14 Jun 1901
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1901
Page
1
An advertisement extols Johnson's Tonic as the antidote to malaria poisoning and the best medicine for restoring health. It argues blood health affects work capacity, urges driving twenty five miles for the product, and contrasts it with cheaper quinine, portraying the tonic as superior and essential for summer health.
A brief sales item announces a price of fifty cents per bottle and urges readers to purchase promptly. The note emphasizes immediate availability and suggests a limited or time-sensitive promotion. It reads like a compact roadside or storefront advertisement.
Bertha Jackson, a missing girl, vanished from her home on Wednesday. The coroner and sheriff continue the investigation into the disappearance with a formal inquiry in progress.
News from Poplar Springs near Decatur reports the body of Bertha Jackson an 11 year old adopted daughter of Flowers found this morning after she vanished last Wednesday afternoon. Authorities including the sheriff and coroner proceed to investigate the death believed a murder.
James Hamilton separated from his wife sought proof for divorce and hired a witness to surveil a house three miles north of Newport Ohio. At 2 a.m. Robert Ary appeared at a rear door. Hamilton shot him, Ary shot himself and died that night.
Albert T. Patrick pleaded not guilty to the murder of Texas millionaire William Marsh Rice when arraigned before Judge Cowling in general sessions. David L. Short and Morris Meyer faced forgery charges related to the case and also pleaded not guilty. All three were remanded to the Tombs with no bail application. The arraignments followed Judge Foster's prior ruling overruling a demurrer.
In Corbin Kentucky a deputy sheriff was killed and police chief mortally wounded during a scuffle as officers attempted to arrest Andy Cox. Cox shot Branham and Wilder before Wilder killed Cox. Wilder died this morning. Also notes Mrs McKinley gaining strength and several U S Navy officers appointed. Shriners elect imperial potentate and set 1902 meeting site.
Georgia Supreme Court rules state public property fund may only be used to pay bonded debt. Treasurer Park cannot borrow to cover teacher warrants, delaying teacher pay until legislature acts. Governor may seek emergency borrowing. Case cited as a landmark in state finances.
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