Women win first school posts spark NY political stir
Three girls ran for school commissioner seats in New York State with Ada Griffin winning in Geneva by a slim margin. Nellie Goak of Walcott and Ellen Clark of Clark were defeated. Griffin is hailed as the empire state's first woman elected to this post signaling a budding women’s political role.
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Aho Biate
New “York
Ada M_ Griffin
Ginega
Nellie M. Goak
Avalcott
Ellen A. the
Prohi Clark
Miss Clark
Miss Cook
Miss Griffinit
Empire State
New York
Clinch County Sheriff’s Sale Deals with Dark Mare
Sheriff Mattox will sell on the first Tuesday in December before the courthouse door at Hosmerville a dark bay mare about eleven years old. Sold as the property of James T. Touchstone, in favor of D J Simmons & Bro.
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Mattox
Hosmerville
James T. Touchstone
D. J Simmons & Bro
Tragic Double Death From Pond Incident Near Preston
George McNeil of Preston and his wife faced a fatal sequence after a domestic dispute. The wife, unable to cope with accusations of mess, drowned herself in a pond four miles north of Preston. McNeil, who could not swim, and his sister attempted rescue with a pole but failed.
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George McNeil
Preston
Bell
McNeil
Controversy over Legal Advertising in Clinch County
The letter exchange between the Heapuicnt editor and the Valdosta Times centers on who should publish county legal notices. The Heapuicnt offers to print Clinch County notices for a dollar, contrasting with Times practices. Proprietor Wx. Parkes asserts the Heapuicnt’s independent, pro public access stance amid political pressure.
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Times
Sherriff Mattox
Clinch County
Pendleton
Jeffords
Clinely
Heapuiont
Sacksonville
Valdosta Times
Sheria Mattox
the Times
Little County
Grand Jury
Mattox Thas
Charitable Appeal for Milledgeville Insane Asylum Library
An extract from Scientific American Nov 12 urges donations of books magazines and periodicals to the State Insane Asylum at Milledgeville Georgia which houses about 1500 patients. Many inmates able to read crave literature though the state provides no library. donations could provide a meaningful time apart from confinement and offer mental stimulation.
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Scientific American
Milledgeville
Youngest murderer in state jailed for life in 11 year old
In Augusta Georgia on the eighth the superior court sentenced Charles Henry Locksly to life imprisonment for murder. At eleven he is described as a very young killer who stabbed Milo Thomas after a dispute at the Central railroad depot. Defense and prosecution counsel are named. The jury recommended life.
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Perham
Quitman
Waycross
Quitman Jee Press
Grand Jury
Gov. Rusk
Wisconsin
Iilamy
Wat
Regent
Ho Mai
H. W. Reed
J. Smith
T. H. Morton
Augusta
Charles Henry Locksly
Milo Thomas
Central Railroad
Unjust to Printers Brings Mild Critique of Milford
The Baxley Banner comments on Mr. M. Milford's return from Florida and his modest improvement since leaving two months ago. The paper argues printers deserve credit and notes Milford should have learned the trade, as many in the profession remain genuine gentlemen and hold positions others envy. It condemns his lacking English style and failing to credit two column items he took.
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M. Milford
Florida
Baxley
Character reference for Joseph Arnold in Llano County Texas
A group of Llano County citizens testify to the good character of Joseph Arnold prior to his arrest and return to Georgia. Clerk M M Hargis attests signatures are genuine and Arnold’s standing as a respectable, honorable man in 1887 Llano County Texas.
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Texas
Llano County
Joseph Arnold
Georgia
W Shaw
J Rogera
MC Roberts
Lane
W Hargrove
J A Leach
H Miller
E C Bonham
Jas Flack
Knight Stith
G McCrerry
Warden
Ben A Ligon
C C Curro
Moore, Foster & Co
Atchison
JM Jenkins
Jenkins & Wright
Williams
JW Reed
Dalrymple
H Lanning
John C Oatman
Golson
Porter
L Handy
G Phillips
R A McInnis
State OF
Tex
County of
Luaxo
M. M. Hargis
Llano
Llanoy
State of Texas
M. M. Harais
Naval Stores Convention Called for Nov 25 at Jesup Ga
A circular from the Naval Stores Manufacturer's Protective Association calls a general convention of naval stores producers from Georgia Florida and South Carolina to meet in Jesup Georgia on Friday November 25 1887. All manufacturers are urged to attend for discussion of the naval stores question and to cooperate to save the turpentine industry from destruction.
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Naval Stores Manufacturer's Protective Association
Naval Stores Producers
Georgia
Florida
South Carolina
Jesup
Naval
Electric Bitters Victory Cited by Doctors and Public
A flood of testimony from physicians and consumers in Druggest and nearby towns attests that Electric Bitters is the premier remedy for rheumatism and related ailments. Numerous testimonials claim dramatic relief after several bottles, reinforcing a widespread verdict that the tonic cures.
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Onesnan
Abraham
Dragsellville
Ohio
Uhanimons
Eicctric Bitters
Bickal Eage Eahess
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Glinch County
Clineli County
Wayers
H Barrett
New United Monster Show
Jo-Jo
New York Herald
Czarhe
St. Pertersburg
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