Christmas Time at Wheatley Store Promotes Holiday Stocks
Short news notes describe Wheatley entering the holiday season with a full stock lineup and festive atmosphere. Several items cover prices, local events, a cornet band concert, a fox chase, railroad depot changes, and a Lee Day holiday observance impacting banks and schools. Other items note profit estimates for kerosene, a plantation trip, a nail injury leading to a possible amputation, and local crime including a theft at the oil mills office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Will M. Jones
Early County
Bob White
Americus
North Georgia
Central Railroad
Commodions
McArthur
Bainbridge
Arthur Patterson
Chain
Necro
Winchester
Holiday Handkerchiefs and Furnishings Sale Sets Big Space
A promotional read highlights a large sale in men and ladies handkerchiefs and garments. It touts expanded selling space for holiday handkerchiefs with attractive pricing on items like initial embossed handkerchiefs, pure linen pieces, and embroidered borders. Also advertised are Wilson Bros shirts, E. & W. linen collors, French powders, and various undergarments with bold per item and bulk pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warrand
Ladies' Hosiery Advertisement Listing Various Pairs
An advertisement lists ladies hosiery including onyx black cotton Hone with ribbed styles and Queen's Own seamless airless pairs. Includes 12c pair bicycle hose in black or tan and heavy sateen varieties priced at 250 per pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genta
Dodson's Pharmacy Seed Prize Contest Opens for 1900
Dodson's Pharmacy offers a $750 seed prize fund for the heaviest cabbage onion and turnip grown from Landreth's sealed seeds bought between December 25, 1899 and December 25, 1900. Weigh-ins by disinterested parties, with prizes awarded December 25, 1900. Last year’s cabbage winner weighed 9 pounds 4 ounces. turnip winner 5 pounds 1 ounce. Irish potato prize not awarded. onion prize added this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson’s
Dodson
Dis
Dodson Pharmacy
N. G. Prince
P. H. Pennington
Early Delight Potato heads to market in town sale
Describes the Early Delight potato as the earliest in the market and highly productive. Claims demand from market gardeners for years and asserts white flesh with superior eating quality. States sole sale rights in town and urges customers to purchase the genuine article.
Robbed the Grave by Electric Bitters Miracle Notice
John Oliver of Philadelphia recounts a dramatic illness with yellow skin sinking eyes and back pain. A friend urged Electric Bitters, and after three weeks he recovered, claiming they saved his life and robbed the grave of another victim. Sold for 50 cents per bottle at Eldridge's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Oliver
Philadelphia
Tin
Todam
Eldridge
Chinese Laundryman Goes on Rampage in Amanta
Kim Chong, a Chinese laundryman, created a public uproar on Marietta Street by chasing a boy who dirtied his shirts and firing at him repeatedly. Police intervened as bystanders watched the chaotic scene unfold in the Georgia town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanta
Kim Chong
Marietta Street
Aneero Boy
That Throbbing Headache Cure Advertises Pitle
The ad claims Dr King's New Life Pills relieve headaches quickly by purifying blood and strengthening nerves. It touts easy intake and a 250 price with a money back guarantee. Sold by E. J. Eldridge, druggist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Pitle
E. J. Eldridge
Life Insurance in Ohio Man's Death Case
Details a Columus case where Grat killed his friend P. T. Shuize then life insurance totals. Capt. Murphey allegedly died by his own action, leaving a large estate with bonds, stock, and real estate. An unrelated patent medicine notice promotes Backlen's Arnica Salve with pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Murphey
Columbus
P. T. Shuize
Wanted to Catch Witches and Witchcraft Ends
A local druggist received an order from a negrosa for flaxseed to catch witches, with a dime included, but no report of a successful capture. L. T. Travis of the Southern R. B. reports high praise for One Minute Cough Cure, claiming it acts quickly on coughs and throat troubles.
Birds of Passage Coming and Going
Americas People and Their Friends Who Are Going on Business or flea are Some You Know and Some You Dont Fresh garden seeds Hudson's Drug Store BR. L Cheney of Shellman came up yesterday on a short business trip Mrs. Thomas Harrold will return home today after a visit to Hurtaboro and Eufania Ala Miss Genie Glover has gone to Jackson ville Fla where she will spend some time with friends Mr Rt F Nehring is there from Cincinnati mingling with friends in Americus where he formerly resided Mr L N Hadeon who was stricken with paralysis Wednesday was somewhat improved yesterday though still ill Col and Mrs James G Parks came from Dawson yesterday to visit Mr and Mrs John T Taylor at their home on Les street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson’s Drug Store
BR. L Cheney
Shellman
Thomas Harrold
Hurtaboro
Eufania
Ala
Genie Glover
Jacksonville
Fla
Rt. F. Nehring
Cincinnati
Americus
L. N. Hadeon
Col
James G. Parks
Dawson
John T. Taylor
Les Street
Better Location Sought for Southernov Americus Exchange
The Southern ov. Telephone Co will fit up larger, modern quarters in Americus on the first floor of a central business district location. Special agent Hughes T. Reynolds and local manager J. Epps Brown seek a suitable site as the new exchange, with improved offices and the latest instruments. Rates to be reduced and service liberal, encouraging every home to obtain a telephone. New stock and supplies advertised at Rembert's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ov. Telephone Co
Americus
Coker
Lamar Street
Hughes T. Reynolds
J. Epps Brown
Reynolds
Cotton market climbs with bullish outlook and high futures
Local cotton men grow bullish as the market opens sharply higher with March at 7.42 and May at 7.44, the strongest since the holidays. Dealers expect May to reach 7.50 before a possible pullback, signaling potential spot cotton around 7 cents as buyers and exporters show brisk demand.
Means much for fruit men in Georgia probe
An Atlanta special reports Charles N. Pratt of Rochester New York has traveled to Georgia to test a claimed exterminator for the San Jose scale and other pests. Pratt will inspect Twiggs county orchards this week, meet the State Board of Entomology, and speak at Macon next Tuesday to discuss the method with Georgia fruit growers. The device uses a felt band saturated with a pest repellent placed around trees, said to trap and kill insects without maintenance. It supposedly remains potent for months. Also advertised are Oak Leather Cannon Ball Shoes by Pinkston Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Savannah News
Charles N. Pratt
Rochester
N. Y
Messrs
D. C
G. M. Bacon
South Georgia
Georgia
Scott
San Jose
Pratt
Dudley M. Haughes
Twiggs County
State Board of Entomology
Georgia Fruit Growers
Macon
Georgia Fruit
Blaze Destroys Richland Residence of L C Williford
Fire swept the stylish home of L C Williford in Richland yesterday morning around 3 oclock. The family was awakened as the house fell in and little furniture was saved. Insurance covered the structure only, with no insurance on contents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Williford
Americas
Richland
Hall's Great Discovery claims to cure kidney and bladder ailments
An 1899 testimonial ad promotes Hall's Great Discovery as a universal remedy for kidney and bladder trouble, gravel, diabetes, seminal emissions, rheumatism, and urinary irregularities in men and women. It touts mail order sales from J. Louis Mo, formerly Waco Texas, with endorsements from W A Rembert Americus Ga and G W Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Js E. W. Hall
J. Louis
Waco
Texas
W. A. Rembert
Americus
Fragmentary Note on Politics and Fear
A garbled snippet hints at a political scene with a named figure speaking anxiously. It mentions a Congressman voting on a speculative article and a skeptical reaction, accompanied by an ominous nod to Hecate. The fragmentary text preserves a shadowy mood without clear facts.
Cough Cure Endorsed By Loganton Parent
J. J. Berry of Loganton Pennsylvania testifies he was cured of pneumonia by Minute Cough Cure after doctors failed. He claims the remedy quickly relieves coughs colds croup grippe throat and lung troubles and that his children are helped as well with motherly endorsements from W. A. Rombert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grippa
W. A. Rombert
J. J. Berry
Loganton
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Geo. D. Wheatley
Geo D. Wheatley
Tadies
Wilson Bros
Leen Bros
Charles Guyot
Scriven
Newline
Lela
Ieb Gloria
Faly
Agen
Ai Shale
Belfast
D. Wheatley
Cotton
Pharmacy
Landreth
Chinaman
E. J. Eldrdge
L. T. Travis
Southern R. B
Seeling
Dodson's
Gard Wholestls
Idana Paver Leo
Jackson ST
Americub, Ga
Telephone Company
Ban
Rembert
Pinkston Co
Cotten
Litt Brodworth
W. B
Lea M. Hansford
Herring Rt
W. J. Maxx
College Street
F. H. McGhee
Thos. Harrold
Eis
Weet
Savannah
Grene
Optus
Landagum
Coe Snes
Castoria
Per- Leensonal
Lex
Pinkston Company
Wollford
Aretiae
Nature
Ya. Sherlock & CO
Union
Chamberlain
M. Y. Fisher
Liberty
W. Va
J. K. Hudson and
de White
Caaasstori
G. H. Appiston
Justice of Peace
Clarkaburg
N. J
DeWitt
Rémbart
Hadik
Lred Fry
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