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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1899
Page
3
D Wheatley outlines the formal opening of holiday stocks as a significant merchandising event. The store emphasizes complete, dependable Christmas preparations from top to bottom, promising lines fully stocked and carefully chosen gifts. Additional hints point buyers toward a broad, thoughtful assortment for holiday shopping.
Handkerchiefs priced well above usual deals and a holiday sale list features dama ged cambric handkerchiefs at 102 each and assorted gloves including Kid Gloves 125 per pair. The store touts special lots and bargain pricing to tempt customers.
The thirty third annual session at Dublin closes after strong attendance and work. Rev K Read is named presiding elder of the Americas District, replacing Rev W C Lovett. Rev G W Matthews becomes pastor at First Methodist Macon. Rev George Johnson to St Pauls. Several other appointments listed across Americas district. Next session planned in Cuthbert.
Darson's Pharmacy advertises a Christmas bulletin with the most complete life of Christ mas articles and the latest novelties. It invites early ordering and direct contact from the North and East in early summer to secure lower prices than current advance rates.
A woman named Mia recounts illness labeled consumption and a family physician's hopeless verdict. She credits King’s New Discovery for Consumption from E. J. Eldridge's drug store, using trial bottles at 50c and 31c, to restore health and enable her to do housework again. A closing aphorism quotes a philosopher on certainty.
An old Texas advertisement touts Hall’s Great Discovery as a universal remedy for kidney and bladder troubles, diabetes, rheumatic pain, and urinary issues in men and women. It lists W. A. Hembert as the Americus Georgia druggist and cites testimonials from D. B. Johnson of Richmond Indiana and H. N. Williams of Gentryville Indiana. It also promotes Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and One Minute Cough Cure with user endorsements and pharmacy listings.
The statistician reports 6 900 000 bales as the probable U S cotton output for 1899 1900 based on extensive reports from many regions. Weather has been favorable for remaining picking and yields per acre vary by state with notable figures given for Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia and Texas.
An advertisement extols a tonic for stomach weakness and indigestion claiming worldwide cure. It features testimonials from Miss Annie H. Ganning of Tyre Michigan and W. A. Rembert, praising rapid relief and complete cure. The ad notes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what you eat and claims dramatic results.
A dialogue about birthdays on different weekdays precedes an advertisement promising skin and wound cures. The ad promotes Arnica Salve by E Eldridge, a local druggist, claiming relief for sores burns chapped lips and other ailments with a 230 cent box and guaranteed results.
The House voted Gi to 42 to defeat a bill that would place telephone and car companies under railroad commission oversight . Harvard of Dooly introduced the bill to keep out products manufactured locally and to block the industry from state control . The session also saw a resolution to fund city projects in Atlanta tabled amid political maneuvering.
An old advertisement notes remedies for stomach issues and heartburn under Popria Cure and Ib Beate, plus a sales pitch from W. A. Rembert for cigars and tobacco at Rembert's drug store on 113 Forryia Street. It also offers a nearby farm for sale by M. Callaway suitable for stock, garden, and dairy.
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