Roundup of News and Gossip in Americus and Nearby
A brisk day roundup notes garden seed shopping at Hudsons drugstore and local talk of real estate, industry, and politics. It cites a Seaboard Air Line fireman’s death, a private execution in Savannah, a divorce, and a local fertilizer venture amid farming notes. Also mentions pension funds, a steam piano train incident, and Seaboard rail purchases. Nearby farmers report sausage sales and peas profits, plus a medical advert for Tabler’s Buckeye Pile Ointment.
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Dalcet
Americus
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Savannah
Steeple Jack Repairs Flagstaff Rope at Farlow School
A bold steeple climber at Farlow School reached 110 feet to repair the flagpole rope after vandals cut the line. Superintendent Mathis hired him for the dangerous job and paid 12 dollars. He now seeks reimbursement from the youths who cut the rope.
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Farlow School
Mathis
A Life at Stake and Local Promotions of Remedies
An OCR fragment promotes Feney's Roney Axpear as life saving against pneumonia or lagrippe and touts COUSSENS HONEY AND TAR as a quick cure for coughs and colds. It includes a quip about politics and a jab at critics, mentioning John R. Hudson and a generic warning about life and business at an old stand.
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Feney
John B. Hudson
John R. Hudson
Americus Pastor Extended Call Anxious Over Decision
The First Presbyterian church of Griffin invited Rev Le Roy G. Henderson of Americus to become pastor. The church will inform him shortly and await his reply with interest among Griffin and Americus residents who value his six to eight years of service. He is not in Americus now due to a trip to Montgomery and will announce plans only after formal notice.
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First Presbyterian Church of
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le Roy G. Henderson
Americus
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Montgomery
Griffin Church
Presbyterian Church
Americas
Blood Balm adds vigor and cures many ailments
The ad touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for ulcers scrofula eczema pimples itching skin and boils. It promises renewed life vigor and stronger blood with a free trial offer and a dollar bottle by Blood Balm Co Atlanta Georgia.
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Atlanta
Buying Up Peas by Carload in Americus Market
Americus grocers invest heavily in field peas of spotted red and white varieties. Carloads bought to store or ship at $1.00 to $1.10 per bushel. Georgia’s prolific pea yield attracts national demand with two to three houses holding large contracts. Planting costs about 25 cents per bushel, offering strong profit margins and potential peav crop expansion for farmers.
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Americus Grocers
United States
Georgia
Mother Gray's Sceot Powder for Children Ad
Old medical ad claims Mother Gray a nurse at a New York Children's Home offers powder to ease colds feverishness headaches stomach cramps teething disorders and pinworms. Free sample by mail from Allen and Downs LeRoy New York.
Cotton market holds steady as March and May rise modestly
The cotton market largely held its ground with March gaining three points to close at 8.05 and May options up to 8.14. Much of the cotton arriving at American Bow is light weight and of poor quality, with quotations for the best grades at 0.10 and little offering overall.
No Women No Men Fashion Parody Reflects Trade Humor
A satirical reflection suggests tailors and gents furnishers would fail without women and men would revert to rough goods like gunny sacks. The piece quips that a man rescued by a girl who has him hooked feels out of water, turning gender roles into a comic fishing analogy.
Big Town Visitors List in Americas Reader Call
A town page lists recent arrivals and visitors to Americas with names such as Minnie Johnson Anderson ville Pearl Klockly Lampkie and Lucia Hawkins Atlana plus relatives and travel mentions. The item also advertises HERBINE tonic with claims to cleanse liver and blood and a price of 50 cents by John Hudson.
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John . Hudson
Council Tries To Economize On Police Governance
The city council discusses amending the police ordinance to consolidate the chief’s role with the city marshal and to curb police commission authority. Economizing is urged, while the police commission vows to oppose any depowering move, forecasting a clash between the two bodies.
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Police Commission
Choen case details emerge in Lacat Hive Suipine saga
A terse report outlines a legal clash titled Choen case involving Laxat Hive Suipine. Key entities are identified while core facts describe the dispute's nature, parties, and tentative proceedings without sensational detail.
Private English School Opens with Rev. A Kirkland
Rev. A Kirkland opens a private school here for thorough instruction in English and related pupils and teachers. He is regarded as an able English educator in the state and hopes to organize a class soon.
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A. Kirkland
Kirkland
Plans for a seven mile ship canal tunnel route
New York plans unveil a Mandigo route from the gulf of San Blas to the Pacific behind Pearl islands. General Edward W. Serrell leads the Isthmian Canal project with New Jersey companies offering government bonds guarantees and free military use, including a seven mile tunnel through Andes rock to accommodate the largest ships.
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New York
Senate
Edward W. Serrell
American Isthmian Canal Company
Isthmus Company
New Jersey
Gulf of San Blas
Pacific Ocean
Pearl Islands
Mandigo
United States
Government Hall
General Serrel
Panama
R. P. Rowell
Engineer's Hallucination Triggers Fatal Jump In Peru
J E Sible, veteran Wabash Railroad engineer, fatally injured after shouting Jump for our life as Attica lights appeared. He activated the brake and leaped from the locomotive believing a switch was turned. Fireman Burt Frick escaped unharmed as the train halted and inspectors found no actual danger.
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Peru
Ind
J. E. Sible
Wabash Railroad
Sible
Limited
Attica
Burt Frick
Burt
Frick
Beaumont Oil Gusher Cleared New Territory Prospect
Beaumont Texas January 15 a new oil gusher is reported not at Spindle Top Heights but 100 feet from the hill and 199 feet from the nearest well. In a district where several gushers failed this one shows a strong steady flow. The well adds at least 30 acres to the proven field.
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Beaumont, Rex
Lroven
Troops Ordered to Protect Negro in Flemingsburg Incident
Frankfort Kentucky governor Beckham ordered the Frankfort military company and a detachment of the Lexington battery to Flemingsburg to guard a black man amid a reported spurned attempt last night. The battery will be armed with a Gatling gun. Troops commanded by Assistant Adjutant General Haley. Appleton Wisconsin businessman A W Patton dies at home after months of illness.
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Frankfort
Beckham
Lexington
Flemingsburg
Spnding
Haley
Prominent Savannah Merchant Found Dead in Atlanta Hotel
R H Turner a Savannah cotton merchant and member of a southern family was found dead in a room at the Jackson hotel in Atlanta on January 13. The coroner's jury ruled he took morphine during a personal crisis, likely committing suicide in a moment of despair. The body was sent to Savannah for relatives, with uncertainty lingering over whether intoxication or deliberate self harm caused the overdose.
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Savannah
Jackson
Atlanta
R. H. Turner
South
Georgia
Jackson Hotel
Turner
Damage suit filed over Cloverdale crash in Montgomery
Augusta Sykes as administrator of Joe Sykes deceased sues Montgomery Street Railway for 50,000 in Montgomery Alabama claiming her husband died in a collision between a Cloverdale fire hose cart and a street car near Scott and Hull streets. She alleges the car traveled at 10 miles per hour and that negligence caused the death.
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Augusta Sykes
Montgomery Street
Montgomery
Ala
Cloverdale
Steamer Company No. 2
Montgomery Fire Department
Joe Sykes
Montgomery Street Railway Company
Freman
Scott and
Hull
Ambushed by moonshiners in Alabama deputy killed
Deputy Marshal J. N. Holsenback and his son were shot near Mountainboro while transporting Bud Moore, a moonshine suspect. Holsenback died. his son was wounded and believed to recover. Moonshiners fled. one suspect pursued by the sheriff’s posse.
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Alabama
Mountainboro
Ala
J. N. Holsenback
Bud Moore
Gadsden
Holsen
Razor at Negroes Dance Ends in Fatal Razor Blow
Savannah on January 13 reports a violent incident at Sunnyside where Willie Butler struck Rad Baker with a razor after lights went out, severing the jugular and killing him. Detec tives captured Butler. In Huntington, Sturgess E. Jones, Roanoke's former mayor, found dead in the Ohio River, with suicide suspected as coroner's jury investigates after Jones spent several days in the city.
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Savannah
Sunnyside
Willie Butler
Rad Baker
Baker
Butler
Nuntington
W. Va
Sturgess E. Jones
Roanoke
Ohio River
Jones
Pearce Gets Ten Years for Murder in Wilmington
Raleigh January 14 Gratton Pearce a Black man who shot and killed Joe King in a yard at Wilmington was tried for first degree murder and escaped a harsher sentence. He received a ten year term in the branch prison.
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Pearce
Raleigh
Gratton Pearce
Wilmington
Joe King
Schley Endorses Graham on Santiago Battle Book
Rear Admiral Schley says he read Graham’s forthcoming book and that its factual statements are true. He notes his role was limited to checking facts at Graham’s request, and he did not influence the book’s aim or criticisms.
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Indorses
Santiago
Savannah
Schley
George Edward Graham
Graham
Mr. Graham
Forest Fires Rage Between Brunswick and Savannah
Reports from travelers say destructive forest fires blaze through woods between Brunswick and Savannah, making travel difficult and destroying many trees. Engineer Flint found and extinguished a trestle fire at Barrington the night before last. Flames threaten the Ogeechee swamps and stretch east and west.
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Brunswick
Savannah
Flint
Barrington
Ogeechee
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