Cuthbert Notes from August 29 1873
A busy set of notes covering events from Dallas goats to Saratoga hotels receipts five thousand dollars, a million-dollar United States hotel in Saratoga, a sunken steamer with whisky, public lectures in Atlanta, a Macon fair baseball prize, and political predictions for September elections.
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Dallas
Texas
Saratoga
Smith
United Statesotel
Missouri River
J. J. Rickman
Atlanta
Macon
Pike
Baer
Georgia State Grange Appeals for Mutual Aid to Merchants
An August 18 circular from Corapancuee Georgia under the State Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry urges merchants and manufacturers to terms with a Georgia farmers association. It stresses cooperation, mutual benefit, and reform to avoid rural economic decline, naming executive committee members L F Livingston Barnesville J S Lavenver Covington Morgan and secretary E Taylor.
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State Grange
Patrons of Husbandry
Georgia State Grange
Corapancuee
Gistain
Georgia
L. F. Livingston
Covington
Lavenver
Barnesville
C. M. Davis
Morgan, Ga
E. Taylor
Gold Coin Transfer and Odd Birth Reported
The New York Sun notes four tons of gold coin moved from San Francisco to New York in twelve iron chests guarded by nine armed men. Each bag held $20,000 in double eagles, with a total coin balance at the New York Subtreasury near $48,522,648.79. The piece also reports a bizarre Bartow county birth with no bones, no neck, and a tail, living only an hour.
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New York Sun
San Francisco
New York
Treasury
Sun
Outrage over iron screw pricing and church reform talk
A Savannah News correspondent questions unfair dealings by Schofield of Macon over iron screws and gin gear pricing, contrasting 185 and 9.50 dollar quotes to change a hand screw to horse power. Also reports Joseph E. Johnston’s murder in Smithville, Brigham Young’s Enoch plan, and hints at new fall fabrics arriving.
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Savannah News
Messrs. Schofield
Macon
J.S. Semerrero & Son
Eatonton
Albany
Sawyer
Eclipse
Alabama
Georgia
EuXula
Goldsboro
Georgia Should Compare 1866 and 1873 Statistics, Not 1860 and 1870
A Macon Telegraph analysis of Col. Hardeman's Athens speech argues Georgia’s food crop values fell 35 percent from 1867 to 1871, despite cotton export trends. It notes widespread land and livestock losses, population out-migration, and wealth declines across the state, urging updated comparisons.
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Macon
Hardeman
Smith
Georgia
Atlanta Constitution
United States
State Fair Plans In Macon Highlight Big Attendance
Mayor Huff predicts twenty thousand visitors to the State Fair in Macon with lodging for 5 000 and ample hospitality. He touts the stock display as the largest ever and notes anticipated appearances by Col McDaniel with Basset and several military companies from New York Maryland Georgia and local Macon units. A nearby copperhead bite leaves James Tarlton in need of whisky and ammonia before recovery. Macon City Council orders a new $6 500 hippodrome for the Fair.
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Huff
Macon
Col. McDaniel
Basset
New York Seventh Regiment
Maryland Fifth Regiment
Georgia
Governor’s Guards
Atlanta
Savannah
Oglethorpes
Augusta
Columbus
Mobile
Ala
James Tarlton
Charlotte
N. C
Hartshorn
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Jas. P. Sawtell
J. C. Irvine
Cuthbert
Charles Wise
Rome
Thos. A. R. Nelson
Tennessee
Knoxville
Vermont
California
Maine
Athens
London
Rockmart
Wise
Atlantic
Hercules
Richard
Grubs
Seaport Appeal
Millard Fillmore
Fillmore
Andy Johnson
Mr. Fillmore
Taylor
Lincoln
Bartow County
Hawkinsville
Enoch
Brigham Young
Organization of Enoch
City of Enoch
Statistics of Georgia
DR. W. Btackett
Cuthbert, Georgia
Femarts
Randolph
M. A. McNulty
Lawber
JAY & Price
Dawson, Ga
Wright
Hannahatchee Jim
Venient
Cotton World
Dawson
Dawson Manufacturing Co
E. McDonald & Co
E. McDonald
Agt’s
Cuthbert, Ga
Tchell
T. S. Powell
Hall's
Allen F. Hall
Jno
M. Redding
Farmers Warehouse
J. M. Redding
Herrofore
Bagzingz
MO M. Redding
Aaron Price
Babbitt
Kennedy
Wilitcomb
Hembold
Brandreth
Wilson
Tutt
Jaynes
Brown
Maw’s Corn
Maw’s Bannion
Miller’s Harness
Jlusland
Bartholic
T. 8
Powell
Superior
Draggist
T. S. Powells
SOL
Beokeshines
Couthbert
tHorse Buurut
Wooten
James R. Wooten
O. F. Noel
J. McK. Gunn
Crockett’s
Iron Works
ARES
Horse Power
K. Crockett
Macon, Ga
Jackson & West
Byington’s Hotel
Fort Valley
JOS. T. Kiddou , CO
P. C. Sawyer’s
P. C. Sawyer
Geotsia
Locust Grove
Griffin Banking Company
T. Dickin & Son
Locust Grove GA
H.t.dickin & Son
E. Alex Cleveland
M.L. Harris
Daniel P. Ferguson
Jonesboro, Ga
Irwinton
Thomas Hooks
Elijah Lingo
Nathan Bass
Griswold
Manssey
D. Pratt
Lee County
Arkansas
Burward’s Station
W. O'Daniel
J. W. Summers
Orangeburg
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J.C. Staley
Cocorans
Cmr
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