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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1909
Page
5
Boston December 14. Opera star Lydia Lipkowka, a Russian soprano, calls stockings harmful when worn all day. She urges stockingless days, arguing blood flow and comfort improve with less clothing. She equates stockings to corsets and mocks constant glove use. A sale note follows.
At the Amer icas Board of Trade meeting limited attendance led to informal talks on a government road from here to Andersonville cemetery and park. A committee of one or two aggressive citizens would lobby Congress and Georgia delegates in Washington to arouse officials and seek the project. A follow up at the next monthly meeting aims to mobilize a larger turnout. Also mentions Ely Cream Balm for nasal catarrh and a Christmas charity note about Zelaya’s political status.
In Americus the remaining 1,500 cotton bales, worth about 110000 dollars at 14 12 cents per pound, sit in local warehouses. Prices may rise with a potential 15 cent spot, while 30000 bales of wagon cotton and 40000 bales in the South press have already moved through town. Prosperity spreads through farmers and merchants as the season nears its end.
The Central Railroad plans a special daytime holiday train to meet rising travel and express matter demand. Scheduling may start a few days before Christmas and run four to five days serving the Albany to Macon route. The move aims to aid thousands in the local region and improve holiday logistics.
Advertisement states Pophams asthma remedy sold by druggists for $1.00 with trial mail offer of 10 cents. Williams Mfg Co of Cleveland Ohio is listed as the proprietor and product is sold at W A Remberts. The text includes promotional flairs and mentions compliments and doubt in a curious, garbled manner.
Erie Pa Dec 14 The Twentieth Century Limited from Chicago to New York collided with passenger train No 10 on the Lake Shore line near North East Pa about midnight. Six bodies have been recovered and many more feared. The crash involved cars from St Louis Cincinnati and Cleveland with most deaths in the front trains. A relief train departed with medical aid and purses for the injured.
A damaged OCR fragment describes a fatal accident involving engine No 26 and a tea following. It also contains an ad seeking to rent one hundred acres near a city of station for two whites and a request to confer with J B E Andersonville Ga.
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