Roundup of News and Gossip in Americus
A busy roundup of local tidbits from Americus includes social notes on a Dallas veterans reunion and the Macon visit of Odd Fellows on May 12, plus routine political jumping and cam- paign chatter about twenty one candidates for county offices. Cotton market activity, Florida potato prices, and upcoming picnics are mentioned as community life continues amid election talk. The piece mentions Hudsons Drugstore serving treats and a new fountain arriving, with references to local officials, candidates, and a staged courthouse scene before the primary.
Local Boost for Home Grown Beef in Sumter Georgia
Editor urges southwest Georgia farmers to expand home raised beef and substitutes to curb trust profits. Highlights that people cannot rely on cattle on a thousand hills, but can lessen external profits by increasing home production of meat and substitutes.
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Georgia
Sumter
Primary ballot costs spark Sumter county race
Chairman Pilsbury assessing 21 candidates to raise 133.80 for the May primary. The plan requires each candidate to pay before May 1st. funds cover managers clerks registration ballots and postage among other items. The executive committee limits voting to white Democrats who paid 1901 taxes and registered. registration closes May 1.
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Sumter
Dennis
Pilsbury
Democratic Party
J. B. Pilsbury
J. W. Shiver
Eacd
Prices surge as cotton sells at nine cents in Americus
A local cotton market rally in Americus sees hundreds of bales moving at nine cents as demand for actual fiber outpaces contract prices. J. Nicholson sold fifty bales at nine cents, with smaller lots at the same price, while holders express cautious optimism about possible gains within a month.
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Americus
J. ©. Nicholson
Nicholcop
Visitors Arrive in Americus Amid Chautauqua Week
A list of Americus residents and guests traveling to Albany and Texas for Chautauqua week appears in the town notes. Names include Mise Leila Carter, Miss Eula Bass, Mrs. T. J. Brannon, Miss Leni Parramore, Mrs. J. T. Killen, Mrs. Allen E. Chappell, Col. W. P. Wallis, Miss Bell Snyder, Henry Johnson Jr., Miss Lucile Whitehurst, Thomas J. Morgan, Bertha Morgan, the Glover family, Mrs. George Winship, Hon. W. A. Dodson, J. G. Dodson, Hugh L. Mize, Hattie Daniel, Ettie Tullis, Enma May Boram, Mrs. H. Cleve Davis, and Miss Maggie Worthy.
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Allen E. Chappell
Macon
J. T. Taylor
W. P. Wallis
Lucile Whitehurst
Albany
St. John
Thomas J. Morgan
Bertha Morgan
Texas
W. A. Dodson
J. G. Dodson
Hugh L. Mize
Misa Hattie Daniel
New Orleans
Ettie Tullis
Enma May Boram
H. Cleve Davis
Mise Maggie
Worthy
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Whooping cough relief cited by Kansas City mother
Mrs Ellen Berlson of 300 Park Ave Kansas City Missouri writes that her two children suffered severe coughing fits and nasal discharge until their doctor prescribed a remedy she says saved their lives. She urges others to avoid substitutes.
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Ellen Berlson
Park Ave
Kansas City
John R, Hudson
Americus Oil Company to Expand Plant Capacity
The Americus Oil Company plans a major expansion on the Seaboard and Central front near Church Street. New boilers and machinery will be installed, and a substantial upgrade including a complete cotton ginning outfit worth about 10,000 dollars will be ready for fall. eight to ten high capacity gins will be added. The firm, a leading local industry, employs a large workforce and is among the city’s principal employers.
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Americus Oil Company
Seaboard
Church Street
Georgia
Americus Oil Co
Memorial Day Observance Ordered by Ladies Memorial Society
The Ladies Memorial Society and the Daughters of the Confederacy completed plans for Memorial Day with a 3 PM business suspension. Graves at Oak Grove cemetery will be covered in flowers as the public schools participate. J E Sheppard of Americus to deliver the oration with Rev Le Roy Henderson as chaplain.
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Ladies Memorial Society
Daughters of the Confederacy
All Americas
Oak Grove
Confederate Veterans
Mill Cemetery
J. E. Sheppard
Americus
W.P. Wallis
le Roy G. Henderson
Advertised Letters List Americus 1902
The Americus Georgia post office lists unclaimed mail on hand as of April 21 1902 with 14 days to claim before sending to dead letter office. Names include Austip Bryant Cato Osmoses Davis Elvira Daniel J M Fannie Edward Thomas Thomas Greene Luc Grave Harris Jennie Boson Francis Keebe Reyne Milton Marthe Pearson Amanda Rogell Simpson Simpson Visy T W Foley claims follow.
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Americus
Washington
A—Austip
Jim
B—Bryant
Georgis
Edward Thomas
J. L. Gea
Henry
Greene
Luc Lar
Grave
T. H—Harris
Jennie
J—J Boson
Francis
K—Keebe
Reyne
M—Milton
Marthe
P—Pearson
Amanda R—Rogell
E. L. A—Simpson
R E . Simpson
Robert
V—Visy
T. W
Corpse briefly revived before burial in New York
Mrs Amelia Hummel a 63 year old property owner in New York was declared dead by a physician and her body prepared for cremation. she revived and showed faint signs of life after hours of unconsciousness then died. separately a London dispatch reports Stratford Avon celebrations marking Shakespeare's birth with nightly performances at a riverside theater.
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Worran
New York
Amelia Hummel
Shakespeare
Stratforden Avons
London
The
Herald
Big Mining Combine on Foot in Cripple Creek District
A movement to form one mining company in Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek with a 60 million dollar capitalization. The plan envisions one management and one board to consolidate the greatest producing mines within weeks.
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Colorado Springs
Col
the Gazette
Cripple Creek
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