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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1895
Page
4
On sale Monday a vast array of wash fabrics including French gins, Irish dimities, lawns, crepons, linens, and more priced 10c per yard. venturing into Victoria lawn, India linens, Egyptian dimities, French organdie, check muslin and other items. Embroidery dept promotes bargains in nainsook Swiss cambric at 10c 15c and 20c per yard with ribbons in multiple widths.
Prescriptions filled at Mims and Hudsons. Western Union office brightened by ongoing renovations. Citizens may travel to hunt dove with little incentive to hunt but tax relief as a side effect. Corn prices expected to dip below recent levels with Georgia shipments possible. Engine 115 rolled from G and A shops after overhaul. more engines undergoing work. Watermelon markets saturated by ample local crop. A two horse wagon sold for fifty cents. Tom Edwards, famed drayman, seriously ill with consumption. Police undergo shift changes with Lieut Cobb and officers on evening duty. Dried fruit from the countryside sells well. fruit growers foresee a dollars yield this year. J A Baumgartner named chief stenographer in G and A Railroad freight and passenger dept replacing C C Shanks who leaves for Mexico City. Hood’s Sarsaparilla recommended as best medicine. Georgia Southern and Florida Railway offers a low fare excursion to Atlanta from Palatka on the 19th for four days return. may join from Cordele via G and A train at noon.
A testimonial claims Dr Miles Nervine restores vigor for nervousness sleeplessness and fatigue. The writer reports weight gain from 160 to 176 pounds after starting the remedy and relief from jaw tension and nerves.
A crowded society column lists arrivals and departures at The Windsor and Allen House in Americus with names like J.C. Talley Marietta Mossie R.R King Chas Lonsberg and Mrs Mary Burton. It covers business moves Col J O Raney joining Americus Grocery Co and Tim J Killen leaving for Macon, plus crop reports Early county and school payrolls for the second quarter totaling 2598.05 dollars and Captain Myrick’s fragile condition.
Mr. E. M. Kendrick, a successful nawth district farmer, reports first open cotton boll of the season on his farm with bolls in three and four segments. Local merchants promote Simmons Liver Regulator as a reliable tonic for malaria, rheumatism, chills, and digestive ailments along with various tonics and plasters advertised nearby.
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