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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1899
Page
3
The store opens its holiday stocks with emphasis on completeness and dependability. The gift buying season is described as an event in merchandising, with top to bottom quality and ready lines to meet demand. The message underscores experience and knowledge guiding this festive stock rollout.
Advertising copy lists Jess Gloves and various lined, driving, walking gloves for Christmas. Mentions goats dyed gloves and kid gloves with prices stated as 125 per pair and 150 per pair for lined kids.
Horton J L of Bam county and two colored men Jim Austin and Holmes face separate murder charges in a superior court trial this week. Horton is accused of killing neighbor Thomas Bivins after a June 4 incident at Horton's home. Austin and Holmes face other murder counts in cases likely to span days as many witnesses are called.
Rev. RL Bivins united H. P. S. Barton and Miss C A Clark in marriage at Farlow Lawn Baptist Church yesterday. The couple, with a few friends, gathered at the church where the rites were solemnized. The bride lived in Viende la Ville and had been visiting Idhis City. the groom resides in Americus and works in rail.
Dodson's Pharmacy advertises a Christmas display of items priced to actual cost rather than current market values, inviting customers to purchase at genuine cost. It emphasizes no inflated advance pricing and highlights available selections for holiday shoppers.
Gentlemen indicates a catalog listing for vanity sets including a telescope case, comb, hair and tooth brushes. Also describes VeraTaer Taverne Case with additional soap, tooth powder bottle, and brush, plus several ebony vanity pieces with sterling silver mountings and combs priced around four dollars.
A Fulton county grand jury dispute is aired as the Atlanta Bar Association’s special committee decries the grand jury presentments as improper and dangerous in principle. The panel was discussed at a 12:45 a m meeting, with mentions of Judge Spencer Atkinson and concerns over immunity, medical malpractice links, and corporate organization risks. The committee noted some unworthy bar members but argued the number did not justify the broad presentment, and action by the grand jury was not unanimously supported.
A garbled early patent medicine advertisement from Texas promoting Hall's Great Discovery as a cure for kidney and bladder issues, rheumatism, and irregular kidney function in men and women. It includes testimonials from Draggists and a St George Hotel patient and mentions Waco Texas and Dallas as points of origin.
A quarantine order will extend across several southern states to curb cattle fever. Separately, a DeKalb County sheriff’s office safe was blown open with about 4 000 dollars stolen and a second safe attempt failed, with about 10 000 dollars more potentially taken from the treasurer’s safe. The report also notes firefighting, medical cures, and a few advertisements and notices from local businesses.
A jumble of endorsements touts Mozley’s Lemon Elixir and Cham berlain’s remedies as cures for indigestion heart disease dyspepsia and diarrhea. People from Louisville Atlanta Sedalia and other towns recount long suffering relief and improved health after using the products. Various claims mention stomach liver and bowel troubles along with endorsements from patients and local merchants.
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