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Prohibition and press notes swirl in late 1900s Georgia
A miscellany from Georgia media highlights legal battles over Jamaica ginger sales and liquor in dry counties, debates on prohibition and medicine, indictments of R. M. Rose Co. for soliciting orders, and a portrait of Atlanta Georgian editors. It notes Newt Twitty's congress bid and contrasts city life in New York with southern poverty, urging domestic relief for missionaries and the needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
Gainesville
Bartow Grand Jury
R. M. Rose & Co
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Washington Reporter
Wilkes County
Georgia
Ficklin
L. M. Wells
Lampkin
North Georgia
Nue- Get Weekly
New York