Merchants sale touts cost prices at Shaw’s store
Mercantile Company on Orsyth Street and John R. Shaw’s promotes a unique sale. A young woman will display original bills to prove prices paid in eastern markets. Every item is tagged with cost, with prices shown per yard or per piece and strictly never above cost. Sale runs Friday June 19 at 8 o’clock. A wide range of goods with deeply discounted prices across textiles, apparel, linens, and housewares.
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Americus
Belon
Fruit Here in Plenty and Cheap in Americus
In Americus the fruit season is in full swing with abundant melons berries peaches and apples at low prices. Georgia watermelons and Carmens lead the sales with Elbertas and Belles soon to come. Vegetables like Irish potatoes squash beets carrots and celery also sell briskly while pineapples figs and snap beans add to the varied market offerings. Prices span 5 to 25 cents per item with freshness and variety drawing steady customer demand.
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Americus
Georgia
Florida
Tropics
Quoted Americus Cotton Market and Futures Report
In Americus on June 17 the local cotton market shows dull trading with prices for Good Middling and Middling noted. New York futures closed very steady with a narrow range and small gains reflecting steady demand. Bluebeard’s wives mentioned as a sensational aside in Chicago News.
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Americus, Gs
New York
Trains Return to Albany Route After commuter complaints
Rail schedule reverts to historic pattern. Americus ceases as night train stop and Macon to Albany service resumes via the old timetable. Leaflets tout Americus advantages for homeseekers with low land prices and local industries including mills, factories, and foundries. Taft cites local option logic for liquor laws in a Yale and Bar Association address.
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Central
Americus
Railway Commission
Albany
Macon
Atlanta
Fort Valley
Taft
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Yale University
Burglar Targets Easterlin Bros Store at Andersonville
A Sunday night burglary at Easterlin Bros. in Andersonville left a rear door breached and the safe opened by a rope. Only small articles were taken and the total loss has not yet been determined.
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Easterlin Bros
Andersonville
Taft Supports Local Option Method Says Taft Favorable
Burlington New Jersey June 16 Secretary Taft backs local option, pleasing supporters of the movement. Norman B Hoffman telegraphed the Secretary of War highlighting liquor interests claims that Taft opposed local option.
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Burlington
N. J
Taft
Norman B. Hoffman
Tatt
Sweethearts in Youths Married at 80 Years
Rudolph Ploetz aged 19 wealthy widower and Ursua Hunges aged 80, his longtime sweetheart, eloped from Prairie du Cac. They traveled to Madison Wisconsin where a Justice of the Peace joined them, despite opposition from ex-sons. The pair wed amid intrigue and suspicion of the elder’s estate.
Blind Tom of Georgia Dead in New York
New York report confirms the death of Blind Tom, the famed pianist from Georgia. Born near Columbus in 1850, he rose from slavery to global renown, then lived in obscurity in New York where he died an object of charity.
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Tom
Georgia
New York
Americus
Blind Tom
Columbus
New York City
United States
Central of Georgia to upgrade its lines plans revealed
Reports indicate EB H retains control and will fund major line improvements. Planned work includes grades and straightening curves as part of general upbuilding, with Harriman era changes noted by engineers. A stray line mentions a Chicago hat purchase amid the garbled text.
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Central of Georgia
EB. H
Harriman
Avery
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