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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1899
Page
5
Government microscopist Miss M A Armstrong endorses Paine's celery compound after extensive testing. Proponents claim it cures rheumatism and kidney diseases, purifies blood, regulates digestion, and rejuvenates nervous systems, accessible to every family nationwide with widespread testimonials from users and physicians.
The Orrick Board of Education in Waester County resolves that S R Stevens, county school commissioner, is completely vindicated after a thorough investigation. The board notes teachers submitted no complaints and endorse his administration. It asserts the board alone holds authority to demand resignation and pledges publication of resolutions in the Americas Times-Recorder.
A Sunday afternoon blaze at D C Jones’s Rift sawmill, near Americus, destroyed four large dry kilns and about forty thousand feet of lumber. The watchman’s absence while at church allowed the fire to spread, with the large sawmill spared. Losses are estimated as substantial and insurance status unclear.
A Georgia and Alabama Railway yard worker narrowly survives a wheel crush. Four wheels rolled over his body without breaking a bone. He fell from a moving train onto the rail and was dragged under an empty flat car. Rescue and medical aid followed. severe flesh injuries but no broken bones.
Planters Bank of Americus announces a four story pressed brick and granite structure opposite the county courthouse. Fronting 52 feet on Forsyth and 100 feet on Lee, it will house bank offices, a ground floor store room, upper floors for offices or lodges, and a large fourth floor assembly hall. Cost projected at 25 000 to 30 000 dollars with completion aimed for September 1.
A vintage advertisement touts Tutt's Liver Pills as a cure for sick headache malaria biliousness constipation and related ills. It claims the pills regulate bowels and produce a vigorous body. The copy emphasizes universal restorative effects and urges use for overall health.
Steve Frederick was captured early yesterday near Americus by Deputy Sheriff Bell with Deputy Willis McArthur. He was found in a house five miles south of Americus and taken into custody before he could use a gun. Frederick had killed another man at Fort Valley a year earlier and had dodged authorities until his arrest in Sumter County. He awaits the Houston county sheriff’s arrival today.
The regular meeting will be held Friday May 26 at 10 a m in the county commissioners room. W A Seals will lead a discussion on whether to change the packing cotton system to the round bale. Also note local ads for Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy sold by Dodsons Pharmacy and Hudsons drug store.
In Andersonville a roving Negro known as Bid Chambless played cards with a stranger named George. Chambless was found dead with bullet holes after the game and George fled. Ostoner Duckworth traveled to Andersonville to conduct the inquest into Chambless's death.
Adults with cold symptoms can get a free sample bottle of Byschee's German Syrup by visiting Davenport Drag Co. One bottle per person, no children without parental order. Promotion claims long history, physician endorsement, and a 75 cent bottle price, with sales noted in many civilized countries.
W P Jowers reports crops in good condition but needing rain as he travels from Webster to sell 2,000 pounds of ham raised on his farm. He recently sold 1,000 pounds locally, finds market stocked with home raised meat and little demand. He lives at home with corn cribs and smokehouses full, and his workers enjoy ham and gravy. He shows no concern about money.
The Times-Recorder reported a thirty bushels per acre yield from a small plot on A. W. Smith’s place after careful fertilization and attentive grain planting. Nearby, a sixty acre field near the city sustains a magnificent crop with a northern traveler predicting at least twenty bushels per acre, about 600 bushels worth one dollar each. The article notes potential beyond cotton and urges farmers to diversify.
An advertisement asserts a definitive guarantee that Dodson's Teething Powder will cure diarrhoea dysentery cholera morbus cholera infantum and all bowel ailments in children under three years old and will provide a positive outcome in every case.
A claim that the product will aid digestion remove worms regulate bowels and ease teething. It states the remedy is not an opiate and contains no morphine but reaches the disease’s seat and tones up the system restoring the child to health.
A fragmentary testimonial page from Dodson's Pharmacy cites Mrs. Joan W. Walters of Americus Virginia and Mrs. A J Onecaony praising Odson's Teething Powders for teething pain and infant digestion. The note asserts superiority over rival powders and urges mothers to use them.
A garbled query prompts a dubious claim about curing bilious conditions with no verifiable details or credible source.
Americus Light Infantry seeks space in the coming Planters Bank building for an armory. After years using city hall floor, a committee met with Mr. M. Council. a deal wasn’t closed but soldiers remain hopeful a portion of the new bank edifice may be fitted as their armory.
Testimonial dated March 21 1803 from W R Walker Malt carrier in Américus Georgia praising Dod son's Liver Tone as the best preparation of its kind. He states it has been used for himself and family and recommends it to all.
Multiple Americus parcels and houses on Elm Mayo Jefferson and other streets are ordered sold at the Sumter County sheriff sale to satisfy tax liens for years 1898 1904 1908. Properties include Carrie Bozeman J H Allison Mrs Beak Duncan Nelson Bright E Towerson W C Gray and others with tenants in possession noted.
Public notice of sheriff sales to be held at the usual hours on the next Tuesday at noon. Levy includes the cast half of lot 116 in district 5 Webster County Ga about 101 acres more or less on the property of Harrah A. Goas by virtue of a fifa from the superior court in favor of Mrs. Burrus. Also a six horsepower Frick engine with attachments levied on J R Drew to satisfy a fi fa from Marion superior court. Additional iron and land parcels to be sold at the same time to satisfy tax and tenancy obligations.
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