02 May 1899
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1899
Page
1
Read at Lee Allen's via W240 window display. Bargains include percales, organdies, dimities, negligee shirts, Nainsook underwear, Wallbrook Derbys at 1.50, various caps, gents patent leather shoes, and a complete line of staple shoes for workers.
An advertisement for the oldest wholesale liquor house in Macon offers a large range of whiskies and spirits. Names include Old Crow, Guckenheimer, Monogram, and Finch’s Golden Wedding, plus brandies, sherries, ports, and clarets. Prices start around $1.25 per gallon, with jug trade emphasized and specials for mail and date orders.
The War Department reports Captain Rockefeller of the Ninth Infantry is missing since April 28 near Caloocan. Personal papers found two miles from the outpost raise fears of capture by insurgents. Rockefeller joined the army in 1861, served through the Civil War, and was a respected officer awaiting a potential major’s promotion.
Beaux May 1 German papers comment on Philippine news and urge U S to stop hostilities. They warn continued fighting harms German commercial interests and cite damages claims against General Otis, who says the Spaniards held Iloilo and will not pay.
A fragmented OCR passage discusses a woman’s duty to think twice, urging self reliance and a man of women who neglects constituents. The text promotes Pierce’s Pleasant a ca Scat as a medicine with a claim that no other pills are as good.
The Rev. Cortland Myers denounced Georgia lynchings during a Brooklyn sermon, calling the acts barbaric and criminal against law and humanity. He urged national unity under the supremacy of the law and warned of a setback to American civilization and prosperity.
Governors Bradley of Kentucky and Candler of Georgia with an official party arrive to dedicate state monuments at Chickamauga park during Chattanooga spring festival. They attend receptions, pageants, a flower parade, and joint dedications with planned events across the festival week. Both states participate in Bentnsky money dedication and Georgia milestone events.
In London and other places naval stores brokers Mr. W T Geddes of Glasgow and Mr. Hole of Moore Hole London confirm a dearth of spirits turpentine abroad. Stocks exhausted or at very low levels with little afloat forcing distributors to seek over 5000 barrels in London as of now.
Ottawa reports a setback to the Pacific cable project linking British Columbia with China and Australia. A public 1885 agreement reveal shows Britain promised no submarine cables with Hong Kong Singapore, hampering the venture and its hoped Hong Kong connection.
George E. Davis stands trial in Bristol Virginia charged with shooting General James M. Walker on March 11 amid a dispute over depositions in the Walker Rhea contends election case. The jury was empaneled last week and Walker testifies at his own trial.
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