23 Apr 1891
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1891
Page
1
Our department offers the best collection in the city with new wash dress goods and white goods. Includes Persian mills, China silks, Fayal batistes, Grenadines, Madras cloth, ginghams. 15 dozen black silk mitts at 25c per pair this week. 18 dozen ladies black silk gloves 40c (worth 65c) this week. Forty dozen diamond dye ladies hose at 25c per pair this week.
Crushed to atoms the boy Adam Brookins aged about fifteen was killed by the Central passenger train No. 5 leaving the city for the South. The tragedy occurred four miles out as the engine could not avoid the unconscious victim who lay on the track. The father Prince Brookins mourns his son’s loss amid poverty and sorrow. The accident is blamed on a possible spell or fit that caused the boy to lie on the rails. The road master Captain Williams helped with a coffin funded by the railroad. Visitors to the coroner’s office reported a ghastly scene and a town still reeling from the event.
Georgia Sunday school workers meet in Columbus with over 200 delegates. Officers elected include J. W. Wheatley of Americus as president and J. A. Anderson of Atlanta as vice president. Hon. J. G. Harris and Rev. Wa Shorter gave talks. Dr. Barnett lectured last night. Dedication and committee calls follow.
A late night report describes a shooting in a Jackson street house of ill repute near Tandy. A man was wounded, a woman sought a doctor, and officers on duty after midnight knew little beyond a quiet scene. The case is under thorough investigation with expected sensational disclosures in St Savanan.
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