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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1899
Page
3
Geo D Wheatley announces ongoing selling of a well established store with steady demand and strong customer base. Details emphasize reliable inventory and favorable location, inviting prospective buyers to inquire for terms and conditions.
A Democratic primary to select three aldermen fills the town with chatter as twice as many candidates as vacancies contend for city posts. Voters expect economy and reform, with all candidates claiming strong support and the contest seen as a lively, all-quiet battle until polls close. Separate notes praise Dr King s New Discovery and a self cure tale, plus a classroom joke about vaccination and a quip on certainty.
The item presents a testimonial praising Mystic Cure for Rheumatism by Mortos L Hill of Lebanon. It claims rapid relief and lists EJ Eldridge druggist in Americor as distributor. Other endorsements mention dyspepsia cures and a urinary lotion, with miscellaneous local ads and slogans.
A garbled ad style piece proclaims strong value promises and personal service. It asserts keeping what customers own, prioritizing quality and freshness in a storefront context with an informal tone. The text is fragmented and unclear in structure.
American forces under Lieutenant James E. Monroe of the Fourth Cavalry compelled General Canon and 800 insurgents at Bayoubong to surrender. Monroe, with only 50 men, bluffed by telegraphing a larger force and moving on Bayonbong, earning the rebels’ unconditional surrender before reinforcements could arrive.
A fragmented perfume advertisement lists Violet Waterpine at 75c for a pint, Crab Apple Extract at 85c for 500 units, Trailing Arbutus Extract as a fine odor, and several blends like jean's Frag and rac Cologne. Mentions Lazell's Patrast and a range of scents including White Rose Lilac and Lily of Valley.
For 100 dollars a black grain leather pocket-book and card cane combination with seal tips, shot bottom and sterling silver monizations are sold. A real seal pocket-book and card case with seal lining and heavy sterling silver mountings is available for 1.50 dollars.
An advertisement offers stationery embossed with Americas Ga in gold blue or red letters in Point Gray blue or white. A quire paper with envelopes packed in a neat box. 400 Our Leader set contains 49 sheets of linen paper and 49 envelopes. Price per box 35 cents. Visiting cards come in a package. Writing tablets priced at 10 cents for various sizes.
The note lists Caticora Soap Parker's Tar Soap and Bogera Gallets Soap in a brief catalog style. The entries appear as a simple product mention without additional details or context.
An extensive fire test in Lowell Massachusetts compared American Roundlap bales with Lowry and square bales. The Roundlap bales resisted flame and kept shape, while Lowry bales burned wiring, elongated, and failed. Salvage from the fire was to be weighed, and water tests reportedly showed further resilience for Roundlap. An accompanying testimonial from Glencoe, Ohio promotes Chamberlain’s remedy for diarrhoea.
Central Railroad adopts electric headlights for passenger locomotives, already on nineteen engines, with underboard lights on some to illuminate machinery. Oil lights discontinued as incandescent bulbs replace them, reducing accident risk. Children’s show linked to Gentry visits Tuesday at Parlow Lawn with dogs ponies and monkey acts. tickets 15 cents for children 25 cents for adults.
A notable union will unite Miss Ella Leona Webb and Mr J B Lightner on Wednesday evening at the Baptist church in Sumter. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs F G Webb, is esteemed by a wide circle of friends with many attendants planned for the ceremony.
Hoarseness signals possible croup in a child and a rough cough follows. Giving Chamberlains Cough Remedy early can prevent the attack. The ad touts long use and success, claims no failure, and lists Hodson and Dodson's Pharmacy and Kildridge's drug store as sellers.
Dairymen’s Association, representing about five percent of suppliers, issued notices of a price advance taking effect that morning as milk costs jumped by half. The move follows a coordinated effort among local producers to raise prices amid thin market supplies. A separate ad notes a dyspepsia remedy and a personal anecdote about health improvement.
An advertisement style claim touts Swift's Specific as the sole remedy to reach scrofula, a deep seated blood disease said to cause consumption and bodily decay. The copy asserts the product cures the taint of blood and restores vigor despite widespread belief in other remedies.
An American physician celebrated yesterday the collection of a debt more than thirty years old. The patient, a Marion county woman, paid the full amount, prompting the doctor to remark on the honesty of people when given a chance to fulfill obligations.
An advertisement touting Mozley s Lemon Elixir as a cure for indigestion headache malarial fever and kidney and liver ailments. It includes multiple testimonial snippets from individuals in Reevesville Beulah Louisville and Atlanta claiming relief and restored appetite after using the remedy.
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