Jackson Argus May 27 1898 Grain Growers Meet Waterworks Plan
The Jackson Argus reports Jackson Georgia fruit growers meet at the Brown house in Griffin next Tuesday to select anxious candidates for June 6. Residents vote on county officers next month. The city aims to build waterworks. The president calls for 75 000 more volunteers to form another Georgia regiment. Prices of produce rise as crops flourish amid no foreign threat.
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Georgia
Brown House
Griffin
Waterworks Pay Promise Backed by Jackson Banker
President Etheridge of the Jackson Banking Co. returns from a ten day trip through South Georgia and Florida. He notes small southern towns with 800 residents maintain modern waterworks and believes Jackson can install a system funded by revenue from customers, a view The Argus has long endorsed as sound.
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Etheridge
Jackson Banking Co
Points
South Georgia
Floriia
Dhe
Jackson
Argus
Naval Movements and Press Censorship Frame War Coverage
A shift to strict censorship curbs correspondents at Tampa and Key West. Reporters no longer trail naval squadrons, instead offering only observed details. A letter to the Atlanta Journal suggests Sampson could have taken San Juan but retreated under fire, fueling debate on American fleet strategy and engagement with Cervero’s fleet.
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Sampson
Schley
Tampa
Key West
Jack Cohen
Atlanta Journal
San Juan
Jack
Cerveras
Argus
Caribbean
Naval commanders risked fate with bluff in Caribbean drama
The piece claims Sampson and Schley were uncertain of meeting as fleets were 40 miles apart and urges the president to end Washington strategy delays. It credits them as capable and notes news dispatches were suppressed to protect American interests. It predicts quick action against Spain’s Porto Rico and the Vera Cruz fleet after a moon.
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Sampson
O. K
Schley
Washington
Spain
Porto Rica
Caribbean Sea
Cervera
Citizens Meet With City Council On New Charter
A citizens committee and the city council held a joint session to push for drafting a new charter to advance waterworks. Mayor names a five member committee to hire an attorney to draft the charter and report back by Friday. The charter aims for adoption at the next General Assembly opening.
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Mallet
J. R. Carmichael
C. G. Fennell
J.B Settle
W. M. Mallet
J. Lee Byron
General Assembly
Commencement at Jackson Institute Ends Week of Exercises
The Jackson Institute concludes its session with a Thursday night concert by elocution teachers and a Friday morning graduation. Seniors include Fannie Furlow Ossie McCord Lucile Pope Eva May Land Thalma Gilmore Mary Newton. gentlemen Luther Carter Harold Mallet John Thomas Clarence Compton Asa Buttrill. Valedictorian Charles Luther Carter.
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Grand Old Jackson Institute
Tousie
Elocution
Moseley
Barnes
Lasnett
Thornton
Tompkins
Lucile Pope
Mary Newton
Jackson Institute
Ossie McCord
Charles Luther Carter
Locust Grove social notes and church services
Locust Grove reports visiting friends from nearby towns including Jearinsburg Jackson McDonough and Griffin. Beersheba and Indian Creek churches held services with I L Gunter and Rev Lamar Sims preaching. Locust Grove Institute closed a record term with over two hundred pupils and visitors praising the event. Train traffic notes mention twenty-one sleeping cars on the E T V G line returning from Port Tampa.
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Beersheba
Indian Creek
I. L. Gunter
Lamar Sims
Mercer
Locust Grove Institute
R. F. Smith
Board of Trustees
Port Tampa
Youne Fellow, JR
Squadrons bottling Spanish flotilla at Santiago harbor
Report notes air units pinning the Spanish flotilla in the harbor of Santiago. The commentary ponders whether Sampson will strike decisively from within or press the attack by external action.
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Santiago
Sampson
Butts County Man Faces Army Exam in Macon
Jack Kimbrough of Butts county, eager to serve, faced a cavalry examination in Macon and was told he would pass infantry tests and be drafted at once if he reported to McPherson. He remains detained on a subpoena and plans to flee when able.
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Jack Kimbrough
Butts County
Uncle Sam
Kimbrough
Cavalry
McPherson
Infant Dora May Tomlioson Called Home
Dora May Tomlioson infant daughter of Mr and Mrs L E Tomlioson died Sunday morning May 15 at 7 oclock. The child’s brief life touched many and her burial took place Monday at 10 oclock. Her parents are described as devout Christians and the text honors her memory as a pure beacon of innocence.
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Dora May
L. E. Tomlioson
Minnie Castleberry
Darling
Preaching at Blue Ridge Fourth Sunday by Mr Ratliff
Large crowd attends Pleasant Grove Sunday morning and Mr Snow visits. Prof Hudlehy performs at Blue Bridge May 12 with wire walking. Miss Bonnie Bennet of John ill then improves. Miss Ibbie Sessions visits friends Misses Lucy and Corine Lasseter. Blue Ridge school closes and teachers return to Forsyth. DeWitt's Little Early Risers advertised.
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Blue Ridge
Prof. Hudlehy
Blue Bridge
Miss Ibbie Sessions
Misses Lucy
Corine Lasseter
Public School Notice for Teacher License Exam
Applicants for Teacher's License notified of a one day examination in Jackson on June 17 1898. The test starts at 8 AM and will cover Page’s Theory and Practice of Teaching Halleck’s Psychology and the Manual of Methods. Manuals available from C C Maddox C S C Butts County.
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Jackson
Page
Halleck
Maddox
C. S. C. Butts County
Odell Merchant Praises One Minute Cough Cure
L. M. Kennon a merchant from Odell Georgia lauds Dr. W. L. Carmichael's One Minute Cough Cure touting its effectiveness and high praise. The testimonial credits swift relief and strong endorsement from a local business figure.
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L. M. Kennon
Merchant, Odell
W. L. Carmichael
City Council Plans Cemetery Lots for Beautification
The council votes to subdivide the vacant cemetery area into marked lots to be sold, with proceeds used to beautify the cemetery.
Carminative praised by Greensboro druggist
T. B. Rice of Greensboro Georgia touts Dr Pitts Carminative after eight years of use saying it never failed to satisfy and that customers return, with high notes for teething children. It is sold by J W Crum.
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T. B. Rice
Greensboro
Pitts
J. W. Crum
Lynching of Garfield King at Maryland jail by mob
Garfield King, an 18 year old black man, was dragged from the jail in Louisbury Maryland by a mob after Sheriff Dashiell refused to surrender keys. He was hanged, shot, and left hanging while more than 50 bullets struck his body before dawn. The victim had been jailed on a suspected murder of Herman Kenney, a white boy who died from the shooting.
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Louisbury
Garfield King
Herman Kenney
Kenney
Dashiell
King
No clash with Germany on Manila supply landings
The state department discredits a report of a clash between Admiral Dewey and the German consul at Manila over landing supplies. Secretary Day says no formal blockade proclamation exists and Dewey would decide vessel clearances, possibly allowing part of cargo for German use as a courtesy if needed. Dewey is master of the bay and instructed to use his own judgment.
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Washington
Admiral Dewey
Manila
State Department
Department
Day
Philippg
Dewey
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