Fire safety gear and local progress in Monroe County
A period piece notes a new fire extinguisher machine to be tested in the town, with a report on its water output and cost savings to taxpayers. It also mentions a young woman admired by locals, a photographic business expanding on Adve Vaoant hotel lot, and a Memorial Day observance in the South. The piece closes with a forecast of a better fruit harvest in Monroe County.
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Lamptia
Fort Guivesnahould
Cuth- Bert
Ry, Campbell
Macon
Adve Vaoant
Ho Tan
Cisteroe
Fitch
Cer Atanes
Fort Gaines Ledger Report 1878 Local News
Local column from Fort Gaines notes vegetable and berry crops, rain delays for cotton and corn, and family losses including Cicero P Bass aged twenty two. Business mentions lawyer W H Young leaving for Chicago, John Killingeworth stock losses, F K Freeman wheat field near four acres, and a cyclone near Rome injuring people and destroying homes. Also cites resolutions for late student Sranaxe J Bass and a summary of bankruptcy law repeal and Senate actions.
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Fragmented, archaic notes describe turkeys at Palasals Creek and mischief by Quarky Mercer’s pony. Reports mention wheat yields, heavy rains in Stewart County, and local farming happenings. The piece also praises Silver Springs Florida as a natural inland port with a clear basin and frequent steamship connections. An Early county youth vows to eat two quails daily for ninety days.
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Quarky Mercer
Thomas
Abease
Bilver Springs
Florida
Te Bareta
Odawsha
St. Jaume
Palatka
Joan
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