Americus Phe Commercial Capital of Southwest Georgia
Americus in the Georgia region promotes its climate fertility and year round outdoor work. The town highlights abundant peach and fruit crops, iron works, lime kilns, and a growing population of over 6,000 with 1,200 school children and low deaths. It touts facilities including a marble post office, public schools, a library, a fire department, sewer system, electric lighting, water works, and artesian wells. The narrative emphasizes healthful climate, economic prospects, and tourism appeal with a grand Windsor Hotel block and expanding real estate demand.
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Heoargia
Sumer
Toorgt
Central
Baramat
Ad Weetern
Ranannah
Nuertcut
Mloutgnuty
Eadlroads
Tindon
Macun
Anderson Stle
Alice
Toomanville
Confederacy
Stoata
Quit
Mexico
Chile
Windsor Hotel
Gavannah
Georgia
Atlanta
Bavannah
America
Aspen
Americas
Destruction at Ford's Theatre Causes Heavy Losses
A disastrous collapse at Ford's Theatre on Tenth Street buried hundreds of clerks and caused widespread casualties. Reports detail the top floor falling first, with rescue efforts ongoing as troops, medical staff, and ambulances rush to the scene.
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Wasuixaros
Jane
Ford's
Tenth Street
Abraham Lincoln
Bury
Scofield
Secretary of the Navy
Pension Department
Ovar Airty
Debria
George Arnold
J. A. White
Griffin
Greegan
Elberton
E. McLaughlin
Macon
James H. Blount, Jr
el. Wade
Swept by the flames devastates Boimslest Ons area
June 9 report from Fanno North Dakota describes a major fire that destroyed the Ons Crocery Store Ons Bank area and surrounding buildings. About three thousand residents were left homeless. Shelters set up in schools churches and public spaces. Relief trains arrived with meat flour and provisions. Insurance estimates place insured losses at 2.8 million dollars plus 500 thousand dollars uninsured. Fire began in a small Front Street restaurant and spread across the city driven by a south gale.
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Fanno
N. D
Torday
Minneapolis &J
Niagara
Northern Pacific
Trust
Fargo Loan and Trust Company
Sherman House
McCormick & Dosring
Moorehead
Flrst National
Yerxas & Geary's
Secret Society
Walter A.woods
Montrot
Thurber-Whyland rumor debunked amid market ripple
In New York on June 9 a circulating rumor claimed the Thurber Whyland Grocery Company failed, prompting stock and wheat market tremors. Company president P B Thurber denied the report, noting ongoing bank funding efforts amid prior financial pressure.
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Thurber-Whyland Grocery Company
Financial Straits
New York
Thurber-Whyland Company
Chicago
P. B. Thurber
Thurber-Whyland
Light Infantry Encampment on Cumberland Island Draws Interest
The Light Infantry plans a July Cumberland Island encampment, with over thirty members already committed. Hotel Cumberland offers camping rates, with music by Prof Loveland’s six-piece orchestra and room meals options. Atlanta Rifles and Quitman Guards also joining. Changes in B W & E line schedules improve travel connectivity for travelers along the route. Local business optimists forecast stable summer sales, expecting fall renewal if Chicago fair spending remains controlled. Colored Baptists convention in Atlanta reelects Rev Love as president. Richmond Terminal stock hits a new low at one dollar. Iron merchants Bellah & Co. collapse in Witsanatom Delaware.
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Light Infantry
Cumbriand
Americus Light Infantry
Cumberland Island
A. Hooper
Hotel
Cumberland
Campentann
Brank A. Hooper
Americus
Atlanta Rifles
Quitman Guards
Forsyth
Loveland
Chattanooga
Wwlu
Monaam
Soldier Boys
New Yon
Richmond
Witsanatom
Del
Bellah & Co
Georgia bankers urge repeal of Sherman silver law
At the Georgia Bankers Association meeting in Savannah on June 9, T B Neal of Atlanta urged repeal of the Sherman silver law, arguing it harms financial interests and opposes free coinage at current ratios. A substitute was offered, and the resolutions were sent to committee from each congressional district for final action.
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Georgia
Savayxan
Georgia Bankers Association
T. B. Neal
Awanta
Clearing House
E. A. Bardell
Savannah
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Loving & Hightower
Alaska
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Robert A’ Mosely, Jr
District of Alabama
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W. J. Matthews
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Colored Baptists
Colored Baptist State Convention
Be, K. Love
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Cas
Harry Jackson
Harry Hill
Bill
Horace Owens
Redwine
Tncape
Hedwine
Mellwine
Washington
Ey I. Wade
Fur
Wastixeton
A. D. Shaw
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Treasury Department
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