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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1899
Page
3
The store announces the formal opening of its Holiday Stocks with a full range of merchandise designed to meet demand. It promises Christmas atmosphere from top to bottom, stressing completeness, dependability, and strong value to guide gift buyers through the season.
The advertisement outlines a Christmas sale featuring handkerchiefs with embroidery and hemstitching, priced around 60 cents to 1 dollar, plus reinforced kid gloves, fur lined items, and gloves of various styles. It emphasizes warranted quality, new lines, and broad selection including hats and headwear and driving gloves at attractive prices.
Distressing stomach disease reportedly cured by the masterly power of South American Nervins. The advert claims permanent relief and a sure remedy for long standing weakness or digestion issues. It asserts universal applicability and offers a single dose relief, with a sales pitch for Bodridge in Georgia at $2.00.
Receipts at six American cotton warehouses total only 33 bales for the period, with most of the crop marketed earlier. Daily arrivals run 40 to 50 bales, and few farmers hold any cotton. Prices for good lint hold around seven cents in the local market. A sharp drop from last year’s totals is noted, and the market shows limited activity as supply tightens. Other notices warn of health and consumer items, including an ad for Electric Euters and a legal-poisoning case report nearby.
Cold waves in spring cause coughs and colds. The ad promises Dodsons Cough Balsam cures for coughs colds and hoarseness. It states it contains no morphine is safe for children and offers satisfaction or money back with price details to follow.
An advertisement noting daily skin care for women and the role of Dodson's Toilet Cream. It claims rough and red skin comes from raw winds and promotes the product as prepared from thorough knowledge of skin nature, with price hinted but not stated.
Dodson's Pharmacy advertises a toothbrush for 25 cents claiming it cleans crevices and surfaces effectively. The ad urges readers to consider Dodson's for dental hygiene and emphasizes affordable price.
A period advertisement touts Hall's Great Discovery as a universal cure for kidney and bladder troubles, gravel, climber fever, seminal emissions, weakness, rheumatism, and urinary irregularities in men and women. It urges purchase via local agents or mail from W B Hall of Sebeonte Maine and includes a testimonial from H W Brown claiming cure after one and a half bottles. Also notes the death of Thomas MacKellar, senior member of MacKellar Smith Jordan type founders.
Fire swept through Pine Mint Ark and Pine Boars area in the early hours, causing substantial damage. Investigators report no verified losses or precise figures, with insurance claims being pursued by local firms and residents.
Dec 29. General Oris reports Colonel Legkert with two battalions of Forty sixth and Forty fifth Infantry and Company Twenty seventh Infantry attacked a 600-strong rebel stronghold beyond Mobtanban north of Sin Mitoo. Large numbers killed and wounded, 14 taken prisoner. Leggett captured cannon rifles and 20 000 rounds of ammunition. food and supplies destroyed. Casualties included some enlisted men and Private Matne of the Forty-fifth Infantry.
A Buena Vista man A K Pickard was arrested yesterday after Grant Carson, a Black witness, implicated him in the burning of Edward's store at Tazewell. Carson, previously shot near Americas, has had his story about Pickard questioned and deemed untrustworthy.
A collage of old notices and product blurbs includes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised for preventing croup when started at hoarseness plus various shoe and cosmetic advertisements. It also reports on local ordinances, maritime and military notes, and brief items about crimes, fires, and notable individuals from Columbus to New York with names, places, and varied dates.
A fragmented item reports a collision in Cylncaday and references Dasvax with a date near December. Readable details are sparse, but the note suggests a market or logistics update tied to the incident and a product or name Dasvax.
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