Times Recorder Official Organ for Americus and region
The Times-Recorder Americus Ga announces its status as the official organ for the city Sumter County Webster County and the Railroad Commission for Georgia s 44th district with subscription options and contact details for Marie Louise Myrick editor and business manager.
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Times-Recorder
Americus
Marie Louise Myrick
Sumter County
Webster County
Railroad Commission of Georgia
Georgia Campaign Notes and Political Jabs Across Counties
A compilation from Georgia papers on political campaigns in May 1902. Mentions Sampson’s passing, Terrell for governor, the Forsyth speech impressing voters, a Waycross citizen poll favoring Terrell, and 1898 primary results with Candler, Berner, and Atkinson. Also notes Sam Jones backing Guerry and Hawes’s defeat by G. K. Brown for Stewart Superior Court clerk, with G. Y. Harrell named representative nominee.
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Candler
Berner
Atkinson
Stewart
F. Hawes
That
G. K. Brown
G. Y. Harrell
Hell Roaring Jake nickname taints General Smith image
The Savanna Press labels General Jacob J. Smith with the provocative nickname Hell Roaring Jake. The piece compares him to Sherman era clashes and inflames memories of Civil War era violence.
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Savanna Press
Hell Roaring
Jake
Jacob J. Smith
Ant
Bumter's Twenty One Nobles and County Office Cards
The Americas Times Recorder prints a near full column of candidate announcements, totaling twenty one cards for county offices. If this proportion holds statewide, about three thousand county offices would exist.
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the Americas Times-Recorder
Thousane
Wanamaker Advertising Expenditure Sets Remarkable Record
The article explains John Wanamaker’s massive ad spending, paying newspapers nationwide about 1,000 dollars daily for ads, with annual totals around 222,500. It notes contracts with the Macon Evening News the Ledger North American and Evening Telegram, and details a failed bid to renew with the Record before Liz Bros accepted a page at 112,500 for a year.
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John Wanamaker
Macon Evening News
Wanamaker
The
Ledger
North American
Evening Telegram
Liz Bros
Terrell praised as clean candidate by Elberton Star
An Elberton Star opinion hails Terrell as a clean political figure and Christian gentleman. The piece says he has no sympathy for corruption, leads on a high plane, and commands strong support from Georgia suffrage voters. It predicts he will win the nomination on the first ballot when votes are counted on June 5.
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Mr. Terrell
Georgia
Terrell
Elberton Star
Georgia Fine Governor Praise From Graves in Macon
Hon. John Temple Graves, in a Macon Telegraph interview, voiced strong support for Joseph M. Terrell for Georgia governor. He lauded Terrell as one of the purest and best men in Georgia, a loveable and brilliant self-made conservative, capable of making Georgia a splendid governor, while noting friendship with Guerry.
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Macon
John Temple Graves
Macon Telegraph
Graves
Joseph M. Terrell
Joe Terrell
Guerry
Georgia
Negroes Fight for Suffrage Before Alabama Supreme Court
Wilford H. Smith of New York filed a mandamus petition in the Alabama Supreme Court to force Montgomery County registrars to register Jackson W. Giles and other qualified Negroes. The suit challenges the grandfather and understanding clauses of the constitution as unconstitutional, arguing registrars denied registration to about 75,000 qualified Black voters. Affidavits from several counties support the claim of widespread denial based on race.
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Alabama
State Supreme Court
Montgomery
Ala
Wilford H. Smith
New York
Supreme Court of Alabama
Montgomery County Board of Registrars
Jackson W. Giles
Giles
New Pipe and Foundry Co to Start in Bessemer
The American Pipe and Foundry company filed articles of incorporation in Birmingham Alabama on May 7. Capital stock stands at 100 dollars with W J Long T insn and Fr C Mead as principal incorporators. The face of business will be in Bessemer making and selling iron pipe hydrants valves car wheels and all other foundry work. The firm reserves the right to acquire coal and mineral lands and operate commissariat. Long recently secured a sewer contract in Bessemer worth over 49000.
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Bessemer
Ala
Birmingham
American Pipe and Foundry Company
W. J. Long
T. ¥. Hustinsn
Fr. C. Mead
Long
Hessemer
Advertised Letters at Americus Post Office 1902
Complete list of unclaimed mail matter on hand in Americus Georgia noting many names and initials. A 14 day deadline precedes sending items to the dead letter office in Washington.
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Americus, Ga
Americus
Washington
B—Bizsor
More
O—Cooper
Bull
Carr
Mre
Ida
Calledge
Tara
D—Davis
Mise
Addie L
Davis
W. TY
Daniel
Will
Decrard
E.L
Dorman
Free
Mystic Cure For Rheumatism Claimed To Cure In Three Days
Mortox L. Hunt of Lebanon Indiana reports his wife suffered widespread inflammatory rheumatism for six weeks and eight doctors with no relief until using Mystic Cure for Rheumatism. He says it gave immediate relief and enabled her to walk in three days, claiming it saved her life.
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Mortox L. Hunt
Lebanon
Ind
Fifteen Houses Demolished in Foss Oklahoma Cloudburst
A devastating flood hit Foss Oklahoma May 7 killing six people including two named victims Mrs Butterfield the granddaughter of Mrs Hutchinson and Mrs Morgan and her son. Fifteen houses were carried away and a Choctaw passenger train narrowly escaped the flood waters. Relief was sent from Oklahoma City and other points. In Havana preparations for Estrada Palma’s inauguration are reported with arches paid for by Spanish merchants and local Spanish residents showing support for home rule.
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Foss
Okla
Oklahoma City
Butterfield
Hutchinson
Morgan
Turkey Creek
Washita
Olahoma City
Palma
New York
Benjamin R. Roberts
Artillery Corps
Havana
Estrada Palma
Purchase of Florida Lands by Greensboro Lumberman
Colonel W. S. Thomson, a large mill and lumber man from Greensboro North Carolina, has bought 100000 acres of timber land in Leon and Wakulla counties Florida. He will shortly have sawmill machinery shipped to Tallahassee for installation on the lands to prepare lumber for the market quickly.
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Florida
Jacksonville
Pla
W. 8. Thomson
Greensboro
N. C
Leon
Wekulla
Thomson
Tallaheesee
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Waycross
Bam Jonce
Douglass County
Douglass Breeze
Sam Jones
Branswick News
Bumter
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Bradfield
Bradfield Regulator CO
Avlanta
Denver
John Onorten
Cripple Creek
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Mohawk Valley
Marseilles
A. G. Duncan
Forsyth Street
Shaw’s
Americus. Ga
James Fricker
Star
Jackson St
G. T. Sullivan, Jeweler
Windsor Hotel
Cole
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