis County
Friends of Reform
Oth
Farmers’ Outlook
Giumantend Ly
Arog Roils
Mountain Laconisms and Odd Social Pranks
The Waterhouse Lumber Company workers cheered as the paymaster arrived and a Ghost walked again after three months. Farmers and merchants share the happiness. A party introduced a sewing circle initiation where boys, asked to sit between two girls, were prodded with pins. The narrator recalls a revenue plan during the event.
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Waterhouse Lumber
Kytle Case Noted in Cleveland Terr Special
In Cleveland a territorial special case involving a Georgia case is noted, with reference to collections and a notary in the record.
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Cleveland Progress
W. W. Price
White County
Cleveland, GA
Fred
Leugth
Tom Watson
Major Blick
Atkinson
Watson
Atkinson Blliot
John L. Sullivan
Proumonia
Whiskey
Tim Proaness
Banks County
Shaver
Dalton Arous
Progress
White Creek
W. ©. Kenimer
Fe. Kenimer
Lumpkin County
W.C. Craven
Van
Julia Eyvin
Mayosville, Ga
Dimes Brownlow
Tall County
Mossy Creek
B. Ervin
J.A. Dover
Miss Sallie Allen
John Adams
Rhoda Ferguson
Ffriends
James McKinney
Hts
Tie
Sun
Sam Jones
Canton Advance
Alpharetta Free Press
George Brown
Norman
Wvorige
Louisville Lines
OSW
Merritt
Blue Creek Budget
Iito
Lenny Robinson
Willace Pruitt
South Carolina
J. W. Moore
Blairsville
Mitchel Beard
W. R. Power
Blue Creek
Hamlin Allen
Lulu Edwards
J. DB. Robertson
J.W. Moore
John Stovall
Mingesville
Win. Moore
Delila Merritt
Walker
Lester Moore
Messy Creek High School
Pete
Wesley Wheeler
Brown
Eaquire
J. WR
Lumsden
Rufis Morbert
Quillin
Oles
Hunter
East Tennessee
Marion Winkler
J. E. Murphy
New York
JE. Murphy
West Side Public Square
Gainesville, Ga
Oser
Mr. I
Avery Lovejoy
Ces Georgia
Sam Conein
Parila
H. T. Avartty
Lovejoy
Hood
Taw Procriss
Sovrituan Nvissey Co
Kytle
Attorney At Law
Terr Specia
Elc
MAL Notary
Clark Bell & Co
Clark, Bell & CO
Campbells Book Store
Gainesville GA
Everett Pianos
Joean Martin
Cleyveland, GA
Crnicom
Corn Nise &, Co. Canyene Wasnigaton
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