Local News Highlights From Americus and Nearby
A busy Americus section reports Camp Sumer United Confederate Veterans to meet on Tuesday with full attendance urged. Expansion of telephone service from Dawson to Albany promises double line for Americus. Railway mail service exams set for Oct. 20 in Atlanta. Americas party arrives in New York en route to Boston. Front page notes: staff changes at Alliance Store, birth of two baby girls, illness of Egbert Allen, and crop prospects with cotton prices at seven cents. Bee culture interest and hog losses from cholera noted, mudstone use discussed, Le Conte pears to vinegar, and fall circus plans amid bloom of optimism. Local incidents include an on-street bottle strike in Cotton Avenue and new gin operations. Health reports mention palsy and hemorrhagic fever, with several residents relocating. A Kentucky trip seeks fine horses for resale, and barns may need expansion for the coming yield. A Mexican bank bill of exchange is spotted among local papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Sumer
United Confederate Veterans
Beld
Dawson
Americus
Albany
Artesian City
Atlanta
Stoney Glover
Americas
New York
Boston
Cleon Selg
Alliance
John L. Harper
Local Grocers Move to New Artesian Block and Tales
Mr T E Joiner will move his stock from Lee street to the Artesian block formerly occupied by Carl Glover. The Glover Grocery Co is now at Cotton avenue. Capt H W Dews has arrived from Newnan to join the cotton fraternity. A man reports his rooster fought a possum. the rooster is recovered. Telegram from Washington notes Will R Hansford improving and likely to return for rest. Capt P C Cleggin’s artesian well success may spur others, with a new well planned at Cobb Station on the G A Railway. A remedy advertises Syrup of Figs for constipation and related ailments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Joiner
Lee Street
Carl Glover
Glover Grocery Co
Cotton Avenue
H. W. Dews
Newnan
Leo Street
Washington
Will R. Hansford
P.C. Cleggin
Cobb
G. & A. Railway
Diphtheria Alarm Fails to Prompt Quarantine
A report of possible diphtheria cases aroused concern in Americus but officials, including Mayor Cutts and Dr Jowers, judged the risk low and declined quarantine. The city expects the return of Mr and Mrs Wetteroth from Philadelphia, returning to Americus next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darby
Wil
Americus
Mra. H. Woetteroth
Philadelphia
Mr. Wetteroth
Local notices and visits in Americus society
A string of society notes lists visitors and residents in Americus. Mrs. M. Pickett travels to Troy Alabama to visit her sister Mrs. Ross. Willis Hawkins goes to Galveston for business. families from Dawson, Ellaville, Lumpkin and Perry are mentioned with short visits and returns. The column also notes Col. Fontaine of Columbus and Rev. W. W. Walker heading to Virginia, plus multiple others visiting, staying or returning to homes in Americus and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie Dudley
Smithville
Leesburg
Julia Peacock
Ellaville
Nell Davis
Jackson Street
Daisy Walters
George Walters
W. W. Walker
Virginia
James Williams
Lobley
General Assembly
Lumpkin
Judge
W. H. Fish
Miss Fish
Marietta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dolake
Mims Hudson
Worsyth Street
R. G. Alexander
Egbert Allen
Sumter
H. H. Glover
A. J. Williams
J. W. Harris
le Conte
Homer Burkett
Bumter City
Conncll & McGarrah
J. A. Collins
Trant Works
Trars
Mexico
Jdea
Americus Jewelry and
USW Company
Stultz & Bauer
Newby & Evans
R. L. Sullivan
Laura C
Phoenix
Milwaukee, Wis
Miles’ Nervine
LaGrippe
Dr. Miles
Milwaukee
Wis
Ee & Cere
Miles
Jas. T. Cotney, Jeweler
Cotney, Bell & Co
Amer
Icas
J. F. Woods
Schley
Mary Everett
Frances Bell
Eufaula
Fred Arthur
J. A
Baisden
Boiley County
J. O. McArthur
Mamie
J. W. Ford
Church Street
D. T. Lane
Shellman
J. E. Mathis
HW. E. Stockbridge
Basil
Joe Lamar
Walter R. Dye
Dyer
Columbus
Miss
J. W. Wheat
Messrs
C. V. Lamar
E. J. Prothro
Richland
Knights Templar
Shelby Myrick
Macon
D. J. Allen
Bessie Gilbert
Mary Calaway
Fort Valley
Miles Annie Belle Matthews
W. H. Tondee
J.C. McKenzie
College Street
Eugene Hawkins, Jr
Col
Mra. E A. Hawkins
Galveston
Americus Jewelry & Music Co
Hougas
Charles L. Ansley
Wheatley & Ansley
Ansley
Hood
Miller
W. A. Rembert
Eldridge
Saasian
Knabe.mathushek & Son
Iams Frigker & Brd
Georgia
Geo. C. Wheatley
Lamar Street
Toile du Nord
Geo. D
Cotton Ave
Americus, GA
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