Peace prospects and Paris dispatches from Versailles
A dispatch from Versailles reports if peace is not assured by noon Friday the second, third and fifth army corps will be sent south. Negotiations between M. Favre and Count Bismarck extend the armistice to Sunday evening. A final peace arrangement is said to be near with Bordeaux committee drafting the treaty and Moltke and Bis mark approved terms.
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Versailles
Wien
Fredrick Chartes
Paris
M. Favre
Count Bismarck
Bordeaux
Count von Bismark
Mutilated Currency Stamps and Postal Rules Explained
A Kingston Georgia postmaster sought guidance on mutilated currency for stamps and envelopes. A Treasury backed Post Office reply allows acceptance of US notes with minor missing value and defaced notes redeemable by the Treasury, while severely damaged notes are rejected. The piece notes local resistance and previews railroad political movements in Congress and progress on the Brunswick and Albany line toward Albany and Enfaula.
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Kingston
Post Office Department
Post Order Department
Treasury Department
United States
W. It H. Trrret
Washington
Seaport
Brunswick and Albany
Brunswick & Albatry Railway
Albany
Sity
En~ Faula
Immigration proposed to replace unreliable negro labor in Georgia
A Macon Telegraph writer urges the State Agricultural Convention to boost foreign immigration to fill labor gaps. He argues that white labor should be increased and organized regionally to attract industrious workers, contending the current negro labor supply is unstable and will hurt landowners and the state's agricultural prosperity.
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Macon
Editorial Brevities Highlights From Georgia News and Gossip
Briefs note TE Wing’s death in Macon last Saturday evening from consumption and Gen Magrider’s death in Galveston. Railroad grading nears Colquitt. emigration to Texas continues. Cotton arrivals at Macon warehouse projected high. a Griffin girl praised for valentines. Several political and local incidents described, plus a partridge-eating wager in Miller’s Kloman House and a tornado impact in Baker County.
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TE Wing
Macon
Baker County
Albany News
B. Ti. Hill
Col. Eluellyn
J. Hi. Logan
Col
S. W. Mangham
Logan
Disastrous Fire Destroys Dawson Hotel and Nearby Shops
A devastating blaze last night on Dawson’s public square destroyed the west side including the hotel owned by Mr. Collins. Flames spread rapidly from the wooden structure forcing inmates to escape from second story windows. Losses are not yet totaled with principal sufferers named and property owners facing extensive damage. Firefighters and citizens, including Mr McClintock, saved goods worth hundreds of dollars. The report notes Krupp eleven inch siege guns cost thirty thousand gold each with thousand-dollar projectiles.
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Collins
Ae A. J. Baldwin
Farnum, Sharpe & Co
G. B. Thoson
Patrick Ward
H. R. Thoma
James & Bro
Jacob Kuttner
N. Hi. Lice
Edward Kuttner
Mr. Collins
Davison Journal
L. W Amarr
Sherman
Paris
Krupp
Akerman to be Kicked Out of the Cabinet for Incompetency
A New York Evening Post dispatch states that Attorney General Akerman is to resign soon due to professional inexperience with key Supreme Court cases. The President is urged to appoint a replacement after March, with several Supreme Court justices reportedly advising the change.
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Akerman
New York Evening Post
Supreme
United States
Supreme Court
Radical measures threaten Southern elections and secret societies
Washington correspondence discusses enforcement bills and federal commissioners in the South, accusations of fraud and intimidation at polls, and protests over race mixing in funding. It notes criticism of Grand Army of the Republic and National Union League, plus ongoing debates on Reconstruction laws and a loan negotiation.
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South
House
U. S
Reconstruction Committee
Oance
Ka- Hilux
Grand Army of the Republic
Horace Greeley
National Union League
Philadelphia
Senate
Samnmer
District of Columbia
Home Industrial School
Woman’s Christian Association
Politicians and appointments stir debate over Treasury role and elections
The piece lampoons Jay Cooke as a Europe agent and questions Judge Richardson’s foreign post. It notes Ulysses s Grant memories, Dawes and Russell in Boston politics, and criticizes truthfulness amid promotions. It reports Georgia's Nelson Tift election certificate and Bullock's hesitations pending House review.
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Hhead
House of Jay Cook & Co
Jay Cooke
Judge Richardson
Europe
Richardson
Massachusetts
the Treasury
Treasury
Boutwell
Ubysses
Dawes
Russell
Boston
Grant
Stanton Johnson
Andrew
West Point
Ulysses
Lee and Carter Married in Cuthbert Georgia
The ceremony took place on February 15 in Cuthbert Georgia officiated by Rev J R Owen. The couple was Mr John B Lee and Mrs Lou A Carter.
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Cuthbert, Ga
J.R. Owen
John B. Lee
Lou. A. Carter
Public notice warns against dangerous nostrums and promotes pure family medicines
The article condemns inexpensive nostrums marketed by quacks as useless or harmful. It notes druggists must stock them but offer a safer alternative of strictly pure family medicines. It urges readers to seek physician guidance and favors remedies prepared by experienced formulators with published formulas.
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Taise & Voi i
Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla and Yellow Dock Remedy
Advertisement for a blood purifying compound from Hunt Rankin & Lamar of Macon claims to treat scrofula skin diseases and syphilis. It markets a fluid extract of sarsaparilla yellow dock and Queen's Delight with iodide of potassium, asserting safety and superiority over her mercury or arsenic based tonics.
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Yellow Dock
Queen's Delight
Hunt, Rankin & Lamar
Mucon
Liver Pills for Disease Cure From Hunt Rankin Amari
Purporting to treat liver disease nervous head-ache constipation dyspepsia jaundice rheumatism gout and disorders with a purgative effect. Claims nine of ten cases relief in the Southern climate. Prepared by Hunt Rankin Amar Macon Ga.
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Hunt
Rankin Amar
Druggiff
Macon
Obituary Notice for Mrs. Mircug.t in Lumber
Mrs. Mircug.t died at her son’s residence on the 21st in Lumber at age 75. A Baptist for 60 years she is described as a devoted Christian, kind mother, and warm friend, with many mourning her loss. Funeral arrangements not listed.
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B. C. Mitchell
M. Mircug
The
Baptist Church
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Cuthbery
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