Daily and Sunday Mail Rates for Americus News
Daily and Sunday by mail six dollars per year in advance by carrier one fifty per week sixty five cents per month seven dollars eighty cents per year weekly one dollar fifty per year in advance official organ for City of Americus Sumter County Railroad Commission of Georgia for Third Congressional District U S Court Southern District of Georgia
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Americus
Sumter County
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Congressions
U. S. Court
Southern District of Georgia
Quotations From Edith Wharton Poem Reflection
A meditation on immortality and fate contrasts with Christian imagery from John 14 2. The speaker rejects endless time and dreary ages, urging a brief, intense grasp of life to seize the crown of existence before mortality.
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Edith Wharton
Ten Good Reasons For State Highway Bonds
Editorial argues Georgia should issue state highway bonds to connect counties with permanent roads within ten years. It claims funding via gasoline tax and auto licenses, statewide planning, city and rural benefits, and continued federal aid, warning of a $2.7 million yearly loss if amendments fail.
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Georgia
State Highway Department
Ford's Fast June Production Speeds Up Closed Cars
A WSJ roundup notes Ford's dream joke about Henry Ford and a lidless casket. Ford has nearly 200,000 orders for June deliveries with a schedule of 5400 cars per day, about 11 per minute, and a rising share of closed cars. Packard also expects 70 percent of fall sales to be closed models as engineers predict a 40 percent industry standard for closed cars.
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Henry
Ford
Packard
Moon Change Plot Thickens in Reader Tale
Andy and Nick aid Mr. Peerabout the Moonman as the moon suddenly appears oversized and bright one night. Chris Crow claims a fix is coming via a “friend” Comet-Legs who intends to blow out the moon. Nancy hints the plan continues next issue.
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Andy
Nick
Mr. Peerabout
Chris * Crow
Chris
Scare-Crow
S. Comet-Legs
Nancy
Old Days in Americas Ten Years Ago Today
A social roundup from the Times-Recorder notes visitors in Americas including Miss Georgianna White and Miss Katharine Davenport guests on Taylor Street, Misses Kel leher from Albuquerque visiting Mrs. Edward Shef field, Floyd and Mary Fort from Washington, Mrs. Jack Massee of Macon visiting Miss Lillie Glover, Ethel Rittenberry returning from Macon, a fishing trip to Apalachicola with Isaac Walton followers invited by the Apalachicola mayor, and Plains residents Morgan Wise, Bowman Wise visiting. A Taylor Street home on Arthur C. Bivins hosts a cordial party of about 50 friends with cards and ices.
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Times-Recorder
Georgianna White
Griffin
Katherine Davenport
Taylor Street
Margaret
Eugenia Kelleher
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Edward D. Sheffield
Church Steret
Floyd
Mary Fort
Washington
Jack Massee
Macon
Lillie Glover
Ethel Rittenberry
of Americas
Isaac Walton
Apalachicola
Fla
Gulf
Messrs
Frank Sheffield
J. W. Osborne
Henry Lanier
Cliff Clay
Morgan and
Wilbur
Plains
Bowman Wise
Tulane University
Observations by Tom Sims
Collected quips and witticisms touching on society, politics, and daily life. Notable lines reference gas prices, Bolo Pasha, home brewing, radio noise, and aging. The piece mixes commentary with humorous asides and anecdotal figures.
Miss Julia Dudley Guest of Mrs. Council in Selma
Twenty years ago today in 1902 Miss Julia Dudley of Selma Ala is the guest of Mrs L G Council at her home in town. A man who registered from Amsterdam at a local hotel was shadowed by police for writing cuss words. The commencement sermon at the Opera House tomorrow morning will fill the building to capacity.
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Times-Recorder
Julia Dudley
Selma
Ala
Windows Open to Battle Health Deterioration from Inactivity
Fresh air is the sole remedy for health decline caused by remaining seated in a car with no movement. Opening windows as wide as possible is advised to improve oxygen intake and circulation during long drives.
Railroad Schedules for Americus Georgia Arrival Departures
Central Time schedule information lists passenger train arrivals and departures for Americus Georgia. Figures published for information only and not guaranteed, with times indicating planned service.
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Americus
Tennis club proposed at hotel Windsor site
Thirty years ago the Times-Recorder notes O A Coleman and C H Griffeth among leading city tennis players urging Hotel Windsor to grant space behind the hotel for a courts setup. Local figures including Fitzgerald Maynard Smith Hixon Wheatley Harper consider forming a club as Athens teams play on university squads. Also reports early season cotton blooms from Capt C C Clay on his 300 acre plantation eighteen miles away.
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Times-Recorder
Messrs
O. A. Coleman
C. H. E. Griffeth
Hotel Windsor
J. B. Fitzgerald
R. L. Maynard
J. R. L. Smith
Boe Hixon
Wk. Wheatley
Alf Harper
Athens
Ice —Cain
Hugh Brown
Joe Hightower
Clarence Niles
Marion Harper
Lester Windsor
Ed Dunlap
Walton Callaway
Narrare
C. Cc. Clay
Woman's backache relief with Doan's Kidney Pills
Mrs. Lula Leamon of 927 Oglethorpe Ave. reports enduring backache and dizzy spells for years. After using Doan's Kidney Pills bought at Howell's Pharmacy she felt 100 percent better, a claim backed by Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo New York as the makers of the kidney remedy. Price 60 cents at dealers.
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Americus
Lula Leamdén
Oglethorpe Ave
Doan
Howell’s
Central of Georgia Ry Train Schedule Fragment
Train timetable fragment lists arrival and departure times among cities including Columbus Albany Macon Atlanta Chicago Jacksonville and Cincinnati with daily and Sunday annotations and various times. It reads as a partial schedule likely from a newspaper page showing connections and travel times.
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Central OF Georgia
Columbus
Albany-Montg
Macon
Atlanta
Albany-Jaxville
Albany
Jaxville
Chgo
St. L. Ada
Cinti
Seaboard Air Line Train Times Noted
Train schedule updates show Seaboard Air Line arrivals and departures for Richland Cols Cordele Sayh and Montgomery routes with preset times including 5:15 pm and 10:00 am connections and 3:10 pm/12:26 pm/12:51 pm arrivals.
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Cordele-Sayh
Richland-Montg’s
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Adventures OF the Twins
Olive Roberts
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Arthur C. Bivins
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Tom Sims
Detroit
Bolo Pasha
Bolo
Sues For Children
Great Britain
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Columbus, Ga
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