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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR pricing data shows multiple figures and phrases such as four quarts, prepaid, $3.25 and various decimals. No clear item, date, or organizational context can be determined from the readable text alone.
The Washington Post sent a special rep to Atlanta to study Georgia after going dry two months. The piece cites reduced crime, safer streets, shifting saloon properties, and growing business as Georgia prospers under prohibition, with comments from Thomas B. Sedley and a health ad for Dr Shoop's Restorative.
A fragment titled Song of the Forlorn laments not finding a husband, urging women to seek suitors amid society’s pressures. The verse speaks of matrimony as a prize and the allure of fashionable husbands who can impress in public life.
Americus merchants protest planned discontinuation of Seaboard passenger train No. 76 from Helena to Americus and Columbus. The morning train No. 75, the shoofly, is seen as vital to Americus, Cordele, Abbeville, Leslie, Plains, Richland and Columbus with traders from nearby towns relying on it daily. Local boards of trade pledge action, with possible committee travel to receivers to press retention.
A historical ad style note explains kidney and bladder ailments harm both women and men, urging Swamp Root as a remedy. It claims widespread affliction including children, describes symptoms like painful urination and incontinence, and invites readers to request free samples and a pamphlet from Dr. Kilmer & Co. in Binghamton New York.
Bennie Green, noted young thief in Amer ica, was jailed after a spree that included stealing bicycles, a cow, and poultry. A red rooster from Buchanans aviary was among items targeted. the bird was recovered, leaving only one rooster in the coop. Green is described as highly skilled at stealing and is slated for chain gang duty.
A clipped, oddball OCR snippet hints at a news item in transition, noting data or motion changes and the challenge of clearer wording. The readable fragments suggest a local paper discussing evolving tech terms and language in reporting.
Catalog page lists price drops on 69c gloves, 1000 yards 4-4 sheeting at 8c, 50c-65c table covers, men’s Negligees shirts, W.B. Corsets 1.00 to 2.00, 5c and 50c stockings, 3.98 Panama skirts, 75c knit petticoats, children’s heavy ribbed stockings, 50 dozen linen napkins, and 50c lace collars all marked down this week with specific regular prices and special sale figures.
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