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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1900
Page
3
Our policy sets annual invoices at stock lows to reduce stock to the limit. The sale aims to convert goods into money, even below cost if needed. It clears the deck for spring supplies and offers prices often less than production costs. Every statement is exact and price reductions genuine until exhausted or sale ends.
Clearance sale offers many blankets and comforts including 11-4 Vreeland pure white wool blankets in red blue pink belt?itrope and orange at 40 per pair, down from 65. Write Fein pure wool soft finlah in assorted colors at 300 per pair, reduced from 350. JoUden Rod line previously 400 per pair now cleared to 3.00 per pair. Quilled comforts extra size and quality at 3.00 each, 903 model.
The woods are full of candidates signaling a lively election, with many incumbents facing opposition in Mine County and Sumter’s forthcoming census. Sheriff J O McArthur declines another term, Deputy E A Bell plans to run with Dudley Gatewood, and WW Hooks may join with W L Poze as deputy. A testimonial for Electric Bitters highlights local business and public interest.
Captain C. P. Crawford, a Confederate veteran and esteemed Georgia lawyer, died Friday at his Milledgeville home at age 66. Relative Charles M. Wheatley received the telegram informing of his death. Crawford was renowned across the state and remembered for faithful service to the South.
An 19th century patent medicine ad promotes Mozley’s Lemon Elixir for biliousness indigestion headaches and various ailments. It notes 50c and 1 bottles from druggists prepared by Dr H A Mozley Atlanta with testimonials including J H Mewske of Washington DC praising its cure for nervous headache and liver kidney disease.
W A James of Bell Station Alabama reports severe indigestion relief from one bottle of Mozleys Lemon Elixir saying it did more good than all prior medicines.
An old newspaper fragment advertises Mosley's Lemon Hot Drops claimed to cure coughs colds hoarseness and throat and lung diseases. It also promotes Mystic Cure for rheumatism and neuralgia with dramatic claims of rapid relief. The piece includes stray lines about a woman and an actress with marriage mentions.
Dodson's Pharmacy offers a $750 prize program for customers who plant Landreth's Garden Seed bought between December 25, 1899 and December 25, 1900. Heaviest cabbage, heaviest onion, and heaviest turnip or onion by weight win $2.50 each. Weigh-ins by disinterested parties. prizes awarded December 25, 1900. Previous champions noted. contest encourages extra participation.
The notice extols Early Delight as the first potato of the season with white flesh and superior eating quality. It claims long market demand, asserts the variety’s productivity, and notes the seller holds sole sale rights in town, urging customers to buy the genuine article.
Col Hale of Houston predicts an abundant first class peach crop for the Americus area as cold weather holds back buds. He notes last year’s crop was killed and cites his Fort Valley orchard as a benchmark, saying prospects are gratifying for a good year all around. Services map out as usual in churches with several ministers preaching on Honest Business Life Received and The Three Johns in sermons at multiple houses of worship.
Alderman Mitchell, chairman of the street committee, urges property owners to consent to grading and curbing the busy Lee street segment between Mims' store and the artesian well. The project mirrors Taylor street's recent improvements, with curb costs borne by nearby property owners, and locals favor a neater hillside and pavement.
In Amasra on January 20 Recorder Broyles rejects lenient views on idling and loitering, ruling that even workers earning enough to support themselves may be fined for lingering on street corners and near saloons, reflecting a strict stance amid widespread dissent. Also advertises Bucklen's Arnica Salve benefits and a sale of a large Herring RT Champion Safe weighing 39,500 lbs with contact for purchase.
An OCR fragment advertises Chamberlain's Pain Balm for rheumatism and sciatica, claims rapid relief and widespread cures, cites J A Dodgen of Alpharetta GA, and praises Kodol Dyspopa la Cure for indigestion. Also mentions Cannon Ball Shoes from Pinkerton Company and Wollteed's Benitary Lotion for quick itch relief.
A Liberty West Virginia man touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a universal cure for croup and credits its success to protecting children. The ad notes availability at J R Haddon and Dodson's Pharmacy amid other unrelated text.
An old advertisement touts a patent remedy claiming rapid relief for coughs colds croup bronchitis pneumonia grippe and throat and lung troubles. It asserts thousands owe their lives to its prompt action and that early use prevents consumption. The text mentions indebtedness to a Minute Cure for health and life and describes the remedy as harmless with immediate results.
A jumble of testimonial lines touts One Minute Cough Cure and DeWitt’s Early Risers, with claims of instant relief for coughs colds and lung issues. Endorsers include J I Berry from Loganton Pennsylvania W A Rembert and L T Travis. Also promotes Cannon Ball Shoes and mentions dietary sermons about salaries and religion.
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