Sausage Mislabeling Probed by Pure Food Officials
Commissioner's sausage department concludes an inquest into foreign substances in sausage. Americus product passes, but Atlanta foundries face raids and prosecutions after eleven samples labeled pure pork sausage were found mixed. Several samples contained preservatives like sulfite of soda. dealers warned such use violates the law and will trigger prosecutions.
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Hudson's Sausage Department
Pure Food Ee
Americus
Atlanta
Hudson
Memorial Day Observed On Sunday In Some Cities
Veterans urge Sunday observance for Memorial Day noting April 26 falls on Sunday this year. Cities have set plans, while Confederate memory groups debate exact date and full program arrangements.
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Americas
Memorial Society
Court upholds Walter Reese sentence in chain gang
The Supreme Court sustains a twenty month chain gang term for Walter Reese, noted for a bold room break in the city before dawn. The case follows a city court verdict and confirms the punishment as lawful under the prior conviction.
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Walter Reese
Supreme Court
Reese
Booze Trade at Capitol Reveals Hidden Express System
A historical note describes easy access to liquor through a “Lightning Express” network in Atlanta, with runners and bill receivers moving orders and packages. It also covers Americus drought compliance, the opening of Third District Agricultural and Mechanical School, its campus progress, library needs, and first examinations across science, agriculture, dairy, math, and English rooms.
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Americus
Atlanta
Bill Sykes
Tom Jones
Sam Williams
Lightning Express
Express
Sykes
Iss
Agricultural and Mechanical School
Collum
Lake
Neva
Family 38 Still Confined to Home by Illness
Mr N A Ray and nearly all the family remain ill at home with pneumonia and grippe. Ray’s condition has improved after a week of confinement while Mrs Ray and others suffer from la grippe.
Salvage Cotton to be Sold at Americus Yard Sale
Salvage cotton from the compress fire will be auctioned next Monday the 17th at Americus compress company yards. About 250 to 300 bales, insured losses, merchantable condition, attract bids from Atlanta Savannah Macon Columbus Montgomery and Texas mills.
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Americus
Atlanta
Savanah
Macon
Columbus
Montgomery
Texas
Court ruling favors Vogt in Mitchell case about organ firm
The Supreme Court affirms the City Court verdict in Mitchell versus Henry Vogt Machine Co. The decision concerns the plant of City Ice Co. and the First Baptist Church of Americas, upholding Vogt’s claim while awarding Mitchell a smaller sum. The pipe organ matter is expected to arrive in a few days.
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Supreme Court
Mitchell
Henry Vogt Machine Co
City Court of Americas
City Ice Co
Yes Henry Vogt Co
Mita
Realty Demand Remains Strong for Vacant Lots
Realty buyers show continued interest in vacant properties as greatly as in homes. A recent sale of a corner lot 80 by 200 feet at Furlow and Hancock to H L Sills for 1250 enables two dwellings to be built immediately. Allen and Crockett, agents, note more orders for such investments and another nearby vacant corner sold opposite L A Morgan for a residence.
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Americas
Furlow and
Hancock Streets
8. L. Sills
Messrs. Allen & Crockett
L. A. Morgan
Story of Old Prison Told by a Veteran
A veteran recounts the Andersonville prison crisis during the Civil War. He recalls a near escape when a stockade breach exposed a path to liberty, the guard response, and the decisive lack of a single leader among 60 000 prisoners, with local fear of Americus being attacked and burned. Mr. George W. Glover, then a youth guard, later shared the tale.
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Andersonville
Americus
Sherman
Wirz
George W. Glover
Glover
Endorsements Mention Peruna Remedy in 19th Century Ad
A historical snippet cites D M'Cord of Nashville and B S Ryan of Nome endorsing Peruna as an effective catarrh and cold remedy. The notice highlights tonic and invigorating claims, noting catarrh as nerve weakness and urging use of Peruna for colds and catarrhal complaints with Washington hotel addresses for credibility.
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D. M
D. McCord
Washington
D. C
Tenneases
Nashville
Perris
Ryan
Nome
Alaska
House of Parliament
Charles Stewnet Parnell
New Willard Hotel
Washington, D.C
The dash for liberty ends with repaired wall in Americus
Before nightfall the dash for liberty failed, the wall was repaired, and prisoners did not escape as Americus was saved.
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Americus
Confederates honor Sumter veterans on staff appointments
General John W. Clark of the Georgia Division United Confederate Veterans issued General Order No.1 naming staff for 108. Captain John A. Cobb and Mr. H. T. Davenport of Sumter County receive aide de camp and lieutenant colonel ranks. Cobb led the Western division of UCV. Davenport leads Camp Sumter 642 UCV. Local citizens praise the compliment to Sumter’s veterans.
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John W. Clark
Georgia
United Confederate Veterans
Line
Sumter County
John A. Cobb
H. T. Daveaiat
Cobb
Langford's Studio Opens in Americus Corner Location
A new photograph studio named Langford's Studio opens at the corner near the artesian well in Americus. After a 30 day delay for a skylight, the studio invites locals to inspect their work, promising high grade portraits as a specialty and offering penny pictures for school children and view work.
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Langford
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Ikace
Rome
Ayer
Capitol
Vogt VS. Mitchell
Baptist
He First Baptist Church of
Amer
Perona
J. W. Clark
Lamar and
Lee Streets
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