Various 1874 items including murders luck and politics
A miscellany from The Appeal recounts events and notices: Chisholm murder case true bill in Fulton County. Chicago snow and Pacific rail travel. a governor Allison cork tree in Quincy. cotton mills in Columbus up 6 442 bales. a Carroll county youth Hulston dies after a ghost prank. Missouri lawlessness rising with bandits. Georgia and Alabama politics stir. Confederate vote legal tender idea. old flag staff incident in Griffin with a quip about the fifteenth amendment.
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Chicasgo
Brunswick Appeal
Louisville
Quincy
Allison
Columbus
Farmers in Springvale Georgia Report Hopeful Outlook
Asicus of Springvale Georgia writes of thriving corn stands and general optimism among thrifty farmers despite past crop failures. He notes improved work by freedmen, limited stragglers, and a preference for African labor over Chinese immigrants, with hopes for good wheat and oats if rust stays away.
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Sambo
John Chinaman
Asicus
Springvale
Bushwhackers and Independent Candidacy in Georgia Politics
The LaGrange Reporter critiques independent candidates as bushwhackers and predicts a surge of candidates for upcoming elections. It urges Georgia press to oppose independents, arguing they split the Democratic vote and risk returning the state to Radicalism.
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LaGrange
Georgia
Democratic Party
Direct Trade Convention on Liverpool Savannah Line
A call from the Georgia official and business leaders invites railroad presidents, mayors, and chamber leaders to a May meeting in Atlanta to plan and authorize a direct Atlantic trade line from Savannah to the Mississippi via steamships. Details cover ship types, agency appointments, port facilities, and foreign capital opportunities. Also reports Livingstone’s death in Africa and a Wisconsin court ruling on damages for a conductor’s assault.
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Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce
Liverpool
Savannah
Great Western
House of Representatives
Atlanta
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Vicksburg
Nelson Tift
Georgia
Europe
Atlantic
Atlanntic
James M. Suita
Josepa E. Brown
Ons Toousanp Dorlars
Kass
Hellen Crager
Chicago and Northwestern
Sauk County
Wisconsin
The True Policy for the South Advocated
A summary of an American Grocer article arguing the South must shift from raw cotton to diversified industry. It urges self reliance, cash payments, and local manufacturing to build wealth, with emphasis on education, skilled labor, and utilizing mines, forests, and quarries to escape debt and create prosperity.
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South
Richmond
Selma
Columbus
North Carolina
Law on property tax assessment and grand jury duties
The act requires county tax receivers to present yearly property returns to grand juries for correction to market value. If taxpayers undervalue, arbitration with a chosen umpire settles the valuation, and judges must explain the act to grand juries. The article mentions a Beau courting a temperance girl with red tickets promising one drink.
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Grand Jury
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Jas. P. Sawtell
Cuthbert
Chisolim
Fulton
Gaines Chisholm
St. Johns
Mellonville
New Orleans
Carroll County
Hulston
Pacific By Rail
Sierras
Chicago Times
Congress
United States
Alexander
Grant, Alexander & Co
Alabama
Mobile Register
Mr. Stephens
House
Stephens
Dawson Journal
Col
F. M. Harper
Missouri
Senate
Griffin News
Swayze
Darkey
Eprron
Col. Fielder
Livinestonr
Maliva
Suez
Livingstone
Unilala
Jacob Wainwright
Livingsione
Arthur Lavingard
Zanzibar
T.S. Powell
W. B. Tackett
Yer
Brandreth
Champon
EEM
Lee
McLane
McLean
Universal
Ott
Radway
Regulator
Strong
Wright
Hunt
T. 8S
Powell
Shallenberger's
Ayer
Wilthoft
T. 8
Druggis
Bookseller & Stationer
Dalkey
T.S. Powell, Diuggiet
Randolph
10Th
Said County
Benjamin Bright
Superior Court
Randolph County
Thomas J. Pratt
Benj. Bright
Thomas J. Coram
Sth
Willoughby
O. H. Jordan
Syntuia Fountain
O. H. Jourdan
Atcrney
John Bridges
Urrand
Cross-Street
A. W. Gillespie
M. I Atkins
Lumpkin Street
A. Lehman
Sti
W. R. Blackburn
Jernigan & Co
L. A. Smith
T.8 Powell
Central City
Bonefield
JOOD
Wd Stationer
Court House
Towit
Douglass
E. L. Longlass
Courthouse Square
E. L. Douglass
City of Cuthbert
A. Leiman
Baptist College
Musroon
Cobb
Kirksey
Marshal
Crurgist
Owen & Sealey’s
Hoes
Hardvinky
Hames
Augers
Sadirons
Confectionery and Restaurant
B. J. Jackson
Eldorado
Wards Station
Kim
Baldwin i
Mangham & Pittman
Gline
T.S. Powell, Druggiet
Hysyine
B. J. Jackson’s
O. Adams
Cologne
JOS, T. Kiddoo & CO
Sam
Isaac Easley
Jacot
Jewelers
Aving
College Street
AIF
Ueathy
McDonald
Thomas
Burke
Washington, Jefferson
Baldwin, Jones, Mayroe
Upson
Harris
H. L. LuNmara
Leesburg
Lee County, Ga
Babbitt
B. Tf. Bablitl
Washington St
N.Y
Jackson
Ss. Powell
Drugeist
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