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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1902
Page
6
Americus braces for a busy fall as cotton arrivals rise and merchants stock up. Confidence in improved crops and strong prices signals strong real estate and business demand, with warehouses busy and 55,000 bales marketed since last Sept. Two hundred thousand dollars in new building and more factories expected to follow.
J H Johnston of Broughton Ga says years of bronchitis ended by Dr Kig s New Discovery for Consumption. His wife’s asthma also improved. Trial offers promise relief for throat and lung diseases with guarantee. Free trial bottles at Eldridge Drug.
The Sumter county executive committee met to consolidate and declare results from the prior election across nine districts. Totals show numerous local sales votes with a overall 1,199 for and 766 against, a 374 majority. Mercer University in Macon is praised as a leading higher learning institution.
A revived commercial boom hits Americus as empty brick stores flood with applicants. D W Bagley’s store leases to E J McGee of Montezuma for wholesale and retail business. other vacant spaces on Lee and Cotton Avenues attract tenants from Tuscaloosa and Fitzgerald. Agents report increased offers and growing interest from capital. revival promises higher trade and population.
Advertises Dr James W Kidd of Fort Wayne Indiana as discovering an elixir of life that cures a vast range of diseases. Claims free remedy with no risk, citing walking without crutches and regained health as proof. Describes universal efficacy and offers to mail the remedy free upon request stating the ailment to be cured.
A compact warning on health defense stressing the liver as a gateway to illness and urging proactive protection against first signs of disease. The fragment hints at preventive care and vigilance to maintain wellbeing.
Force there at present the largest in some time. Seaboard Railway shops in Americus employ about three hundred men across departments. Twenty seven skilled machinists rebuild and repair locomotives. Car shops and other departments also busy. Americus boasts a finely equipped plant in the South.
The pretty residence of Mr. Lott Warren at 125 Taylor Street sold through J B Felder to Mr. G R Ellis for 3000 dollars. Warren moved to Atlanta for health reasons and his family will join him soon. Several prospective buyers had shown interest before closing.
A Viola reader, Geo. W. Fry, credits Kodol with curing months of stomach trouble and improved digestion. He recommends the product to dyspepsia sufferers and notes gratitude from a friend who tried it after his suggestion. The testimonial highlights health and strength tied to proper digestion and a dose after meals.
The State University will reopen the 102nd session on September 18 with three departments Academic Law and Agricultural There is no tuition for state residents except in the law department Agriculture offers short Winter and various year courses Dormitories provide free lodging and Denmark Hall offers board at 8 60 monthly Chancellor W B Hill will provide a hand book and catalogue on request
A New York police report says a woman posing as Mrs. Harris Hunter widow of a Chicago Board of Trade member was jailed for vagrancy after soliciting aid from bankers and brokers. Investigators allege she traveled from San Francisco to New York amassing at least 50000 dollars by claiming a dying mother needed care. Chicago traders deny any Hunter link. no president or vp named Hunter ever served.
Paris dispatch says M. Jusserand, born 1855, will be a welcome acquisition to Washington society. Formerly at large in England, he served at the French embassy at St James’s and later as minister at Copenhagen. Fluent in English, he has written on English poetry and economics and is known as a witty after-dinner speaker.
Advertises Smith's Sure Kidney Cure claiming sound kidneys and perfect health. Urges trial with a bottle sold for 50 cents by druggists.
It argues catarrh was once deemed incurable but is now treatable constitutionally by Hoalls Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Internal doses affect blood and mucous surfaces. They offer $100 to prove a failure to cure, with circulars and testimonials available. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills as best and proclaims greatness in small deeds.
A short ad style notice promoting One Minute Cough Cure as a fast and safe remedy for coughs croup and throat and lung troubles. It claims to allay inflammation clear the head soothe and strengthen mucous membranes and to act immediately. The maker references W A Rembert and notes that a man may be judged by his judgments of others.
An old style advertisement claims a guaranteed kidney cure from Smith’s Sure Kidney Cure. It promises money refunds if a customer is not satisfied after taking one bottle, priced at 50 cents, amid garbled legalistic phrasing and dubious health claims.
The French foreign office says M. Jusserand will likely become ambassador to Washington, having long been minister at Copenhagen and an English speaker. His American-born wife has lived in Paris, and he has ties to athletic development work. Cambon not bound for St Petersburg. may go to Madrid instead. A separate dispatch reports a fatal switch-yard accident in Flomaton with an unidentified white man ground to a mass. no papers found, Frank Norton noted on a card. Another Romanian headline claims plans to assassinate the sultan are being organized by an ex Macedonian revolutionary committee leader.
San Francisco Aug 23 Carson Overend a Corinto Nicaragua planter and merchant reports a July 25 coastal raid on Bluefields by a small conservative faction aided by Colombian insurgents. About a hundred attacked, most captured and jailed, others fled by schooner. The motive remains unclear. observers expect no harsh treatment. Tragedy in the Alps reports two Britons and two guides found dead near Wetterhorn summit from lightning and falls. Von Deldrich resigns as German navy chief, to be replaced by Vice Admiral Buechael following the destruction of the German fleet.
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