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Local News Highlights In Americus Era
A bustling Americus column reports gun dealer license for Glover street, fever illness at Mary Haynes home, a fatality of a yard worker, theft of dried fruit on Jackson street, and community updates. It notes new hires at Allen Clegg Co, incoming western settlers, cotton opening, weather impacts on fodder and crops, and plans for a double wedding at a local church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mims & Hudson
Worsyth Street
Stoney Glover
Mary Haynes
Church Street
J.C. Pope
Jackson Street
Gene Maurd
County Poor House
Keeper Bell
Abbeville
J. E. Causey
Willis McArthur
Fire Department
C. E. Underwood
Salemen
E. A. Smith
Jefferson Street
Americus
Glover Grocery Company
Allen House
W. Felder
Jno
W. Shiver
Allen, Clegg & Co
W. M. Tullis
H. J. Fite & Co
Tom Gulce
Tullis
Sumter County
A. C. Bell
Joe Brown
Georgia
Windsor
Lester Windsor
DeSoto
J. C. Smith
Hal Johnson
St Hawkins
Americus Compress Co
Albert Chapman
J. P. Chapman
Lee Allen
East
Americas
M. E. Rylander
W. B. Merritt Jr
Columbus
Merritt
Valdosta
Charles Ansley
DeWitt McCreary
East Macon
Indian Spring
Americus Jeweley & Music Co