McKinley signs hundreds of bills on busy day
The Herald records a busy day as President McKinley signs over a hundred bills amid broad news items. Reports cover a lightning tragedy in Jacksonville killing four colored men and shocking fourteen others, a Virginia fire nearly wiping out Virginia Minnesota, political nominations in Georgia, and public notices about medicines and local politics. The page also notes health issues of Merrimac veteran Hobgon and academic changes at Monroe Female College.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Cited Howlin on Street
In a village street scene Dr Archibald Windham and Lawyer Bartholomew Livingston discuss illness. The Reverend gaticmen attributes lifelong indigestion to be cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla which he credits for restoring his health, and claims it cured his wife’s ghamatism and his daughter’s scrofula.
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Bir
Bartholomew Livingston
Archibald Windham
Gaticmen
Hood
Closing Scenes of Congress and a Inkless Printing Venture
A report describes the closing scenes of Congress with patriotic singing and a grand gallery chorus led by Massachusetts’ Mr Sitzgerald, as Speaker Henderson adjourns. The piece also mentions a company forming to commercialize printing without ink using electricity chemically prepared paper, alongside a long-standing tonic claimed to cure digestive and nervous ailments.
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Ameriess
Measrs
Mercer
Nebraska
Ball
Texas
Fitzgerald
Massachusetts
Lawbey
Minnesota
Columbia
Sitzgerald
Henderson
Congress
Wheat crop praise and tonic remedy claims in 1880s notice
Wheat reports from Bibb, Glascock, and Wilkerson counties show sizable yields per acre, with 266 bushels from 8 acres and 440 bushels from 20 acres cited. An optimism note urges land preparation, proper fertilization, and timely sowing to build a strong wheat season. A tonic advertisement touts Electric Bitters and a blood and nerve remedy credited with curing nerves, liver and kidney trouble, boosting vigor and life.
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Mr. K
Olivia
Barcelona
Spain
Aiken
Smerson
All
Byers
Jamerson
Jere Willis
Bibb Co
I’. Johnson
Qglascock Co
John B. Wilkerson
Herald
Floyd
Washington Letter on Boxers and McKinley Politics
Our Regular Correspondent notes China tensions as the Boxers threaten to complicate McKinley’s imperial policy ahead of the election. State Department statements stress limited ministerial and naval cooperation with Europe, not a united anti-foreign bloc. The piece also highlights fears among Republicans over New York Indiana and Illinois electoral votes, with tax politics tied to campaign finance.
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China
McKinley
State Department
Pekin
New York
Indiana
Illinois
Croker
Hill
John W. Korn
Washington
Payne
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Night of Terror Ends in Silent Hope for Widow Drave Gon
Mrs. H. Lincoln recalls a fearful night with widow Drave Gon of Machias Mo who faced imminent death from pneumonia. A doctor warned she would not live till morning yet she implored Dr King s New Discovery. After three doses she slept and full cure followed. Trial bottles free at M D Jameson s drug store.
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M. D. Jamerson
Delay for B H Snell before clemency ruling
President McKinley has not acted on clemency for B H Snell. Congressman Fleming led a Georgia delegation petition urging commutation, arguing mental unbalance at crime time but possible sanity now. The case goes to Attorney General and District Attorney Anderson for decision. unless commutation is granted, the June 15 execution date stands.
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Washington, D. C
Jane
McKinley
B. H. Snell
Congressman Fleming
Fleming
Georgia
Congress
Snell
Anderson
Dr Kinga New Life Pills Promoted For Headache Relief
An ad touts Dr Kinga New Life Pills claiming to cure headaches by purifying blood and strengthening nerves. It boasts easy dosing and a 25 cent price with a money back offer. The piece also notes activity in Fort Valley’s peach market with rising shipments and strong labor demand across packing and crate making.
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Dr. Kinga
Liesdachea
Janjorzon
Free to Inventors Pamphlet on Patents Issued
O A Snow & Co offers a free pamphlet answering questions on United States and foreign patents. It covers cost, procedure, trade marks, designs, caveats, infringements, and patent case decisions. Write D A Buon & Co Washington DC for the pamphlet.
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O. A Snow & Co
United States
D. A. Buon & Go
How The Presidents Looked In Old Descriptions
Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and others are described by contemporary writers. The article traces stature, build, features and bearing, noting Washington’s slender figure, Adams’ corpulence, Jefferson’s strong features, Madison’s modest height, and Polk’s expressive eyes among observations. It also mentions civic notices, a scholarship offer, and 19th century mood events.
Local visits and church notes brighten Lind sey area
Mra Lizeia Walker and Mra Salle Avant visited Mra G O Walker at Lind sey last week. Miss Carrie Belle Gladin went to Betlah last Saturday. Some of the boys are sad since she left. General Green has his forces posted and the fight is on with vigor. Beulah Ohareh had a fine congregation with Sunday School in good order under Prof Daniel Harrison as superintendent.
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Fort Valley
Folly
Garr
Washington
London
Colonel Beiley
Barbadoes
West Indies
D. W. Harrison
Lawrence
Taliaferro
Sallie Wheeler
Tennille
Mra
Lizeia Walker
Salle Avant
G. 0. Walker
Lindsey
Carrie Belle Gladin
Betlah
General Green
Beulah Ohareh
Sanday
Daniel Harrison
Tennille and Wrightieville marriages noted and rail postae changes
The column records several marriages including Tennille Mrs. John Melton with a Har ley groom and Mr and Mrs Hivines at home to friends, plus Wrightie ville unions with Miss Mabel Turner and Miss Mattie Carter. It also notes July 1 postal changes between Dublin and Hawkinsville and Tennille Hawkinaville offices, with mail through routes improving service. The Board of Trustees names teachers for next year and resignations, and Professor EB T Holmes advances to Latin chair at Mercer after a long tenure in sub-Freshman.
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John Melton
Harley
J. B. Raines
Tennille
Mise Mattie Stevens
Irwinton
J. Harper
Mire Hivines
Fiamillon Hote
Mer. Blityon
Wrightieville
Mian
Mabel Turner
Dolatine Carter
Toteville
Marrige
Tennille and Onbiin
Hawkinaville
Thia
Dublin
Hawkinsville
Tennille Tnatitate
Teadera
Prof
Z. Whitehurst
Grammar School
Ida Lee Chander
Wayneaboro
Misa Mary L, Waltern
Montezemna
Taylor Watson
Jackson
Mina Anna Jones
Decatur
L. R. Mitchell
A. O. Taylor
Misa Pansy Walker
T. Holmes
Atlanta
Mercer
Holmes
Enthnoinem
Jatudenta
Harvard
General Meeting with Beulah Church in July
The General Meeting of the 1st District of the Washington Baptist Association will convene at Beulah Church the Friday before the third Sunday in July. Introductory sermon by Rev. J A Wray with several speakers addressing church growth, evidences of Christianity, mission spirit, Bible reading, family prayer, and developing young Christians along with Rev RON Lamar.
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Washington Baptist Association
Beulah Church
J. A. Wray
J. D. Boone
Quaerics
A. I, Smith
Joe Morea
J.B. Chandler
Rb, L
Renfroe
Bucklen Arnica Salve Promises Quick Healing
The notice promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a top remedy for bruises sores ulcers boils felons corns and skin eruptions. It claims fast pain relief and healing for ailments around barns and boards, with a price of 25 or 26 cents per box, sold by Dr. Jamerson, Druggist.
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Jearth
Jamerson
Widening Circus Funds Reflects Nations Spending Rise
The nation's circus fund has grown from one and a half billion to two billion since 1896, signaling a dramatic expansion in public spending. The passage laments the era’s misfortunes and questions what calamities may come as worship and faith wane under such economic focus.
Elks Reunion in Atlantic City July 10-12 1900
The event at Reunion B, P. C. Elks in Atlantic City runs July 10 through 12 1900. It offers Faro and a third round trip on Certificate Plan from all coupon stations on the Central of Georgia Railway via Savannah and Ocean Steamship Company.
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Reunion
P. C
ELKS
Atlantic City
N. J
Tuly
Faro
Central of Georgia
Savannah and Ocean Steamship Company
Southern States LB P A of Atlanta travel notices 1900
Annual meeting in Atlanta June 19 to 21 with tickets on sale June 18 and 19. Trains arrive in Atlanta June 20, return by June 23. Also Midsummer Fair in Brunswick June 26 to 30 with round trips from multiple points. one cent per mile. tickets June 25 to 29. Barnesville Chautauqua July 19 with one fare round trip. tickets sale June 30 to July 6. return by July 10.
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Atlanta
Brunswick
Chattanooga
Tenn
Montgomery
Ala
Augusta
Athens
Barnesville Chautauqua
Barnesville
Georgina
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Thongo
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Colle
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Hephzibah
Monroe Female College
Worsyth
Marshall
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Sanford
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Lord Salisbury
F. G. DuBignon
Kansas City
Henry M. Stanley
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Philadelphia Record
John Adams
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Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
Andrew Jackson
M. N. Oquin
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Martin van Buren
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
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Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Thomas Hodges
Joanna Baillie
Nn Ee Tam
Diogenes Lierting
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Carnegie College
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Sparta Ishmaelite
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Americana
Niagara Falls
Lord Roberts
Perestre
U.S. S
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Harid
Standard Oil Company
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Emerson
Central OF Georgia Railway
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