Cordele News Tells Of Local Happenings And Upcoming Events
Cordele reports on a new school building, local visitors in Mississippi and Vienna, harvest notes from July rains, peach and blackberry crops, and camp meeting plans. It notes the Cordele Sentinel and Cordele Daily News merger, upcoming Atlantic and Birmingham excursion to Dooly Camp Grounds, and various farm and social notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinkings
Vienna
Cordele
J Waters
Bazemore
Cleveland
Tenn
My's
Claude
State Normal School
Athens
D L Henderson
Tivola
New York
Mase Nell McCall
Atlanta
Lucia
FM Gurr
CF Gurr
Savannah
Atlantic & Birmingham
Dooly Camp Grounds
Wil Proctor
Little Proctor
Swainesboro
Toi Cordele
Dooly
Tera
Eam
Pleasant Hill Community Notes From a Rural Gathering
Local letter reports crops thriving after rains and a flurry of social visits. Sunday services drew attendees at Zion Hill led by Melz Joiner, with family visits among Ward Murphy and related households. Prim itive Baptist rites at Cross Roads were observed under Bezar with McDonald guiding elders. watermelons were plentiful after the service.
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Zion Hill
Melz Joiner
Primitive Baptist Church
Old Cross Roads
Bezar
PG McDonald
Lord
Spillers
Old Mt. Bezu
Undertaker Offers Coffins and Outfits for Sale in Macon
Lamar Gray of Macon Georgia advertises coffin and casket outfits with a promise to select the best quality for the money deposited. Specifies a range from coffins priced at three dollars to higher options and notes shipment on the next train.
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Progress Office
Lamar Gray
Macon
Wanted Agents and Clerks Seek Hearty Laugh Circular
A damaged circular offers 50 cents for readers to send to an ad for lips to agents. It claims value of $50 to anyone selling goods but promises money back if not satisfactory. The text is fragmentary and includes references to Dr White Electric Comb Co.
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Dees
Pleasant Valley News Roundup and Local Happenings
Regular sermon filled by Rev W Lane on Saturday and Sunday. Local illnesses and visits noted including measles cases and relatives visiting Alapaha and Byromville. Baseball game results as Pleasant Valley beat a nine 24 to 8. Community notices include new resident at O P Churchwell’s, social items, a puzzle contest winner Nell McCall of Vienna, barber shop ad, and a help wanted for a faithfull sales position in Chicago.
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Mt. Pleasant
Pleasant Valley
O P Churchwell
Ston Oliver
Atlanta Journal
Nell McCall
Vienna
Sunday Journal
Request for White Farmers to Rent Land in Georgia
Inquiries from white renters in Middle and North Georgia to rent farms for next year. Land owners with farms to rent should contact Commissioner W. L. Glessner at Macon. Farmers seeking white labor are urged to write details on hands required wages and accommodations.
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Middle
North Georgia
W. L. Glessner
Macon
Saturday Excursions From Cordele To St Simons And Cumberland Island
The Atlantic and Birmingham Railway offers Saturday round trips from Cordele to St Simons and Cumberland Island for 5 dollars. Return by the following Tuesday gives three days at the seashore. Boats depart Brunswick for both islands. regular train departs Cordele at 7 05 a m arriving Brunswick 1 40 p m. Electric fans promise summer comfort.
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Atlantic& Birmingham Railway
Cordele
St. Simons
Cumberland Island
Brunswick
Cumberland
Dr White Electric Comb Co Claims Cure All Hair Ailments
An advertisement touts the Dr White Electric Comb patented Jan 1 1899 claiming to cure dandruff hair loss sick headaches and to straighten hair with the aid of the Dr White Electric Hair Brush. It notes rapid sales across many cities and invites samples with pricing 85 cents for men and 50 cents for ladies half price during introduction from Decatur Illinois.
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Dr. White
Dr White
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Questa
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Egustus
Bille Dioyly
Drayton
Mississippi
May Butler
Maude Butler
Lilly
Annie Whitehead
Coreele
Ethel Hail
Bullington
T A Adkins
Hak
Une
Summer Smith
Smith and Powell
Anna Ellison
Whit Horne
St. Louis
Walton Bros
Tifton
White Springs
GS &I
Valdosta
Pleasant Hill News
Ward
R & Ward
Tom Murphy
Plaes ‘Sims
Uatrie
Nina Murphy
Ruby
Sallie Ward
W. M. Ward
Cordelo
Pat Ward
Georgian Murray
Mattie Hudgins
Christmas
Mattie Smith
David Gamble
Undertaker
W Lane
D R Swearingen
John
Alapaha
Churchwell
JO Roberts
Oak Grove
Mary Webb
Byromville
Howard Owens
Janie Thorpe
M L Hardin
CITY
Travelers
Monon Building
Chicago
Feldler & Rainbow
Vienna, Ga
Tan Oxfords
Moseley Mercantile CO
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