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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1899
Page
3
The page mixes stock market carnage with holiday store notes and local ads. Bears stampeded bulls yesterday as futures tumbled, forming a dramatic market slide, while Christmas stock openings promise deep selections and dependable gear. Local ads urge fresh fruit, baked goods, and frost cakes from E D Ausley and Groton health testimonials.
Dodson's Pharmacy promotes Christmas gifts with a wide range of Ladies' Pocket Books Card Cases and accessories. Items feature plain sterling silver and gold mounting in ebony and celuloid, offered at low prices to suit limited budgets. Cologne bottles and various novelties accompany the selection as ideal presents for him or her.
A confrontation at Wyatt's house turns fatal when Jack Nix shoots through a door after breaking in. The coroner's jury rules the killing justifiable. Also notes House banking and currency committee appointment for E B Lewis of Georgia and a Christmas-brief adjournment.
A store touts its stationery department as superior with a broad array of novelties designed to please the eye and satisfy the pocketbook. Prices listed include two for 2 sc, 350, and 50t among the items.
Useless to describe the stock, come see brushes from plain back to solid back English bristles. Prices diversified as the assortment from 25c to 250 dollars.
A new novelty launches this year featuring a graceful China dresser set collection with abundant beauty and design variety priced at $300.
Advertisement notes collars and cuffs boxes in scelluloid and leather. Mentions attention to line and references prices though text is fragmented and incomplete. No clear dates or company names readable.
Handkerchiefs in multiple styles and prices tempt holiday shoppers with discounts on linen cambric hemstitched embroidered pieces. plain, scalloped edges. and washed, monogrammed options. Also advertised are kid gloves, cashmere mitts, and a wide selection of durable, warrantied umbrellas in various sizes and finishes.
Readable items include Lidiow qrece’s Own ankle hose 12he pair and Brys black or tan heavy ribbed bicycle hose 259 pair. Also Boys’ black or tan hose Richelieu ribbed extra heavy school wear 12) Gents pale Mimas onyx black or tan ribbed two thirds length and Albriggan socks black or t40 plain or drop stitch 121-23 pair.
In the Christmas season sale, the men’s wear section showcases an expanded array of neckwear dress shirts collars cuffs suspenders night shirts and more. Highlighted items include fancy colored shirts at $1.00, Perfection bleached jeans 28 to 40 waist, and various drawers and braces with values emphasized.
The house passed the currency bill by 190 votes to 150 with most Republicans voting yes and several named Democrats including Clayton Denny Driggs Fitzgerald Ruppert Scudder Thayer Wilson voting aye. The vote drew near full attendance and now heads to the senate for finance committee review before year end.
A clipping touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a twenty five year trusted cure for croup with claims of guaranteed success when used at first hoarseness. The page also contains local ads for J R Hodson, Dodson's Pharmacy, E D Ansley's, and Rembert's drug store, plus a brief arrest note and assorted merchandise offers.
The Southern Railway company orders 1000 gondola cars, 700 to be built at the Anniston plant in Anniston Alabama. The notice also includes local ads and a brief health remedy anecdote, reflecting period advertising and miscellaneous notes.
An advertisement by Dr. Newton Hathaway promotes cures for weak back nerves Brights and all forms of kidney trouble. It claims his home treatment restores vitality without time lost from work and cites a new book Manliness, Vigor, Health. Free copy and symptom blanks offered, address 224 North Broad Streets Atlanta Ga.
Hershaw and Ten Brosch headline a strong touring company with new costumes music and ensembles for a lively comedy season. The show promises novelty and fresh versatility, while other notes advertise Dodson and Chamberlain remedies toys and California dried fruit at local retailers. Ed Ansley.
Fragmentary ad style notice claims Bright's kidney tissue illness cured by Half's Great Discovery from Waco Texas. Names include H W Brown and Wescam Americus and O A Fulitz and W A Bombbert. Mentions St George Hotel and a January 1 rent date. Tone resembles a 1800s medical claim.
The Central of Georgia Railway will sell holiday excursion tickets on December 22 and 25 1900 January 1 1900 and January 9 1900 at one and one third fares for the round trip. Tickets limited for return until January 4 1900. Students may buy tickets December 15 to 21 1899 upon certificate from superintendents or principals, limited to January 4 1900. Apply to nearest agents for full details.
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