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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1908
Page
5
Duncan's Store announces a week of sale with 2900 yards of ginghams and 200 pieces of ribbons offered at deep discounts. Dress ginghams new patterns debut Monday and Tuesday at 9 3 4 c per yard. boy's suits reduced from 3 to 1 25. ribbons 3 to 5 inches wide sold at 10 c per yard.
Local store advertises limited quantities of various goods at deep discounts for Monday and Tuesday. Items include silk and linen fabrics, muslin skirts, ladies and men’s hosiery, envelopes, chambray, sterling silver thimbles, infants shirts, and Wright’s Health Underwear, with specific yardages and per unit prices. Limited to small quantities per buyer.
A small lot of Henley serges, mostly light colors, from last fall, not more than ten pieces. They sold regularly for 20 cents per yard. All that remain will be closed at 12 1/2 cents per yard.
Monday morning at 8 o'clock one case of assorted Fruit of Loom and Lonsdale bleaching will go on sale at 8 3 4c per yard. Not more than ten yards per buyer. Sale valid Monday and Tuesday only.
Fifteen half pieces wool waistings with neat silk embroidered figures, 27 inches wide and all wool. Regular selling price 50c. Here for Monday and Tuesday at sol yard 25c.
Classified note advertises men's handkerchiefs priced at 10 cents each or three for 25 cents. Plain white hem stitched, three sizes, full regulation size, packaged in threes and labeled three for 25 cents. Limited Monday and Tuesday sale here.
A recent shipment introduces the newest belts including Japanese effects and rubber leather styles priced from 25 cents to 1 dollar 50.
The message announces a Monday morning sale event to clear the remaining balance of Bay's items with salts priced at 3 dollars and other salts at 1.25 dollars each.
Twenty dozen misses ribbed hose in odd sizes and mixed origins from 25c and 10c lines, some 12 1 2c and 5c grades. The entire lot is in one large bargain box and sold per pair at 8c with no minimum.
A 50 inch white dress linen is offered at 49 cents per yard claiming exceptional value. Suitable for waists skirts and children's washable outfits, the wide width advertised as the best value available.
Five pieces of 36 inch lingerie cloth priced at 29 cents a yard, down from 50 cents, available Monday to Tuesday or while the lot lasts. Also, ladies winter weight fleeced lined ribbed vests in all sizes with tape neck at 29 cents each, rivaling 39 cent grades. A case of hackback towels 19 by 38 inches with plain and colored borders is included in the sale.
Brief items from Americus including county race interest, a forger case awaiting supreme court action, a post office landing of a candidate, a planned canning factory, three burglars in jail, Mardi Gras travel, and local business expansions. Cotton market shifts from New York to New Orleans with closing lower, while Liverpool remains steady as English market dips.
Judge Charles R. Crisp announces his candidacy for the City Court of Americas seat in the upcoming democratic primary on April 15. His incumbency and record of service are cited as indicators of fitness and broad voter support in Sumter.
Weston Webster county postmaster Churchwell Reddick died hours after being struck by a Seaboard passenger train Monday afternoon. He was knocked under the wheels while a mailbag dangled from a mail coach, severing one leg and crushing an arm. Reddick was a prominent Webster county citizen known in Americus.
G H Rowe of Sparta Illinois recalls aboard the steamship Montezuma testing Sloan's Sure Colic Cure on 1250 horses aboard for over a month and saving a $170 mare after another veterinary attempt failed. Sloan's Liniment aided sore shoulders and sprains, keeping horses in fine condition.
Petition filed in the case of Bagley and 60, Bagley doing business as Bagley & Co. at De Soto near Americus. He has been adjudicated bankrupt and the first meeting of creditors will be held in Macon on February 27 to appoint a trustee and address related matters.
Savannah and New Orleans quotes dated February 19 show spot middling around 11 to 12 cents with close in New Orleans steady. Liverpool reports a quiet steady cotton market with middling uplands at 6.16 and related pricing noted.
Advertises William's Indian Pile Ointment as a cure for piles bleeding and itching with instant relief. Promoted as a poultice that absorbs tumors and soothes itching. Sold by druggists and by mail from Williams Manufacturing Co Cleveland Ohio and by W A Rembert.
Former Representative Charles A. Towne of New York denounces current Democratic leaders for portraying the President as a typical Democrat and embracing Roosevelt era policies He argues this harms party initiative and distracts from tariff reform and restrained government while risking endless expansion of state functions.
A fragmented editorial reflects concern over rising unrest and the nation’s constitutional direction. It argues the party should avoid radical promises, focus on enforcing laws, and seek a measured path that respects rights while stabilizing government.
A conservative critique denounces centralized power and argues for strict constitutional limits on federal authority. The speaker highlights ongoing Federalist fears, cites Yale and Kentucky University figures, and urges preservation of states’ rights and people’s sovereignty against overreach.
Rabbi Hirsch of Philadelphia offers a brief passage on the nation’s fate. He argues that any power is doomed to weakness unless it is under consecration to duty. The remark frames patriotism as duty bound and morally anchored.
The new ambassador in New York describes war as hell in three interview sessions. He notes American diplomacy faces a harsh field and calls for cautious, restrained action amid tensions.
In Hartford a Secretary faced an interruption as a question arose about a Stay Of twenty nine million fine. The report notes the speaker responded with an anecdote and a light remark referencing a panda joke.
The Philadelphia Record notes public weariness with crusaders and crusailers and calls for a person ready to ruin the country within constitutional bounds. The piece frames a national mood seeking steady leadership over heated reformers.
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