Americus Real Estate and Climate Promoted as Winter Resort
The article extols Americus in Southwest Georgia as a thriving rail hub 71 miles from Macon and a premier winter resort. It highlights climate, healthful artesian wells, low frost risk, farm productivity, and rapid growth with new courthouse, hotel, library, and varied industries. It notes a large population, extensive hotels, and strong railroad connections to the North West Florida and Georgia markets.
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Georgia
Americus Ly
Sumter County
Geonela
Central
Savannah and Western
Savannah
Americus and
Montgomery
Macon
Thomasville
Americus
Georga
Virginia
Tennessee
Confederacy
Egypt
South
LeConte Pear
Gulf of Mexico
Union
New County Court House
Windsor Hove
DeSoto
Atlanta
Beilt
Bone
Florida
Thage
Brunswick
Local Shop Ad Lists Various Goods and Prices
An old newspaper snippet advertises worm syrup priced at 10c and 250 per bottle, face powder with new varieties, pills labeled pobreneveling tablets, cigars and tobacco highlighted as specialties, plus several price points like 63, 100, 150, 20e and 25e.
Liver Regulator advertised in old readers notice
Readers are urged to try Sprmoms Liver Reg ULATOR also called Kova or Liver MEDI CINES. The endorsement claims it is better than pills, never grips, works naturally, and provides quick relief. Promoter J. H. Zeillin & Co., Philadelphia, stresses the Red Z wrapper as verification.
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J. H. Zeillin & Co
Philadelphia
ANOTHER BIG STRIKE THREAT FROM RISING WAGE DEMANDS
Secretary Patrick MacBryde of the United Mins Workers of America says a wage increase on August 1 in Pittsburg could trigger similar raises in Ohio and Indiana and possibly lead to a nationwide stoppage. He notes Indiana minors are already out and warns that refusal could spark a broader labor upheaval spreading to Pennsylvania and beyond.
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Corcinus
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
McBryde
Holmes in Milwaukee opens misaddressed letters in murder case
In Milwaukee on July 24 Edward WL Helmes, not the wanted man, opened misdelivered mail that led to cipher letters signed Your Wife from Chicago. Police report Edward Holmes, once with Western Coal, suspected of involvement in the Peitzel murders, may have corresponded with hidden letters. Detectives pursue leads on Howard Peitzel’s remains and trunk transport while Chicago letters surface.
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Edward WL Helmes
Milwaukee
Chicago
H. E. Holmes
M. CG. A
Postuifles
Howard
Inpunavous
Goyer
Detroit
Geyer
Howard Peitzel
Holtyes
Circle House
Peitzal
Lew Wallace to Write Book From Kidnapped Boy Tale
Indianapolis July 24 General Lew Wallace famed author of Ben Hur plans a new work built on the life of Lisponard a boy kidnapped from New York at age six and brought to Indiana by Allen who kept him on a Kentland area farm He escaped stole a horse and was rescued by four hunters as Allen and a nephew were convicted of attempted murder and sent to the penitentiary Lisponard later worked as a contractor and resided with his mother in Brooklyn years ago
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Allen
Atable
Salen
Ind
Young Lispenard
Earl
Brooklyn
Reading Railroad Reorganization Plan Emerges in New York
The Earle Olcott committee has spent over a week in New York finalizing a plan to reorganize the Reading railroad. The scheme envisionsBeas the first, second and third professors and the Reading stock around 000, to be raised under a threat of foreclosure on the general mortgage. The plan follows the company’s latest receivership and reflects Welsh interests seeking cooperation.
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Earle Olcott
New York
Reading Railroad
Reading
Bankers on Bail Amid Groundland Bank Scandal
In St. Jones on July 4 the Union Bank directors were arrested but released on bail of 86000 each. The Telegram government organ accuses directors of both banks of siphoning between 4 and 5 million dollars.
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Groundland
Mar Ola
St. Jone's
Union Bank
Negro sentenced for murder at Princeton station
John J Collins, a Black man who killed student Frederick Obs at Princeton last June, was sentenced to 20 years at hard labor for murder in the second degree. He pled to atrocious assault on Garrott Cochran. additional years were postponed as judges debated the proper verdict.
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Collins
Cam Ciates
Pieter Teas
Magro Seitena
More
Pri
River flood threatens Cinelansis coal and Lambert Yarie interests
River Licking rose eight feet from midnight to six am threatening coal and Lambert interests downstream. Telegraph lines were interrupted with no damage details. the flood extends toward Virginia and Washington. Also reports of a burned Young Men's Christian Association building in New York and a family tragedy in Washington area noted.
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Cinelansis
Licking River
Ohio
Lamber
Eiyeemén
Kentucky
Virginia
Washington
Dadding
Wasamarox
Young Man’s Christian Association
New York
Avedus
Treany
G.A. Dedlaay
Doings in the Orient Riots Claims and Dispatches
Steamship news from Victoria reports the Empress of India bringing Tokyo advices. Japanese authorities possess Chinese explanations blaming the Peking government for riots in Seechund and partial leaks suggest court manipulation. Li Hung Chang and Li We must be silenced as tensions rise with warships en route.
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Victona
B.C
Empress of India
Tokio
China
Seechund
Peking
Japan
Wang
Yamen
Hayashi
Tian Tsin
Li Hung Chang
Midnight Hold Up on Lake Shore Express in Ohio
Reports from July 24 describe a night robbery on the Lake Shore express between Buffalo and Chicago. Four robbers stopped the train at Reed's switch, fired on the cab, and fled after forcing a Buffalo man to surrender cartridges. Officials say about $150 total was missing, debunking initial rumors of a larger haul.
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Cag
Ohio
Torzpo
Lake Shore Road
Buffalo
Chicago
Reed
Sar Te Hares St Seeeeees
Settleman
United States Express
Lake Shore
St Rooce
Express
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