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Newspaper
Waycross Headlight
Location
Waycross, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1886
Page
4
The issue notes Atlanta’s booming business climate with dry goods thriving and prohibition strict, while recounting a rash of urban developments and local disputes. It covers rail and shipping strikes, factory sales, fires, and legal notices, highlighting shifts in economy and society across Georgia and neighboring states.
Readers get a report of local representatives elected to the next House from Glynn Charlton Clinch Pierce and surrounding counties. It notes Mills as Clinch representative, mentions other tickets, and invites readers to view local property ads and store improvements. Also mentions sweet potato storage tips and several regional political updates.
A Chicago letter threatens violence against B M Campbell chair of Cook county prohibition committee. The missive pledges murder and arson if prohibition clubs continue and warns Campbell to resign within days or face execution if they mark him as their first victim. It cites actions against saloons in several states and threatens civil war to protect their business.
The report covers varied items including a local brewery allowed to deliver beer to homes, frost damage to tobacco near Lynchburg Virginia, a $150 reward for Seaborn Sheffield’s murder, tame election commentary, moonshiner lore, and a Savannah railway update. Additional notes mention education and virtue, a railroad refitting with new freight and passenger agent William P. Hardee, labor convention delays in Richmond, a Jacksonville brick factory venture, and missing jeweler M. L. Straus from Eastman with others seeking the recovered funds. The Savannah, Florida and Western Railway progresses with steel rails toward Pelham and Eastman, aiming to complete track to mileposts 207 and 219 respectively.
An eclectic mix of notes on Atlanta conditions oysters season and saloon openings Fort Myers tanning hides industry and hopeful merchant advertising. It adds commentary on tariffs wealth concentration and improving national business outlook. Also reports a Springfield liquor platform and mass government layoffs in Washington with Monckey wrench poverty tale and exhortations to persevere.
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