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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1900
Page
6
Hundreds of black residents gathered at the Central depot to buy cheap bundles from a man posing as a humanitarian agent. He sold packages of coffee tea and other items at reduced prices while evading city licenses by arguing interstate commerce. The seller pocketed hundreds as crowds departed with small brown bundles.
A guard from a south Georgia prison camp moved Tom Kemp to Americus to serve a life sentence for killing John Cook two years ago. Kemp, held in Sumter's jail after being captured near Buena Vista, had escaped jail last year and resisted arrest for two hours before surrendering. He talks of the crime hoping for a lighter penalty.
The county board of education met at the courthouse with five members present. They elected W. S. Moore as county school commissioner for the four year fall term, a post he has held for several years and which was awarded without opposition.
Despondency and monthly suffering are linked to ill health of feminine organs. Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is praised by women like Lizzie Coleman of Wayland New York and C D Morris of Boston for easing painful menstruation and general weakness. Readers are urged to seek free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts to prevent further personal decline.
Prosperity of cotton mills in Georgia leads Griffin mill to plan a third enlargement in five years and second in two years. Other Georgia mills also expand to meet growing demand for textiles, proving the industry’s profitability.
Miss Virginia Hollis Hand is hosted by Senator and Mrs. Judson L. Hand at their Pelham home. Invitations dated February 21 announce the event. The Times-Recorder extends congratulations and hopes the child shares her parents’ charm, sound sense, and staunch qualities.
Report from Louisiana notes a substantial bale of cotton sold yesterday for 62.75 dollars to a local black farmer, said to be the largest price in some time. The seller plans to plant a fall crop of cotton.
Mrs Theodore Roosevelt will travel to Cuba from March 8 for a month long study of homes, family life, opportunities, and conditions of the people. She aims to inspect daily life and may share findings with the federal government, reflecting her humanitarian work and prominence.
An advertisement for Dr H Mozley’s Lemon Elixir claims to treat biliousness constipation appendicitis indigestion nervous headaches sleeplessness heart fever chills debility and kidney disease. It is prepared from fresh lemon juice with liver tonics and sold by druggists in 50c and 1.00 packages from Atlanta Georgia.
I am in my seventy third year and suffer from indigestion constipation and biliousness. After failing with advertised remedies I grew weak and wasted. Since using Dr Morley Lem on Elixir I gained twelve pounds in three months and regained appetite digestion and vigor. L J Altprrep Doorkeeper State Senate State Capital Atlanta Ga.
In favorable terms a Salem North Carolina man lauds a medicine as the best for the diseases he was advised to treat. He notes prior trials of many kinds for a woman's ailments and praises this remedy's effectiveness.
A vintage advertisement for Mozley's Lemon Hot Drops by Dr. H. A. Mozley of Atlanta Georgia claims to cure coughs colds hoarseness sore throat bronchitis and lung diseases. Sold by reliable druggists.
Charles J. Knighton, a well known contractor, was assaulted by an unknown negro in Seventh alley. He was thrown to the ground and wounded in the leg by a gunshot after hiding his money. the robber escaped with 25 cents and a watch.
Arguably dated promotional copy touts Tutt's Liver Pills as a timely remedy for sick headache sour stomach malaria indigestion torpid liver constipation and all bilious diseases. This old favorite stresses widespread health benefits.
Georgia plans a large sugar cane crop for 1900 with questions on best cultivation methods soils and fertilizers. The article traces cane origins in the Americas, notes striped cane from Savannah to Louisiana, compares soil types, and cites Dr. W O Stubbs on using the upper third for planting. It covers land preparation planting, fertilization, and expected yields of 20 to 30 tons per acre under favorable conditions.
The Southeastern Cork-root Worm is likely the corn borer described. This half inch larva of a small beetle with 12 black spots bores stalks above the grains. No practical remedy exists, but clean cultivation and liberal stimulating fertilizers help plants resist borers and reduce other pest injuries.
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