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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1899
Page
3
Geo D Wheatley presents a Christmas time sing along event featuring festive tunes and community participation. The program invites local residents to join in carols and seasonal favorites hosted at the town hall venue.
The store announces a formal opening of its Holiday Stocks, stressing a complete, dependable assortment. The message highlights readiness to meet demand, festive atmosphere, and confident guidance for shoppers with printed hints as an index to many other buying tips.
The store promotes a holiday sale on handkerchiefs with many varieties and prices, including cambric demittion embroidered pieces at 19 cents each, five for 75 cents, and larger lots up to 50 dozen in pure linen with gift box. It also advertises Kid Gloves in multiple styles from brands and options, plus all wool cashmere mittens in black and colors with assorted pricing.
A Christmas promotion touts a strong hosiery department with a Holiday Hosiery sale. Dozens of hosiery novelties packed three pairs per box in festive cartons, offering sizes for all tastes and ages including Ladies Lisle thread hose and boys and misses sizes with ribbed or dropped stitch designs.
Readable fragments advertise men’s clothing and accessories with bold claims of better stock and lower prices. Notable items include shirts neckwear cuffs suspenders undershirts and drawers with emphasis on fit quality and sale pricing.
A bustling ad lists umbrellas in various sizes from 26 to 32 inches with paragon frames and waterproof seals, plus silk waists and wool waists. It promotes early buyers with sale prices, fur goods from a manufacturer, and a range of ladies capes and collars in black gray and brown for holiday gifting.
Americus shoppers flocked to stores last night and tonight to close the ante Christmas season. Merchants report depletions and rush orders, with many saying this is the best season in years as people have more money to spend.
The store promotes a wide Christmas stock with items such as ladies pocket books and card cases in various mounts including sterling silver and ceruloid. It highlights cologne bottles and a range of small novelty gifts like nail files letter openers curling irons blotters and brushes priced to attract buyers.
Prolific stock year round increases for the Holidays with displays of Puff Boxes in china cut glass and porcelain priced from 25c to 175. The store also highlights stationery with many novelties to please the eye and save money.
A catalog lists hair brushes from plains stock to finest English bristles with prices ranging from 25c to 250 dollars. The item description emphasizes variety and quality.
New novelty offering features Cologne bottles, comb and brush trays, powder and trinkets box with designs. Priced from 3 to 300 dollars, highlighting both aesthetics and usefulness in a compact dresser set.
Incorporators of the Memphis and Chattanooga Railroad Company hold a meeting at the Road House and organize the company naming officers and counsel. Col Henderson and a party prepare to tour Alabama to promote the plan and survey routes via Lebanon Mountain or a shorter, costlier path. The project aims to connect Chattanooga with points along the Southern railway, budgeting 1,000,000 for construction.
Mr. Joe D. Glover and Mr. Horace Ewing suffered serious injuries when a cotton press collapsed on them near Glover's plantation. Glover was struck in the breast. Ewing hit on the head, jaw broken, other injuries. A reaction note mentions grim prognosis for both.
garbled text appears to describe items named iCollar and Cutt Boxes with partial phrases about leather, color, and prices. Names and specifics are unclear due to OCR errors, but it hints at product listings or advertisements with multiple items and incomplete pricing.
A collage of veterinary and human health ads cites Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for croup prevention and other cures, promoting W. J. Hudson and Dodson's Pharmacy in Rome with claims of universal efficacy. Additional notes mention Michigan factory plans, and various cures including Kodol Dyspepsia and DeWitt's Pills.
A doctor in Atlanta promotes a mail in treatment by Newton Hathaway M D claiming to cure painful and irregular menstruation, ovarian trouble, tumors and ulceration without personal examination or surgery. He asserts a single low fee including medicines and offers a guaranteed positive cure after handling cases privately at home.
The Timen-Recorder announces Stewart County’s Civn. Marit Everett as a candidate to succeed Tom Eason as prison commissioner. Everett, a Georgia legislator, is praised for his service and fitness for the post. The notice urges support and notes Christmas shopping ads and local commerce.
The Central of Georgia Railway announces holiday excursion tickets on December 2, 1909 four dates in December and January 1900 at one and one third fare round trip. Tickets expire by January 4, 1900. Student tickets available December 15 to 21 with certificates, expire January 4, 1900. Inquiries to nearest company agent for full details.
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