Local notices include sales and lectures with Kentucky color
The itemization covers sales by Owen & Sealy of Delta Ties and bagging at Savannah prices, Allison & Simpson promotions, Ed McDonald returning from Lexington with Kentucky yarns, and C J Smith planning Montgomery shopping for fall stock. It notes Major Brim Gerry's oak blown down by lightning on College Street, drought harming cotton prospects, and plans for lectures by Bill Arp on Dixie.
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Brim Gerry
College Street
Lemone
Large Cotton Price Paid by Owen Sealy Firm and Local Sales
Owen Sealy offers the highest price for cotton while Allison & Simpson sold 6000 pounds of sugar to a single buyer, likely the largest sale by a Boston area retailer. The firm notes ample goods and easy sales. buyers receive six to eight rolls of bagging and 15 to 20 bundles of ties per farmer, typical for the period.
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Allison & Simpson
Free schooling opens with strict rules and no tuition
The article outlines Randolph High School preparations for the new term with emphasis on prompt attendance, organization, and free instruction except a five dollar incidental fee. It notes exemptions for poverty, cites a local editor’s hoax claim about Colquitt, and explains Georgia state constitution provisions for governor elections.
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Mule High School
Prudential Committee
Joux T. Cuance
Board of
Trusteca
Grange College Opens September Eighteen Eighty
Grange College announces opening on September 13 1880 with male and female students. Faculty credible and graduates to be welcomed. Buildings commodious, large and well furnished. Board and tuition rates stated. catalog requests invited to M A McNotty president and B C Apaus secretary.
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M. A. McNotty
B. C. Apaus
Socy
Indian Vermis Cage offered to expel worms in intestines
Fragmented ad notes Shriner's Indian Vermis Cage claim to destroy parasites and improve health. Mentions J. W. Stanford and Dr. Tanner in Cuthbert and New York, with dental reform after a fast. Also cites Hancock veteran enrollments and upcoming October elections across states, interwoven with garbled names and places.
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Shriner
Cuthbert
J. W. Stanford
Tanner
Gui
New York
Ohio
Fort Gaines Debating Club Sets Gov Colquitt Verdict Tonight
Fort Gaines club slated to weigh support for and against Gov Colquitt tonight. Local notices report cotton deliveries, Miss Minna Collins teaching music, a shoe dealer’s background claims, and multiple community updates including deaths, land purchases, and church meetings. Col. Sohn G. Webb dies, remembered for Confederate service and county leadership. Knights of Honor benefit noted.
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Fort Gaines
Colquitt
Loys
Minna Collins
Collins
Fort Games
Sohn G. Webb
Reams
Col. Webb
Lodge of Knights of Honor
Ben
Georgetown news and notes from Quitman County
Local items report romances at Georgetown, crop hopes rising amid rains, and social visits by Susie Morris and Jessie Pittman in Geneva. Anecdotes cover a 1836 pine-heart heirloom, a colored dispute ending with a bite and bruises, merchants stocking fall and winter goods, a Norwood Club formation, and a securing of a gubernatorial candidate.
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Susie Morris
Jessie Pittman
Geneva
Georgetown
Quitmen County
Norwood Club No
Mas M. Norwood
T. L. Guxnay
Jams W. Las
Ready to gin cotton and sell dry goods
Multiple small notices announce Gunn and Moody's cotton gin offering low prices and safety, plus ads from A N Gillespie and Allison & Simpson for dry goods. Other blurbs promote whiskey, medicines, and sample agents, with various local business pitches and dates in August.
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Gunn & Moody
Wanamaker Brown
Snch
Atuton & Sarmon
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Savannah
Ed McDonald
Lexington
Kentucky
Charley Lever
Sam Gamble
C.J. Smith
Montgomery
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Laxington
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Warshouts
Clay County
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W. C. Peacock, Jr
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English Cigara
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