22 Dec 1893
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1893
Page
1
The excerpt blends questions about epilepsy and kinship, then compares wealth between the United States and France, discusses first-cousin marriages, recounts Potemkin and Catherine the Great, covers Rothschilds and European finance, and ends with a Tribune opinion on classic novels. It mixes trivia, history, finance, and literary critique with dated tone.
The article urges inventors to hire competent attorneys to pursue patents, warns against no patent no pay schemes, and introduces The Press Claims Company led by John Wedderburn to handle patent business, including design patents trademarks copyrights and international filings.
A man laments his wife’s death and loss of companionship. He recalls she earned fifteen dollars a month, notes wage changes, and fears after her death he must work to survive. The excerpt closes with two aphorisms about criticism and silence.
The Cincinnati Tribune notes General Ballington Booth reports 39102 converts in the past year and over 16000000 attendees, with the movement spreading through Great Britain Ireland the United States Germany Sweden France and other regions. Despite persecution it gains public toleration as it grows among the disreputable and outcast, challenging the notion of respectability to maintain its influence.
Report from Valdosta in Lowndes county recounts a white man killing a black man after a dispute at Lake Park eighteen months earlier. Five witnesses, all black, died before trial, including two witnesses killed in fights and others by accident, leaving no testimony. The judge allowed the defense, the man pleaded self defense, and the jury returned a not guilty verdict. The case drew intense local interest as witnesses could not testify.
Physicians attribute rheumatism to lactic acid from sour milk and elder. Hood's Sarsaparilla is praised for purifying blood and aiding kidneys and liver to prevent attacks. Also includes short notes on gossip, Congress, smallpox in Reading, and Wicked Yellow fever end.
An account describes President Lincoln greeting a wary old farmer and his wife in audience, sharing memories of 1847 and expressing hope the war ends soon. The scene blends personal warmth with the era's grim mood, while excerpts from Emerson and Taylor appear as brief moral reflections amid political notes.
An 1890s warning on mercurial catarrh ointments urging prescriptions from reputable physicians. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co claimed no mercury and was sold in Toledo. The notice promotes Plantation Remedies with refund guarantees and lists Memphis merchants.
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