Georgia Farmers See Record Crop Prospects Across State
Georgia reports show widespread optimism with oats corn and cotton outlooks improving in counties from Nashville to Elberton. Crop conditions are strong in Stephens Walker Bibb Butts and many other counties, with fall business expected to rise as merchants stock up for a robust season.
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Georgia
Nashville
Porrien
Tomnohi Ga
Stephens County
Lexington
Lafayette
Walker County
Douglas
Sea Island
Zevulon
Columbus, Ga
Columbus
Augusta
Richmond County
Macon
Bibb County
Jackson
Butts County
Blue Ridge
North Georgia
Milledgeville
Fort Daines
Clay County
Ellijay
Gilmer
McRae, Ga
McRae
Telfair
Jesup
Wayne
Conyers
Rockdale County
Hartwell
Hart County
Jasper
Athens
Americus
Sumter County
Fitzgerald
Ben Hill County
Hazlehurst
Waynesboro
Lawrenceville
Blakely
Hawkinsville
Pulaski
Carrollton
Carroll County
Abbeville
Wilcox County
Talbotton
Statesboro
Douglasville
Douglas County
Thomaston
Georgetown
Ringgold
Catoosa County
Homer, Ga
W. L. Barker
Banks County
Cartersville
Bartow County
Gartersville
Lincolnton
Thomson
Savannah
Chatham County
Covington
Reidsville
Wrightsville
Cleveland
Eastman, Ga
Dodge County
Haddock
Jones County
Gray
Moultrie
Josuff, Ga
Wayne County
Elberton
Explosion at Key West Kills 12 and Wounds Score
A dynamite accident near Key West kills 12 men and injures about a score more. Rescue crews and officials investigate the blast site while local authorities ponder safety measures and relief for families.
Cigarette caused deadly dynamite blast near Key West
Twenty three men were injured or killed when 700 pounds of dynamite exploded at Bocachica on the Florida East Coast Railway twelve miles from Key West. A worker’s lit cigarette ignited the fuses triggering the blast. Nine died instantly and three perished on arrival at hospital amid wreckage and mangled bodies.
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Key West
Fla
Bocachica
Florida East Coast Railway
Louise Maloney Hospital
Four Million Dollars Allotted for Militia by Congress
Congress apportions four million dollars for the militia. Lieutenant Colonel B H M Weaver reports 109 761 enlisted, with allocations for arms camp supplies rifle practice ammunition and promotions totaling 3 551 177 across states and territories led by Texas Alabama Georgia and others with amounts ranging from ten thousand to one hundred four thousand dollars.
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Washington
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BH. M. Weaver
General Staff Corp
Army
Division of Militia
Weaver
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
New Mexico
Keeping South Carolina Dry Breaks Quorum On Canvassers
Comptroller General Jones repeatedly misses state board of canvassers meetings to block action on the dispensary election results in 21 counties. Attempts to summon Anderson representative K P Smith fail as he is out of state. Quorum may be broken when Lieutenant Governor McLeod is reached, stalling the board's constitutional review.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Equor
Jones
State Board of Canvassers
K. P. Smith
Anderson
McLeod
General Morgan's Betrayer Dead
Mrs. Sarah E. Thompson, listed as a Union army soldier, died in Washington DC. Known as Sarah EF Cottton after two marriages, she earned recognition for revealing to federal troops the hiding place of Confederate General John Morgan, who was killed after escaping prison.
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Washinon
D. C
Sarah E. Thompson
Harriman Secluded at Tower Hill Infirmary Quietly
Arden New York railroad magnate E H Harriman rests in near total isolation at his mountain retreat near the city. All roads are picketed by guards and only one private telephone line remains while officials withhold any public update on his malady or condition.
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Arden
N. Y
E. H. Harriman
Tower Hill
Finnclair
Alabama Prohibition Sweep Ends Legislature Session
The Alabama special session adjourned after twenty-two days with ten prohibition measures approved. A constitutional amendment to ban sale or manufacture of intoxicants at state level was placed before voters in November. Prosecutions shift to chancellors. foreign corporations barred if tied to liquor in other states. New pure food and drug laws, a revamped jury system, and civil code changes accompany the reforms.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Comer
Steamship Ohio sinks off Alaska with five crew lost
The Alaska Steamship Company steamer Ohio sank near Steeff Point Alaska after a wireless signal saved most aboard. Of 128 passengers only crew members died including purser F J Stephen and wireless operator George W Eeeles. Passengers reached shore aboard boats or vessels Kingfisher Humboldt and Rupert City bound for Swanson Bay Ketchikan and Vancouver.
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Ohio
Seattle
Wash
Alaska Steamship Company
Steeff Point
Alaska
F. J. Stephen
George W. Eeeles
Winnipeg
Kingfisher
Swanson Bay
Humboldt
Rupert City
Ketchikan
Vancouver
Unreconstructed rebel Colonel Saussy named on Georgia staff
Atlanta report details Colonel G N Saussy of Sylvester Ga who received a Georgia and United States oath and commission but altered both. He changed the color blue to gray in the regulations for the inform and rewrote the US oath asserting continued Confederate loyalty and refusal to take the United States oath.
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Atlanta
G. N. Saussy
Sylvester
Brown
Saussy
Adjutant General
State of Georgia
United Staates
United States
No Cholera On Ship From Rotterdam
A dispatch to Surgeon General Wyman from the American consul at Rotterdam says the Andyk was the last ship to depart before cholera cases were reported and that the consul did not mean to imply the disease was aboard that vessel, easing government fears.
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Washington, D. C
Wyman
The
Health and Marine Hospital
Rotterdam
America
Great Pearl Found in Wabash River Mount Vernon
George Rutledge recovered a pearl weighing forty six grains from the Wabash River at Mount Vernon Illinois and sold it for 2500 dollars. The jewel is said to be the largest ever taken from the stream and the finder has long engaged in pearl fishing with mixed success.
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Mount Vernon
Ill
George Rutledge
Wabash River
Rebel captive paraded in iron cage through Fez streets
Fez subject El Roghi, rebellious under the sultan, was captured by imperial troops and marched strapped to a camel back to the sultan who questioned him during the procession through city streets.
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Fez
Morocco
el Roghi
The Satire of Holmes and His Glass House Humor
Dr. Holmes enjoyed satire that mirrored his own traits, preferring homegrown mockery over harming others. He valued Boston’s intellect while lampooning local virtues with a sharp wit, likening his style to a trickster’s performance and noting its harmless nature to the New England Conference.
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Dr. Holmes
Boston
New England
Watch winding puzzle from Strand Magazine explained
A writer asks if reducing nightly windings from twelve to ten will let a watch run down. The solution shows each turn is worth two hours, so ten turns on Monday night extend to 2 o'clock Wednesday morning before the watch stops, with successive evenings extending by two hours per day.
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Strand
Luxurious Bee Hives Inspire Novel German Insects
A German schoolmaster builds decorative bee hives in the town, each with a distinct mark resembling an inn, castle, house, cottage, or windmill, alongside wooden animal carvings such as an elephant. The creator proudly expands his whimsical apiary.
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Strand Magazine
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