10 Jun 1909
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
1
Leslie Ga June notes visitors from Lakeland and Carters Fla. Families and students attend school commencements and plays. The Leslie High School exercises featured children, the town hosted Three Hats performances, and Smithville jeeps beat Leslie 12 to 7 at DeSoto Park.
Smithville Ga June 9 residents and guests mingle as Mrs Turker and daughter Georgia Lon of Plains visit Mrs R P Johnson and Miss Jessica Philioe returns from Americay. Edith McKenney and Margaret Barton vacation in Leesburg. Little Mildred Goodroe hosts friends. Fancy Work Club meets with Miss Lorena Cobb. Leslie Home Talent performs Three Hats. Smithville baseball beats Leslie 12 to 0. Dr W A Mason returns to Macon after preaching at Baptist church.
Ellaville notes list visitors and travelers including June Felder of Cordelo Ruth Carr of Buena Vista and relatives from nearby towns. Local families such as the Bridges Strange Baldwin and Crane clans were seen hosting shopping trips trips and short visits across Ellaville Americus Butler Shellman and Columbus with travel to Macon and White Sulphur Springs noted.
Residents and visitors share news of travel visits and social events. Mrs Ona Jarman returns to Eatonton after a month with relatives. J T Bickel assumes Prison Park duties in Byron. Wm J McAfee moves to Blufton Ind. with family. Community glimpses include weddings, visits, excursions to the National Cemetery, and church services.
Regular correspondent notes rains hinder berry canning efforts while families travel to Smithville and Columbus. Local names include Turner, Salter, Brinkley, Raburn, Jones. one man taken ill and cared for at home. social plans and a new cat thrashing machine affecting the area.
Fragmentary text describes a herbal remedy product titled Mother Gray’s Australian Regulator. It mentions a preparation for women and children, with price and mail order note, but details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note describes a medical man who cites apples as a costly cure for alcohol use and compares it with prunes as a possible alternative. The piece lightly questions the practicality and expense of the suggested regimen.
A fragmented ad text promises big reductions and asks readers to join a regular monthly account with the store. The readable lines imply a sales pitch offering substantial discounts across items.
A reflective vignette contrasts romantic spring imagery with domestic labor as a husband endures chores his wife assigns, including painting kitchen doors, cleaning rugs, waxing floors, and mending the fence. The piece blends poetic longing with everyday chores from a Louisville Courter-Dispatch perspective.
Local residents announce graduations engagements and visits. Julius Lunsford earns law honors at Mercer University and plans to locate in Knoxville Tennessee. Other items include Miss Annabel Kida visiting from Americus, Mrs. Fussell's newborn son George Christian, and multiple calls on friends in Columbus, Plains, Milledgeville, and Richland.
June 9 rough localcolumn reports community happenings. Names include J G Israel improving and Walter Thomas planning another party next Friday. Wiggins, Renz Israel, Williams families visit Huntington and Bodford. Earl Croxton in Americus. G Wigxing with brother near Huntington.
Miss Kate Campbell of Athens visits Mrs. R. A. Shy at her Brannon Avenue home as shoppers anticipate Ansley’s big circular sale promising summer outfits.
In Washington on Thursday, Wilbur and Orville Wright will be awarded gold medals by the Aero Club of America in recognition of their aeronautic achievements. The ceremony will take place in the East Room of the White House with the President presenting the honors.
Ansley's announces a big reduction sale explaining it moves goods for reasons of its own. The notice implies significant discounts and a clear aim to clear inventory without referencing specific products or prices.
Vice-President Ball named Congressman bitrate as arbitrator in talks between the Georgia Railroad and striking firemen. Manager Scott has not appointed a representative. The dispute now appears certain to be settled by arbitration.
A notice cites a $90 reward in a murder investigation involving a suspect named Wearswashee and mentions F. Goss Chalk Com Cole and others. The item lists ages and terms, prompting readers to provide information leading to an arrest or conviction.
Plains Georgia reports the Western Conference of the Lutheran Synod of Georgia meeting with sermons by Rev. W. C. Schaeffer and Rev. J. M. Austin. The article notes social events, arrivals home from college, and many town residents attending the Smallpiece-Howard wedding, with several locals listed as attendees.
In Albany area news, Misa Mattle Lewis Colling plans to guest with relatives before a brief return to her husband in Haralson. Ruth Austin left Friday for Pinehurst to visit friends. Daw son residents Jesse Ranch and Thad Wise attend the American Medical Association in Atlantic City. Will Tedder and W T Wilson visited Plains and DeSoto residents reported visits with local families. Emma Dukes visits her parents, James and Mrs Dukes, and Mota Bass of Leslie visits her father Tom Walters nearby.
In Macon Georgia on June 9 1900 the Savannah Augusta and Northern railroad may be sold unless it raises three hundred thousand dollars to repay contractor W J Oliver. Judge Speer had ordered payment by June ninth and lawyers have been in consultation but funds are not expected.
Georgia peaches headed to New York sold for two dollars and fifty cents a crate fancy and two dollars twenty five cents common. The greensboro variety from Marshallville led the shipment. Col. Ed B. Hornady hosted a gathering of American friends yesterday in Atlanta.
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