Short News Items and Random Tidbits From Americus
A collage of notes covers weather, crops, social events, and local happenings. References include the Light Infantry encampment on Cumberland Island, a Kinchafoonee creek fishing party, Magnolia Dell picnic date shift to June 7, and the Oglethorpe schools gathering at Gatewood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buena Vista
Cumberland Island
Geo. Vieira
Si Hawkins
Kinchafoonee Creek
Oglethorpe
Magnolia Dell
Life's Long Road and Steadfast Ends
A fragmented line appears about life being long and steady ends. The source text reads as a philosophical musing rather than a clear report, with no identifiable people places organizations or concrete events to anchor a news-style summary.
Solar Eclipse Dazzled Americus in Darkened Sky
The town rose early to witness a remarkable solar eclipse yesterday with seven eighths of the sun obscured. Clouds were light and the view stayed clear as spectators on verandas and rooftops used smoked glass to watch the dimming light and the eerie twilight fade back to brightness.
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Americus
Old Sol
Luna
Sol
Wedding vows in Columbus Make way for Hughes Littlejohn union
A marriage in Columbus at 10 am today unites Miss Ida May Littlejohn and Mr. W T Hughes at the bride’s uncle Capt H C Sapp’s residence with close relatives present. After the ceremony the couple depart for Blackshear. Hughes is a prominent local merchant and Littlejohn is well regarded in Americus and Cordele.
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Americas
Columbus
H. C. Sapp
Ida May Littlejohn
W. T. Hughes
Americus Light Infantry Now Strongest in Twenty Years
About six to eight months ago the Americus Light Infantry and other units were placed on probation for failing to meet standards. Since then the Light Infantry has improved to a high level, growing to about sixty men. Inspector General W G Obear recently inspected the company and reportedly approved its condition, marking its strongest period in two decades.
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Americus Light Infantry
Light Infantry
W. G. Obear
Americas Light Infantry
Primary contest narrows as voters prepare for June 6
With one week to election day 1604 registered voters remain to decide seven county offices. Twenty three candidates campaign hard yet in good humor, aiming to secure enough support for victory next Wednesday June 6.
Distressing Stomach Disease Cured by Ton ic Remedy
A historical advertisement claims a masterly South American tonic cures stomach weakness and indigestion for invalids. It promises rapid relief from the first dose and asserts universal applicability, urging readers in Americus, Georgia to trust the health-giving remedy from local druggists.
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Americus
Birds of Passage Coming and Going
A lengthy society item lists arrivals, visits, and departures of local residents and guests. It notes Dodaon's, Miss Lizzie Slappy returning from Shellman, travels of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. McNeal to Tampa, and many others visiting relatives or attending events. It mentions veterans’ reunions, travel to Louisville, Pelham, New York, and Boston, plus local social happenings and a fresh Huyler's shipment at Hudson's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie Slappy
Shellman
G. A. McNeal
Tampa
Fla
D. F. Brown
Antoinette Lockett
Cincinnati
Miss Lockett
Louisville
Paris
Huyler’s
Hudson's
Ries So
Anxious to Organize Lyceum Course in Americas
An effort is being made to organize another lyceum course in Americas. The plans meet with much favor as citizens appreciate the advantages of this entertainment. Tickets admit two persons to eight entertainments for $4. Future events will be held at the Hope House instead of the City Hall.
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Americas
Ticketa
Heope House
City Hall
Teachers Examination for Sumter County Licensure
General examination for teacher licenses will be held at city hall Amoricus on Saturday, beginn ing at 8 o clock sharp. All who intend to teach in Sumter should avail themselves of this opportunity. W B Moone 0 B 0.
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Sumter County
City Hall
Amoricus
Ange
Sumter Ion
W. B. Moone
Col Richardson to Deliver Commencement Address at Opera House
Supt Mathis adds a morning literary address to the graduation program. Col Francis H Richardson editor of the Atlanta Journal accepted the honor. Rose's band will play at the exercises as the twelve graduates, eight girls and four boys, finish the school year on June 13.
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Mathis
Opera House
Francis H. Richardson
The
Atlanta Journal
Rose
Band of Columbus
Blood Balm claims cure for blood poison free trials offered
An advertisement promotes B B B Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for chronic blood infections. It touts 30 years of testing, lists symptoms from mouth patches to skin eruptions, and offers a free trial bottle with medical advice. Bottles cost 1 and six bottles for 5, with Atlanta address for orders.
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Blood Balm CO
Atlants
Senate session passes several bills and Pettigrew resolutions
In Washington and May 20 the Senate approved a dam bill for Fox river Grayson county Virginia a Choctaw lands disposition bill and the last general appropriation bill the deficiency bill Pettigrews grazing lands in Oklahoma and Creek reserve communications were also passed Teller resolution sympathy for the Boers was referred to foreign relations committee by 40 to 26 with Mr Bacon of Georgia speaking.
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Pettigrew
Wasatyatox
House
Fox River
Grayson County
Senate
Jones
Arkansas
Mississippi
Hale
Maine
Mr. Pettigrew
Oklahoma
Teller
Washington
Weet
Bacon
Georgia
Committee On Foreign Relations
Boxers Defeat Troops Burn Liuliao Station Near Peking
On May 28 the Boxers burned Liuliao station on the Lahan railway 29 miles from Peking, wrecked the track and cars, and killed several Chinese workers. Belgian engineers in charge are safe at Finglai. Boxers march toward Peking as railway work in Shahan is ruined and about five hundred refugees seek asylum in the French cathe at Pewing.
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Ties Tsix
Liuliao
Lahan
Peking
Finglai
Shahan
Peciion
Pewing
Practical Joker Killed Near Monrerville Alabama
Farmers son from Monrerville, Samuel Bussey, sent by Bussey to a cabin of a trusted but ignorant black employer near Seligat to fetch work. The boy entered and was harmed in a sudden confrontation. Authorities investigate the fatal incident as a case involving a juvenile and a local employer.
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Monrerville
Ala
Samuel Bussey
Bay Taatantiy
Fragmented old notice from a grocery or mill ad
Reading shows a garbled call about flour quality and delivery instructions. It mentions not shipping to The Plains and delivery at the mill. Partial phrases reference a person named J. T. Braos and a local sale or product items. The OCR yields unclear details and several nonstandard terms.
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J. T. Braos
Sumter Superior Court Opens With Judge Littlejohn Presiding
The May term of Sumter superior court convened with Judge Z A Littlejohn presiding as Grand Jury organizes. Solicitor Hooper and Dounty Solicitor Ansley present. Grand jury foreman D C Barkhalter led the body to immediate duties. First fifty cases were set Monday aides, with many disposed by consent verdicts and others pending indictments. Civil business expected to continue through the week.
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Grand Jury
Sumter Superior Court
Z. A. Littlejohn
Hooper
Dounty
Ansley
Grand
Travers
JN Carter
MB Conneil
WP Page
J G Reeves
C O Sheppard
Sr ET Smith
GW Jennings
DP Holt
GW Markett
EB Stewart
Joe L Harper
AJ Hamil
JJ Dupree
Ocolay
W E Brown
W A Bornes
JH Daniel
AA Willett
BS English
W A Webb
DC N Barkhalter
Horne
Griffin
D. C. N. Barkhalter
New York Solid for Bryan Delegates to National Convention
John F. Carroll acting for Tammany Hall asserts New York will send a Bryan instructed delegation to the national convention. Maryland returns show Democratic primaries favoring a Bryan instructed slate unless a late shift alters the June 5 state convention outcome.
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New York
John F. Carroll
Tammany
Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
William J. Bryan
Bryan
Maryland
Bartimont
Governor in name only in Porto Rico says Allen
May 28 Porto Rico governor Charles H. Allen is effectively powerless without the executive council which does not exist. The position is unique with a desk piled high with petitions and complaints. People arrive from interior towns seeking aid, but the governor can do nothing personally and is bypassed by a diplomatically responsive private secretary.
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Allen
Porto Rico
San Juas
Charles H. Allen
Executive Council
Poe Rerwesnion
Miles An
Ereernor
Davis
Bacon May Join Cuba Investigation Committee
In Wasmotox May 28 the report notes it is probable Benatar Bacon will be named to the committee to investigate scandals in Cuba. The Bacon resolutions set the committee on relations with Cuba to lead the inquiry, with possible changes to its membership to ensure effective work.
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Dinah
Wasmotox
Benatar Bacon
Cuba
Bacon
ECLIPSE OF THE SUN SEEN ACROSS THE SOUTH
Reports from multiple cities detail solar eclipse observations May 24 to May 28. Observers including Yale, Washington Sun Institute, Yerkes, Princeton, and various colleges documented totality timing, corona details, Venus and Mercury visibility, and photographic efforts. Local conditions ranged from perfect to partly cloudy with notable spectroscopic and magnetometer readings.
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Wasmnotox
I. Pickering
Yale
Menadeera
Weinn
Dak
Wapisnono
N. C
Suni Institution
Washington
Astronomical Society of London
Yerkes Observatory
Princeton University
Charleston Mill College
To Astron~omical Society
Thomaston
Thomaston, Ga
Worard Dole
Als
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