Times-Recorder of Americus Garbages Its Subscription Rates
The Times-Recorder lists subscription options including daily and weekly plans. Editor and business manager Marie Louise Myrick is noted, with the newspaper described as the official organ for Sumter and Webster counties and the 34th Congressional District.
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the Times-Recorder
Americus, Ga
Marie Louise Myrick
Americus
Sumter County
Webster County
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Panama canal deemed a failure amid lawsuits and claims
In Americus on January 31 1902 readers are warned the Panama canal project is a failure with perpetual concessions not guaranteed and purchasers warned. The piece also notes Prince Henry’s itinerary and Atlanta visit and mentions Augusta Chronicle’s critique of Joe Terrell for speaking and not speaking.
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Panama Canal
Prince Henry
Atlanta
Augusta Chronicle
Joe Terrell
Farmers weigh futures risk amid milk and political chatter
The Texas Farm and Ranch notes risk in futures, cites dairymen’s price contracts, and lists lawmakers and potential shifts in office. It mentions a large anti war petition in Congress led by Webster Davis and Cockran with Governor Yates, and remarks on Russia’s possible Boer interference.
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Creamerica
Congress
Webster Davis
Reed
Bourke Cockran
Yates
Illinois
Davie
Russia
United States
England
Editorial on newspapers and advertising in The Knoxville Sentinel
A Knoxville Sentinel piece argues newspapers are treated as a free resource by the public and advertisers alike. It contrasts subscriptions with ads as the two revenue sources and asserts news coverage is essential to retain readers while ads fund operations.
Small Farms Urged To Replace Large Plantations In Alabama
A Scottsboro Alabama paper argues big landowners should divide vast tracts into small farms and sell on fair terms to individuals seeking homes. It cites a Scottsboro region as proof that tenant farming fails and owner-occupied farms prosper, urging Georgia and Alabama to shed the old system for widespread smallholdings.
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Alabama
Scottsboro
Jackson County
Scotia‘boro
Georgia
Columbus Enunirer
Sun
State Treasury Nears Million In Pensions And Education
Atlanta dispatch reports the state treasury has paid about $1,000,000 in under two weeks with more than $300,000 in pension disbursements and nearly $600,000 to last year’s school teachers. State Treasurer Park continues average pension payouts around $49,000 daily as the million-dollar threshold nears.
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Atlanta
State Treasury
State Treasurer Park
Cupid Convoy To Her Flight: Eloped Couple Married
Ben Scott, railroad official, and 16 year old Zola Davis eloped after her father threatened to forbid contact. They fled by back window, married by a minister, as the father discovered the escape. Mr Davis later confessed he stole Mrs Scott’s mother under similar circumstances twenty years ago this month.
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Knoxville
Ben Scott
Zola Davis
Robert Davis
Scott
Mr. Davis
Mrs. Scott
Ships Talk At Sea Between Etruria And Umbria
The Cunarder Umbria and sister ship Etruria exchanged wireless messages for over three hours while eastward bound from New York. They logged distances of 32 to 198 nautical miles and sent five messages to be relayed to England. Franklin did not locate the Philadelphia as Marconi had not wired the American owner.
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Etruria
Umbria
New York
Cunarder
Liverpool
Franklin
Crook Haven
England
Philadelphia
Joint gubernatorial debate urged to avoid pettiness
The Times-Recorder backs the Thomasville Times Enterprise that a governor race exchange would devolve into personal attacks. It argues candidates should campaign on their own terms, each carrying his own skillet rather than engaging in heated exchanges.
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Col. Estill
Fast black and tan half hose sale at 7 cents a pair
An advertisement lists men’s black and tan half hose with high spliced heels and toes, priced at 7 cents per pair, with a bulk of 50 dozen available on Monday and Tuesday.
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John J. Clarks
Four Children Born With Help From Mothers Friend
A wife testifies she used three bottles of Mothers Friend during her last pregnancy, endured long pains with earlier births, and delivered a strong healthy boy who could do housework two hours before birth, calling the remedy grand of all.
Mother's Friend promise from Minnesota letter
An advertisement claims Mother's Friend aids pregnancy by strengthening the mother, easing morning sickness and nervousness, relaxing muscles for labor, and shortening recovery. It asserts safe delivery with a short, nearly painless labor and avoiding breast complications, priced at $1 per bottle with a free book offer from the Bradfield Regulator Co., Atlanta.
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Minnesota
The
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
Lynching in Louisiana After Murder of Police Juror
In West Carroll parish two Black men were lynched following the murder of G. N. Grant a Floyd police juror who confronted hog thieves after finding his hogs among their catch. A posse formed and captured three suspects with two lynched locally.
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New Orleans
West Carroll Parish
G. N. Grant
Floyd
Grant
McKay
Prince Henry Southern Tour Itinerary Released
The itinerary for Prince Henry's southern tour is arranged by Charles F. Harmon. The prince departs Cincinnati March 1 and arrives Chattanooga March 2 for a Chickamauga Park visit, then travels to Nashville via the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis line en route to Louisville. Chattanooga Mayor Chambliss forms a reception committee for March 2 with city officials and chamber leaders.
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Charles E. Harmon
Atlanta
Prince Henry
Charles FE. Harman
Western and Atlantic Railroad
Prince
Cincinnati
Queen and Crescent
Chattanooga
Chickamauga Park
Nashville
St. Louis
Louisville
A. W. Chambliss
C. A. Lyerly
Bard of Aldermen
E. J. Dillard
Board of Commerce
Newell Sanders
Chamber of Commerce
Jefferson Negro Charged With Attempted Assault In Ga Town
Fred Oliver, a 20 year old African American, is jailed in Jefferson Georgia on charges of attempting a criminal assault on a young woman from a prominent local family. The incident occurred near her home as she returned with her sister. Oliver, reportedly intoxicated, fell twice during a struggle and dropped a revolver later found buried in mud. The weapon matched a ground impression at the scene. Police and marshal J J Pettisoni recovered the revolver and Oliver remains in custody.
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Jefferson
Fred Oliver
Oliver
J. J. Pettisoni
Roosevelt Renominates 2 Officials in Louisville and Texas
On January 29 President Roosevelt announced plans to renominate C. M. Barrett as surveyor of the port of Louisville Kentucky and Webster Flannigan as collector of internal revenue for the Third Texas collection district.
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Washington
Roosevelt
C. M. Barrett
Louisville
Webster Flannigan
Texas Collection District
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Monte
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Aj Tettern
Maze Reaitiasces Ayabie To
Times-Recorder
Texas Farm and Ranch
George Washingtons
Indiana
Henry Clay
Benjamin Franklins
Thomas Jeffersons
Pops Brown
Pope
Spencer B. Atkinson
Athens
the Newspaper
Knoxville Sentinel
Nassau St
New York City
CUPID
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Louisiana
A. G. Duncan
Forsyth Street
Shaw’s
Bank
Buildlerius
Sea Island
Indies
Wolfe Bros. Fine Shoes
Hamilton & CO
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