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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1900
Page
4
Dainty figured wash goods entice with fashion forward fabrics for summer. Calicos Percales Zephyr gingham novelties and madras cloths feature fast colors, fine textures, and affordable yard prices. Linen do Inde Persain Lawns and laces offer elegant options, with numerous patterns and widths to suit dresses, skirts, and waists.
A favorable outlook for farmers across Sumter predicts a bumper grain harvest, especially wheat and oats, with minimal damage from recent cold. Large acreages and knee high wheat near Americus signal strong yields, while corn planting increases and hog and hominy prospects remain bright. No all cotton year despite expectations.
A passerby found the body of Bob Felton, sixty, an invalid, in a water-filled ditch along Wynn Street. The death appears from a nocturnal fall into the ditch, with coroner’s inquest returning a verdict in line with the stated facts. An old medicinal advertisement for Green's August Flower follows.
The region faces millions at stake as frost risks threaten peach, plum and pear crops. Morning temperatures neared freezing with thin ice in low areas, prompting fears among fruit growers about potential ruin if a severe frost continues. The weather improved briefly after noon, but a heavy frost was forecast by the weather bureau.
An illustrated advert promotes a Barcelona reader’s winter in Aiken and a tonic claimed to cure nerves and kidney troubles, priced at 50 cents. The cotton market section notes small declines and slight recoveries with May at 9.00 and August at 9.44. A headline touts Dr King’s New Life Pills for headaches, with a money back guarantee. Also mentions Wollford’s Sanitary Lotion for itching and local pharmacist deliveries in Americus, Georgia.
The Schumann Concert Company is billed as the best attraction of the season under the Lyceum. Americans who love refined music anticipate a fine program of vocal and instrumental pieces next Monday evening, presented by a leading organization praised for past entertainments. A notable health note promotes Foley's Kidney Cure via Davenport Drug Co.
Two dozen ladies full size handkerchiefs with colored borders go on sale at five for a penny per buyer. The sale runs Monday and Tuesday, offering bargain prices in a local sale notice.
A large crowd is expected next Thursday night as the Labadie company presents Faust with elaborate scenery and electrical effects. Opera selections from the grand Faust will be performed by Prof. Claude E. MacArthur. Prices for the production are 50 cents, 75 cents, and 1 dollar.
An Athens company will build an electric power plant at Tallahassee shoals eight miles from Athens on the Oconee river. One hundred thousand dollars will be spent to establish the plant, capable of 1000 horsepower, to be rented to Athens manufacturers. Also, several carloads of Georgia cattle were shipped via Americus to Port Tampa and Cuba, while unrelated ads for medicine and tax receiver duties appear in the same text.
Firefighters were called at 10 o'clock yesterday morning to Forrest street for a small blaze caused by a misfit stovepipe and a falling spark. The incident occurred at the home of James Russell, a well known colored merchant, and the damage was minimal as the fire was quickly extinguished. The report notes a nominal result with no injuries.
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