27 Apr 1899
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1899
Page
1
Buyer alerts show bargains in white lawn and standard prints at reduced prices. Offers include yardage discounts in July sales with goods like fig’d pique and dress fabrics, highlighting large quantities and notable price drops for 10c to 15c items.
An old promotional text touts a laxative syrup, highlighting pleasant taste and gentle action. It asserts efficacy for constipation and fever relief with kidney and bowel effects, naming CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO and distribution details in a dated, promotional voice.
A historical listing of whiskey and rye brands from 1881 featuring Old Oscar Pepper green label Old Crow seven year and other labeled ryes. Includes pudding memory and notes on monograms and varieties across multiple brands such as Mount Vernon and Private Stock with cream labels.
Pleasant A Stovall of Savannah delivered the address in Atlanta as thousands gathered to decorate Confederate graves. The event, led by the Ladies Memorial Association with Col A J McBride marshal, featured a lengthy parade of military and civil groups including the Fifth Regiment under Col John S Candler. Memorial Day closed city offices and drew judges from the statehouse. In Savannah, Memorial Day honored over 600 Confederate veterans with parades and cemetery ceremonies led by M Ryale and J F B Beckwith delivering the address in the evening.
Memorial day was observed in Macon with exercises led by Hon. N. E. Harris as orator. Local units have not reorganized after Spanish-American War service. Music was fine, graves decorated with many flowers, luncheon served noon to 2 p.m. by the Daughters of the Confederacy, Bibb County veterans honored by the Confederate Veterans under C. W. Wiley. Public school children joined the exercises.
A period medical promotion touts Dr Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser a 1008 page work with over 700 illustrations. It claims vast readership with over 1 300 000 owners and offers free copies, highlighting testimonials of women restored to health by Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription. The ad emphasizes reproductive physiology and home treatment of female diseases, presenting the book as a trusted guide for women seeking robust health.
Orient notes from Vancouver April 26 describe attacks on Catholics across China with several deaths and mutilations. Authorities punishments are absent, emboldening further outrages. Russian incursions into Shin Kyo and road building near Pamir border raise grave concerns for Chinese sovereignty.
A forged alteration in the act abolishing the railway commission is found in enrolled papers. Senate and house journals show ratification on March 4 while the enrolled act lists a different date. Enrolling clerk records confirm March 4 as ratification, with aims to delay effects and aid the fusionist railway commission. Trial underway with speakers and clerks testifying to the alleged forgery.
In a 30000 strong Chicago Black community auxiliary of the National Afro American council plans church meetings Sunday night to denounce the mob lynching of Rev. Liger Strickland at Palmetto Georgia. President Barnett and Ida Wells Barnett lead arrangements with sermons and an organized program across five African churches.
General Brooke in Havana receives Washington instructions to apply US immigration laws to Cuba. Pending decrees include barring Chinese laborers and Jamaicans Haitians and Dominican migrants lacking $40, with registration of aliens under treaty provisions. Concerns rise over Cuban citizenship definitions and the make up of a future native government amid several voluntary resignations for Supreme Court posts.
In Caxosx City Colorado convicts in the state penitentiary allegedly produced counterfeit silver dollars. The coins are said to use babbitt metal and resemble real currency to a high degree. Detection began after a merchant who sold delicacies to prisoners reported suspicious money. An investigation recovered many bogus dollars but the identities of the coiners remain unknown.
In a cabinet decision Major General Wheeler will not be sent to the Philippines. Wheeler is to remain stateside under General Otis with Brigadier Generals Youn, Bates, and several other officers assigned to duties in the Department of Texas. The president hosted General Go To address postmasters in Washington while news from New York remained unsettled.
Manila April 26 Aguinaldo's army defends Calumpit energetically signaling a last-ditch stand long expected at Malolos. Rebels use two modern artillery guns in trenches firing shrapnel over General Wheaton's lines. night bridge repair allows crossing the river. American brigades maneuver along the Rio Grande while enemy trenches on the south bank are deserted.
Mrs. George's attorney, Johnr Welty, closed his plea in Caxtox O April 26 urging jurors not to recommend mercy if found guilty of first degree murder. He argued for life imprisonment, stating do not seek mercy for her sake or his. The defense then reviewed evidence, noting lack of circumstantial proof and lingering doubt in key areas.
Memorial day exercises were held in Avaversa Georgia on April 26 with the usual military parade and an oration at the cemetery. The orator was George W. Orolt of Aiken.
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