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Newspaper
Waycross Headlight
Location
Waycross, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1886
Page
3
The Travelers Record for March features Mr. H Hohenstein the Insurance Agent, noting he represents top Union companies. The note hints Col becomes editor and may quit Sunday School, with local familiarity that the county’s elder, 88 at Christmas, was a longstanding figure and is mourned by the bereaved.
Readers learn of prohibition effects in Waycross and surrounding towns, noting population changes, rail concerns, and local attitudes toward whiskey. The report includes police chief J. J. Atkins’s statements, a brief on a Brunswick and Western railroad conductors theft case, and an advertisement for Dr King’s New Discovery and Bucklen’s Arnica.
Fragmentary OCR text references Lowndes area, Uncle Tommy Lanier, Ware County, Bitter Ward, bar admission, and a district fight, but lacks coherent details or attributable actions. It preserves names and places but offers no verifiable event or outcome.
The Valdosta Times clipping argues prosperity stems from liberal advertising. It notes Valdosta drew trade from 80 miles away and cites newspapers like Waycross Light and Jasper Courier carrying local ads. The piece contrasts past neglect with a now vibrant ad program boosting trade, with several towns benefiting. A legal notice follows in Ware County Georgia, noting guardian appointment for Herring children with first May date.
Four to six gentlemen can obtain good board at reasonable rates by applying to Marx BE B Gooparee at the Cleveland House.
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