29 Jul 1892
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1892
Page
1
A brisk hat trade emerges as sellers promote Stylish Straws, promising instant recognition of origin. The pitch suggests buyers gain prestige and conversation as a draw, with emphasis on distinctive style and visible source.
The Americus team beat Lumpkin 18 to 11 yesterday at Furlow lawn in a slow unexciting game. Americus led until the eighth when Lumpkin scored five. A large crowd enjoyed the contest and plans for future games against Cordele, Dawson, and Fort Valley were noted.
The article laments a scorching day and offers humorous cooling tips. It notes a July heat wave, a wedding at Calvary church with Edward Stowe Jr and Sadie Crawford Babcock, and a shocking accidental arm severing near Davenport's drug store. It mentions local politics and a cooler front in the Alliance warehouse.
Washington scene shows congressional stalemate over the World’s Fair appropriation. House adjourns planned Saturday as filibusters vie for delay. Hatch opposes adjournment. Senate in doubt. Carter and Clarkson mobilize Republicans as Pinkerton inquiry looms. July developments underscore political maneuvering ahead of funding decisions.
Telegraphic bulletin reports H. C. Frick's condition improving with normal pulse and respiration after a very comfortable night. Separate dispatches note Chauncey Depew carrying a proposal from Homestead workers to Mr Carnegie for a cessation of strikes and wage reductions, plus other local political and civic notices from Lonpoy and Yaxxton, with unclaimed letters and church listings included.
The Trs-Recogper reports a plan to form a two hundred member uniformed Flambeau club linked to the Democratic League. Members, ages seventeen to forty five, will wear regalia and carry flashing lambeaux for processions, with uniforms ordered from New York.
An old style advertisement from Butter & Berry of Americus touts maid of all work as a rare exception to pricing rules. It promotes Mason fruit jars, tumblers, berry bowls, juice sets, and jelly tumblers, claiming a flood of fruit jars and a future refresh from fashions.
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