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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1900
Page
8
A random set of Americus town items notes legal printing costs under 200 dollars, a fresh Hoopser’s shipment, upcoming wholesale houses, courthouse chess club rebounding, possible divorce, and local business chatter. It mentions Dr. B T Wiese buying land near Plains, manufacturing hopes, tribal and lodge updates, emigration, cigarette licensing, school attendance, housing demand, and local commerce.
The mill pond a mile south of Americus froze completely from shore to shore for the first time in memory. The 20 to 25 acre pond, usually unfrozen, solid ice formed after a blizzard when February temperatures plunged to six below zero, sixteen degrees colder than yesterday.
An archived ad extract touts Cannon Ball Shoes made of oak tanned leather promising superior wear for money. It also markets Tar and Wild Cherry cures at Rembert's Drag and Chamberlain’s Pain Balm claims, with testimonials and multiple local drugstore listings.
Relatives and friends learned yesterday of the death of Mrs. W. A. Howard after a brief illness at her home in Sappho, Early county. She was the sister of W. S. Moore, Sumter county school commissioner, who was at her side during the illness. The funeral was held Monday at Sappho.
It is feared the recent late freeze badly hurt the oat crop in the region. Ground has frozen since Sunday and only thawed yesterday. It may take two or three days to assess the full damage, though plantings in oats and wheat are larger this year than in many seasons.
An old advertisement argues that Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co provides lasting relief from habitual constipation, contrasting it with laxatives that act briefly and spare the system, urging buyers to seek the genuine product.
The harsh cold season caused heavy losses of fat hogs in Sumter, with thousands dying. Farmer N A Bay reported a large herd ready for slaughter, a batch averaging 810 pounds net, signaling ongoing prosperity for meat supplies this year.
A female evangelist from somewhere preached from a buggy at the artesian well in town yesterday. The street service was brief, and the collection small as the meeting adjourned soon after.
Georgia Congressman Lewis introduced in the house a bill to repeal the stamp tax levied to meet war expenses. The proposal would cancel existing stamp laws, redeem sold stamps at face value, and take effect June 30, 1900. Lewis, on banking and currency panel, urges swift action with Republican support anticipated.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a day and night health booster. It claims sugar coated pills transform weakness into strength and drained energy into mental power. Sold by E. J. Eldridge at 250 per box. The note also mentions courtship as a happy life phase.
An old advertisement touts Femicune products including a Femicune Tonic and Femicure Tabs for numerous female ailments. It claims instant womb relief and radical cure of falls, ovarian congestion, leucorrhea, pelvic pain, back and groin ache, and related symptoms. Sold by E J Eldrigs in Americus with prices listed.
An assortment of medical claims and brand names appears, promoting stomach tonics, cough remedies, and laxatives. It includes endorsements from agents and pharmacists, with praise for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and DeWitt’s pills, plus shoe marketing and a local grocer’s notes.
Americas society notes list residents and visitors from Americus and nearby towns. Edwin Bell travels to La Crosse to reside. many locals host guests, study abroad, or travel to Buena Vista, Rome, Milledgeville, and Atlanta. Several illness updates appear including pneumonia cases and recoveries.
As the New Year begins the store urges immediate purchases of jackets and furs, predicting colder weather through April. For thirty days prices drop deeply on jackets and furs with cape and jacket styles on sale at just over half the former prices and fur capes and collarettes one-third off.
August Flower remains the leading medicine in the civil world, once trusted by mothers and grandmothers for indigestion and nervous symptoms. The text touts its cleansing effect, liver regulation, and claimed cure for head pains and fatigue, recommending a few doses of Green's August Flower in liquid form from Davenport Drug Store.
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