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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1900
Page
7
Extension bulletin notes the San Jose scale recovering after Stand Oil exposure. Rain slowed multiplication, but fruit rot rose. Recommends summer spray of 10 percent kerosene and cautions on leaf damage, with fall and spring treatments at 20 percent and careful application from ground to twig tips. Non-graphic pest advice emphasizes safety and proper pumping to maintain correct concentration.
A historical note reports trials of crude petroleum to control San Jose scale on peach and plum trees. Varying oil concentrations from pure to 20 percent in water were sprayed in March. Results ranged from complete plant death at high concentrations to little or no damage at 60 percent or less, with 25 percent sufficient to kill scale insects where reached. Sprayed trees remained oily for six weeks, making the insects unable to survive. High price and mixed expert results, including a New York entomologist’s study, lead to hesitation to promote crude oil as a substitute for refined kerosene, leaving growers to decide between the two.
In Wasaixatos on July 28 following MacArthur casualty list four deaths are reported. Killed July 21 Thirty-eighth Infantry James F. Easterly James B. Stages July 24 Thirty-fourth Infantry Albert Freyberger William Hunter Captain George G. Gliwon shoulder and thigh injuries Oscar Lake knee serious Edward P. Ik abdomen serious William Musician Montgomery arm moderate Robert Whitson thigh July 24 Thirty-fourth Infantry Stratton infantry Stratton hand light July 24 Thirty-eighth Infantry William E. Lane thigh moderate.
Twenty thousand Chinese soldiers are concentrated near Suanovar, assessing Shanghai defenses as insufficient. Officials warn against Russian weakness and Japan's rising power, with Russia limited to about 8,500 men unless Europe reinforces. Central China officials push for peace yet prepare for war by gathering munitions and fortifying Yan region forts. Admiral Seymour cannot act until war is declared. Reports also note ongoing missionary murders.
Waycross Ga July 28 Large shipments of new rail are moving via the Waycross Air Line to extend the line toward Fitzgerald. A sizable crew works between Lake and Vickers with work stalled by a shortage of labor. J E Wadley longtime president is set to be succeeded soon by Major W Gul current president of the Mexican National railway. George Dole Wadley named vice president and general manager.
Rathbone former director general of posts in Cuba was arrested at 11 o'clock on four charges. He is held on a $25,000 bond. Charges allege lawful drawing of two orders for $500 each to pay his private coachman and gardener from funds he per diem allowance improperly drew. The case unfolds in Havasa with details indicating misused public funds and restricted conduct.
Dairying emerges as a growing Georgia industry after cotton era disruptions. The sixth annual Georgia Dairyman’s Association meeting in Grantville reports 170-plus members. Climate and abundant grasses favor dairying, with feeds like peavine hay and cotton seed by products lowering costs. A twelve month calf fed on cotton seed meal and hulls yielded a profitable result, illustrating low feeding costs.
A Georgia dairy booster Charts abundant markets in Atlanta Augusta Macon Savannah Brunswick and other towns. He argues labor is cheaper in the North and West while Georgia water and railroads offer strong facilities. Water routes to seaports could push Georgia dairy products to Cuba and Puerto Rico.
An advertisement touts Lemons as medicine, claiming to regulate liver stomach bowels and blood through Dr. Hoa in Elixir. It lists cures for biliousness headaches appendicitis malarial kidney disease fever heart failure and nervous prostration among others. Sold in bottles 500 and 81.
A preacher from Verbena Alabama describes relief from appendicitis after using a mysterious elixir. He credits his brother Rev E Cowen and mentions Dr A Morley of Atlanta in his account. The message implies a cure and urges others to use the product without providing medical corroboration.
An advertisement claims Mozley's Lemon Elixir cured a long standing lag and fever, heart and digestion ailments after four years and many medicines. It mentions Engineer B from Georgia and a Drent, GO Habersham, with a Bavanneb, Ga. location reference. The readable fragments suggest testimonial style marketing for a lemon elixir product.
An assortment of patent elixirs and tonics pledge quick relief for nervousness headache indigestion and bowel issues. Green five disease cures claimed by a scientist, with claims of six hour relief for fever and kidney bladder ailments. Local druggists Eldridge Americus and B J Americus market Wollford’s Sanitary Lotion and Dr Moffett’s Teerums Powders. A Studebaker wagon and other sale items appear.
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