Sumter County Board Receives August Proceedings
Sumter county Board of Commissioners met August 2 1909 with A F Hodges J F Bolton H J Webb and T B Hooks present. They adopted minutes approved bills totaling 4983 71 and awarded Poole Son bid for supplies. They authorized warrants for defaulters and denied Holt extension request. A July 24 1909 special meeting heard J M Burke inquiry into Frank Fletcher death with county attorney J A Hixon to assist.
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Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues
Sumter County
A. F. Hodges
J. F. Bolton
H. J. Webb
T. B. Hooks
Louise Walker
Annie Wilson
Tom Denson
Alfred Windsor
Peter Jackson
Jim Brown
P. L. Holt
Reese Park
J. IH. Poole & Son
J. M. Burke
Frank Fletcher
T.B. Hooks
J. A. Hixon
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promoted as Supreme Healer
An advertisement proclaims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the instant relief for burns cuts bruises and inflamed injuries. It touts the salve as earth’s supreme healer for boils ulcers fever sores eczema and piles and notes a 25 cent price at Eldridge Drug Co.
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Bucklen
Earth
Eldridge Drug Co
Burglars Busy in Desoto Stores
Americus neighbor Desoto woke to a night raid that hit about six stores breaking front-window fastenings. Stores of Ferguson, Bagley, Fuller and Wills were entered with loot including shoes meat tobacco flour and canned goods plus a small amount of money from one shop. No clue to the burglars.
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Americus
DeSoto
Messrs. Ferguson, Bagley, Fuller and Wills
Americus at the Alaska Yukon Exposition Ad Plans
Secretary Crockett of the Americas Board of Trade discusses promoting Sumter county at the Alaska Yukon Exposition with the Georgia commissioner. Georgia displayed nothing at the event, while hundreds of brochures from the B A I will be shipped to be distributed there.
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Americus
Alaska. Yukon Exposition
Sumter County
Crockett
The
Americas Board of Trade
Georgia
Board of Trade
Chance to Make Himself Famous in Succotash Seed Suggestion
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports a suggestion to Secretary Wilson that before retirement he provide the public with a varied supply of high quality succotash seed. The note implies current USGS offerings are not wholly satisfactory and urges action to boost recognition.
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Philadelphia Enquirer
Wilson
Knicker Jones Weather Report Confusion
New York Sun notes a chaotic weather report mix up labeled Knicker Jones and Bocker That Nothing with Smith offering the latest forecast. The piece hints at a rotating weathercock pageant and unclear data. Authorities promise clarification in upcoming editions.
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New York Sun
Knicker—Jones
Bocker
Smith
Tear Down Real Political Fence in Capitol Room
Governor Brown demolishes the Hoke Smith era wooden railing at the state capitol signaling an end to a barrier between private staff and the public. The once institutional fence is tossed aside, exposing the governor’s private office to visitors as the reception room remains open and transparent. DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills ad ends the fragment.
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Brown
Atlanta Constitution
State Capitol
Hoke Smith
Hardy Ulm
Wilams
DeWitt
Wife saves husband first then children at Lacrosse river
Sparta Wisconsin August ninth report details a Mrs. O Keefe rescuing her husband after their son and daughter swam beyond their depth. The father freed the son, the mother the daughter, all three saved and urged Foley s Kidney Remedy for urinary health.
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Sparta
Wis
William O'Keefe
Lacrosse River
O'Keefe
Country Club Charter Sought for Sumter County Club
The Sumter County Country Club applies for a charter with corporators A N W Crawford Wheatley Frank W Glover W A Dodson John field and associates. Stock to be 3000 dollars in shares of 100 with potential to 10000. Club houses a bungalow style clubhouse with golf courts and tennis courts amid large grounds. Plans include a one story bungalow 2 feet deep porch 100 to 200 members possible. Ground leased for 100 acres on Lee street with option to purchase.
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Amerigus
Nis
Superior Court
Sumter County Country Club
Mesurs
A. N. W. Crawford Wheatley
Frank W. Glover
W. A. Dodson
John’ Field
Lee Street
Bairnsen Young Places
Tihe
Ras Odefecture
Davis completes embalming course at Southern College
Mr Clarence G Davis manager of Allison Furniture Co returned to Americus from Augusta after finishing a full course in embalming at the Southern College of Embalming. The firm offers a large line of caskets and emphasizes its undertaking department led by D C Glendening. Davis aimed to master every branch of the business, seeking proficiency in embalming as well as furniture sales.
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Clarence G. Davis
Allison Furniture Co
Americus
Augusta
Southern College of
MY. D. C. Glendening
Davis
Foley's Honey and Tar Reputed to Cure Summer Ailments
Nausbaum of Batesville Indiana relates a summer cold and hay fever symptoms that troubled his business for months. A doctor’s prescription failed to help until Foley's Honey and Tar was used, which quickly cured him and his wife reports the same success. Sold by all druggists.
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Foley
Bright
Nausbaum
Batesville
Indiana
Diamonds Rise In Price As New Government Monopoly Sets Rates
Berlin reports the imperial government monopoly in Southwest Africa has published the sale prices for six diamond imports, showing a rise from 21 2 to 29 marks per carat. The higher prices reflect superior stones and demand from prosperity in America. The text also includes an unrelated ad segment touting Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills.
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Berlin
Africa
America
World's Largest Pipe Organ Sold to Philadelphia Store
The world’s largest pipe organ, built for the 1904 St Louis fair and stored since, was sold by Eugene W Handlan to John Wanamaker of Philadelphia. It will be erected in Wanamaker’s department store, with critics praising its tone. Organists including Alexander Guilmant of Paris once played it to acclaim.
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Festival Hall
Art Hill
Los Angeles
Cal
Handlan Warehouse Company
Eleventh and
Gratiot Streets
Eugene W. Handlan
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Europe
Alexander Guilmant
Paris
Americus Mercantile Company Charter Requested
Application filed in Superior Court to organize the Americus Mercantile Company. Incorporators listed as Mears and Gardner. Authorized capital appears as ten thousand dollars with stockholder voting and establishment of corporate structure in the early stage of incorporation.
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Americus Mercantile Company
Mears
Gardner
Woman Seeks Rital Round MER and Maine Ce Dig Salary
In a brief item from a Chicago Herald incentive column a woman expresses a desire for certain salary terms including a round MER and Maine Ce Dig. The readable fragment hints at compensation discussions but provides limited concrete details or names.
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Chicago Herald
Mer
Maine
Congressman's Tariff Kritik Sparks Golf Quip Response
A New York Evening Post item notes a congressman's jab that the tariff bill would improve if the president spent more time in his library than on the golf course. The remark prompts defense that the critic misunderstands the game and policy.
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New York Evening Post
Balloonists warned at high altitude in mistyped bulletin
A stained fragment from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch bulletin notes balloonists should exercise extreme caution at 6000 feet to avoid collisions, with garbled phrasing suggesting vigilance against midair accidents amid erratic weather signals.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Taft Defends Tariff Law Amid Bravery Charge
President Taft is quoted as saying he will defend the new tariff law, a remark noted as signaling firm stance amid criticism. The Courier Journal from Louisville reports ties to political bravado and the era's tariff debate.
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Louisville
Courier-Journal
Taft
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