Washington Letter on McKinley era politics and diplomacy
Washington Letter describes McKinley era maneuvering among Hanna Dick and Gros to secure the state ticket, notes Indemnity talks with Li Hung Chang and debates over Mainland China policy, and reports on Senate prospects for 1904 including Fairbanks and Morgan. It also covers canal ambitions, Navy medal plans, and a rush for army chaplaincies amid patronage battles.
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White’ House
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China
Liung Chang
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Mark S. Brewer Veer
Civil Service
MacKinley
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Daughters of Scien
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Amboy News Bite From a Lively County Town
A reader reports Amboy as a small but active community with two stores a post office a blacksmith shop a gin yard and a new store under construction. Population around thirty includes a church led by Rey Lee from Rochelle daily mail service and a cheerful postmaster S E Pate. A Sunday school is strong though attendance is uneven and a fine day school is run by Miss Bertha Bertram.
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Amboy
Rey Lee
Rochelle
Daily Mail
S E Pate
Miss Bertha Bertram
Wedding Bells at 8 Oclock for Miss Lizzie Jackson and Jas B Cooper
Adel News reports a quiet Wednesday wedding at Capt GA Jackson’s residence. Miss Lizzie Jackson married Mr Jas B Cooper of Vienna with Rev J Frank Culpepper officiating. The couple left for Vienna that night to begin their future, with friends praising the bride and groom.
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GA Jackson
Lizzie
Jas B Cooper
Vienna
J Frank Culpepper
The
Baptist Church
Miss Jackson
Adel
Cooper
Adel News
Hifth Street
Vienna Millinery Opens After Fire Moves Stores
The Vienna community gains three millinery shops and dressmaking departments operated by BG Walton, Mrs R P Mitchell, and Miss Howard Melton. The Vienna Drug Company moved stock to a temporary wooden store near the public square after a fire, declining a rent offer to begin Mitchell’s millinery business earlier. The drug firm continued serving the public from a new location as work progressed.
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Vie
Walton
Mitchell
Howard Melton
The
Vienna. Drug Company
Jordan Bros
R P Mitchell
Spring brings beauty and new life to Mt Pleasant
Old Mother Earth turns green as songbirds replace winds and farmers plan new crops. One farmer fished when farming was threatened, Powell helps with fishing camps. Our school advances with patron support and a Friday night program at the schoolroom April 5 features music by Mr Turden and a lecture by Col Watts Towell on The Progress of Civilization.
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Fom Powell
Turden
Col Watts Towell
Nick
Resilience and Renewal At Richwood School
An editorial from Richwood reflects on storms of hardship and sickness, urging perseverance. It praises renewed attendance, improved work, and the guiding example of Miss Roebuck, Cordele visits, and plans for the annual institute as staff prepare for future recitals and growth.
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Oxford
O'Neal
Cordele
Warwick
Local Social Notes From Mount Vernon District
Mount Vernon notes report visits and guests in Byromville and nearby areas. Mrs J M Joiner of Byromville visited daughter Mrs W L In gram, Miss Annie Livingston stayed with Miss Carrie Lilly Ingram, and Fannie Sentelle visited her brother J H Forehand. Local residents ill include BH Butler Mrs J H Forehand and Mary Royal. W OF aqua bought a new buggy. Joseph Cox near here fell dead recently in an apparent sudden death event.
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J M Joiner
Byromville
W L Ingram
Annie Livingston
Carrie Lilly Ingram
Fannie Sentelle
J H
J A Lilly
Butler
Forehand
Little Mary Royal
Aqua
M J Royals
W J Butler
Kerns
Harvey Butler
ZW Wall
Mra
Pleasant Valley Church News and Local Notices
Pleasant Valley reports sick lists for Uncle Tommie Mason and wife, Rev J A Nelson missing Liberty appointment due to family illness, Uncle John Allen Poreh bedridden with lagrippe, Prof J B Folds directing Sunday school, and growing attendance. Riddles note two born never died and two died who were not born, plus the oldest man who died before his father.
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Tommie Mason
Tommie
Dora Walton
J A Nelson
Liberty
John Allen Poreh
Lagrippe
J B Folds
Pinehurst
Atl
J N Swearingen
Dickson notes of visits and family events in Cordele area
C R Hall made a business trip to Cordele Saturday. Asbury Woodrough visited his uncle J M Dickson last Sunday. Masters Bertram and Coy Morgan visited their grandmother Mrs Lewis of Richwood last Sunday. A crowd attended Sunday school. JM Dickson and his son Bascom attended the burial of his brother John Dickson at Snow last Monday. Hugh Calhoun has returned from study at the medical college in Augustin to spend the summer with his parents. Misses Pearson and Penny of Macon are visiting their parents Robert Penny and family. SP Odom is sick with lagrippe.
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Macon
Robert Penny
Lagrippe Nix
Forest community notes progress and events at Mt Olive area
The local column reports Jacob Smith recovering from a broken leg and many patients with lagrippe improving. It highlights a 57 pupil school run by Mrs Claude and Balmy Forehand, visiting relatives from Fort White, plans for a Sunday school, a lecture by J C Forehand, farmers busy planting, and improvements to Forest’s school building plus nearby sawmills.
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Jacob Smith
Mt Olive
Claude
Balmy
Mattie
Alice Swearingen
Fort White
Florida
Forest
J C Forehand
Cordelo
Blue Apron
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Tventy
Mr Root
MT. Pleasant
Richwood
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Mount Vernon
Pleasant Valley
J B Cooper
Vinass
Cooper Si. Day
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