Sumter County Corn Field Shows Unusual Yield
Sumter County reports a 75 acre corn field on Thomas B. Hooks plantation six miles south of Americus. Rows planted 15 to 18 inches apart with 300 pounds fertilizer per acre and 75 pounds nitrate soda later. Observers estimate 40 to 50 bushels per acre, with potential to reach fifty, an exceptional Georgia yield.
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Sumter County
Thomas B. Hooks
Americus
Hooks
Sumter
Georgia
Americus Council May Install Plant If No City Debt
Judge Littlejohn ruled the Americus Mayor and City Council may install and operate an electric light plant using current revenues without a public vote, provided it does not create a debt or cause a deficiency in other city departments. The injunction prevents any contract that would incur debt or deplete other departments, noting current revenues can fund the plant only if no deficit results. The decision, dated July 24 1909, enjoins the council from actions creating city debt or departmental shortfalls.
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Americus
Z. A. Littlejohn
City Council of Americas
Sheppard
Pee Rene
Littlejohn
Americas
City Council of
Sumter Superior Court
Chambers
See Mother Grow Young With Electric Bitters
Mrs. W. L. Kilpatrick of Danforth Maine credits Electric Bitters with a remarkable recovery for her mother, past 70, after 20 years of severe dyspepsia. The tonic purportedly restores appetite, sleep, and vigor, and strengthens vital organs. Eldridge Drug Co. offers the remedy at 50 cents.
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W. L. Kilpatrick
Danforth
Eldridge Drug Co
Griffin Engagement to Dr Walker Planned for September
Mr and Mrs F W Griffin announce the engagement of their daughter Maggie M Griffin to Dr W Jones Walker of Lumpkin Georgia. The couple plans to wed early in September. Dr Walker grew up in Crawford County and left home to pursue his profession regarded as a young man of sterling character with strong ambitions.
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F. W. Griffin
Maggie M. Griffin
W. Jones, Walker
Lumpkin
Misa Griffin
Gunn
Dr. Walker
Crawford County
Hunters Protest State Game Law Reforms
Proponents and opponents across Georgia challenge a proposed state game law package. Critics oppose high nonresident licenses, rail shipment bans, and open season tweaks while supporters hope for solid changes. observers note political maneuvering around Representative Sheppard and Griffin. The Atlanta Journal editorializes on consumer prices under a wider political lens.
Georgia peach crop ships wrap up amid mixed results
Joyner’s and Americus growers completed shipments of the Elberta crop, with about 2,000 cars statewide as Georgia Fruit Exchange reports. Local fruit quality was below expectations though prices rose over last year. Fort Valley and Marshallville finishedPicking, while Macon and northern Georgia also wrapped shipments.
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Americus Peach
Elbertas
Georgia Fruit Exchange
Fort Valley
Marshallville
Macon
Georgia
Calomel Night Riders Barred By Dr King Pills
A lively ad touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a safe remedy to cleanse the system and cure colds headaches constipation malaria and other ailments. The ad warns calomel croton oil and aloe pills as harmful night riders and promotes Eldridge Drug Co as a seller for 25 cents.
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Dr. King
Eldridge Drug Co
Farmers Face Fodder Dilemma Amid Record Corn Harvest
Sumter county sees its biggest corn crop alongside a bumper fodder season. Farmers worry fodder gathering is costly and labor scarce. Some fear stripping fodder blades harms green corn, risking stalk withering before ripening. others may let fodder dry on stalks as attention turns to cotton.
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Sumter County
Broken Glass Severs Artery At Sheriff Feagin's Home
Miss Laura Feagin, daughter of Sheriff W. H. Feagin, was seriously injured when a sash shattered a window at her home. A fragment cut a wrist artery and bled heavily before Dr. Prather reached the residence. Also contains an advertisement for De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pills warning of kidney trouble in colder weather.
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Laura Feagin
W. H. Feagin
de Witt
Nurse Helen Patterson Sacrifices Life in Service
Philadelphia reports the death of 22 year old Miss Helen E. Patterson from tubercular meningitis and an undiagnosed disease contracted while nursing at the Philadelphia Hospital. A volunteer nurse, she earned her diploma in bed six weeks before dying, after doctors urged rest.
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Philadelphia
Helen E. Patterson
Miss Patterson
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Broadhurst
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Wiss Maggie Griffin
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The
Atlanta Journal
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Wna
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Batiste
Roy de France
W.A. Joyner
Cotton
Allison Furniture CO
Lee Street
Allen & Crockett
Alabama Brenau College
Eufaula, Ala
G. Wilkinson
Asso
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