03 Jul 1891
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1891
Page
1
The News presents a compact directory listing J. W. Mator, J. W. Kitchens, councilmen, D. Dorsey, L. B. Griggs, A. Burks, T. F. Garrison, A. D. Blalock, Clerk, B. Thornton, and the marshal. Notes the paper as the best in the state for one dollar.
A private soldier Richard Lewis was brought before Glasgow magistrates for playing cards during divine service. He defended himself by detailing each card’s supposed religious reflection, claiming he had no Bible or prayer book and only wished to honor his faith with the cards. The mayor called him out on the knave and noted the constable as a greater knave or fool.
The Arizona Kicker in the New York World boasts a West town with 4 000 residents and only 33 women. It claims 500 Eastern females could find husbands in 24 hours, inviting women to come and be welcomed without criticism. It notes a local drugstore tale of a responder who refused ads and subscriptions, later shuttered by the sheriff.
A narrator notes that a deck of 52 cards mirrors the weeks in a year and 12 picture cards reflect the months, with 13 weeks in a quarter. The reflection suggests a pack of cards doubles as a bible, almanac, and common prayer book.
Annie Igo, 46, of East Sixth Street, mourned her late mother so intensely that officials arranged a disinterment of the body. The shock drove her to insanity, with delusions of the devil and poisoned food. She was sent to Longview.
The piece mocks a local conflict over publishing murders and a feud with a subscriber, then shifts to general observations about politics. It forecasts a historic 1892 presidential race with a heated tariff debate, labor unrest, and rising female political influence shaping outcomes. Names include Bill Throckmorton and Humble Jim, with references to McKinley and party dynamics.
A collection of aphorisms on virtue, ambition, and social conduct. It contrasts kindness with justice, warns against self centered thinking, and extols politeness and sympathy. The writing glances at happiness, love, and the inward balance required to live well. It mixes moral maxims with observations on character and society.
A reverent ode proclaims that a woman's love is constant and luminous, rising above clouds and darkness. It vows forgiveness through cruelty, sustains art and music, and remains perennial in life. The verse urges planting apple or nut trees in waste places as a metaphor for nurture and renewal.
At a Tennessee railroad station a crowd watches a woman painted on a barrel smoking a pipe. Observers mock her while a local man asks if the shotgun is in the cart and urges her to tote it along. The woman yields to six apologies as her husband speaks for the crowd.
excerpts recount a strange door scam in Indianapolis offering a photograph for sale, a vivid Vienna catacombs description with hooded figure and skeleton, plus a detailed note on an improved band saw with a one piece frame and adjustable tension mechanisms for heavy straight and scroll sawing.
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