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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1895
Page
4
Local store promotes cost sale across White Goods Department including Victor ia lawns India linens and Egyptian dimities with reductions on embroideries and cambric fabrics. Special offers in nainsook Swiss and cambric at 10c 15c and 20c per yard as customers are urged to call early and select calmly.
A brief sale ad announces good quality gingham at five cents per yard for this week only.
City items report county commissioners meeting on routine business and plans to add a warehouse at Americus Cotton Yards. Section Master Gresham revamps Central railroad yards with new rails. County court session begins with many cases from the superior court. may last weeks. Local farming notes mention an acre of corn and a notably frosted cotton field. Also notes Mrs Lamar receives $2000 from a policy paid in full.
Lively city social column with names of residents and visitors from Savannah Buena Vista and Opelika. Mentions J A Nix Ge D Wheatley and Mrs H C Hardy among others. rumors of business and hometown ties. promotes Simmons Liver Regulator as a medical remedy.
A charter application for the Whitley Grocery Co. outlines a new wholesale grocery enterprise by Windsor Whitley Hudson & Bro and new partners. Incorporators include C. R. Whitley and Lester Windsor among leading Americus mercantile figures. Capital stock set at 30000 dollars, expandable to 100000, with management by C R Whitley until charter grants. The firm will occupy Windsor Block stores and engage in wholesale grocery trade. A Sumter farmer, George Saig, plans direct market sales after selling four carloads of melons near Rome dated recently, earning 128 dollars net. De Molay Commandery No. 5 Knights Templar held a meeting conferring degrees, followed by a supper catered by Nehring. Hood’s Barippacitts ad promotes blood and vigor.
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