Americus Notes Reflect Local Struggles with Illness and Power
Americus residents face fever with some recovery noted, a gaslight era mood returns, and a cautious mood as streets dim and kerosene lamps reappear. Allen and Dave B Hill suffer fever, while Albritton recovers from a gunshot wound though still ill. Local officials seek to fix a failing plant and booster efforts continue, with schools set to reopen in three weeks and merchants cautious as delays affect business.
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Americas
Americus
Interae
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Dave B. Hill
Moccasin injures farm hand near Johnson place
A highland moccasin bit Si Ross, a black farm worker, while he was preparing fodder two miles from town. The bite on the thumb caused immediate swelling and intense pain before he sought a physician. The item touts Banner Salve as a cure.
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Si Ross
Ross
Johnson Place
Death of Captain John L. Adderton ends a useful career
Captain John L. Adderton of Americus died Sunday morning after paralysis struck three days earlier. A North Carolina native who moved to Americus as a youth, he was a merchant, judge of the Inferior Court, state legislator, and long trusted city council member. He served in the Confederate Army with Rylander’s Battalion, loved by his soldiers, and left a respected family legacy with wife Alice Guerry, a son and daughter, and a peaceful farm life. The funeral at Oak Grove Cemetery was conducted by Rev. George W. Mathews with United Confederate Veterans rites observed.
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Faithful Cotton Buyers Return to Americus for Season
The Americus contingent of cotton buyers grows with Frank B. Montfort E A Emmermen and Tweedy White of Augusta joining the locals. The returning buyers promise a lively start to the season with plans to pursue the fleecy staple, while tours recount time abroad in Buffalo Paris London Rotterdam Amsterdam and Givenham as they prepare for market activity.
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Americus
Frank B. Montfort
E. A. Emmermen
Mesers
Tweedy & White
Auguste
Georgia
Buffalo
Paris
London
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Givenham
Americus City Council Sets Short Two Week Election Campaign
In Americus the aldermanic vacancy caused by Alderman J E Cameron's resignation triggers a rapid race. The council ordered a September 5 primary under a democratic process with two weeks to mobilize voters and derail the regular November election. Only qualified Democrats who registered and paid last year's taxes can vote.
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Aldermanio
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City Democratic Executive Committee
Leity
Brown to enter Governor race after railroad post
Hon J Pope Brown prepared a governor announcement and plans to resign from the Railroad Commission to campaign. He will publish in papers and issue a Georgia wide circular, with timing still unsure.
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J. Pope Brown
Brown
Railroad Commission
Georgia
Large increase this season in Georgia round bale plants
Capt. John A. Sibley of the Lowry Company reports a surge in round bale plants across southwestern Georgia with Americas as a hub. He notes a rise from eighteen plants in Georgia and Alabama to seventy six this season, signaling extensive cotton bale marketing in the area. Also mentions a testimonial for Foley's Kidney Cure and a quip about brains.
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Lowry Company
Americas
Georgia
Capt. Sibley
Alabama
Sibley
Americus Mecca for Many Visitors From Nearby Towns
A long list of yesterday's visitors in Americus includes Luther Hawkins returning from Atlanta, W Thad Glover from Savannah visiting the Glover household, Mrs L W Gardner and Mrs J T Gardner from Oglethorpe guests of Mrs Emmett L Murray, and many others. Judge Charles R Crisp leaves for Saluda NC, Sheriff J W Montgomery of Webster county was in town, and Miss Martha William of Buena Vista visits Leila Watson. Multiple locals travel for business or leisure, with Dr S H McKee and family away briefly and Col H B Johnson visiting New York. A note praises Foley's Kidney Cure for kidney troubles.
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Luther Hawkins
Atlanta
W. Thad Glover
Savannah
J. W. Montgomery
Webster County
Americus
Martha Williame
Buena Vista
Leila Watson
Taylor Street
W.8. Moore
Early County
Burglar robs dentist office in grisly attempt
A bold intruder climbed through a transom into Dr. Davis's dental office at dawn seeking valuables. He fled after failing to locate treasure, leaving the scene with no injuries but a sense of impending danger from recent similar burglaries in the area.
Deafness Claim Promises Cure via Constitutional Remedy
An advertisement asserts deafness cannot be cured by local treatments and must be addressed with constitutional remedies. It explains deafness as an inflamed condition of the Eustachian tube caused by catarrh, offering one hundred dollars for any catarrh deafness not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promoting related products Hall's Family Pills.
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Hall
Cheney &Co
Toledo
Disaster on Islander steamship sinks off Alaska
The Islander, flagship of the Canadian Pacific line, collided with an iceberg near Douglass Island Alaska while en route from Skagway to Victoria. It sank in 11 minutes. about 65 people, including captain Foote, were drowned as boilers exploded. Survivors were rescued by a steamer that reached the scene the next day.
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Gulf Coast Storm Disrupts New Orleans and Coast
A severe storm batters the Gulf Coast centering on New Orleans with widespread flooding, train delays, and damage to bridges and wharves. Much of the city is inundated, the poor suffer, and local forecasts warn of hurricane winds across Louisiana and East Texas.
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Henry Marz
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Texas and Pacific
Damage to Railroads and Floods Hit East Tennessee
Aug 15 Knoxville reports continuing heavy rains across upper East Tennessee. Rail traffic east of Knoxville is disrupted and bridges and trestles are endangered. Rivers rise, flooding farms and wrecking roads, with the Tennessee River forecast to reach 80 feet. Flooding extends to coal regions, stores, and residences as water swamps rail lines and forces diversion of Virginia traffic through Asheville to Atlanta.
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