Industrial Push Aims to Harness Ocmulgee Water Power
Capitalists plan to develop two Ocmulgee river sites near Flovilla and Wil lians Station with a new rail branch four miles long. Surveys begin soon to enable grain mills and ballast rock transport, aiming to attract capital and create thousands of jobs. Project totals indicate substantial investment this spring and summer.
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Ocmulgee Mills
Flovilla
Smith’s Mills
Ocmulgee River
C. A. Nutting
Southern Railway
Indian Spring
Jackson
Willians
Rose to Lead Cordele Sentinel Appointment
A. A. Rose departed for Cordele to take charge of the Cordele Sentinel, a move marking a new entry in journalism for him. Ethel Tye will visit Atlanta relatives, and Mrs. T. C. Nolan with daughter Annie return from Washington after attending the presidential inauguration. MethDist Sunday School delegates E. A. Stephens H. B. Neil and A. F. Bunn were chosen for the state convention in Newnan, and Clem Price and Walter Hulling will wed at Flippen next Wednesday, joining Henry county’s popular pair.
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Methdist
E. A. Stephens
H. B. Neil
A. F. Bunn
States
Newnan
Flippen
Clem Price
Walter Hulling
Henry County
Ladies Health Boost Restores Women From Monthly Ailments
A historic medical pamphlet asserts women suffer from menstrual disorders and emphasizes a remedy claimed to restore health. The text frames female complaints as common and presents a single product approach for recovery.
Bradfield Regulator for Women Promoted by Atlanta Firm
A dated advertisement touts Bradfield Regulator as a remedy for menstrual complaints. It claims long experience, specific action on menstruation organs, and relief, urging use by adolescents and delicate women to tonify the system. The notice lists a Missouri Valley location and Atlanta firm, with price of $1 per bottle.
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Bean Valley
Mize
Winesrardut
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga, Tenn
Last Lot Sold in Flovilla Amid Town Growth
Our agency sold six lots to J W Terrell closing Grants Adair personal property holdings in Flovilla. We also sold 10 to 20 acres on Indian Spring road to 8 L Thompson within Flovilla corporate limits. Col G W Adair helped survey and develop a town now home to 500 with a high school, churches, and multiple businesses.
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J. W. Terrell
Grant & Adair
Flovilla
J. W. Heard
Indian Spring Road
8. L. Thompson
Col
G. W. Adair
Atlanta
Jackson
Card of Thanks From Flovilla Residents After House Fire
Card from James Mayfield and wife of Flovilla Georgia dated March 23 1897 thanks neighbors and friends for kindness after a fatal house fire. They describe the terror of waking to flames the loss of clothing and furniture and express gratitude for aid and sympathy from those who contributed or would have helped.
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Flovilla
James Mayfield
Sparta opposition to Carson City prize fight betting
The Sparta Ishmaelite laments the town’s betting frenzy over the Carson City prize fight likening it to presidential election excitement. It warns of gambling’s moral decline and urges readers, especially youths and women, to abstain and avoid ruinous losses.
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Sparta
Carson City
Ishmaelite
Sparta Ishmaelite
Free Life Pills Offer From H E Bucklen Co Chicago
Free sample box of Dr King s New Life Pills offered to readers who send addresses to H E Bucklen Co Chicago. Trial promises to prove their merits for constipation sick headache malaria and liver troubles. Pills claimed to be vegetable safe and non weakening and to tone stomach and bowels. Regular 25c per box sold by druggists.
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H. E. Bucklen & Co
Chicago
Dr. King
Ordinary of Crawford county found guilty of fornication
The ordinary of Crawford county is convicted of fornication and adultery and sentenced to 12 months in the chain gang or a $400 fine.
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Crawford County
Fincherville Letter Provides Village News and Cheer
The Finchville column shares small town updates on weather delaying farming, a strong school with Prof. W. J. Hardy, local business Knowles and Yancy thriving, and relatives and visitors like Charlie Wilson returning home. Happy anecdotes include Rev. Mr. Hardy’s joyful return and Mr. Wilson’s education completion.
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J. M. Wilson
New Town Forming in Mitchell County Union City Project
Captain Smith leads a big enterprise to lay out Union City in Baconton Mitchell County on three thousand acres. A cooperative colony will use 80 by 100 foot store lots 1 to 5 acre business residences and 20 50 and 100 acre farms with profit sharing from alternate lot sales. An Alliance like warehouse oil mill and brick yard are planned with three rail and river routes and two blue springs feeding a clear stream.
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Macon
Headlight
Baconton
Mitchell County
Union City
Alliance
Jackson
Flint
Great Southern
Cedar Rock Weather and Local Notes Amid Rainy Spring
In Cedar Rock the rains persist and farmers idle amid mud and weariness. Fincherville visits show the malarial fever waning while crops like rye and oats look promising. Several residents are mentioned including Emmett Williams and Jim McDonald with light community anecdotes and a broken buggy incident.
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Emmett Williams
J. M. McMichael
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W. J. Hardy
Mr. Hardy
Charlie Wilson
Perry Davis
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Cedar Rock
Worthville
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Walter Williamson
Gid Gilmore
Mount Bethel
Oscar Turner
Broncho
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