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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1900
Page
3
Fragmented notes describe coal shortages and European woes with mentions of Austria and Germany. The garbled text references physicians, remedies for coughs and bronchitis, and various local druggists selling patent medicines alongside public notices and personal notices. The passage blends health ads with notices and scattered names, giving a snapshot of a cluttered page.
Thousands of Negroes from southern Georgia and Alabama are expected to travel to Andersonville next Wednesday for the annual exodus. Dozens of special trains will bring large crowds while white citizens attend at the national cemetery. Government troops and local companies will ensure order as trains run hourly from Americus for day trips and extended festivities, including minstrel shows and games.
The Primrose and Dockstader Minstrels will arrive tomorrow and perform two matinee and evening shows under canvas with general admission 25 cents. Private boxes reserved chairs and gallery seating available. The company travels in six cars with a street parade, two bands, ten horses, and a dog and monkey circus. A genuine Arab troupe in native costume adds to the bill along with vaudeville features.
Beginning tomorrow many retail stores will close at 6 p m during the summer months from May 28 to August 15. This follows the usual custom among American merchants and workers enjoy the extra recreation time. Shoppers are advised to plan purchases before 6 p m.
An advertisement extols Tutt's Liver Pills for keeping the system in order. It claims the pills regulate the bowels and yield a vigorous body. They are advertised as an absolute cure for sick headache malaria biliousness constipation and related ailments.
American veterans headed to the great Confederate reunion in Louisville will depart Tuesday morning, with notable travelers including Charles Wheatley Thornton Wheatley J P Chapman J J Morgan and Miss Bertha Morgan among others. The Third Congressional district veterans are sponsoring the event as hundreds are expected to attend from across the region.
Fort Gaines minister Rev LeRoy G Henderson leaves for Fort Gaines to preach the girls high school's commencement sermon. Rev C H Hyde of Cuthbert will preach at the Presbyterian church in Americus. Rev Dean of First Baptist is away preaching at Abbeville college. No morning First Baptist service. Baptisms tonight. Regular morning and evening services at First Methodist and Farlow Lawn Baptist. Calgary Episcopal church to hold both morning and night services. Ascension Day music to be repeated at morning service. First Church of Christ Scientist holds 11 o clock service.
An ad copy describes Cod Liver Oil as making blood richer and a soda act as a strong tonic to the nerves. It claims weight gain, improved digestion, and restored health, listing Atal and ITs NE Chemists in New York as point of sale.
Announcement that 28 candidates for county office and about 1,500 registered voters plus supporters will gather at a Holly Springs barbecue two miles from the city next Friday. Plenty of food and other attractions are promised for all attendees.
A. P. Clegg of Americus ships peaches to northern and eastern markets and Georgia towns, earning from 350 to 5 per crate. He bought a second orchard of 22,000 trees last week, projecting good profits. Sumter teachers license exam set for June 16 at Americus city hall. Local growers face a tough season, with extended notes on cures and tonics.
Nearly 1 000 white voters in Sumter may participate in the June 6 county officers primary as registration books close with 1 690 total. District figures show turnout prospects. also notes on political vacancy and local stories about health remedies and social anecdotes.
The Bamter superior court will open tomorrow with Judge Littlejohn presiding over civil business. Judge W B Batt of the Chattahoochee circuit, originally slated to sit this week, cannot attend. Batt plans to take the bench in a later week during the session. The docket begins with tomorrow's first fifty cases.
A candidate for Sumter Coroner announces personal candidacy, pledging adherence to the democratic party and respectful backing from allies. The message emphasizes public service, party principles, and the importance of community support in the race.
A Sumter County man near Americus grows blackberry vines on a model farm and earns money selling berries locally. Yesterday he sold one hand-picked quart blocks of berries at ten cents per quart, netting about ten dollars, with plans to sell more at the same price.
Announcement from Atlanta Georgia dated May 26 reveals the forthcoming marriage of Hon Clark Howell of Atlanta to Miss Annie Comer of Savannah. Nuptials expected July 12 with the couple soon departing for a tour of Europe. Annie Comer is the daughter of the late Hugh M Comer former president of the Central Railroad.
An old newspaper ad bundles Mozley Lemon Elixir for liver stomach bowels and kidneys with claims for biliousness constipation indigestion and nerve related issues. It promotes 10c and $1 bottles from Seaggiste Atlanta and includes testimonials and other patent medicines like Allen s Foot-Ease Kodol Dyspepsia Care De Witts Witch Hazel and Foley s Kidney Cure with assorted prices and suppliers.
Mrs. E A Bevillie of Woodstock Ala reports cure after two bottles for leg ulcers. A Grifia Ga reader praises Mozley’s tincture for nervous headaches and indigestion. W W Mayhew of Merton Wis touts One Minute Cough Cure as quick safe relief for coughs and lung diseases. Henry H Richards of Willseyville N Y cured a running sore with Banner Salve after many remedies failed. Davenport Drug Co endorses Banner Salve.
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