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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1900
Page
4
A well to do respected Black farmer near Americus Georgia owns a six hundred acre plantation with no debt and ample supplies. He holds back part of his cotton when prices fall and still has about fifty bales to sell. Despite suasion by Perley Williams he remains in Sumter and does not move to Arkansas.
A handwritten plea from Mas. M. T. Exaw urging customers to settle long overdue balances. The note requests an immediate payment and warns that if 500 is owed, they should come forward to pay.
In Macon on January 27 Judge Speer of the United States court issued a lengthy opinion in the case of Cady versus the Georgia and Alabama and the Florida Central and Peninsular rail roads. He refused to grant the preliminary injunction requested by the complainants.
The Herald Square Opera Company presented Olivette yesterday to a full audience. Miss Etva Stetson starred as Olivette with a pleasing charm while Miss MacGlover showed graceful poise. Thomas Callahan played Captain of the Cormorant as a stout sea dog and George Williams amused the crowd as the comedian. The engagement closed last night with The Chimes of Normandy, earning praise for the company’s quality and appeal to American theatregoers.
Kate Claxton the actress filed for bankruptcy in New York on January 27 showing liabilities of 10,800 and assets of only 100 in clothing plus an accident insurance policy. The note also references Tutt's Liver Pills and perfect health claims.
The Southern Bell Telephone Company will complete improvements to the service here, replacing the grounding system with a metallic basis and installing long distance phones. Work begins this week, the first switch board section arrived, more material due soon, and a new exchange location will be secured and fitted up. Additionally Wheatley & Ainley advertise Foster's $2 kid gloves at 08c per pair.
The Ladies Memorial Society and Daughters of the Confederacy seek public input on a site. Voters can place donations in boxes at hotels and drugstores and vote 5 or 10 cents per ballot. Preferred locations include Windsor, Sheffield, Wedgland, and courthouse corners.
The Baptist Young Peoples Union holds an afternoon service at First Baptist Church at 6:30 pm. Program includes prayers for missionaries by Henry Wetteroth, songs, scripture reading by the Y P U president, poems by Mamie McLendon, recitation by Marie Hegerty, banner by the choir, and a paper on Baptist Beginnings in America by Merrell Callaway Jr. Public is invited.
Advertised as the supreme medicine for nervous and organic complaints, August Flower is claimed to relieve indigestion, regulate liver action, and calm the nervous system. The copy touts its long-standing family use and appeals to readers with testimonials of symptom relief and general wellness.
A large cotton shipment for export notes the recent price rise has driven large sales. A separate story profiles a former slave, now freed after decades of bondage, and credits Electric Bitters as a life-changing remedy for illness. Other notices advertise medicines, lost dog rewards, shoes, and patent remedies.
Rev LeRoy G Henderson preaches at Presbyterian as part of a Christian Life series. Other pastors fill pulpits at Farlow Lawn Baptist First Baptist First Methodist and First Church of Christ Scientist with morning services. Dr Q H Shinn to speak on The Origin of Evil and Battle Doctrine tonight at City Bell. St Pauls Church offers evening service. Cannon Ball Shoes boast oak tanned leather and long wear. Ostton Pinkston Company promotes a new cold cure at Rembert's Drag Store.
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