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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1908
Page
5
On Monday at 8 o'clock a sale of about three thousand standard calicoes and 3-4 percale fabrics will be offered at very low prices. The stock includes well known brands, not shoddy goods, with a limit of one dress pattern per buyer and the sale lasting Monday and Tuesday.
Advertisement notes 500 yards good weight cotton flannel to be placed on sale Monday and Tuesday only. Full width, grade never sold under 6 1-2¢, with a limit of 20 yards per buyer, price per yard 37-8¢.
Monday morning promptly at 8 o clock sales begin for one thousand yards of best standard Manchester chambray in shades of blue pink brown and red. Not more than 20 yards per buyer at seven and three quarter cents per yard for Monday and Tuesday only.
A local ad announces twelve hundred yards of butcher's linen at 13.5 cents per yard, limited to 20 yards, with white and colors available. The finish is described as comparable to all linen and suitable for wear. Sale and pricing details are emphasized for Tuesday only.
Monday and Tuesday sale features four hundred yards of brand new Rajah silks at 49c per yard, a special price for early buyers. The assortment includes new shades, with regular prices listed at $1. Sale starts Monday morning at 8 o'clock.
A local sale lists curtain lots with odd pairs priced at $1.75 to $3.00. About sixty pairs constitute the assortment, with many fine pieces. Most pairs are valued above $1.75, and the best groups sit around $2 and $2.50. buyers may select per pair at $1.80.
38 inch wool fancy suitings in plaid greens blues browns and reds priced at 39c per yard on Monday and Tuesday. 38 inch fancy plaid suitings in new designs offered at 46.8c per yard. Ladies odd sizes corsets new styles 26c. Women's $20 to $35 suits of broadcloths and mixtures now $12.60. Monday and Tuesday sales.
A brief notice announces guaranteed black taffeta silk in a higher grade than seen before offered for the public. The text is terse and fragmented, with unclear details about date or location.
Fragmentary note references width 50 inches and pricing ideas per yard. Mentions Bouday and Tuesday and a cryptic value 900. Unclear source context for firm details or seller identity.
Renewed activity among bull traders pushed cotton contracts up nearly a quarter of a cent on Wednesday. The day saw nervous, unsettled trading with small gains, later firmer closes and spot prices rising around 10 to 24 points in various exchanges as buyers and sellers weighed domestic demand and foreign trade reports.
Americus reports a steady local cotton market with good middling around 11.1 and middling 10.7. Savannah and New Orleans show middling near 11 and 12 cents, while Liverpool closes steady. Separate notes include a peace quotes and a quip about cooks.
The Tuskegee Institute head, Booker Washington, plans a spring visit to Americus to deliver a benefit lecture for the Americus Institute. Local institute head Reddick just returned from Tuskegee to secure Washington’s support and possible attendance. Washington is noted as a leading figure in black education and has drawn large audiences in Southern cities.
Amid contention over inscriptions at Wirz monument plans, readers hear calls from Georgia veterans and national voices. The Savannah Press debates site choice, praising a national-aware approach while noting risks of inflammatory rhetoric.
Patent medicine promotion touts instant relief from piles and itching with William's Indian Pile Ointment. Offered by Williams Manufacturing Company Cleveland and W A Rombort, with mail orders priced 50 cents and one dollar.
Congressman E B Lewis presses for a raised federal grant from 50 000 to 100 000 for Americus Government Building. He has furnished postal receipts and population data to the Public Buildings and Grounds Committee and expects success with a bill introduced last week.
A Cuban native detained in Alexandria jail concerns a dispute over Maria Marino a Spanish gypsy girl. Her father in law a Marino faces kidnapping and grand larceny charges with a trial set in Council Bluffs Iowa. The custody battle pits two gypsy bands led by Maria's father and father in law.
The article describes a traveling fortune teller nicknamed Maria who uses charms to access homes and demand payment. Marino, guardian or relative, refuses to pay promising dowry or compensation, amid tension over a planned marriage and dispute with a prospective father in law.
A fragment cites lines about love and romance from New York Presa and Chicago News. It contrasts concepts of an ideal partner as a dream with reflections on romance.
A damaged fragment mentions pate in the foot producing wrinkles and women taking chances with tight shoes in a Washington Post context. The garbled text hints at footwear and foot health but lacks clear events or persons.
By virtue of a special order from the court of ordinary of Harris county a sale of estate land will be held at the Sumter county courthouse on the first Tuesday in February in legal hours. It covers lot 76 in the 17th district totaling about 2021 2 acres bounded by lands of W L Thomas Connor and Moore Moore and Lassiter. Sold for cash. January 6 1905. J B Watson Administrator of Robert A Watson.
Official notices in Sumter County Georgia cite J A Cobb Ordinary to show cause why administrations should not be granted or discharged. Warnings target heirs creditors and next of kin with dates in February 1908 and January 1908 for Mary Walton Benjamin V Lightfoot and Robert W Williams estates.
Legal notice states all notices must be submitted to the business office no later than the Wednesday prior to each month for insertion and includes the fee. The rule will be enforced.
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