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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1909
Page
5
Advertises a storewide clearance with all-new merchandise and deep discounts. Lists items including yard goods, calico, percale, bleaching, shirts, skirts, pants, underwear, and shoes with prices such as 1.00 and 0.35. Emphasizes low prices and no old stock.
The notice promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a remedy for women's health and happiness. It invites sick women to consult by letter with all correspondence treated as sacred, citing Dr. R V Pierce and the Medical Association.
A lemon weighing almost two pounds and seven feet high shrub size was grown by Capt. John A. Cobb in his yard. The Ponderosa tree yielded 35 pounds of fruit this season, with Miss Martha Cobb caring for the plant. The fruit resembles grapefruit at first glance but proves to be a lemon suitable for lemonade, preserves, and flavoring.
Savannah reports on Coast Line Railway removing main shops from Americus to Waycross with an investment of two million dollars. Waycross shops cover 160 acres with 30 miles of yard tracks and 20 buildings for assembling rolling stock and servicing cars and locomotives.
In Baltimore on business A G Dun learned that Jack Britton formerly of Americus is a patient at Johns Hopkins Hospital for a long illness. He has been there since March, about nine months, and recovery is hoped. He is employed by a Baltimore house caring for him. Friends in Americus share the wish for his recovery.
A quintet of black skinners faced the city court on Tuesday with Solicitor Childers and Solicitor General Williams leading the case. The defendants, arrested after Chief Feagin halted a gambling ring on Muckaleo's banks, faced fines after some pled guilty.
In Sumter County the retiring Board of Commissioners is commended for twenty five years of faithful service. They funded the Third District Agricultural College and bridges, equipped the road gang, supported a hospital and military company, aided the Ladies Benevolent Aid Society, repaired the courthouse, and built roads. The new board Jon Sheffield chair, J F Bolton secretary, Thomas B Hooks, A F P Hodges, H C Webb vows continued progress with public support and a county bond election.
The piece reflects on gender roles and marriage norms in Chicago, contrasting men’s willingness to sacrifice for their wives with expectations of fidelity. It suggests men should be equally enthusiastic about treating wives well as they are about material fortune and proposes a critique of male behavior in domestic life.
General Superintendent Charles H. Hix and Seaboard officials told Americus representatives that as business improves the Americus shops will return to full force. They explained past cuts were necessary after receivership and urged public understanding while promising future hiring and possible brick warehouses on Finn Street to boost city commerce.
Orders issued Tuesday authorize ground work and excavations for large shop projects. Hundreds of idle men will be employed, with skilled labor to follow. An original one million dollar appropriation was cut by half, yet three quarters of a million dollars were spent. The evolving plans prompted further expenditure justification.
Officials anticipate the new shop extension may cost more than the proposed 250000 budget but insist the work must be done well. The completed project will make Macon's Central shops the largest and most complete in the South, rivaling Louisville and Nash in Louisville.
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