Power scheme eyed for Ocmulgee River site near Macon
A Macon News report details New York capitalists pursuing the Ocmulgee Mills site in Butts county as a potential vast electric power plant. The natural dam could yield at least 15 000 horsepower with expansion to 25 000, supplying Atlanta and central Georgia towns once cables are laid.
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Argus
Ocmulgee
Macon News
Macon
Atlanta
Chattahoochee
New York
Lamar Estate
Ocmulgee Mills
Butts County
Ocmulgee River
Col
Henry J. Lamar
Georgia
Flovilla
Col. Lamar
Griffin
Jackson
Forsyth
Prohibition Letter Calls For Vote Against Liquor License
Capt W F Smith of Baconton urges Butts County residents to reject whiskey licenses in an independent appeal to church, family, and morality. He argues liquor leads to crime and harm, labeling opposition as right against wrong and pledging not to disturb local politics.
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Baconton
Argus
Old Butts
Butts County
W. F. Smiru
Catarrh Seen as Chronic Inflammation of All Organs
A pamphlet argues that many diseases such as Bright's disease liver complaints and consumption are all chronic catarrh of mucous membranes. It asserts internal remedies cure catarrh regardless of location and promotes Peru na as the cure. Dr Hartman’s book Winter Catarrh is offered free by The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company in Columbus Ohio.
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Bright
Hartman
Pe-runa Drug Manufacturing Company
Columbus
Ohio
Asa Smith
Greencastle
Indiana
Prohibition Sermon Urges Dry Ticket in Butts County
A letter signed by G. H. Cartell condemns liquor licenses in Butts County and its towns Jackson Flovilla and Jenkinsburg. It argues that liquor fosters crime, entraps youths, and that voting dry protects neighbors and moral duty. It urges abstaining from a wet vote or boycotting polling places.
Beware of Mercury Ointments for Catarrh
Warning against catarrh treatments containing mercury and urging prescriptions from reputable physicians. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as mercury free and effective, with testimonials, sold by druggists at 75 cents per bottle.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Voters urged to register in Butts County liquor election
The registration books at Goggans' store are open until 4 p.m. February 11 for all residents who wish to vote on the liquor sale issue. January 18, 1898. Tax Collector 8. D. Thurston.
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Butts County
Goggans
D. Thurston
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Belial
G. H. Cartell
Fao
S.S.S
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta, Ga
M. P. Hall
Bank Hall
T. J. Dempsey
Fhce
Dempsey
Mulberry Street
Ackson, Georgia
J. W. Preston , SR
Malcolm H. Ayer
Preston & Ayer
North Triangular Block
Butts
L. L. Ray
Claude C. Ray
RAY & Ebay
Jackson, Georgia
Planter’s Supply Co
W.w
Anderson
E.m.smith
E.a.stephens
Anderson, Smith & Stephens
Mcdonough
O. P. Duke
A. H. Cantrell
Third and
Mulberry Streets
W. A. Starnes, Jr
Offic
M. M. Mills
Jackson, GA
Algernon Blair
Ea, Mallet & Nutt
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Jackson , Argus
Detroit Free Press
Free Press
the Free Press
R. E. Lee
Citizen and Christian Patriot
A.g. Williams
Jackson Couny
J.J. Mason
Muscogee Couty
Materia
Royal Publishing Company
Kth and
Main Sts
Richmond, Va
General Assembly
Prison Commission of
Commission
Jos.s. Turner
Douglass Glessner
DeWitt
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