Weathered Town Notes Reflect Spring and Markets
A miscellany of Americus items notes spring weather, cotton price shifts, fruit blossoms, and local sales days. Mentions Mr. Will P. Page with pneumonia, county business, factory prospects, and police exams. Includes brief quips, ads, and medical cures, all in a brisk town column tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will P. Page
Americus
G. L. Williams
Board of Examiners
Albany
Police Commission
Qordele
Windsor Hotel
Honest Medicines For Grippe And Cough Cures
A collage of testimonials touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and other tonics as cures for grippe coughs colds and stomach weakness. Advertisers claim rapid relief from bronchitis throat and lung issues and promote local druggists in Americus Ga Davenport Drug Co and others. The notice rallies readers to seek these remedies for immediate results amid sweeping health claims.
Sale of Unclaimed Freight at Americus Depot
A public sale of unclaimed freight from multiple consignors will be held at the railway’s Americus freight station on March 29, 1900 at 9:00 a.m. Items listed include books, boxes, hardware, groceries, machinery, clothing, and various goods from numerous Savannah to Chicago tied consignments. Unpaid freight charges and advertising costs must be settled to recover property. proceeds benefit the railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiral Dewey
Georgia
Alabama
Americus
Ellabelle
WB & P
McBachinson
Helena
Eldrid
Chicago
Ailey
Germany
Columbus
Fenkina
Cobb, Ga
F Wardlaw
George Oliver
Albert P. Mack
Hosenbars
Gohan & N
Bandie O'Brien
Chesson
Nashworthy
Rochelle
Gaborate
C&s
Maurk
Au Trange
Lyons
Mc Lendon
Gress Lumber Bo
Kramer
Bow Griffin
Cordele
F Jordan
Fitzgerald
P Boman
Andrew Halling
Inter
Sioa
Hee Ritzeeralda
Fareg& CoSwaine Boro
Glenn Gay
Kora
Abbeville
J.B Bitterman
Hiala
Troy
Ala
Nellwood
Edenfield
Birds of Passage Coming and Going
Short notes record social visits and homecomings in Americus area. Mentions Miss Mamia Clark at home after Lumpkin trip, Mrs. Lee Childers from Montezuma, J. P. Cooper of Perry with friends, Miss Mattie Stanfield returning from Downson, Mrs. L. A. Flynn from Letohatchee, Charlea L. Ansley from New York, Miss Easia Roebuck from Oglethorpe, Mrs. E. B. Hornady and Mrs. DeWolff from Ellaville, Major and Mrs. J. H. Black visiting Americus from The Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ae Garden
Hudson's
Mamia Clark
Lumpkin
Lee Childers
Montezuma
J. P. Cooper
Perry
Misa Mattie Stanfield
Downson
L. A. Flynn
Letohatchee
Ala
Charlea L. Ansley
New York
Easia Roebuck
T. B. Hoyt
Oglethorpe
E. B. Hornady
DeWolff
Ellaville
Major
J. H. Black
Plains
Americus
Backien Arabs Salve Promises Skin Eruption Cure
A vintage advertisement touts Backien Arabs Salve as a universal skin cure. It claims to treat eruptions and a wide range of conditions from fevers and ulcers to boils corns and warts. Sold by E Eldridge druggist for 250 abox with a cure guaranteed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Backien
Eldridge
Desirable Elm Street House Sold to Dr L F McLaughlin
Dr L F McLaughlin purchased the beautiful residence on the Lawn at the corner of Farlow and Barlow streets adjoining the Matthews property and will move in soon, describing the location as one of Americus most desirable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. McLaughlin
Farlow and
Barlow Streets
Matthews
Elm Avenue
Americus
Tutt's Liver Pills Promote Health For Lifelong Benefit
Tried Friends Best. For thirty years Tutt's Pills have proven a blessing to be invalid. Are truly the sick man's friend. A Known Fact For bilious headache, dyspepsia sour stomach, malaria, constipation and all kindred diseases. TUTT'S Liver PILLS AN ABSOLUTE CURE. For the first time the best may ere, art may persuade and novelty spread out its charms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tutt
A Good Cough Medicine for Children
A Virginia baker P Moran praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy for children and says it cured bad coughs and whooping cough without opium or harmful drugs. It is sold by J B Hudson and Dodsons Pharmacy with a note of endorsement from a local druggist. The rest of the text shifts to unrelated testimonials and quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Waitt
South Gardiner
Chamberlain
Gough
J. R. Hudson
Dodson
Chamberlain's
P. Moran
Poftersburg
J. B. Hudson and
Good Enough for Chinamen Mardi Gras Tale
City Attorney James Taylor relates a Paris or New Orleans tale aboard a Pullman. The Chinese Minister to the United States is depicted as a hotel guest during Mardi Gras. A negro porter quarrels with the minister over drink, saying ice water is fine for all, and the minister ends up taking water and going to bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James “Taylor
New Orleans
United States
Crescent City
Taylor
Sahara
The Grading of Lee Street
A Lee street residents group urged council to grade and curb the street between Lamar and Farlow. Council ordered the work to begin as soon as possible. The vote on filling four board of education vacancies was deferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Street
Lamar
Farlow Streets
Board of Education
Hall's Great Discovery cures kidney and bladder troubles
Texas readers report a single bottle remedy for kidney and bladder issues and offer testimonials from J King in Vicksburg Mississippi in 1898. A Kansan letter praises Foley's Honey and Tar for grippe coughs and colds from Davenport Drug Co. Nature quotes on life cycles appear amid ads and pamphlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicksburg, Miss
Hall
J. King
E. Presson
Pressonville
Kans
Foley
Davenport Drug Co
Early 20th Century Patent Medicine Ad Promotes Pain Balm
An old advertisement promotes DeWitt's Pain Balm and other remedies for rheumatism and various ailments. It praises instant relief after two applications, cites testimonials from a Vindicator editor in North Carolina, and warns against counterfeit witch hazel salves and dubious products. It mentions local sellers J.R. Hudson and Dodson's Pharmacy and touts Benton logic from Davenport Drag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutherforston
N.C
Vindicator
Chamberlain
Dodson
Absent From Offices Till Further Notice
A brief notice stating the author will be away from their offices until further notice. The message addresses McKen and is signed with initials Dx. No dates or locations are provided. The tone is formal and service-oriented, intended to inform colleagues of the temporary absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKen
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Whitley Grocery CO
Ballard
Dre. J, Eldridge
Sein
Fa Danas
Patsils
Patty
Americus Furniture
AND
Cchawkins
IE Peoples. Bank
Americus, Ga
Tumnus
W.H. Simmons
Ners Jaa As
Wann
Johnson & Harrold
Cy Wty
Camm
Lev
Towest
Americas Ice Factory
Capreity
Correatoadepent & Ice
Bears
Icastoria
George D. Wiliam
Manchester
Mich
Hoasya
E. J. Eldridge
Wm. Orr
Newark
Esus
W. A. Rombert
de White
W.E. Sitter
W. Caton
N.Y
W. A. Rembert
Davenport Drag Co
Castonia
Savannah
Calvin Zimmerman
Milesburg
No- Man's Land
Tase Ot
G. Vasher
Good Street
Foley's
Cc. Daven‘port Drag Co
Harriet- Evans
Hinsdale
Opee
Ardeo
Birds OF
Americas
Doman
Anys E
Hartgerink
Overisel
W. A. Hembert
casTonra
Erie
Js Newton
Pallman Porter
Texas
W. Hall
Manu
Wee Eenbert Braga
Hecate
de Witt
Rembert
Secinarias
Sous
DeWitt
Hohbad
Kinney
Leeda Adam
Davenport
Barrett
Sherlock. .&;Co
Jackson Street
Finninger Company
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