Local News Snippets From Americas and Nearby Areas
Random short news items from Americas include updates on local residents, business moves, and upcoming events. Notables: B H Slappey recovering from paralysis, Allen taking a position at Wheat Ansley, and the Confederate veterans reunion planned for Macon with a Memphis delegation. State school officials announce a June 1 teachers’ examination date and October 21 for veterans’ reunion preparations.
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Americas
Macon
Assatian
Tom Lane
Glenns
Neral
AssEMBLE IN COLUMBUS Seventh Annual Sheriff Delegation
Auctions will send a goodly delegation to the Seventh Annual Convention of Georgia Sheriffs clerks of court city courts police chiefs town marshals and solicitors general of the superior and circuit courts to be held in Columbus on the second Wednesday in July.
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Ivorgia
Ferror
Colum' Levinaing
Americas Eyes Cannery Plant Venture For Small Investors
A citizen with faith and land invites partners to form a fruit canning plant in Americus, needing 350 to 500 dollars for machinery. A factory site on the railroad front and ample lumber exist, with a prospect of operation within weeks if a local investor can be found. Also promoted is Tabler Buckeye Pile Ointment for piles and related conditions.
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Americus
Times-Recorder
Fort Valley
Postoffice
Americas
Western Meats Plant Opens as Distribution Center
SHIPMENT OF WESTERN MEATS, Americus, becomes a distributing point for Armour Packing Company. Products include dressed pigs and beef, mutton, hams, sausages, loins, lard, and bulk meat. Johnson & Harrold provide a ventilated depot. W. C. Clayborne named local agent. John Felder, Jr. city salesman already active.
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Americus
Armour Packing Company
Johnson & Harrold
W. C. Clayborne
John Felder, Jr
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Testimonials in Toledo
A historical advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh case and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure priced at 75 cents per bottle. It cites endorsements from F J Cheney and local wholesalers Walding Kinnan Marvin, asserting internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and urging testimonials and family pills.
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Hall
Cheney
Toledo
Mall
Amoret G Cobb Weds Samuel R Sims At Local Baptist Church
A wedding planned for Thursday evening unites Mrs Amoret G Cobb and Mr Samuel R Sims at Farlow Lawn Baptist Church. The ceremony will be intimate with only relatives and close friends present. the couple will live at 413 Lee Street after the ceremony.
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Amoret G. Cobb
Samuel R. Sims
Farlow Lawn Baptist Church
Jas. Taylor
Lee Street
Birds of Passage and Varied Local Notices
A long, mixed local items page notes social visits in Huntington, Albany, Macon, and Pelham, with several brief mentions of travelers, visitors, and hosted guests. It also advertises Herbine digestion aid and Ballard's Snow Liniment, and reports a May 12 Pretoria dispatch about Granfell action and Boer casualties.
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Lupos
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Granfell
Lows Trichart
Advertised Letters in Americus Post Office 1901
May 15 1901 Americus Georgia list of unclaimed mail matter remaining on hand not called for within 14 days will be sent to dead letter office. Names include Mary Bagby A M O Clermons Patient Jackson John Oliver Joe Spivey Mr Neal Stead Callia Thomas Ells Trosbir M W Wyatt Emma Whitehead Master Enoch Salimon Jas Ssura Postmaster.
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Americus
Balow
Washington
B—Brooke
Mary
Bagby
A. M. O—Clermons
J—Jackson
June
Jones
John
O—Oliver
Joe
S—Spivey
Neal
Stead
T—Tall
Constipation remedy Herbine offered by John R Hudson
An old advertisement touts Herbine as a natural remedy for constipation. It claims small doses regulate excretory functions with no further aid needed. Price listed as 50 cents.
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John R, Hudson
Shiver Named to Credentials and Reports Committee
Mr J W Shiver was appointed by Milton E Smith grand chancellor of Georgia Knights of Pythias as a member of the committee on Credentials and Reports for the Grand Lodge session in Brunswick next week He has served as a Grand Lodge officer for four years and will travel with Mr J B Annley as representatives of Cooper Lodge of this city
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J. W. Shiver
Milton E. Smith
Georgia
Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge of Georgia
Brunswick
Shiver
Grand Lodge
J. B. Annley
Cooper Lodge
Thin City
Presidential party on Pacific coast to attend Stanford
President McKinley plans to travel west and attend the Stanford commencement while his wife recovers from illness. Secretary Long may depart for the east, and rumors of cabinet changes are denied. A dawn fountain unveiling and a bay crossing are noted along with medical cautions for Mrs McKinley and the Long family.
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San Francisco
McKinley
Market
Battery Strestand
Bay
Golden Gate
Stanford University
Ben Frischen
Long
Hoe
Colorado Springs
SY An
Secretary Long
Mia
Ace Hotel
Longs
Reprimanded Father Crisis Turns Tragedy in Washington
A Tacoma report recounts a grief-stricken father reprimanding his 16 year old son for a minor offense at Laconner. The boy shot his father during the confrontation and then killed himself with a pistol, the Everett dispatch notes.
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Tacoma
Everett Saynt
John Fay
Bentile Bridge Company
Laconner
Washington
Sof
Bank Vault Robbery and Related Ads in Murrayville
Robbers blew open the Hart County Deposit Bank vault in Muroresville Kentucky, taking about $3,000 plus valuables. The vault suffered nitro glycerine damage. three private boxes were looted and no clues left. The extent of damage remains undetermined. Also a Corn Market note reports George H Phillips delivering corn contracts, cornering price, with reference to past deals and sales.
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Muroresville
Hart County Deposit Bank and Trust Company
Porto Ricans Fettered by Cockfighting Ban in San Juan
San Juan May 14 Attorney General Harlan ruled cock fighting illegal but not enforceable as a regular military order. The police chief favors limited enforcement, noting cockpits would be raided only on complaints, and insists long-standing customs will persist despite the ban. The decision leaves Puerto Rico’s principal recreation unsettled as baseball begins to rise.
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San Juan
P. R
Harlan
Society For
Porto Rico
Fetcher
Seed Cotton Wanted for Test Exhibit at Planters Compress
Seed cotton of any quantity is wanted at the Planters Compress for a test of a Lowry round bale press. Highest market price paid. Public notice will follow when the test is made, date to be announced. Intended to benefit ginners and planters in this section.
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Planters Compress Co
Cook Brothers
Americus
Lowry
Southern Presbyterians Open General Assembly Amid Arrivals
The Southern Presbyterians report large arrivals for the General Assembly opening tomorrow. About 200 people are expected at the start. Visitors are housed in local homes, with a general reception set for Thursday evening. The ten day sessions will begin with an opening sermon by Rev. M Woods of Memphis.
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General Assembly
Jarrtz Roc
Ae Presbyterian Assembly
Hove
NM Woods
Memphis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sprief
B. H. Slappey
I Allen
Atgomery
Wheat & Ansley’s
Igis
Confederate Veterans
Sumter
Colef. Hawkine
C. A. Evane
United Confederate Vet
Coussen
Johnr Hudsoo
L. Hawkins
Citizen
Col
S. H. Hawkins
Gol
Hawking
Prather
Miller
Junkius Hae
Hue
Columbus
John R. Hudson
Armour's
8. R. Sims
Huyler
Hopsox
Miss Nunn
Huntington
D. 0. N. Burkhalter
Albany
Crawford Wheatley
Jarrett J. Wilson
City
M. L. Myrick
Shelbyville
Tennessee
Pitt Baldwin
Miles Baldwin
Marshallville
Phil McKay
Middlesboro, Ky
Capt
C. W. Felder
Will E. Hawkins
Atlanta
Samuel H. Hawkins
Emmett McNalty
Annie Council
Dawson
Will
Jobo R
Audeon
Ballard
John R. Hadeon
South Africa
Ash
Druccists
Pacific Coast
Charles Emory Smith
H. Clay Evans
United States Commissioner of Pensions
B.B. B
Blood Balm Co
Atlanta, Ga
Waite
Caiiaco
George H. Philips
Jase Stgest 'Prise
Coster-Martin
Davin E H. Monory
Newark
Benone Eatons
Remedy Company
Chisege
Montreal
New York
Southern Presbyterians
Nexi
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