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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1895
Page
3
Citizens sign a wide petition and plan a Thursday meeting at city hall to form a local board of trade. The aim is to unite merchants farmers professionals and workers to boost Americus Sumter County commerce, industry, finances and ethics, with a pledge of strong community support.
An 19th century advertisement touts Orange Blossom as a direct applied remedy for female ailments. It promises fever and pain relief, lasting cure, and self-application for irregular menses, leUco- rations, ulceration, and other conditions, with mailed distribution from Dr J A McGill & Co.
Real estate listing shows 1299 acres and 3 miles from railroad with orchard and improvements. Describes properties near Americus, town limits, and a blacksmith shop. Includes farm and residence details and payment options. Located on Lamar Street and Lee Streets with rent options for houses.
Funeral plans set as W B Graydon, a G and A Railway engineer and active B L E member, dies after long illness. Remains will be transported to Tifton by train for burial. Also reported wedding news: George Nix and Miss Etta May Allen wed in a large Judge J H Allen home ceremony led by Rev T M Christian with numerous relatives and gifts.
From Friendship, Tom Glover described a hot air balloon launched Friday by Chas Harrold and Harrold Davenport that drifted fourteen miles and landed on Crawford plantation near Friendship. Crowds pursued the drifting beacon, fearing judgment day as they gathered in the fields. Also, a horse and buggy incident in Central railroad yards ended with the occupants uninjured and the vehicle slightly damaged.
A Knoxville woman reports starting at sixteen with female weakness,止 after failed cures by several physicians she credits Dr Hartman’s treatment with restoring her to health. She notes the medicines, a free home program, and a requested copy of Dr Hartman’s book on female diseases. Also mentioned are references to Peruna Drug Mfg Co and a Columbus address for a free cancer book.
A muddled filing leads to a withheld judgment amid a suit involving Mr Brown. Forest fires ravage Washington state, causing vast property damage and choking air for seven weeks. In New York, Judge Gilder sleeve appoints Henry C Williams as receiver for Atlas Construction Company. Reports from Rio de Janeiro claim Italians on the Rio Doce railway were killed during riots in Victoria Espirito Santo.
N B Phillips tax collector of Dale county Alabama is dead. Opened for entry fourty one thousand two hundred sixty acres of Florida lands across Alaghua Levy Lafayette St Johns Suwanee and Santa Rosa counties. George Park age eighteen killed by a boiler explosion at Parham saw mill near Allenville North Carolina. William R and John Parham seriously injured. Dr T M McIntosh principal physician of the Georgia penitentiary has resigned. Dr E Bush of Colquitt Georgia appointed to succeed him by the governor. Judge Simonton frees R M Wright from jail a South Carolina dispensary constable sentenced to jail in Greenville. Wright released after his daughter appealed.
A period brochure claims Dr Mozley Lemon Elixir tonifies liver stomach and bowels aiding biliousness indigestion fever and sleeplessness. It cites 50c and 1 dollar bottles from druggists and quotes testimonials from doctors and a lawyer. mentions other products and a church authority statistic.
Kenneth Bazemore reports a small vial of Chamberlains Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy cured his family of dysentery and other travelers. The Tybee Island hotel advertises hospitality, sea views, fine dining, fishing, and music by Cobb's orchestra for the coming season. Also noted are locally produced seeds and discounted fruit jars at Dr Eldridge's drug store.
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