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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1900
Page
4
Leaves broaden and flowers begin to bloom as the store markets its stock. The ad promises stock ed to meet any reasonable demand with fairness and absolute justice in prices. It claims no humbug in honesty and urges smart shoppers to shop where deals are fair.
The listing describes heavy welt fabrics and novelty piques at yard prices, silk stripes, Irish divinities infant advances, and sheer lawn materials. It markets undergarments including ribbed gauze vests, bleached Jersey underweats with lace, ribbed lisle undervests with elastic wings, and reinforced French yoke pieces.
Increased workload at the railroad shops has led to hiring in several departments. The Florida Central division sends repair work, with three F. and P. engines under repair locally. The first hundred Sea Board Air Line cars produced in America are completed, noted as models. Georgia and Alabama shops employ several hundred men at good wages.
Americus with about 8 000 residents faces a housing shortage as the city sees no vacant dwellings besides a few small cottages in a distant area. A local businessman notes the town must provide more homes to accommodate the growing population and the housing demand remains high.
Mrs Mary Bown of northern Texas visits her brother F G Olyer in Americus this week after nearly three decades since he left England for Georgia. The reunion promises happiness for both siblings.
The fragment mentions interns and patients using a Paine substitute to treat sores burns wounds and headaches. It references prices 25¢ and 0c, and lists names Davis, Willer, and Painter among vendors or users, but details are unclear.
Five hundred remnants of yard wide percales priced at 4c a yard for Monday and Tuesday only. Sailor suits for boys in wash goods at 25c to 65c per suit, with whistles and cords. Men’s shirts in percales and madras at 50c, 60c, and 69c. Remnants of calicoes 2c yard and 69c for a special lot of men’s white laundered shirts. Women’s vests and ribbed vests offered at deep cuts, plus a selection of men’s fine shoes reduced to 298 a pair.
Readers in Americus will get up to date convention news via telegraph and telephone bulletins from Western Union Postal and Bell Telephone. The Times-Recorder notes the 12 o'clock central time start and rapid posts on temporary and permanent organization ballots and results. Bulletins will be posted at the office for reading by all towns in the area.
Movement to form a Georgia state organization and local county clubs to support central leadership at Macon progresses. Emphasis on better cotton marketing as crucial for southern business and farm prosperity. Americus businessmen and Sumter farmers show key interest and cooperation.
Thomas J. Ray, a prominent Dooly county citizen living near Cordele, died Sunday morning after a short illness. He was widely known in southwest Georgia and his funeral prompted Cordele businesses to pause out of respect for the well regarded man.
Prospects point to a fine corn crop in Sumter county as rains benefit young plants. Acreage remains similar to last year when drought shortened the harvest, but farmers anticipate better seasons and a bountiful yield with improved conditions.
An OCR fragment markets Tate Springs Tennessee as a premier southern health and pleasure resort near Chattanooga in the Tennessee Valley. It touts electric lighting, varied amusements, German and American cooks, and cures for indigestion liver stomach bowels and kidneys. Prospective guests are asked to request a 0 page book from Ethos Som Linson, proprietor.
Enumerators in Americas near completion with counts suggesting a population around 8000. Ward totals point to over 3500 in the Third, with First, Second and Fourth contributing well. Last census showed 6300, indicating about 2000 more residents and steady growth. final department release pending further adjustments.
W A Hines of Manchester Iowa recounts a near fatal lung illness followed by a miraculous recovery after using Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption. He credits the remedy with curing his coughs and hemorrhages and insists he would pay $500 per bottle. Eldridge drugstore offers free trial bottles.
A fragment notices a reward offer for a returned pearl and diamond sunburst with Mrs. T. J. Gurr at 221 Taylor. It also mentions a school starting July 2 at 6V7 Church Street with postgraduate courses at hours to suit, in a residence listing Dr E. H. McKee. A separate line advertises a Singer sewing machine for cash from Mrs. Jennie North at Allen House.
A Winterset banker shares a carpenter's relief using Chamberlain's Colic Cough and Diarrhoea Remedy after diarrhoea kept him from work. The ad promotes Hall's Great Discovery kidney and bladder remedy, with regional sellers listed and a closing quip about a poor baseball player and a poor match likely to strike out.
A collage of testimonials for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and Stomach and Liver Tablets, plus endorsements for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and Foley’s Kidney Cleanser. Mentions merchants J. R. Hudson, Dodson’s Pharmacy, and Druggist J. Grosmith from Van Etten New York. Also includes a sprained ankle cure claim and general health tips.
A terse maxim asserts that happiness follows concern for others. It warns self centered individuals that neglecting others' welfare forfeits personal joy. The quote frames ethical reciprocity as a path to personal well being.
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