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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1900
Page
8
An ad declares buyer trust in printed claims, promising facts only. It markets boys and mens underwear and shirt waists with specific prices, highlighting new styles and summer wear, aiming to win over skeptical customers with clear, factual advertising.
The store trims stock with new season styles to attract buyers. Windsor novelty prints and Merrimac shirting fabrics are offered at low yard prices, with dimensional sizes and fast colors. English denims, dimities, and shirt waist linens commemorate heavy discounts on suits and outfits from Hamburger Bros and other lines.
Readable ad copy lists numerous fabrics and prices including 27 inch White Muslins 10c per yard, White Duck Suiting 10c, White Victoria Lawns 3c, French West Piques 12 1/2c, and other deluged textile deals. Highlights value comparisons and department items like Prints and Homespun Plaids with varied yardage pricing.
In Chattanooga on July 18 the Tennessee Bar Association opened its first day with Hon Joseph R Lamar of Georgia delivering the annual address on A Century's Progress of the Law. President W L Walker presided at 11 AM and the session reviewed past work and set aims for the future. committee services were also noted. A mineral discovery story from Arness Alabama reports a silver vein near Rich Vein, claimed to be rich and easily worked by a mineral expert Lucas. A veterans reunion event in Atlanta is planned for the coming Wednesday and Thursday with details noted.
Desperate fight expected over Governor Beckham as delegates and supporters gather in Lexingto n from Frankfort and other areas. Black faction rivalry strong with Beckham facing committee battles on credentials and resolutions. Platform adoption precedes gubernatorial nomination and possible floor move to modify Goebel law. minority resolution could ignite broader contest.
Central Railroad reports a peach surge with daily shipments over eighty carloads. President John M. Egan notes rains overestimated damage and forecasts millions of baskets of Georgia Elbertas to market, aided by 2,100,000 bearing peach trees and 200,000 bearing plum trees. Half a million new peach trees planted this year will bear in two years.
A 19th century advertisement claims a lovely woman maintains friends and health, warning that sickness causes irritability and pimples. It promotes Electric Bitters as a cure to regulate stomach, liver, and kidneys, purify blood, improve nerves and skin, and enhance appearance. The drug is offered at 50 cents at Eldridge's Drug Store.
Capt J H McKenzie, longtime local manager of the Virginia Carolina Chemical Co fertilizer works in Americas, is transferred to Social Circle to oversee operations there and leaves today for his new post. His son Roy McKenzie will temporarily run remaining interests in Americas. The family departure is widely regretted.
Mayor Hixon presided as W. H. Ester Brooke Bosworth and L. Cochran faced a throng in police court after a street fight near the white barber shop. Bosworth previously pleaded guilty but awaits disposition. Cochran was dismissed as the attacked party. Ester was bound over to the county court on a state charge and fined 85 dollars.
An old advertisement warns against harsh mineral pills and promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills as gentle and effective. It claims relief from headaches and constipation and notes the product is sold for 25 cents at E. J. Eldridge's drugstore.
Mr. C. C. Hawkins bought the Hinkle plantation of 875 acres three miles west of Americus from real estate agent J B Felder on yesterday’s transaction. The property lies on Friendship road and is described as notably valuable with planned improvements forthcoming. A separate note promotes Asa Birrens digestive cleanser attributed to Dr. E J Eldridge.
A lively quarrel broke out near a barbershop on Jackson Street as W. H. Estes, Cochran, and Brooks Bosworth clashed over a settlement dispute. Bosworth sided with Estes, escalating the fight until bystanders intervened and Officer Glawson arrived. Cochran sustained bruises. Mayor Hixon is slated for police court proceedings this morning.
The piece notes Americus youths show little patriotic surge for foreign wars. Many would serve as officers, but the real soldiers who bear arms and endure hardships show reluctance to seek combat abroad. Cuba has already consumed their ambitions, and few plan to go to China.
Grapes ripen in the Americus area as farmers convert abundant yields into wine. Several thousand gallons are to be produced in the next two weeks with strong prices expected for the vintners.
Jim Wilkins reports a huge rattlesnake on his farm a half mile from Americus. A negro farm hand killed the creature, estimated at seven feet long and very large for the area. Though not weighed, it would have pulled a hundred pounds.
Americus doctor Dr Glenn Dodson is named by Governor Candler to one of two vacancies on the State Board of Pharmacy. The selection prompts congratulatory messages from Dodson’s friends, while the notice also promotes Palcxty Asa Brrers as a health aid from Dr E J Eldridge.
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