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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1901
Page
3
A Milwaukee Journal excerpt questions our willingness to extend leniency to ourselves while judging others. It argues charity is essential, warns against measuring goodness by our own standards, and notes how suspicion can become conviction without justification. It urges humility, fair standards, and adherence to faith, hope, and charity.
After the Civil War the South faced hardship but gradually recovered. It reduced debt by investing earnings from iron and tol mills and cotton profits, while banks filled with capital. North Carolina interest fell, and the region bought more supplies and securities, stabilizing as cotton crops rebound.
The Atlanta papers criticize Governor Candler for hastily filling the Macon circuit solicitorship after Hope Polhill’s death. The Times-Recorder notes Candler moved to appoint Brunson, claimed to favour Polhill’s ally, while the Constitution suggests he acted to avoid favoured candidates. Critics urge truth and honesty from high sources.
A testimonial from Mrs. James Kell of Washington DC claims Swift's Specific cured her severe sciatic rheumatism after other doctors failed. The advertisement promotes the product as a vegetable purifier and tonic with no opiates, offering a free book and free medical advice from Atlanta based Ewick Specific Co.
The nation denounces cadet hazing at West Point as barbaric and dangerous. Public fury grows for academy reform or closure if abuses do not stop, with lawmakers urged to cut funding or end the institution. The piece cites senior cadet admissions and compares practices to prize fighting, urging Congress to act.
Alfred Parsons believed wanted for attempting to obtain funds from Yale President Hadley with a fraudulent bank check. Police tie Parsons to Sidney Lascelles alias Lord Beresford, a Georgia state prisoner once pardoned, linked to prior frauds and a marriage to Misa Clara Pesky of Providence.
A fragment recounts Cleopatra and her brothers ruling jointly under Roman guardianship. Cleopatra grows dissatisfied with her brother's bid for sole power, allies with Julius Caesar, and orchestrates Ptolemy's death. She then weds and poisons another younger brother to rule alone, ending the Ptolemaic era.
Brannigan, disbursing officer to the American Philippine Commission, is named treasurer of the Philippines with a yearly salary of 85000 and bonds of 200000. The report notes U S military actions on Leyte and harbor improvement funding by the commission.
A farmer recounts how a mortgage dispute with the hard Bargain Simmons led to a marriage between Hanner and the narrator. The scheme involved paying off the mortgage with the promise of breaking up Simmons and a land swap, yielding about $1,500 for the narrator. The tale ends with the narrator marrying Hanner to spite Simmons.
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