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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1920
Page
3
A fragmented newspaper fragment shows ad copy for watch and jewelry repair services, a safety claim about KRAT-SNAP, local grocery mention, and an income tax query notice by Gordon Howell. Also includes stray lines about pests, meat cheese and a phone contact for Dley Hogg.
A fragment outlines a home remedy approach to corns claimed to ease pain. It mentions loosening up a list of pains and a quick effect described as instantly making relief. The text is garbled but centers on corn treatment and relief.
Washington report shows Americus at 9,010 in 1920, up 947 from ten years earlier, and Annis ton Alabama at 15,709 up 2,915. Officials say white areas grew while negro sections shrank, offsetting declines and giving the city a near thousand more residents. City leaders urge housing growth to attract new residents ahead of the 1930 census.
Sunday night rainfall totaled 2.12 inches as storm sewers overflowed, leaving streets coated in mud and debris. Fire hoses aided cleanup as officials, including government observer J. M. Bryan, logged the downpour’s intensity.
The report notes a single hour of heavy rainfall followed by warm conditions Saturday and Sunday. Temperatures peaked around 85 degrees on Saturday, 84 degrees on Sunday, with humidity rising and a low of 67 degrees Sunday night, creating midsummer level discomfort.
A compilation of 1920 legal notices in Sumter County Georgia including deeds to conform to bonds for title, notices to heirs, and a charter application for He Chamber of Commerce of Americus and Sumter County. Ads announce hearings on first Monday in May 1920 and include names such as C Douglas Wilson, J B Delamar, Emmett Ferguson, Bulah Fewell, and W W Es as petitioners.
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