Delays in Rural Mail Service for Americus District
Postmaster in Americus, with three rural routes planned, faces delay due to an ill special agent from the Post Office Department. Congressman E B Lewis presses for prompt action while A W Machen reports the agent’s illness and possible return, noting Louis urging faster establishment of the routes and that the delay is not the fault of the local officials.
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Bunter County
Post- Offee Department
Americas
Sual
Smith
Congressman Lewis
A. W. Machen
Bhut
A.W. Macues
Machen
Lewis
Montezuma
Washington, D. C
Americus
E. B, Lewis
M. D
Postmaster Smith
Tutt's Liver Pills Ad and Sumter County Corn Outlook
An advertisement touts Tutt's Liver Pills as the universal cure for various ailments with a customer testimonial. The piece also reports Sumter County farmers expect a strong corn crop after rains, estimating yields from twenty to forty bushels per acre and an overall abundant harvest.
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Sumter
Americas
Monster trout and carp found in Americus pond
Mr. G. D. Hays of Americus drained a small pond near his home and harvested many big fish. He found six to eight pound trout, carp up to 18 pounds, and about two bushels of fine bream in shallow water. After repairing the dam, the pond is expected to teem with fish again.
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G. D. Hays
Americus
Osh
Timely information saves two lives with New Discovery
Mrs Geo Long of New Strattasille Ohio credits Dr King s New Discovery with ending a frightful cough that haunted her nights and cured her husband Alr Long s pneumonia scare. The ad touts the medicine as a grand remedy for throat chest and lung troubles with a guarantee and free trial at E J Eldridge drugstore. Also advises farmers to check wheat quality and delivery rules at The Plain mall.
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Geo. Long
New Strattasille
Ohio
King
Long
E. J. Eldridge
Americus Merchants See Bright Business Ahead
Americus merchants report summer dullness largely absent this year as trade across lines runs at or above average. Cash and out-of-town trade improve, with two leading firms planning major stock increases while others follow. optimism centers on a strong fall season and a record year for Americas business.
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Americus
Americas
Should Share the Proceeds for Deceased Cheney Family
The article laments the death of W. E. Cheney of Ellaville after a nomination for clerk of the superior court. It urges a worthy man to seek the office with the plan to share proceeds with Cheney’s widow and children, calling on Schley and Ellaville residents to support a feasible, proper arrangement.
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Cheney
W. E. Cheney
Ellaville
The
Times-Recorder
Schley and
Americus soldiers计划 Cumberland Island outing
Americus Fourth Regiment and Americus Light Infantry prepare for a Cumberland Island encampment about two weeks away. The company plans a weeklong island trip around the 15th with friends and several ladies joining.
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Cumberland
Americus
Cumberland Island
Americus Light Infantry
Candy costs a penny turns into five dollar gold piece
A respectable colored man on Forsyth Street gave a child a cent to buy candy. He later found the coin was a five dollar gold piece and spent the day chasing the child and the fraud across town.
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Forsyth Street
Orcs
Ala
Sim Spratling
Laura Cook
Gold Hill
Spratling
Death of Hon L N Trammell in Marietta Georgia
Hon L N Trammell chairman of the state railroad commission died at 5 o clock this morning at his home in Marietta after a six week illness. The funeral will occur at Dalton Sunday morning.
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Marietta
Atlanta
L. N. Trammell
State Railroad Commission
Dalton Sanday
Cure for Head Cold Promoted by Kermiott’s Chocolat
Fragmentary notice highlights a product from Kermiott’s Chocolat claiming to cure a cold in the head. The text reads as marketing blur, with unclear spelling and uncertain efficacy. No concrete proof or dates are provided.
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Kermiott
What a Little Faith Did for Mrs Rockwell
Letter from Mrs Rockwell describes years of female weakness and womb, ulcer, kidney and bladder troubles. After trying doctors with no relief she credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Savative Wash with restoring health and strength.
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Finrmast KO
Swas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Muas
Rock- Well
Lydia Bb. Pinkham
L. G
Asn St
Newanu
Court sets wedding for couple amid chain gang penalty
County Judge Crisp allows a wedding between two Black defendants after sending other inmates to the chain gang. Chess players pause as the pair answer questions, and upon the drop of the pistol the bride and groom salute amid a startling crack in the courthouse. Watermelons and cake follow within minutes.
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Crisp
Varieus
Cupid
Mars
Lemon Elixir Advertises Liver Kidney Tonic
An advertisement promotes Dr H Morley s Lemon Elixir as a tasty lemon drink that cures biliousness constipation indigestion headache appendicitis malaria kidney disease fevers chills heart failure and nervous prostration claiming lemon combined with liver tonics improves stomach liver bowels kidneys and blood. Sold by druggists with 500 and 1 bottle sizes.
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Tutt
Dr. Tutt
Fairleigh
Platte Cannon
Col. Tutt
H.morley
Reverend Sanders Credits Mozley Lemon Elixir for Cure
Rev John P Sanders of Verbena Alabama reports a near fatal appendicitis cured without surgery after using Mozley Lemon Elixir on his brother Rev E E Cowen’s recommendation. He requests six large bottles C O D, noting he is a Methodist preacher.
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H. Mozley
Atlanta
Mozley
M. E. Church
Verbena
Ala
E E, Cowen
Mozley’s Lemon Elixir Cures Prolonged Chills and Fever
A reader states Mozley’s Lemon Elixir relieved a long lasting chills and fever after using two bottles. Endorsement credits J. C. Stanley, Engineer E. T. V. & Ga. BR. RB.
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Mozley
J. C. Stanley
Morley’s Lemon Elixir Claims Cure for Heart Disease
Tones Dreun of Corner Habersham and St. Thomas Streets in Savannah Georgia reports that Morley’s Lemon Elixir cured a four year case of heart disease and indigestion after trying a dozen medicines, with Lemon Elixir the only remedy that helped.
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Dreun
Habersham
St. Thomas Ste
Savannah
Endorsement for Mozley's Lemon Elixir in Atlanta
J W Roto of West End Atlanta Ga endorses Mozley's Lemon Elixir for nervous prostration headache indigestion and constipation noting satisfactory results after failure of other remedies.
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Mozley
J. W. Roto
West End
Atlanta
Masons Gather in Americus for District Meeting
American lodges in the Third congressional district plan a large gathering in Americus on the first of the month under District Deputy A W Whipple. Forty to fifty lodges are expected to send members for fraternal greetings and Masonic business, with several hundred attendees anticipated. The event follows a Times Recorder notice issued a week earlier. The page also advertises Ker midt s Chocolates Laxative Quinine as a cold cure for heads and throats.
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Menmbera
Americus
A. W. Whipple
Times Recorder
Mail A Marriage A Wedding Of Interest To Many
A Colorado groom and a bride in Georgia forged a distant union story. They married after a prolonged courtship with the groom ill but not delaying the ceremony. A marriage contract was signed and sent to Georgia, altering the bride’s name as she prepared to travel to Colorado to join her husband.
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Americas
Colorado
Georgia
Graddick
Corvata
Jane
Bulle Graddick
Evbriney
Dawkins
Lonpo
Linus
Claude MacDonald
China
Criti
Tien Tsin
Sir Claude
Claude
It Saved His Leg How Bucklen’s Arnica Sooth Sore
P A Danforth of LaGrange GI suffered six months with a frightful sore on his leg. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured it in ten days. For wounds burns piles and fever sores, this is the best salve in the world with a cure guaranteed. Only 25 cents, sold by E J Eldridge, druggist.
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P. A. Danforth
LaGrange
Bucklen
E. J. Eldridge
Drogglat
Political jockeying at Kansas City convention themes
Reports from multiple cities detail Democratic and Republican convention discussions on vice presidential picks. Key figures include David B. Hill, Hill and Gorman favored in South Carolina, Carter Harrison aligned with Bryan. General Wheeler welcomed in Chicago. Local tragedies and legal notes also appear, including a fatal freight collision near Decatur and a stabbing death in Ames.
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Gutty
HL Prrissine
Kansas City
J. M. Guffey
Democratic
New York
Bryan
Pennsylvania
David B. Hill
Cotcmsta
8. C
South Carolina
McSweeney
Hill
Gorman
Tillman
Fort Worth
Tex
Carter Harrison
Indian Territory
Wheeler
Chicago
Coicaso
Joseph Wheeler
Department of Lakes
Eile Ee Tore
Hill Favored as Vice Presidential Candidate at Convention
Kansas City dispatch reports that Hill is the party’s preferred vice presidential pick amid convention whispers. Indiana's Shively, seen as strongest for the slot, declines active candidacy while Indiana delegates press him. supporters favor Shively if he runs, else Hill.
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Kansas City
James D. Richardson
Tennessee
Augustus van Wyck
D. J. Campau
W. J. Stone
Amos Cummings
National Committee
Walsh
Permanent Organization
Benjamin Shively
Indiana
Baltimore
Shively
Sam
James Murdock
Anti
Sulzer Eyes Bryan Style for Democratic Financial Plank
Lincoln observers credit Congressman Sulzer with carrying Bryan’s views on the platform at the Kansas City convention. Sulzer pushes for a specific 16 to 1 free silver pledge, not mere Chicago reaffirmation, with J Hamilton Lewis seen as aligned on the issue.
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Bryan
Lixcoty
Neb
Sulzer
Kansas City
Lincoln
New York
Chicago
J. Hamilton Lewis
Big Greenville Fertilizer Plant Destroyed by Fire
Fire swept the Greenville Fertilizer factory destroying the chemical works for an estimated $100000. The heat and flames leveled the plant and acid released from the tower burned two men. The building and contents were valued at over $70,000 with insurance totaling $75,000 for the plant and $29,700 for stock.
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Greenviz
D. C
Greenville
Greenville Fertilizer Factory
Neely extradition hearing adjourned for final disposition
New York June 30 United States District Attorney moved for extradition of Charles F W Neely charged with embezzling from the Cuban postal department. The court postponed the case to July 23 to allow defense prep and for more evidence.
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New York
Charles F. W. Neely
Postal Department of
Cuba
United States District Attorney
Burnett
Jurge Mile
Circuit Court
Congress
Lindsay
Fight Over a Debt Turns Fatal in Blakely District
In Blakely near Maysville Charles Dorsey and William McWie quarrel over a debt led to violence with pistols stones and clubs. Edward McWie aged 106 was fatally shot and two of the Dorseys are in dying condition. Seven others injured.
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Tal
Cixcixsatt
Blakely
Maysville
Charles Dorsey
William McWie
Edward MeWie
Dorsey
Cowboys travel to Roosevelt reunion en route to Oklahoma City
Fort Worth reports scores of cowboys from New Mexico Arizona Old Mexico and Texas moving toward Oklahoma City for Roosevelt rough riders reunion on July 4. Roosevelt may reach Monday night for the military ball.
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Fort Worth
Tex
New Mexico
Arizona
Old Mexico
South
West Texas
Hero Enroute
Okaoma City
Rowevelt
Rough Riders
Roosevelt
Oklahoma City
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Ifali
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F.J Cheney & CO
Hall
L . Trammell
Newark
John P. Sanders
Morley
Kermidt
Augusta
Aversta
Cecile
Michel
Summerville
William H. Hayne
Paul Hamilton Hayne
Greer
Terrell
Willis Greer
Early County
Decatur
Atciofreal Philip
John W. Philip
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Admiral Philip
Ames
Julia Mays
Douglas Blocker
Mays
Blocker
Mactical
Tiene
Crocassta
MR. Towne
Shiveley
Lixcoux
Stone
LeSeur
Missouri
Contam, & C
Riverside Paper Box Factory
Charleston
Manning Publishing Company
Manning
New Cat Mining Company
Woman's Missionary Conference
South Carolina Woman's Missionary Conference
Neely
Egypt
London
Sospex
Det Hurst
Worcester Regiment
Virginia Bonynge
Charles W. Bonynge
San Francisco
Harry Beaumont
Jesse Fellowes
South Africa
Cheshire Yeomanry
Baccarat
St. Petersnara
Athens
Aln
Republican Party
North Carolina
Rainion
State Board of Health
Taylor
Iasnap
Ixpia Napolis
Telor
Kentucky
Fru
Philaelpre
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