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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1901
Page
4
Establishment details for the Times Recorder Americus Ga show subscription rates and mailing info. Marie Louise Myrick is editor and business manager. Office contact and official status notes appear, including county and railroad commission affiliations.
Ample corn and cotton plans loom as farmers brace for a busy fall in Sumter and Americus. chatter references a court of inquiry, rising prices, new cotton bales, and local remarks on governance, labor, and southern politics amid evolving regional prosperity.
The Liberty County Herald argues South Georgia receives little state patronage unfairly and lists offices held by the region. It notes two railroad commissioners, several agriculture and legal officials, and high court members, urging Bacon to represent South Georgia as United States senator.
Americus' sister city Augusta welcomes hundreds of freight cars being built by the Georgia Railway, creating jobs and a boost to the local economy. The piece notes Americus previously hosted similar enterprise and hopes Seaboard Railway will revive car manufacturing here, arguing southern supply chains should favor southern production and criticizing rail routes that move materials northward.
The Athens Banner argues the steel trusts incur no loss in the ongoing strike while laborers lose wages. It notes workers and the public bear the costs, as trusts endure the battle yet will raise prices and recover losses once mills reopen.
The comptroller general announces taxes in Georgia will stay at the same rate despite an estate tax increase of nearly 20 million dollars. Legislature's large appropriations require the rate to hold steady, with 13 counties yet to digest returns showing total increases of 15,36,317 over last year. The public faces no rate cut this year, a disappointment to many.
A wife recounts four pregnancies and births, describing long pains with the first three and heavy use of chloroform. She credits Mother's Friend as a grand remedy that enabled an easier birth with her last child, a robust boy, and notes she performed housework up to two hours before delivery.
The advertisement claims Mother's Friend aids pregnancy by building a strong body and clear intellect, relaxing muscles for easier labor, reducing morning sickness and nervousness, and avoiding breast complications, with recovery in days. It notes a $14 bottle price and offers a free illustrated book from The Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta.
The Dowager Empress Frederick was interred beside her husband in Frieden kirche mausoleum at Potsdam with high dignitaries and foreign ambassadors present. Emperor William and King Edward led the royal procession, bells tolled across Potsdam, and a memorial service followed in London as diplomats attended.
In Alabama at the constitutional convention the move to abolish district solicitors and create county solicitors was reconsidered. After repeated defeats, supporters secured a 50 to 45 vote to reopen the section amid heated debate led by Judge Coleman for reconsideration and Mr. Graham of Talladega opposing.
Morton L Hit of Lebanon reports his wife suffered severe inflammatory rheumatism for six weeks with swelling and no relief from eight doctors. After using the Mystic Cure for Rheumatism she walked in three days, he claims it saved her life. Sold by EJ Eldridge, Americus, Georgia.
Aug 14 Charleston reports action against liquor sellers with an ordinance making manufacture or sale unlawful. Recorder will try cases with penalties from 25 to 100 dollars and up to 20 days imprisonment. Revenue from fines to city. aim to drive out 500 known joints. Lorimer Stoddard Seriously Ill in New York. Commander Frederick M Wise of Yokohama hospital death from heart disease. Wise commanded Monocacy during early Chinese troubles.
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