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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1908
Page
5
A historic notice advertises a large sale of standard calicoes and 3 4 percale textiles at low prices. About three thousand yards of prints and percale fabrics are offered, with strict one dress pattern per buyer rule and special mill prices for Monday and Tuesday only. Technical wording obscures details but centers on cheap fabrics and limited quantities.
Monday morning promptly at 8 o'clock will place on sale five hundred yards good weight cotton flannel full width and a grade that never sold for less than 6 1-2c Not over 20 yards will be sold to one buyer at the price for Monday and Tuesday only at per yard 37-8c
Monday morning promptly at 5 o clock we will place on sale one thousand yards of best standard Manchester chambray in shades of blue pink brown and red. Not more than 20 yards to a single buyer. Price seven and eight tenths cents per yard.
Local sale notes bargain prices for twelve hundred yards of butcher's linen at 18 1 2 cents per yard and 13 1 2 cents on Tuesday. Also offers 38 inch wool fancy saltings in plaids, 89 and 22 cents per yard on Monday and Tuesday. Ladies corsets, various styles, originally 50 cents to $1, offered at 25 cents.
Monday and Tuesday sale offers four hundred brand new Rajah silks at 49 cents per yard. Morning at 8 o clock, the stock features all new shades and usual price is one dollar. Limited to two days.
About sixty curtain pairs, values ranging from 1.75 to 3 dollars, all sold at 1.30 each. Odd lots, not more than four pairs per lot, with several fine pieces. Best assortments around 2.50, buyer may choose any pair for 1.30.
Women can choose $20 to $35 suits in broadcloth and high grade blends from a big window display. Prices range from $12.50 for suits, with guaranteed black taffeta silk of superior grade offered at $1.25. Also advertised are 50 inch wide black and blue Sicilian fabric. Sale runs Monday and Tuesday with per yard prices highlighted.
Mrs. Alice C. Morgan hosted the Church Street Whist Club yesterday afternoon at Hampton and Church streets. Guests from several social organizations attended and enjoyed an interesting bridge session with no prize. A tempting salad course concluded the pleasant gathering.
Mr. J. W. Pinkston of Albany, cousin and brother-in-law of Mr. James A. Pinkston of Americus, is very ill with pneumonia in Asheville, North Carolina. His condition was reported as somewhat better yesterday via telegram, but his family has traveled from Albany to be by his bedside. Once a leading Albany merchant, his illness causes sorrow among friends as health declines rapidly.
The State Democratic Executive Committee issued an official call for a meeting on February 6 at the Piedmont hotel in Atlanta. The main business is to decide the date of this summer’s primary to nominate a candidate for United States Senate, with Senator Clay expected to seek the nomination to succeed.
Americus chicken fanciers have shipped fighting gamecocks to Mexico for feast day celebrations for years. Dozens of men profit from breeding, with birds selling for 6 to 7 dollars. The largest shipment yet, forty birds, went to a Mexican city. Net profit to the grower is not known but likely substantial.
An old advertisement warns that most appendicitis victims are constipated and promotes Foley's Orino Laxative as a mild, non nauseating remedy that stimulates the liver and bowels to restore normal action. It claims no nausea or griping and urges refusing substitutes with sales by all druggists.
A Louisville conference of liquor representatives from across the nation urged dealers to unite to close disreputable dives. Distillers brewers wholesalers and retailers expressed alarm at rising prohibition and vowed immediate public action to curb the temperance reform wave.
In Plains Georgia a red letter day marked the first service in the new Lutheran church though unfinished. The Preachers Institute of the Methodist ministers in the Americus district opened sessions with two services daily and business discussions. The late P J Wise perishable property was sold to the highest bidder, and Mrs Wise with children moved to Plains.
A Nashville American verse urging women to seize leap year opportunities to propose. The speaker promotes boldness in courtship, noting once every four years a chance to lead in selecting a mate. It muses on social customs, playful hunts for husbands, and the festive options of theater or dances as outcomes of the leap year impulse.
The Americus scene features a prospective city court judge candidate A. C. Crockett after moving from Virginia, a Feb 8 county executive meet, looming primary and many candidates. The town records a winged wreck death, jail prisoners, loaned mortgaged farmers, and a persistent rainy season battering merchants as cotton markets drift with cautious gains and prices.
Catarrh is described as the most common disease and germ driven. Hyomel is promoted as the direct inhaled remedy reaching nose, throat, and lungs to kill germs, heal mucous membranes, and render catarrh impossible. A guarantee offers a refund if Hyomel fails to help.
Leaks of cotton estimates exposed during Hyde era would be curbed if this House bill becomes law. It imposes penalties on any US officer or employee who reveals information that could affect market value of crops before official publication. The measure amends the penal code to punish willful disclosures by persons in government service.
Mrs Barrow 18, ill with pneumonia at her residence on Jackson Street. Friends of the highly estimable lady will sincerely wish for her early restoration to health.
Americus GA on January 22 quotes a steady cotton market with Good Middling at 40 8, Middling 111, and Low Middling 88b. New York futures closed steady with middling at 12.10. Savannah spots at 11 cents, New Orleans mid 12, Liverpool close steady with Upland middling at 6.51.
The article argues floods cost the U S people vast sums annually, estimating half a billion dollars yearly and noting not just property damage but widespread waste. It emphasizes water waste as the largest, far reaching loss, conservatively multiplying tangible damage by five.
A quirky exchange features an owl scolding a stork about appearance and social life. The stork deflects by noting not to provide pet dogs, signaling a humorous, puzzling moment with implied social commentary.
In Americus on a business trip, George Dillon, the region’s leading dairyman, manages a 175 head Jersey herd on a Ocmulgee river farm. Milk from the cows reaches eight gallons daily per cow, with cream sent to Savannah and skim milk fed to pigs. Dillon sees a strong opening for a large, modern dairy in Americus and urges interested parties to consider it.
Mr William Harrold left Wednesday afternoon for Macon to locate a new financial enterprise there. He will be one of two officers and will engage in business with local associates. Harrold is described as a young businessman of experience and excellent attainments.
Anni Green and J Ey Weeks were married at Christ Church Savannah in a ceremony attended by friends. The couple planned to move to Americus this morning to visit relatives, with Weeks noted as a former Americus resident and long time rail employee.
Dodson's Pharmacy offers Mi-o-na as a guaranteed stomach health aid. Claims effectiveness for nervous debility headaches sleeplessness melancholy from weak digestion. Promises stomach muscle strengthening bowel regulation and easier digestion with a 50 cent box for lasting relief.
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