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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1901
Page
5
Random local items recount events around Americus with notes on Hosler candies fresh shipments Hopson's Dave Stone legal proceedings and court days Col Edouarde Littleton’s pilgrimage and a town clock strike a rain drenched scene. Vivid references to auctions juries harvests and upcoming pilgrimages appear amid chatter.
Mr I V Wagner leaves for Vance to attend a wedding on Wednesday. He is set to wed Miss Bull, noted as a former guest of Mrs J P Wilson last winter. Wagner works with the Seaboard System and aims to marry into a prominent Palmetto State family. Mr and Mrs Warner will visit his Kentucky relatives before returning to Americus.
Miss Annie Belle Mathews and Mr. Robert C. Fettner wed quietly at 8 o clock at Rev. R L Bivins home on Farlow Lawn Baptist church premises. Fettner, from Macon, arrived to formalize engagement, with bride’s relatives, and the couple plan to reside in Macon after the ceremony.
Farmers in Sumter and several counties unite against a new tax law that requires returns for all fertilizers in their possession by March 16. The measure defines guano as merchandise, making every bag taxable on that date alongside land and livestock.
Fragmentary advertisement text praises Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills. Mentions Samuel Cheney and long-standing use, asserting reliability and honor among sellers.
The scene centers on Ike Williams and Turner as Williams is held at a drydock for repairs while doctors pursue a new job. Williams’ wife leaves a castle to spy, Williams destroys defense at the Turner villa, Turner fires a military salute and wounds Williams. Bailiff Poole arrests the group and places them in custody.
An Americus man entered a business house and asked for a revenue stamp. The clerk, puzzled, queried the denomination and the man replied he was a Baptist. The clerk handed a two cent stamp with a water scene, amusing the buyer and the observant onlookers.
A перечислая list of residents and visitors reading like a social column. Miss Ester Neace heads to Ellaville for several days with relatives, Roy Parker visits from Oglethorpe to handle business, and Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Cato return from New York next Thursday. Various local figures travel or visit relatives, including Mrs. J. W. Stallings, the Buchanans, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Clarke, Mrs. Lavender R. Ray, Mrs. J. Epps Brown, Miss Lucia Hawking, and others. The note also mentions transfers between Atlanta, Americus, Albany, Columbus, and Mount Airy.
A large Sumter delegation plans to attend a reunion in Memphis. The message notes between twenty and thirty delegates will go and urges the group to assemble at 18:00 for travel. Details mention a judge and local officials coordinating the trip.
During a severe storm west of Americus at about 11 yesterday morning Eli Stallings and the mule he rode were struck by lightning and killed instantly. Stallings had moved his mule from the plow to head for his house when the bolt struck nearby.
Mr Luther Wise a respected Richland County planter married Miss Addie Lunsford at the bride’s home near Richland. Wise is a prosperous citizen and the bride is praised as one of the county’s fairest young ladies with many friends.
Local Seaboard machinists met yesterday with President John Skelton Williams in Portsmouth to seek wage scale adjustments and a nine hour day with ten hours pay. Delegates from seven shops in Tallahassee Fernandina Abbeville Raleigh Americus Portsmouth Savannah attended as talks aim to avert a possible strike.
Private John Thomas Rosser of Americus arrived home from the Philippines after two years with the Twenty-Ninth Regiment. He saw fight during several months in the Orient and reports he is looking well and pleased with his army service.
Mr. B. Sims purchased yesterday the former P. H. Williams residence on Church Street, a pretty and desirable home. He plans many improvements and aims to have one of the citys most desirable homes soon.
The Carolina monument to South Carolina soldiers at Chickamauga is to be unveiled next Monday. A large Confederate veteran crowd from South Carolina will attend with the governor and staff, along with a regiment of state troops led by Colonel Wille Jones of the Second South Carolina.
The Philippines commission approved a weather measure and a loan at a recent session. President Dias of Mok igoy received congratulations from Pan American exposition director general Da Buchan. Major General Henry Corbin will sail for the Philippines June 25 to inspect military conditions.
An old advertisement touts Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser and a female health remedy. It claims the product cures causes of menstrual discomfort and related symptoms, promotes strength, and offers free guidance via mail order from Dr. R. V. Pierce in Buffalo.
The Pan American Exposition draws broad state support with big and small exhibits. New York reports 300000 for a permanent building. Illinois, Michigan, Ohio fund 75000, 40000, 30000 respectively. New England states, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, New Jersey also allocate sums. Also notes Venezuela France diplomatic dispute over arbitration and renewal protocol.
A broad machinists strike spreads across the country on May 20 aiming for a nine hour work day with pay raises. Reports from New England states Connecticut and Vermont show many out, while Cincinnati and St Joseph see widespread action. Some firms sign agreements and continue normal operations, including Automatic Refrigerator and Grant companies, with regional variations in turnout and concessions.
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