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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1900
Page
4
The store promotes "The Reasonable Profit" as a fair minded contrast to "No Profit" ads. It emphasizes honest pricing as the new season begins with fresh merchandise to be sold at a profit and challenges competitors in competitive advertising.
Short items reveal residents away on visits to Albany Rome New York and Washington. Col W T Lane travels on business to North Georgia. Miss Nennie Philpotts returns home after a week with friends in Albany. Mrs Cowan M Shivers and Mr John W Wheatley visit relations in Rome and New York respectively. The column notes local social touches and a studio absence.
A large sale advertises silk ribbons at 19c per yard down from 30 to 45c, with widths from 4 to 734 inches, plus dress goods including prints, dimities, organdies, and white fabrics at 8c to 25c. Also offers low prices on ladies and men’s shoes shirts undergarments and accessories, with limited quantities per buyer and limited sale days.
George H. Fields leases the Allen House for five years and plans a $5000 remodeling to reopen by June 1. A. B. Harrold orders new furnishings while Fields travels to Cincinnati for kitchen equipment and the property will be completely rebuilt with all-new furniture and rooms. The hotel aims to be one of Georgia’s top modern establishments.
Crowds from Americus attend the Friendship Baptist Association conven tion at Bethel church six miles east of Americus. The gathering opened Friday and runs today with special services, as all member churches are represented and many travel from Americus to participate.
A local column shares quick notes on social plans including a Americus merchant visiting Chattanooga to wed a Chattanooga bride. Census talks predict Americus population near 8000. Georgia towns Augusta and Macon growing. Plans for a knitting mill in Americus move ahead with machinery purchase. Southern Industrial Convention meets in Chattanooga May 15 to 18. Americus urged to attend. Cotton growth surges in heat. forty laborers hired. Railway rep J L Edmundson handles Confederate veterans to Louisville. Local candidates greet voters on a busy Saturday. Notable oats from Mr Wilson’s Sumter county farm stand tall at nearly six feet. City quiet with no fights or alcohol incidents.
An OCR fragment advertises Electric Bitters for digestive and skin benefits claiming to improve health and beauty with promises of clear skin and vitality. It also touts Banner Salve as a healing salve for sores and boils, sold by Davenport Drug Co and E J Eldridge's Drug Store.
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