23 Mar 1894
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1894
Page
1
A feature recalls Hood family care shaping a mother’s resilience and a child’s health. The narrative highlights enduring strength gained through faith and community support in a small town.
A collection of reader questions and expert replies on science religion and finance. Topics include liquid densities ad valorem duties state banks and priestly marriage under American Catholic practice plus a historical summary of Buddha Brahma and Buddhist doctrine and the four truths with brief biographical notes.
The piece discusses Hindu concepts of Brahmanism and Buddhism including reincarnation and the universal soul. It notes Tead Freeman Clarke and references Terrell Texas commentary. It also reports Judge R. N. Jackson selling his river plantation and moving to Atlanta to read law, with hints he may run for congress.
In a London Tit-Bits note Justice Maule reflects on innocence and judgment in a rare courtroom moment. A Savannah business plan by Steve Ryan follows and a moral ramble on dress codes and virtue finishes with a Massachusetts forger who gives money to victims and rejects a pardon to repay the state.
A Heard County fire destroyed the courthouse and all records, leaving only brick walls. Officials report losses to private papers, with Clerk Lane at 300 dollars and Sheriff Lipscomb around 600. Postmaster Lane plans an office in a furniture store as mails resume and government supplies are arranged.
An eccentric preacher in Pennsylvania warns townsfolk that temperance sermons fail with men. He retells a staged pig roasting prank, claiming to expose male hypocrisy by turning a crowd from women to a live pig demonstration. The tale ends with the crowd roaring at the gruesome stunt.
During roll call in the House Mr Reed joked about Kilgore while Mr Talbert of South Carolina shared a sailor story. A mare with a suckling colt died after being shot by a field owner in Cove per Walker County Messenger. Major Joe Blanco of Cedartown says he will not run for governor or any office.
Boniface DeWitt recounts Dr. Talmage preaching at Belleville New Jersey when he memorized a sermon then faced a blank mind. The gas flame failed leaving the church dark as he delivered the benediction with unusual fervor and gratitude.
An old promotional column extols Hood's Sarsaparilla claiming purified blood benefits every organ. It notes Stone Mountain’s granite used for paving miles of streets in multiple cities and cites a large contracted project underway.
A Philadelphia Record recounts Gen. Robert E. Lee meeting his youngest son Bob on the Antietam battlefield after heavy artillery. The boy, dirty and about 17, asks if they will be sent in again, and the general replies he must use him again, recognizing the youth.
A man tries to purchase 100 one cent stamps using 100 pennies insisting pennies are legal tender in any amount. The clerk refuses, the man buys stamps one by one, provoking stalled lines as he repeats the request while stressing he stays within the law.
Advertisement from Toledo Ohio offering one hundred dollars for props from F J Cheney & Co. The brief notice names the company and the item value.
The Carroll county Sunday School Association invites all Sunday Schools to send delegates to the convention at United Baptist church near Hutcheson’s Ferry on April 21 and 22 1894. Delegates are based on one per twenty five members with ex officio members for pastors superintendents and secretaries. All ministers and Sunday School workers are urged to attend and pray for a fruitful gathering benefiting the county’s children.
A tired printer in threadbare garb dreams of a perilous afterlife where Satan shows a torture chamber for debtors who never settle their subscriptions, including red hot irons, molten metals, and boiling waters. He wakes unsure if reality or nightmare.
A memorial notice for Rev W S Tweedell born April 9 1806 dies at Bowdon aged 88. A Baptist church member and minister for decades he preached across Georgia Alabama and Florida and served Mt Carmel Mt Zion Concord Providence Indian Creek Eden and Bowden churches. He leaves four children and many grandchildren. body buried at Bowdon churchyard after funeral led by the Bowdon church pastor.
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