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Newspaper

Columbus Enquirer Sun

Location

Columbus, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1888

Page

2

The Enquirer Sun Ad Rates and Local Notes

The Enquirer Sun publishes pricing for daily and weekly editions, with mail and carrier rates, and rates for display advertising. It notes December 17, 1888 as the issue date and includes various notices on subscriptions and advertisement costs. The page also surveys political notes including the Southern Republican task, Hayti, the whiskey trust, pine straw bagging, and pending tariff and canal legislation.

Population estimate and notable happenings in brief

The Philadelphia Record estimates U S population around 50 767 343 based on election voting and census relations. A Canada annexation plan by Congressman Butterworth is dismissed as unlikely. A train robbery on the Illinois Central nets $5 000 with a passenger killed aiding. Prominent people include Edith Bonney winning a Swiss oil painting prize, Paul de Cassagnac challenged, Mrs Langtry’s misfortunes, and Buffalo Bill named Nebraska militia general. The Sultan of Turkey takes up typewriting, and Gen Hancock is honored with a planned circle and statue in Washington.

Philadelphia United States Agenming Isss Edith Bonney Academy of Arts Berne Switzerland M. Paul de Cassagnac France Nebraska Mr. Lorillard Bellew Lorillard Gladstone Robert Elsmere Turkey Hancock Washington Gen. Hancock Sixteenth Street New Hampshire Avenue Digby Brimler Thomas Razzler Lowell Gloucester Advertiser Cora New York Evening Sun Malaise Ismuth Puck Syracuse Jim Drake’s van Loan

Quips and Quirks Across Humor From Then and Now

A collage of wry exchanges and wordplay from periodicals mocks manners and money. Jests on poverty marriage and social pretensions mix with sharp wit about debts and daily life. Familiar names and jokes surface in quick snippets reflecting a bygone humor.

Georgia News Wrap: Prohibition Vote and Local Happenings

In Washington county prohibition won big while Perry area notes mention 106 Jerselatoes grown on eight hills. Dawson's A J Carver refused stables for a three months-old colt. Fire at Bartow destroyed structures near Friday night. Palmetto mourns the death of Seaborn Shropshire, Milledgeville reports electric prospects and cotton crop progress with tens of thousands of bales harvested to date and more expected.

Perry Washington County A. J. Carver Dawson Thea N. T

Incendiary fire at Dawson street ice warehouse and local briefs

A Dawson street ice warehouse burned around 4 15 Saturday morning, likely arson. The clipping reports various local items including a bank transition, a fruit grower’s record strawberries, church expulsions, a kettle accident in Marietta, building handovers in Macon, and several small town anecdotes from across Georgia.

Dawson the & Store W. F. Talbot Srm Mobley & Hightower Hogansville J. F. Mobley Gilbert Smyna Bay Creek Absalom Taylor Ambus Road Eugene Taylor Stephen Collins George R. Barker Brunswick Barker Georgia Southern Tifton W. W. Collins Marietta Robert W. Page Welding & Co Woodruff Weichselbaum United States Court House Macon Washington Hardeman

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