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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1901
Page
4
The Times-Recorder of Americus Georgia lists Marie Louise Myrick as editor and business manager with editorial room and telephone details shown. This item appears as a masthead style notice reflecting the paper's leadership and contact line.
The Times-Recorder serves as the official organ for the City of Americus Sumter County Webster County and the 34th Congressional District as well as the Railroad Commission of Georgia.
The New York World notes Senator Tillman even passes up his resignation on a pitchfork. The Savannah Press suggests small men aim for the South Carolina Senate seat as Mrs. Lease reveals debts of 3247 dollars and Kansas expresses relief at disowning the state. The president is back at the bar while Cubans deliver tricky pitches.
W R Merriam director of the census notes a rise in manufacturing and mechanical establishments to 659000 from 300000 a decade earlier, a gain over 100 percent. He says census results will surprise many and bulletins will detail all manufacturing branches.
The article laments rising cotton use while wool per capita falls, noting substitutes in cheap cloth and impacts on the Southern Railroad. It references the Atlanta cotton accident, foreign wool imports, Shamrock remodeling, and praise for a strong Fort Valley peach harvest with hope for higher regional dollars.
The piece surveys political discourse and public sentiment across the nation with humor and caution. It notes South Carolina's envisioned robust campaign style, Platt amendment debates, Confederate Veterans Home opening, a French surgeon claim about a girl’s height, and lighter anecdotes from Boston and Texas cotton markets. It cites Mark Hanna and stock worries, indicating a broad mosaic of issues and opinions.
Armour and Company plans entry into the wholesale fruit trade with the aim of monopolizing the national fruit business through its network of local meat shops, signaling a major diversification strategy by the firm.
In Montgomery Alabama on June 5, the constitutional convention discussed new suffrage plans. One proposal would split ballots by race, with white ballots for self-markers and colored ballots for others, counting as a quarter vote. A second plan by Governor Oates would keep few disqualifications, leaving most decisions to registrars with court appeals.
Washington June 5 Drs Johnston Sternberg and Rixey were in consultation at the White House about half an hour this forenoon. Bulletin timed 11 oclock reports Mrs McKinleys physicians say she had a very comfortable night and her condition is somewhat improved. Dr Rixey said there was no change this afternoon. No further consultation planned until tomorrow. The president cannot attend Pan American exposition at Buffalo on June 13 as his wifes condition will not permit his absence.
Edward Kimball, 78, famed for paying church debts across the United States and credited with converting Dwight Moody, lies dying at his son Dr. R. M. Kimball’s home in Curiaco. Since 1877 he helped liquidate about 15 million dollars in church indebtedness, with a notable 110 thousand dollar payoff for Dr. Robinson’s Presbyterian Church in New York.
A 71 year old engineer, James Stacey, living near Macox Missouri, killed his wife and 18 year old daughter while they slept, then shot himself after telling a neighbor. Related reports cover Will Arnell in Beaverton Michigan, Mariano Quintana in Santa Fe New Mexico, and a naval explosion at Mare Island with significant property loss.
A local sale advertises June reductions across men women and children with prices a third to half under normal. It promotes new season shoes as the biggest collection yet and guarantees every pair. Shoppers are urged to choose bargains without sacrificing quality or style and to see a sample list of items.
The notice lists women’s oxford styles in black kid and patent leather with solid or flexible soles and various heel types. Prices range from $1.00 for basic models to $2.00 for finer patent oxford pairs, highlighting good value and multiple pair appeal.
The notice advertises a two day sale for the first twenty five customers each morning offering a full dress pattern of ten yards fast color lawns at 7 1 2 cents per yard consider 1 percent for the ten yards. Also offered are men s percale and madras shirts with attached cuffs at 75 cents sale price.
Nashville, June 8. Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph plans a 20 percent capital increase to 7.5 million dollars. Stockholders may buy 20 percent of their holdings. Funds will finish a direct line Nashville to Louisville and support lines from New Orleans to Shreveport and Beaumont. The company serves Tennessee Kentucky Mississippi Louisiana and parts of Indiana and Illinois. dai.
The trial of Lulu Prince Kennedy for the murder of her husband Philip H Kennedy resumed in Kansas City. The defense seeks jury instructions for first degree murder and capital punishment, while the prosecution aims for guilty in a lesser degree. A 47 person jury pool was selected. opening statements and evidence began, Kennedy showing notable nerves amid the proceedings. Chicago also reports that the Illinois grand jury found no indictments in the H J Judd case, noting Zion leader John Dowie and followers, and that a coroner’s jury held several persons relevant to the inquiry. Additionally, a tea planting project near Charleston aims to produce 300,900 pounds yearly on 6,009 acres.
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