Old Days In Americus Ten Years Ago Today
A compact look back from the Times-Recorder notes June 2 1903. Americus planned rapid growth with new brick buildings a Glovers store cold storage ice plant and a $25 000 Methodist church. School funds were short so commencement exercises might be canceled. Migrants picnicked outside the city while local business figures prepared for futures in St Louis Shorter College delegates returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times-Recorder
Americus
Glover Grocery Co
George Andrea
St. Louis
Central
Florida
Cincinnati
W. B. Hays
City
W. Hood Hitt
Maud Hays
A. M. Williams
First Methodist Church
Brooklyn Heights Literary Society
Samuel McGarrah
J. I. Darby
Barlow Street
Taylor Street
C. M. Wheatley
Mises Charlie
Mattie
Staunton
Augusta Female Institute
A Thought Brethren and Life Forgiveness Quote
A compact verse style note cites Galatians guidance on restoring the fallen in meekness and a Lytton maxim on life’s need for forgiveness as its central theme. The fragment presents moral reflections rather than incident specifics.
Building Contracts Being Canceled Across the Nation
The article notes widespread cancellation of building contracts, especially in large cities, as rising costs push construction over three billion dollars initially planned. New York City alone shows about 200 million in projects postponed, threatening rents and living standards while arguing a temporary contraction may curb future price pressures. The piece urges a market break to align supply with demand and prevent a systemic housing crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Prohibition Officers Blunder in Bible Reading Stop
A Martinville North Carolina tale reports liquor agents chasing a suspicious vehicle near the Virginia line. They searched the car and found empty egg crates while a preacher reading his Bible urged the agents on. The exact scripture remains disputed, with “I will lead the still waters” cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel
Martinville
Virginia
North Carolina
Susie Henrock urged as national toast for dishwashing feat
Long piece extols Punxsutawney maid Susie Henrock who washed dishes for 31 hours to mock marathon dancers. The column praises useful arts, advertising, and urges readers to value practical deeds over entertainment. It proposes a lace dishtowel to commemorate Susie and extols ads as guides to good purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punxsutawney
Susie Henrock
Susie
Quiet Village Waiter Tales and Global Quips
A collage of brief anecdotes from a bygone era includes a Edinburgh platform remark about a sixty mile per hour express, a child’s birthstone joke, a waiter’s flower "For-get-me-nots" gag in California, Glasgow marriage and housing contrasts, and stray musings on whistling domps in the Scilly Islands, speech mechanics, and wartime expenditure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
Dominion
New York
California
Lady Mosquito Taunts A Distracted Lover
Berthon Braley laments an insistent muse in this dated verse. The speaker implores the alluring yet vexing Lady to grant him peace, contrasting admiration with irritation as he battles her playful advances. The poem centers on Desire versus restraint with a comic sting.
Ticklish Times and Quotable Quips From TOM SIMS
A string of aphorisms and wry observations from Tom Sims touches on weddings divorce crime and social quirks. The notes lampoon manners men and women fashion autos and optimism offering playful jabs at love money and life.
Largest fish ever captured lies damaged in Norfolk Harbor
The 30,000 pound ocean leviathan once bound for the Smithsonian aboard the yacht Tamiami was damaged by a Newport News Harbor fire and rests semi intact in The Hague Norfolk Harbor. The 47 foot creature contained a 400 pound octopus and 1,500 pounds of coral rock and is insured for 40,000 dollars. Experts begin restoration as scientists debate its species status. Some scripture students claim it is the same as the Jonah story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Florida Keys
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Newport News Harbor
the Hague
Norfolk Harbor
Card of Thanks for Jno T Currie bereavement
The Currie family thanks friends for sympathy words flowers and support after the death of husband and father Mr Jno T Currie Mrs Sarah Currie Mr and Mrs E W Deav Our s Mr and Mrs Fe W Brown Mr and Mrs L F Currie express gratitude for kindness during their bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jno. T. Currie
Sarah Currie
E. W. Deavours
FE. W. Brown
L. F .Currie
Sympathy and thanks for L P Gartner death
In gratitude for kindness and comfort shown after the death of husband and father L P Gartner, the Gartner family names Mrs L P Gartner and Mr and Mrs G L Gartner Mr and Mrs L C Gartner and Mr and Mrs J P Gartner. A separate note warns that galvanizing iron vessels are not suitable for containing food due to solvent properties on the metal.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fannie Stallings
May Wheatley
Lucile Clegg
Shorter College
Associated Press
ATS National
Frost 1S
DIS & Kohn
Brunswick
Peoples’ Gas
Chicago
Glasgow
Scilly Islands
Berton Braley
Mosquito
N. BE. A. Service, Inc
Tom Sims
Earth
School of Experience
China
Pei Ki
Otey Walker
Harold van Ormans
Red Wheel Barrow
H. C. Jones
R. E. Cato
Sumter County National Loan Association
Geo. O. Marshall
Secy
Treas
Americus Screen Co
Frank E. Matthews
S. R. Heys
H. B. Williams
Shiver Johns-Manville
Americus Screen Mfg. Co
MO. W. Shiver
MO. W
Oriole Gas
B. C. Keister
Prince Street
Forsyth Street
Gordon Feagin
W. W. Dykes
South Lee Street
E. J. Tyson
Barlow St. 16S
Pig Club Boys
W. J. Josey
Forto Rico
Sparksrocery Co
Lawson Stapleton
J. R. Watkins Company
Watkins
Department 89
Memphis
Tenn
Bankers Reserve System
Bankers Reserve Deposit Company
Keith Bldg
Ohio
D. T
Americus Drug Co
L. M. Hawkins
Prince St
Lee Street
T. B. Hooks
DAN Chappell Planters Bank
the Times-Recorder
Georgia
Compton’s
Cotton Avenue
Sumter County
Middleton M’donald
Atlanta Trust Company
Sumter
Lee
Terrell
Schley
Macon
Stewart
Randolph and
Webster Counties
Planters Bank
Gordon Howell
Chickamauga Trust CO
L. P. Gartner
G. L. Gartner
L. C. Gartner
J. P. Gartner
Lews Ellis
Nat Lemaster
L. G. Council
T. E. Bolton
T. Cashier
C. M. Council
V.P
J. E. Kiker
the Planters Bank OF Americus (Incorporated
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