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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1925
Page
8
Richard Haliburton of Memphis swam the Dardanelles at the Leander and Byron swimming point amid strong wind and tides. He is said to be the sole climber of Fujiyama in winter.
Senator Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama, who said he would not seek re election, is in Washington arranging to move to Woodlawn near Mount Vernon. He plans to make his home there after leaving the senate in March 1927.
A member of the Forty First New York District explains why at age fifty three he enrolled at Cornell University. He seeks knowledge of modern industry and the workings of price movements, aiming to understand if fixed prices and monopolies benefit or harm the economy. He argues learning benefits all ages and that older students gain from youth perspectives.
The speaker links railroads telegraphs telephones and cars to American unity and progress. He says he attends Cornell University to gain broader knowledge to improve life for Americans and to avoid utopian dreams while building on the foundations of the Constitution for a better land.
A woman disputes a reported claim about a baby story, saying it was illegal and not her child. She denies that the baby was born to her and seeks to clarify her legal position.
Legal advertisements outline multiple property sales in Sumter County Georgia. W. P. M'Arthur, Sheriff, lists foreclosures tied to H. W. Hyatt and other deedholders, detailing debts, prior liens, and sale terms for August and September 1925.
The speaker reflects on public policy issues from railroads to capitalism and labor, urging a broad knowledge base for Congress. He discusses government involvement in business, wage systems, wealth distribution, and farmer troubles, aiming to shape a humane, happier society as civilization grows more complex.
Public foreclosure notices filed by S F Pollock and Charles Forman against borrowers J M Young and H W Hyatt outline secured land sales. Listings describe ninety four acres of Lot 188 and multiple tracts in Sumter County with sale dates September 1925 and September 15 1925 to satisfy debts, including interest defaults and extensions.
The nationwide gasoline price war lowers the wholesale tank wagon price to 17.2 cents a gallon in 30 cities. A California influx into the Atlantic coast market at 12 cents a gallon drives the cut with eastern refiners dropping refinery price from 15 to 12 cents to meet competition.
Floods after a 36 hour rain inundated Tokyo's Hongjo district with up to 30000 houses submerged. Residents spent the night on hillsides as damage nears several million yen and casualties are reported. The Tongjo district along the Sumida River was hardest hit, marking ten years of severe flooding.
Public notice: under a deed to secure debt from J Randolph Logan to Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company dated January 18 1923 and recorded January 29 1925 in Sumter Georgia, property to be sold at public outcry September 15 1925 at the Sumter courthouse between 10 am and 4 pm. Includes land lots 138 139 totaling about 422.3 acres and a windmill with attached equipment removed to land now owned by Carrie Logan. Sale to satisfy a 6000 note due November 1 1927 plus interest and attorney's fees. default on interest noted with 360 due November 1 1924. The deed grants power of sale. sale to highest cash bidder at courthouse door in Sumter County.
A description of a poor, overcrowded district where the largest death toll occurred in the September 1922 earthquake, noting the severe human toll and collapsed infrastructure in the area.
Chicago August 28 Judge Landis baseball commissioner said an exhaustive investigation found no justification for charges in the Nashville Banner that players Eich rodt and Roy of the Nashville club were to be switched to New Orleans via the Cleveland American club to aid New Orleans in winning the Southern association pennant.
The notice references weekly advertisements for four weeks in the county newspaper where the land is located. It adopts the power of sale terms from the deed securing debt and states the property will be sold under those terms. The advertisement is issued by The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, with Ellis Webb & Ellis as attorneys, Americus, Georgia.
Will sell at the courthouse door Sumter County on the first Tuesday in September 1925 between legal hours to the highest bidder for cash two American Telephone and Telegraph Company capital stock certificates numbers NR 0696 and 9697 under an order of the Court of Ordinary. August 8, 1925. Lucas C Thiers guardian for Lucas C Thiers Jr. and Joe L Thiers minors.
Property description for sale of thirty three and one third acres off lot 179 in Sumter county Georgia. East by Harper Bros land south by Dr Wise land west by Eugene Salter land north by Mrs Leamon land. Sold to Aber Lambert to satisfy 1924 tax fe issued by J B Small. Cash terms. Tenant in possession notified. August 5 1925. W P McArthur Sheriff.
The notice states a sale on the first Tuesday in September 1925 in Sumter County for twenty four acres more or less. The parcel is in the southwest corner of lot 16 in the 26th district and described by dimensions 45 chains and 22 links north to south and 24 chains and 2 links east to west, as recorded in Book R page 622 of deeds.
Legal ad announces sale on the first Tuesday in September 1925 of ten acres forming a parallelogram in the southwest part of lot 134 in the 15th district Sumter County Georgia. Bounded north and east by Laura Bass lands south by six acres owned by Sumter County west by original lot line. Laura Bass owes 1923 1924 taxes. sale cash. tenant in possession notified. August 6 1925. Sheriff W P Marthur.
Legal ad announces sale on the first Tuesday in September 1925 between legal hours. Twenty acres in the Seventeenth district in land lot 117 southeast corner, bounded by Morgan and Josephine Tyson. Tax sale to satisfy 1924 state and county taxes, cash terms. Tenant in possession. August 6, 1926.
Legal ad announces a 40 acre square tract in southwest corner of lot 28 in Sumter County Georgia. Bounded by Fed Frazier lands to north and east and by original lot lines to south and west. H D Frazier seeks to satisfy two tax sales for 1925 and 1924 issued by B Small. Cash terms. Tenant in possession notified. W P McArthur, Sheriff.
J H Miller administrator announces a public outcry sale in Sumter County Georgia on the first Tuesday in September 1925. The property is a timber lease on Anna West Place totaling about one million feet located four miles from Smithville. Sale terms are cash with bids subject to approval by C M Wiley Ordinary Bibb County. August 7 1925.
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