20 Dec 1895
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1895
Page
1
A local advertisement touts Pope's Hardware and Seed Store offering powders, caps, wads, dynamite fuse, nails, and iron products. It promotes wash pots, stove pots, skillets, frying pans, plows, hoes, rakes, pitch forks, collars, and farming implements for one and two horse teams.
John M. Smith of Atlanta announces a new harness and carriage painting shop in Newnan Coweta County offering trimming and buggy work at reasonable prices. Brick shop on Washington Street rear of Burpee’s. WM Krueger, Newnan, Ga. November 15, 1805.
Fragment from a Christmas poem praising the rising of the holy morn and the birth of Christ. Imagery speaks of dawn banishing night, bells ringing, and a communal cheer as Christmas approaches. The text presents archaic phrasing and partial lines attributed to Alfred Lord Tennyson.
A cash of home made festive ideas focuses on linen and small sewn items. From tiny envelope bags to traveling cushions and glove menders, items are stitched, embroidered or tied with ribbons, turning plain materials into thoughtful gifts for friends and loved ones.
A novel Christmas gift exchange called a spider party features a central web and spiders with winders attached to reveal small presents. Guests pick a spider, unwind its thread, and find a surprise insect inside. Spiders can be homemade or bought, and invitations may note an epider at home theme to spark interest. Also mentions Chamberlain's Cough Remedy selling well in 1892 through several Georgia outlets.
The Griffin News urges Griffin residents to shop locally this holiday season, arguing spending in Atlanta drains Griffin wealth. It appeals to readers to buy from local merchants, noting Griffin stores have Christmas stocks and support for local printers and papers. It challenges residents to investigate local options before traveling.
A moral admonition urging calm and affection during Christmas. It cautions against shopping fatigue and extravagant gifts, stressing duties to family, home, and kindness. It warns against snobbery and overspending, urging simple sacredness, genuine affection, and restraint in gifts.
A collection of 19th century newspaper herbal and patent medicine ads features Bucklen salve and Electric Bitter touting cures for headaches and fevers, Bradley's drug store promotions, and a Christmas sentiment stressing the Christ Child. An anecdote credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving a man’s life after failed treatments, while a World’s Fair test claims Royal baking powder purity surpasses rivals.
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