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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1919
Page
8
In June 7 report from Lamp area, tobacco fields in a neighboring section show promising condition. Harvesting is expected to be vast. many workers are constructing flues and hauling them to new barns under construction. A large tobacco ware nearing completion will be ready before harvest. The crop is described as wide in scope, larger than nearby cotton ware.
Mack Jennings returns from France to be at home. The Reid family and neighbors attend Mek Bush welding in Dawson. Miss Frances Blumer visits Noos Point, while Mrs. Reese Andrews visits via sister Mrs. Davison. Mrs. Timmerman to act as matron of honor at Luther Wire wedding. Mary CARE graduate Jensings at Tift College. Bertha W and Kate Clark attend graduation. Mrs. Carter and Mrs. Thomas host guests. Capt. P. B. Jones among them. Mary Logan noted at Brenau College. Jack Snippey hosts younger set.
An advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a universal remedy for kidney weakness and related pains. It recounts Mrs L. B. Mathews of Oglethorpe Avenue describing long severe kidney trouble and insomnia relieved by the pills, priced 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY runs the ad. A separate mill ad offers lumber, mantels, sash and mill work from INC. W. SHIVER with phone service.
A group of five officers and a YMCA canteen girl on a Bordeaux to Marseilles train, all Southerners from Tennessee Georgia Mississippi Alabama and Texas, chase hot biscuits as a greeting across stops in Toulouse Dijon and Nice. They reminisce about Chattanooga and Oglethorpe while awaiting meals, endure slow service and a later café stop, and finally find hot biscuits in Nice and later at a British tea room near the Jardin public.
Multiple legal notices detail property foreclosures sales, executorships, guardianships, and administrations in Sumter County Georgia. Included are bids on a Hill Street lot with two buildings, probate citations for Charles S Ansley and Minne Fricker Brown estates, a Matilda Dawson property foreclosure, and routine estate actions. Also listed are citations for leave to sell Lorin B Smith's heirs property, and administrator dismissions or commissions for various estates. Further items note debtors, creditors, and guardianship proceedings with court dates in July 1919.
In a novel safety measure a sandpaper band encircles bottles containing poisons to distinguish them in the dark with an opening for their labels. The device aims to prevent accidental poisonings by providing a tactile cue and clear labeling.
Graduation draws near and plans unfold for a yearbook style photo exchange among all classmates. The aim is to keep the group cohesive with a lasting picture history for years to come.
In 1919 notices announce sale of two acre Lee Street property known as City No 720 Lee Street as part of Aaron Durham estate to settle heirs. Court order requires cash sale by administrator H E Allen and executor Richard F Sams, with hearing for leave to sell and a June 12 1919 date. George W Walters seeks permanent administration of J B Dunn estate with June 2 1919 notice.
Notice of public sale under bankruptcy order by Referee In Bankruptcy. Howell Cobb bankrupt one eighth undivided interest in a 300 acre Webster County Georgia tract, bounded by Will Spann Steve Goss Estate C S Stapleton Sallie McCullough Oliver Cobb homestead. Sales on first Tuesday July 1919 at 12:30 pm at Webster County Court House Preston Ga. Trustee: B M Davis. Probate notice for Annie L Page estate administration in Sumter County Georgia by Chas Pryor.
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