23 Feb 1897
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1897
Page
1
The note states on Monday morning items from last season will be marked down and moved to close out. It emphasizes clearing stock by offering current waists at reduced prices to reduce inventory. The message focuses on timing Monday morning and the closing out of remaining waists.
Only a few dozen remain and no old waist on hand to mar the beauty of these elegant Trojans just received. Prices are cut to half, 35c 50c and 75c, offered at a sacrifice to close the lot.
A local advert promotes the Bengal line of neglige shirts for men and boys. It urges all shoppers to view the selection, noting all sizes from 14 to 18 are in stock and inviting customers to visit the shelves for critical examination and quick purchase.
Kentucky towns report record floods from 86 hours of rain. Young man Charles Holton, 19, is missing after crossing Eaglecreek. dozens of families flee rising waters. Rail bridges threaten. South Licking and Kanawha rivers flood lower city areas. landslides disrupt rail lines. widespread damage across Amond Cynthiana and Huntington regions.
Newport Ky Feb 22 Governor Bradley set March 20 for the hangings of Scott Jackson and Alonzo Walling. Sheriff Plummer began preparations as a single can do is built with a double to be used in Newport jail. Death watch instituted as mobs feared in Covington and Newport.
A vintage testimonial advertises Salvation Oil as a pain destroyer and rheumatism cure. Wm E Brown, proprietor of Striebinger House in Cleveland, claims twelve years of rheumatic suffering ended after using Salvation Oil. The copy touts the remedy as unequaled for ailments and general use.
Ex cashier and forger Otis 0. Smith, a noted Atlanta society member, has been detained on embezzlement charges. He confessed to shortages totaling about $4,500 involving a Georgia Security Banking Co. and Harry L. English & Co. Insurance, amid a pattern of fraud through forged checks and false bookkeeping.
A new negro colony established along the Louisville and Nashville railway south of Decatur will open a mail station named Cedar Lake. Governor Johnston to appoint a notary public ex officio justice and police constable all to be negroes. A $50,000 cotton factory will be built on the colony plant with black operatives only. Booker T. Washington supports the venture at Tuskegee and Fauna Bears of Misappointment backs the founders.
Wasumarox Feb 22 Republicans prepare to contest the new South Carolina constitution claiming it unconstitutional. Democrats across the state face challenges to seats in the next Congress with northern Republicans promising aid. The article notes protests by Murray and Inger and mentions the ongoing contest of Democrat seats. In Atlanta Feb 92 Edward Flanagan, killer of Mrs Allen and Miss Slack, was not tried as planned and the case moves toward the supreme court after Judge Oandler’s ruling. Colonel Glenn argues overruled points as defense lingers, with insanity cited as a possible defense in the upcoming trial.
A fleet including the Puritan Amphitrite Terror Vesuvius and Dolphin anchors off Charleston docks as New York Indiana Columbia and Massachusetts depart for Hampton Roads. The Georgia Naval Reserves visit the monitors. In Norfolk Island news a US consul’s report notes Pitcairn faction unrest after a century under local laws. A Carnegie Steel presidency rumor and Ryder case proceedings in Albany are also reported.
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