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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1900
Page
4
Americas People Who Have Gone Away and Some of Those Who Abide Here for a Time with names and visits are listed. Ice cream orders, travel notes, and hotel guests from Columbus to Florida are mentioned. An anecdote claims Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured a leg sore. it advertises 75 cents and local druggists.
Advertises deep discounts on summer corsets at 48 cents, plus men’s shirts and night shirts with silk fronts, Calicoes at 2 cents per yard, Crashings at 47 1/2 cents, towels, pearl buttons, corded piques, and frames. Emphasizes limited quantities and Monday Tuesday sales with special pricing.
Ground yesterday at Black's Mill in Wear Plains Sumter County marked the start of the new wheat harvest. J W Harrie of Americus raised two acres on Felder atroot, signaling a large, profitable movement against local flour mills as vast fields and propitious weather promise thousands of bushels for milling and bread supply.
Mr J Glenn vonson returns from Savannah after attending the State Pharmaceutical Association annual session. The convention notes praise Americus pharmacist Mr Dodson as one of the youngest and brightest members, a nominee for the governor to appoint to the examining board, and brother of State Senator Dodson of Americus.
Mrs. Goo. Long of New Strattaville Ohio prevented a dreadful tragedy by trying Dr King New Discovery. One bottle cured her frightful cough and she notes it also saved Mr Long from a severe pneumonia attack. Such cures prove the remedy's merit for lung troubles. Only 50c and 100. Every bottle guaranteed. Trial bottles available at E J Eldridge, drugstore.
Primrose and Dockstader present a full up to date theatre under canvas promising a commodious cool summer opera house. The troupe travels in its own train with ten horses and wagons. The company includes 100 white artists among comedians singers dancers jugglers Arabs and a dog and monkey circus.
An ad asserts when nature needs help the best action is prompt aid using Syrup of Figs from the California Fig Syrup Co. The copy emphasizes its simplicity gentleness and readiness as a remedy for occasional digestive issues.
Citizens read quick sketches of daily life in Americus listing social news, markets, weather, labor, politics, and small ads. Mentions of boot and shoe pricing, a possible marriage, charity sales, blackberry harvest, local cotton prospects, teacher salaries, voter registration, and a picnic crowd. Includes health ad for Perry Davis’ Pain Killer and Huyler’s chocolate shipment.
Stores slash prices to clear stock with three waist lots half price and silk foulards discounted. Assorted ladies waists drop from 65 to 75 cents to 35 cents each, another lot from 1 dollar to 50 cents, yet another from 1 25 to 1 50 down to 75 cents. Foulards 125 and 150 dollar value cut to 98 cents per yard, remaining foulards 50 cents on the dollar. Plus line ready made skirts at deep cuts, styles from three to four dollars down to 1 50.
The Straw hat department offers a salvage sale with odds and ends at one third to one half of former prices. Men’s stray hats women’s and children’s straw hats included with many items slashed. Straw hats once 50c to 75c now 25c. hats formerly $1.50 to $19 discounted to 50c. Special prices on all regular straw hats this week.
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