Americus Georgia A Fertile Healthful Southern Hub
Americus Georgia sits as the county seat of sums of Sumter County. It lies at the junction of major rail lines including the Central Savannah and Western and the Banannas Americus and Montgomery lines, about nine miles from Vienna and near Thomasville. The region touts mild climate, rich soil, and varied crops from wheat and corn to cotton and peaches, with a growing population and expanding real estate and public buildings including a new county courthouse, city hall, and a marble post office.
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New County Court House
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Pew Post Office
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Fine grapes and butter featured at local shops
The frost display at B D Ansley shows a large quantity of fine White Niagara Grapes for sale by the five pound basket. KD Ansley’s Parlor Grocery offered Jersey butter and other goods from local sellers. A M Tenney’s candies are advertised in the same shop with healed packages and a New Jersey license noted.
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Drowned Man Survives Ocean Ordeal Returns Home
Mrs Heidemann learns her husband Molde Mann Heidemann survived a Fernandina Fla drowning after being carried out to sea. He was rescued by a passing ship bound for New Orleans and reached that port after a week at sea. He writes of the escape and plans to return to Americus.
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Fernandina
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Americus
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Nollins Plan and City Health Notes Mixed in July Dispatch
New York reporters report on the Nollins plan with a reorganization committee meeting at Hollins & Co. Meantime city health officials are urged to fix back-yard filth causing potential typhoid outbreaks as a two feet deep water pit and scattered refuse persist near Tawkins House.
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Louis Fitzgerald
Jacob Shift
Emanuel Lehman
Georgia Central Reorganization Committee
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E.P. Howell
H. B. Hollins & Co
Hang Ons Put Away Ins Sale Features Unmatched Prices
A local sale advertises hang ons, put away ins, lall racks, wardrobes and bureaus in a unmatched variety with unheard of prices. The item list hints at home storage furniture offered at deep discounts.
Institute Opens as Sumter Teachers Meet in County Session
The Sumter county institute opens with nearly seventy teachers in attendance at Jackson Street school for white participants and the Methodist church for colored teachers. Commander Moore and Prof Harper supervise daily. sessions run from 10 to 12 and afternoon hours, focusing on geography and reading, with continuing classes today and tomorrow.
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Sumter County
Jackson Street
Methodist Church
Lamar Street
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County Board of Education
William Harper
Mixson
Jennie Brown
Cora Cook
Carl Wesson
Floretta Markett
Alice Johnson
Ola Parker
Carrie Willams
Nancie Caldwell
Pearl Page
Mattie Thomas
Lizzie Lassiter
Lou Nerndon
Annie Carr
Katie Ross
Mra
A. L Page
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Harper
County Institute
Administration plans three key financial policy measures
The administration, with the secretary of the treasury, is set to push three measures in Congress: repeal of the Sherman act, repeal of the state bank tax, and an income tax. Officials expect enough support to pass if concessions occur, though resistance from the old silver faction may block full repeal. The tariff will be treated as subordinate.
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Aiiver Guard
Fragmentary notice yields unclear local event
Readable text fragments point to a minor local item with no clear event, names, places, or dates, leaving the central fact ambiguous.
Fragmented quotes and ads mix in century newspaper copy
The passage combines garbled quotations from the Detroit Free Press and Truth with random phrases about warning against matches and a Maine phrase. It also mentions a large ship named the Great Eastern with dimensions and tonnage cited, illustrating a collage of OCR errors and historic snippets.
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