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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1902
Page
3
The Savannah News weighs farm wealth against the United States Steel Corporation, noting 1900 farm values at $16.7 billion with 5.74 million farms and a 1900 farm product value of $4.73 billion. It asks whether the steel trust’s output could equal one twelfth of farm crop value, given public bond and share values.
Newsletter-style roundup cites James Mathews Griggs of Georgia as the 1902 Democratic congressional leader and predicts victory with a tariff-focused campaign. It notes judge Foster’s emotional embezzlement sentence, Florida speculation, and mixed crop prospects from Georgia to Rochelle, highlighting farmer hopes for another strong corn harvest.
Fragmentary report notes oats and a high fee on the eve of a gathering. The text is garbled but implies a notable event tied to oats and a large fee. No clear names, dates, places, or organizations are readable.
Samuel Cleeks operates a one acre Sacramento Valley farm where buildings fill about a sixth of the space and the rest yields nearly every fruit nut and vegetable suited to the climate. Irrigation high manuring and diverse cultivation sustain him and his wife for forty years with an annual average income around four hundred dollars, plus loans and donations from neighbors.
Birmingham report details a violent shooting in Ensley. Oscar Reid, 19, and Mrs Bar bie Englett were wounded by two black assailants firing from a vacant lot. Reid is not expected to survive. One suspect was captured as a posse pursued the other.
Pops hold county mass meeting at the courthouse and nominate a full ticket for county offices including Dr. T J Holbrook for representative J B Vandiver for sheriff W H Smith for tax collector J L H Payne for tax receiver BE Stancel for clerk superior court and Simpson. Democrats announce a primary August 1 at all precincts amid a coming hard fought race and rising campaign tension. Contraband liquor seized by state constables near Greenville South Carolina as 47 gallons of liquor, horse, wagon and harness confiscated. two arrests reported.
In San Francisco on July 26 James J. Jeffries defeated Robert Fitzsimmons in eight rounds, knocking the champion to the floor and forcing a count. Fitzsimmons suffered multiple gashes and bleeding as Jeffries mounted a late rally to win the title, prompting the veteran to vow retirement. The crowd saw a brisk, dramatic battle with Jeffries emerging as the new champion.
Greenville board of trade calls for a new depot in Greenville D C President A A Bristow will meet Southern railroad officials soon to push the proposal If not favored the board will submit a plan to the state railroad commission for consideration The move reflects local effort to upgrade transportation infrastructure with formal follow up.
Paris businessman M. Sempis kept two Great Danes at his Annecy Lake villa after a burglary attempt. Madame Eu mond Semple, formerly Miss Louisa Rutherford of Brooklyn, fed the dogs in their iron enclosure. The animals attacked her as she offered meat, dragging her to the ground and injuring her fatally within hours. Neighbors helped carry her from the kennel as the coachman restrained the beasts. The tragedy shocked the family and neighbors amid tense security measures at the isolated estate.
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