Squire Skaggs Visits Editorial Room In Savannah Morning News
An older visitor, Squire Skaggs of Gwinnett, drops into the Savannah Morning News editorial sanctum. He recalls old Carolina days, defends sassafras tea, and recounts a tale of a trip to Atlanta with cotton, meeting Colonel Blasen, and a chaotic parlor game with local figures.
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Savanah Kew
Morning News
Cartersville Standard and Express
Skagges
Squire Skaggs
Gwinnett
John Thrasher
Norcross
Cartersville Standard
Hyson
Oman
Thar
Lee
Atlanta
Kurnel
Skaggs
Jedge Hightower
Major Briggs
Skages
Kurnal
Sosashun
Briggs
Jedge
Hightower
Ons Karmel
Savannah visit ends with a print request and sassafras talk
Rafe Lester warns of trouble while the Georgia farmer Squire Skaggs dictates a newspaper note. The narrator frames a piece praising Skaggs and his farm supplies run, urging publication from Amanda Skages in Gwinnett. The scene closes with Sassafras controversy and the Squire promising payment if printed.
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Kurnel Sence
Kurtiner
Rafe Lester
Rafe
Pharoah
Savannah
Squire ‘Skaggs
Gwinnett
Georgia
Squire Skaggs
Squire
Amanda Skages
Buford Postoffice
Gwinjnett County
Georgy
Atlanta
Athens
Sassafras
Farwell
Government spending trims year’s Congressionals
A Toledo Blade summary notes Congressionals appropriations for the current year fall about 24.37 million below last year, with major grants listed for Navy Army Fortifications Indians Military Academy and Sundry Civil funds including 400 thousand for Mississippi flood sufferers. The piece adds that consular and diplomatic appropriations are similar to last year and discusses broader government economy amid wartime costs and historical contrasts. It also cites a Washington special on the Controller of the Currency’s planned response to new bank applications in deficient states under the redistribution act and comments on currency supply and banking permits.
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Mississippi
Internal Revenue Départment
Buchanan
Toledo Ade
Washington
West
Jury Deliberations Fractured By Perverse Juror Bije
A river town jury endures a drawn out case with Bilje Bope resisting verdicts. The stubborn juror, convinced a farm boss had two good eyes and a questionable tail, defies the panel, prompting a judge to threaten coercive punishment. A nearby California paper misleads the jurors about an elopement, forcing a renewed vote before the truth emerges.
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Bilje Bope
Duskin
Bije
Joe
Biie
Grimm
Bill
Petter
Pearl
Ethan
Bginey
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