Justice and politics mix in 1897 Jackson Argus dispatchs
A Jackson Argus column notes Sidney Green’s Pike County Journal praise after a hanging, reports Gen Gordon’s re election in Nashville, and mocks the G O P and the Hawaii syndicate. It cites Dr McCormick’s expulsion from Spalding medical society, criticizes the agriculture department, and mocks populist and democratic intrigues at the Atlanta convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spalding County Medical Society
McCormick
Dr. McCormick
Debs Outlines Utopian Plan for Co operative State
Debs proposes a seven step program to organize 100000 workers into lodges, select a Western state, establish cooperative factories, elect a legislature, call a constitutional convention, enact laws under a new constitution, and replace money with labor exchange certificates. The plan aims to restructure society around cooperative ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene V. Debs
Galloot
Chicago
The Hanging of Tom Delk in Pike County
An eyewitness account describes the April 2 execution of Tom Delk for murder and the involved으로 trial history. Sheriff Gwyn’s pursuit, Delk's defiance, and the crowd at Zebulon are detailed, with reflections on bravery and fate as Delk meets the gallows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Gwyn
Pike County
Zebulon
Concord
Taylor Delk
Delk
Gwyn
Winchester
Delks
Tom Langford
Tom Delk
W. O. Gwyn
Sis
Mrs. McWilliams
Forgiveness Prayer Amid Time's And Eternities
A reflective note imagines time as a border between past and future. The speaker pleads for mercy and asks God to forgive the wrongdoer, expressing a heart turned toward forgiveness despite historical harms.
The Man From the Sixth
A Cordele Sentinel item comments on Mrs Myrick and her inability to name who will go to Congress from the Sixth district. It notes she would enjoy seeing the person she once helped elect as president of the senate wearing the Sixth district toga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. DeWitt Talmage
Bessie Bloodworth
Atlanta
W. J. Partridge
Peru’s hotel project sparks town’s revival and growth
A Peru Nebraska citizen recounts how a stalled hotel plan nearly doomed the town after the Missouri Pacific and Burlington lines shifted commerce. A late surge of public money rebuilt a modest hotel, drew a brick block and bank, and sparked $100,000 in new buildings, rising values, and a thriving normal school. The stockholders gained faith, not dividends, as Peru upgraded and prospered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Neb
Omaha World-Herald
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Burlington
Nemaha
Auburn
Brownville
Nemaha City
State Normal School
Jackson Institute Graduate Tom Slaughter Honored
Tom Slaughter, a Jackson Institute graduate, is celebrated for his collegiate success at State University. The town and school commend his thorough training and predict continued achievement in any field he pursues.
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Tom Slaughter
Jackson
Tom
Jackson Institute
State University
Farley Barn Struck by Lightning Burns Down
Last Wednesday afternoon Bud Farley’s barn was destroyed by a lightning strike. He saved his stock but a negro worker was killed, with 300 bushels oats and 200 bushels corn destroyed alongside fodder and vehicles. Farley resides on the Jackson Milner road. insurance status and the victim’s name are not yet known.
Local notes from Finchersville and area
Dry weather hurts crops in Finchersville. Marriage of Rile Mason and Cordelia Yancey noted. I M Wilson enjoys a social with a Worthville belle. Lawton Sunday antics questioned. Redman and Barnes seen at church. Stark boys welcomed. A peach leaf cologne venture teased. Bob Garrett sighted seeking his girl. Readers urged to hear from Skelper Venus Broncho. Homer J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
John Redman
Edgar Barnes
Stark
Bob Garrett
Fairview
Bob
Skelper
Venus
Broncho
Homer J
Local notes from High Falls community update
Community brief reports improvements for Mr. G. W. Head. J. Frank White and Jim Henson visited Indian Spring. Farmers anticipate rain. crops progressing. W. C. Wynn enjoyed roasting ears. Charlie Conner near finish chopping cotton. High Falls mill active with wheat thrash. Children entertain with new biscuits and blackberry pie. Several locals engaged with guano notes, travel, or visits to Jackson, Warm Springs, Elgin, and Meriwether county events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C. Wynn
Charlie Conner
High Falls
B. F. Watkins, Jr
Jackson
Ben
Sife
Katie
Jamie Flynt
Elgin
C. L. Edwards
The Dreaded Consumption Cure Promoted by Dr Slocum
A period advertisement from Dr T A Slocum promises free three bottles of his new remedies for consumption and related lung diseases. The offer asks afflicted readers to send their address to 98 Pine Street New York and mention the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Slocum
M.D
Ephor Arcus
M. D
Pine Street
New York
Wishie
Indian Spring Notes Prompt Busy Teachers Institute
The Teachers Institute now in session at Indian Spring is well attended with many Jackson visitors. Mrs Emma Bradly aged lady died at Indian Spring and was buried at the public cemetery. Visitors include Mrs Jack Britton of Americus and Miss Mary Turner of McDonough. An ice cream festival at Indian Spring pavilion supported a new church. State School Commissioner Glenn and Prof Hunt of Jackson are seen at Indian Spring. Local chatter mentions several visitors and a boy losing a ticket but finding it later in his coat.
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Atlanta
Thos. Watson
Mount Olympus
Yancy
Yan
Hines
Savannah
Teachers Institute
Indian Spring
Jackson
Emma Bradly
Public
Jack Britton
Americus
J. P. Britton
Mary Turner
McDonough
Zada Dozier
May Rogers
Singleton
Macon
Saulsburry
Edie Peel
J. W. Terrell
Butts County
Mary Goodall
Dr. White
Laula Glover
Glenn
Prof. Hunt of
Calumet
Boykin
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Jackson Argus
Sidney Green
Pike County Journal
United Confederate Veterans Association
Nashville
Gen. Gordon
Ohio
Riff Raff
Hawaii
Mark Hanna
White House
Blalock
Commissioner of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Debs
Butts
Henry
Upson
John H. Milner
J. A. Wright
Sheriff Beauchamp
Cordele Sentinel
NEW Life
Finchersville
Rile Mason
Cordelia Yancey
I. M. Wilson
Worthville
Annie Wright
Vallie Garr
Flovilla
Mamie
Annie Elder
Messrs
Eugene Benton
W. Troy Kelly
Monticello
Clever Gordon Jones
Castoria
Argus
Court House
Potts & Stewart’s
D. Thurston
T.C. B.C
J. B. Gurariz
J. A. Plunket
Cardus
Ladies’ Advisory Department
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
Louisa Hale
Jefferson, Ga
Lom. Sumner
Winnecome
Wis
M. M. Fenner
Fredonia
N. Y
J. W. Crum
Woman’s Favorite Magazine
Butterick Publishing Co
West Thirteenth Street
John Wedderburn & Co
Washington, D. C
Jackson Banking CO
State OF Georgia
L. D. Watson
J. A. Macmichael
CG. S.C
John T. Abbott, W. M. Cleveland
J. R. Robinson
Proprietors
Tussahaw Creek
J. Tom Stewart
Jas. F. Carmichael
Castor
Sterling Remedy Co
U.s.journal of Medicine
W.H. Peeke
J H. Shirah
Cotton Ave
Schofield’s Iron Works
Schofield
Hancock Inspirators
Guilett
Magnolia
J. S. Schofield & Son
Georgia
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