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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
9
Geo D Wheatley advertises a busy store aimed at gift buyers with promises of fair pricing and honest service. The message emphasizes spreading holiday happiness through prompt, faithful assistance as Christmas approaches.
Local shop touts a wide assortment of men’s neckwear including four in hand bat wing and butterfly ties at 25c to 1.50, 25 dozen Windsor ties at 25c, plus ribbons and fancy silk ribbons for Christmas gifts. Also promotes rib bons and taffeta ribbons at 15 to 25c.
A local store advertises a broad stock of Gloria cloth umbrellas with steel rods and both natural and pearl handles. Regularly priced up to $2, these ladies and gents models are offered at 98 cents to $1.50, highlighting Silk Gloria Cloth options and paragon frames.
A store announces ample handkerchiefs available, claiming sufficient supply to supply the entire community with gifts at this time. The note underscores repeated discussions about handkerchiefs and emphasizes current abundance for gifting.
Local shop advertises tailor made suits in gray and tan for misses aged 14 to 20 with deep discounts. Items list prices from five to ten dollars, with several pieces marked down to five fifty to seven fifty.
Special sale advertises blankets and comforts for Xmas gifts along with table damask napkins fur muffs collars kid gloves plush lap robes stockings for ladies and children. The text repeats several gift items under a seasonal discount theme.
A visiting Boer major from General De Wet's forces recounts wartime trials in Africa. He describes being wounded and captured, then paroled after British looting his home. Now in New York and New Orleans to oppose munition shipments, he praises his countrymen and recalls reconcentrado atrocities while noting British gold motives. He shows his uniform and cavalry saddle as mementos and speaks of education in a French university.
Americus residents enjoyed a half holiday with mild spring like weather. banks closed and post office operated on Sunday schedule while city hall and courthouse offices closed. Merchants anticipate prosperity for the coming year and expect business to stay steady.
Bovine and bear interest marked the cotton centres as New Year’s cheer replaced telegraphic market reports. Only a few dozen bales reached Americas warehouses yesterday while farmers sold freely. By January 1, Americus warehouses totalled 25,200 bales, about a thousand fewer than last year, with on hand stocks also down. Most farmers sold their cotton, though a few holdouts expect higher prices.
The Secret of Long Life Canalsta praises Electric Bitters for maintaining the body’s organs, destroying disease germs, and regulating stomach liver and kidneys. They purify the blood boost appetite and aid kidney troubles female complaints nervous disorders constipation dyspepsia and malaria. Guaranteed 500 by E J Eldridge druggist.
Sumter County and other districts will begin teaching physiology and hygiene this year. State School Commissioner G R Glenn issued instructions to county superintendents detailing 1902 changes. The letter emphasizes alcohol and narcotics effects on the body, and warns schools that refusal to teach may affect state funding appropriations.
Mrs Mary Bird of Harrisburg says her child was saved from croup by One Minute Cough Cure. She stresses it is a safe, instant acting remedy for coughs throat and lung troubles useful for families especially at season changes. W A Rembert endorsed as a local advocate.
A reflective verse mocks perpetual promises and routine life, noting the unkept pledges and endless cycles of bills salary fashions and social ties. The piece ends by praising Foley's Honey and Tar as a remedy for coughs and colds, endorsed by John R. Hudson.
Mrs N A Webster of Winnie Virginia reports Dr King s New Life Pills cured her sick headaches after two years. The remedy also targets headache constipation and biliousness. Available 25 cents at E J Eldridge s drug store.
An elegant event marks the public installation of officers for the Lamahassee Tribe Improved Order of Red Men. Officers elected two weeks ago will be installed and a banquet will follow in the wigwam with invited guests from the grand lodge and other dignitaries. The tribe expects many brave guests and a pleasant evening.
Advertisements claim syrup will permanently overcome habitual constipation and promote lasting benefit. It advises choosing the genuine California Fig Syrup Co product over inferior locatives, warning other remedies may injure the system.
A dealer announces Friday sale of extra good mules by G. A. Terris. Prospective buyers are invited to call and view the animals.
Free distribution copies of state game laws advertised at Smithwicke gun store opposite the post office. Text mentions 1-1d2¢wit, a likely price or code. The note presents a terse local ad style with a gun shop venue for legal pamphlets.
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