26 Aug 1892
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1892
Page
1
A bold sales pitch asserts hats must suit the buyer, promising durable quality and lasting patronage. The seller claims swift, educated judgment by customers and urges a trial to secure future purchases, emphasizing permanence over transient deals.
Reports from Coal Creek Tennessee describe ongoing miner tensions and prosecutions led by General Carnes with Attorney General Pickel in Nashville. Allegations surface against Governor Buchanan and Labor Commissioner Ford amid the East Tennessee unrest. Parallels of calm in Alabama at Coalburg prison and a separate fire at the Hotel Belmont in North Carolina are noted.
The Sullivan special departs from Weehawken September 1 at 5 15 P M with eight sleepers and a baggage car. John J Sullivan travels in a private car with two guards at the door and a trusted cook aboard. Passengers may pay 31 50 for a seat. sleepers are not included. West Shore tickets await at Johnston's Brooklyn and Wakely's in New York. The train is promised to reach New Orleans in forty two hours, with stops at major cities en route.
Norwich Connecticut reports Miss Florence Morgan dies from Asiatic cholera after a brief illness with several related cases in the region. In Hamburg Germany cholera cases rise with 291 infections and 75 deaths, prompting quarantine and disinfection concerns for ships and baggage.
Corner stone laying ceremony held for Thornton Wheatley handsome new storefront on Newspaper Row and Forsyth street. Judges Heyward and Stanfield led the program with civic praise. a red ink program and a varnished box contained candidates, press items, and business cards. The crowd cheered as the box was sealed in the arch corner.
Five good men vie for the Sumter County Democratic nomination for the next legislature. The five hopefuls are Burkalter Stapleton Baws Adderton Wright Brady. Three will be defeated and two will win the party standard. Polls open 9 AM to 6 PM with judges Oliver and Oh s Graham and three tally clerks.
A satirical ad segment mocks McKinley tariff policy with Butler & Berry promoting tinware and related items at cut prices. It ridicules tariff talk and claims to lower prices on cookware, teapots, biscuit cutters, and coffee mills, framing a humorous political jab in merchant rhetoric.
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