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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1900
Page
3
Gol. D. Wheatley announces the formal opening of holiday stocks at Dodson’s Christmas Time Pharmacy and The Store. The season’s gift-buying time is here with complete lines and dependable service. The store is at its best, offering experienced selection and carefully priced, ready-to-ship gifts for every shopper.
Local ad offers Landreth's Garden Seed prizes totaling 750 dollars for heaviest cabbage onion and turnip grown from seed bought at Dodson's Pharmacy between December 25, 1899 and December 25, 1900. Weighings by disinterested parties, 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.
A random batch of brief local items touches on big bird hunting plans in Worth county, tobacco farming profits, a seed package offer from the Americus cigar factory, new tip cups at the artesian fountain, land deeds delivering five acres to the city and imminent building, weather gloom with rain and dull business, Sheriff N W Parker transporting a captured prisoner from Dooly, oats planting and a booming grain outlook in Sumter, Lee day observances with schools and banks closed, Confederate veterans camp quiet, W J Karnes promoting Sterling and Crescent bicycles in Americus, a Lamar lecture on marriage relations at the Lyceum, and anticipation for the theater show What Happened to Jones after recent opera crowd.
A local retailer touts holiday handkerchiefs with deep discounts and varied styles in linen and cambric, offering sets and single pieces from 10c to 50c, plus a wide range of men’s and women’s furnishings, shirts, collars, and accessories at promotional prices.
Notice promotes the Early Delight potato as the earliest in market with white flesh and superior eating quality. It highlights longstanding demand from market gardeners, claims exclusive sale in town, and urges customers to visit for the genuine article.
John Oliver of Philadelphia recounts a dramatic recovery after taking Electric Bitters for worsening jaundiced skin, sinking eyes, coated tongue, and back pain. He credits three weeks of use with restoring health and saving his life, urging others to try the remedy sold at Eldridge's Drug Store for 50 cents per bottle.
Morning sermon by Rev LeRoy G Henderson opens a series on The Life Received. Evening topic is The Four Courts of Trial. G H Appleton of Clarkaborg NJ endorses DeWitts Little Early Risers. W A Rembert comments on rural salaries and religion.
Farmers in Sumter are urged to try tobacco cultivation with free seed from Americus Cigar Co. through Hon. E. B. Lewis. Seed packages, including growing instructions, are available at the factory in the coming weeks. Plant after frost danger. local demand may absorb much of the yield.
A crude ad notes Bucklen Arnica Salve as the cure for burns sores cuts and skin eruptions with a 250a box price and guarantee and mentions E J Eldridge drug store Pinkston Co Cannon Ball Shoes and a for sale entry for an 8 500 lb Champion Safe sold by W J Maxx.
A classroom scene lampoons arithmetic understanding with a century lengthening joke about one dollar per year. The passage ends with an ad for Ely's Liquid Cream Balm and a cold remedy at Rembert's Drug store, noting its nasal spray delivery and absorption.
At a recent police commission meeting Perry and Nicholson were chosen for six year terms. Nicholson is a charter member with two and four year prior service, marking his third term. Perry begins his second term and becomes board chairman.
A Liberty West Virginia resident touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a universal disease preventative and life saver for children. The product is sold by local pharmacies J. K. Hudson and Dodson's Pharmacy. A stray line mentions a darkey on back steps awaiting dinner.
The ad boast claims the One Minute Cough Cure cures coughs colds croup bronchitis pneumonia grippe throat and lung troubles. Endorsements praise its instant results and health benefits with names from various locations. A separate note touts Cannon Ball Shoes as durable value from Pinkston Company.
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