04 Dec 1879
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Newspaper
Georgia Albany News
Location
Albany, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1879
Page
1
An out of context jumble quotes political rhetoric and street chatter about Democrats Randall and Matthews. It discusses Northern South conflict, warnings on prices, cotton demand, and cautionary notes on farming and debt with scattered remarks about violence and public sentiment.
A compilation of remarks from the TaGrange Reporter La Grange Reporter Savannah News and Columbus Times touching Albany taxes Livingston running as an Independent for Congress in the Sixth District and recollections of General Toombs. Also comments on Georgia farming yields in Harris and Talbot counties and suggestions on rural improvements including smoke houses cows corn cribs granaries and land reclamation.
An interview with Mr. Forwood, president of the International Cotton Exchange, traces the rise in prices to a Liverpool corner and aggressive New York speculation. It notes projected U.S. and global supply increases, the risk of a price correction, and reforms in American cotton trade practices. The piece also reports on juvenile piracy cases in Canada, embezzling youths in Connecticut, and remarks on municipal indebtedness in Georgia cities.
The piece recounts Larry Gantt of the Oglethorpe Echo defending his corrections after misattributing appointments to Governor Colquitt. It notes ongoing party commentary from the Augusta Chronicle and others, plus anecdotes about Felton, Sherman, and Kellogg, and a curious old Liverpool banknote story.
The Charlotte Observer notes Georgia earned 456000 from leases and taxes plus 350000 in general taxes. It highlights road, railroad, fertilizer, convict lease and liquor tax income with a $1.12 bond price remark and claims Georgia leads the South in factories while praising ongoing enterprise and prosperity.
The piece praises women’s society as morally beneficial and cites Thackeray’s sharp satire on male club life while endorsing the value of calm social evenings. It notes Prof. Proctor’s Millerism forecast of an apocalypse in two and a half billion years, criticizing millenarian haste and arguing time is not a cost.
Feeble ladies suffer from languor and drain on vitality with irritable symptoms. The advertisement touts Hop Bitters as a marvelous remedy that quickly relieves irregularities and obstructions and claims permanent reduction of periodical pain. Also included is a political commentary from Cincinnati Saturday Night criticizing Granite Democrats in Georgia as a bad political nest.
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