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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1900
Page
8
The advertisement argues buyers trust honest statements over sensational claims. It lists affordable White Goods and fabrics at low prices, with various garments and yardage promotions. A later section quotes President Jordan urging Georgia farmers, bankers, and business leaders to organize to push for 10 cent cotton through measured marketing and cooperation.
Brown, newly arrived at Castle Sumter, faces trial for shooting Schump Druggs, a Black man, after a dispute over a dollar. Duggs lies in critical condition from two bullets one in the abdomen and one through the leg. Brown fled across the river to Dooly county, was arrested, and sent to Americus on the Shoofly, claiming Duggs had a razor.
A Manchester Michigan man George D Williams describes a slave like bondage to disease and how his wife recovered after using Electric Bitters. He testifies the remedy cures nervousness sleeplessness melancholy headache backache fainting and dizziness. Each bottle fifty cents. guarantee offered by E J Eldridge.
Telegram reports the death of J. F. Stapleton at his Webster County home on Tuesday night. He was over eighty, a respected Webster County resident, and father to James R. Stapleton of Preston and George and Lawson Stapleton of Americas. George Stapleton and family traveled to Preston to attend funeral services.
An old health advertisement extols lingering vigor and mental stamina tied to sturdy digestion. It claims Dr King's New Life Pills unlock brain and body power, noting 25 cents at E J Eldridge's drug store.
The Confederate monument in Americus, built by the Ladies Memorial Association and Daughters of the Confederacy, will gain a seven foot marble private soldier statue of E. J. Muller. The statue ships from Carara and will reach New York by steamer soon, expected to bring total height to twenty five feet above street level. Mr Miller will place the statue promptly upon arrival.
An 19th century style ad promotes Syrup of Figa as a gentle, effective laxative. It claims to cure habitual constipation, awaken kidney and liver activity, and relieve headaches, colds, or fevers without irritation. The California Fig Syrup Co markets the remedy as a health aid.
With dawn the dove season ends and a "slaughter of the innocents" begins in the Americus area as gun owners prepare to hunt in oat and wheat fields. The notice warns to be wary of malaria and suggests Prickly Asa Bittens by E. J. Eldridge.
A meeting of the local sub organization of the Cotton Growers Protective Association is set for Saturday at 10 a.m. to discuss cotton marketing. President T B Hooks urges full farmer attendance as Eastern spinners plan a price-cutting campaign against Southern farmers. Includes unrelated ad blurb and a note about a negro farmer wearing a shirt as a costume in a field near the Central depot.
The store discounts straw hats, Neglige Shirts, suspenders, and wash goods with heavy cuts to clear out inventory. Men and boys summer clothing and underwear offered at deep reductions. Aims to sell or give away every item, including shoes, caps, trunks, and rugs, as staff relocates.
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