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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1899
Page
4
The text appears to report on the Ometal Organ entities for Americus Sumter Webster and Path county commissions representing the 20th Congressional District. It notes organizational roles and regional alignment with the district, indicating a municipal or county commission context.
A sprawling 1899 summary from Americus Georgia surveys Paris cabinet life and long standing annexationist views from Admiral Dewey. It covers J. C. 8 Blackburn, William J Bryan, and Kentucky convention support for free silver, while Alger aims to starve Philippine resistance with canned beef. Notes a Louisville bourbon shortage, Democratic State Convention, and Europe’s placid mood amid Hague Peace Congress and Paris Venezuela arbitration. The item satirizes Southern colonization dreams, McKinley’s potential running mate William Whiting, and cotton mill competition advantages for the South. Mentions a Louisville coon dog suit and a judge’s chamber crowd.
The Georgia state tax commission met in the senate chamber with all members present. Ed L Wight announced open sessions would be voted against by Dodson while Ellis pressed for executive sessions citing confidentiality and public interest concerns. The panel plans a three to four week schedule revising tax laws, aiming to recover missing state revenue.
The Nashville American notes Theodore Roosevelt’s Kansas journey and his informal greeting to Lt. Parker at San Juan Hill. It contrasts his mob-friendly style with formal governor’s dignity and discusses Roosevelt’s broad reach from author to civil servant, Rough Rider, and potential president.
Mention of Tutt's Liver Pills as a dependable remedy for sick headache sour stomach malaria indigestion torpid liver constipation and bilious diseases. Quote from President J Pope Brown of the Georgia Agricultural Society cited in testimony before a Washington industrial commission about southern conditions.
A Dalton Argus letter asserts editors face hostility from readers who demand honesty about others while shielding their own faults. The writer praises Henry Dear for fairness, claiming a paper that treats all equally is impossible, yet one that avoids deliberate offense serves truth without personal wounding.
The passage urges speaking to ease weariness and grief, proposing talk on faith and healing rather than endless doom. It counsels declaring belief in God or self or pushing silence if faith is absent, and discourages dwelling on illness as a gloom-laden theme.
The Savannah Press notes the US Attorney General wants another year to decide if Captain Carter was properly sentenced. The piece comments on frequent Carter-like cases in Georgia towns, noting frauds go unpunished more often than the Oberlin Carter case. It also mentions Teddy Roosevelt touring the West and William McKinley summoning Mark by cable.
A 1899 notice from Americus Ga announces creditors to present notes and claims against The People's National Bank of Americus. The paragraph also references Dr Sawyer and remarks by Rev Samuel C Dean about masculinity and health remedies, dated April 15 1899.
The above bank has been succeeded by the People’s Bank of Americas, which assumes all liabilities and assets and business with some officers. W. H. Statvons, Pres’t, Apr 15 w 2mo.
Private notice sells at courthouse to highest bidder July 12 1899 for repairs by the Americus Buggy Co. Watt appears as a location or name in the fragment.
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