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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1900
Page
4
GEO. D WHEATLEY presents bold advertising centered on The Reasonable Profit. The copy promises fair pricing and honest value as the store prepares for a new season with fresh merchandise. The tone appeals to fair minded customers with emphasis on profit and practicality.
A column lists local residents and relatives traveling or visiting elsewhere. Mrs J M Fagan travels to Columbus to join her husband in a new home, Miss Jessie Morgan heads to Atlanta for two weeks, Mrs W J Noyes to Cedartown for weeks with relatives, Miss Mamie Carter visits Jennie Carter in Vienna, and others move between Yazoo, Buena Vista, Dawson, Monticello and the area while social notes mention Hudson's Drag Store specials.
The piece notes robust business for Hanes in Americas with supply dealers taking a larger share of trade. Farmers face higher costs for corn, meat, bagging, and cotton ties amid rising prices and a strong farm market. Wheat flow will increase as crop quality lags and regional demand grows.
A broad ribbon sale announces prices from 8c to 20c per yard with a 19c sale price on all yards. Silk ribbons in 4 to 7 inch widths, checks, stripes, taffetas and hemstitched varieties fill the assortment, plus complementary offers on organdies, dimities, and French linens. Footwear and shirts are also promoted at deep discounts, with limited quantities per buyer.
Hon E B Lewis returns from Washington to address Dooly County voters at Cordele Opera House tonight. He will defend his stewardship and refute charges by Judge Fort and allies while appealing for support from the local community. The notice also promotes Dr King’s New Discovery with free trial bottles offered locally.
Local items recap recent town happenings from rain delays to new services at the artesian well and Central depot. Notes mention a Buena Vista Sunday schools picnic, ongoing embezzlement trial among Atlanta society circles, rising robberies, and assorted town improvements. Prices for meat and cotton bagging are listed, with references to a knitting mill, Allen House, and a new street sprinkler. Charles Perry remains at large as search continues for the runaway driver. Advertisements promote Green's Angust Flower and second hand piano offerings.
Montezuma mayor J E Hays wins Macon county support for the senate seat in the Thirteenth district. The Times Recorder congratulates the senator elect and notes his business background and potential as a strong, popular member of the Georgia senate.
The note states the speaker will be absent from the studio until further notice and asks readers to save their babies until her return. It mentions using remedies and references Gyrup of Figs by the California Fig Syrup Co as a simple remedy.
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