26 Apr 1891
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1891
Page
1
Public notice style sale touts vast discounts on dress goods linen collars shirts waists and fabrics. Promises unbeatable prices and a wide range from silk grenadines to lawn goods with emphasis on value and quality to attract shoppers this week.
M Louise Mytuen recalls the fallen Confederates and praises veterans in a Memorial Day tribute. The article honors generals like Albert Sidney Johnston and Cheatham, laments Bragg’s retreat, and urges continued respect and pensions for widows while marking April 26 as the South’s sacred day.
This afternoon at 4 o clock Miss Rosa Holley and Mr T McGarrais will be joined in wedlock at Friendship. Both parties are well known and popular here, and many congratulations will go forth.
Society’s Window surveys week in high society with picnics near Coney on the S A M railroad, a Namie Lon Hawkins picnic, Cumberland Island fishing trips, and a Lizzie Furlow–Dave Rodgers marriage in Americus. German minstrel entertainment, a Major dinner by Capt Clay, Leeton Whist Club gathering, and various hostess parties mark a lively social week. The May wedding is expected, and residents plan spring trips and reminisces.
The betterments commission in Atlanta adjourned session until Tuesday. Attorneys for the lessees attempted to withdraw into evidence President Joseph E. Brown's 1871 letter claiming lease costs would come from the lessees, not the state, for half a million dollars to shape the road. Judge Anderson opposed withdrawal, but the commission ruled it should not be permitted.
Atlanta special reports multiple crime cases including a 14 year old black boy arrested for attempted rape, a wife murderer captured in Atlanta, and Henry Clay descendant pleading guilty to forgery. Also notes a May 7 barbecue and picnic in Omaha organized by the Order of Railroad Conductors with tickets sold in Americas and expected crowds.
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