29 May 1897
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1897
Page
1
The store claims the largest stock in the city and asserts items are bought as cheaply as possible with sound judgment. It offers everything men women and children need to wear and runs on lower expenses than any competing firm with similar volume.
Chicago notes the first double hanging since 1887 as William Powers and John Lattimore are executed for murder and robbery. Oakman records a fatal gunfight with Mayor Isaac Appling and three wounded. others report a Sage relative dying in a poorhouse and Harvey Taylor, lumber dealer, killed suddenly at Sandy Hill.
The text fragment shows a person referencing self help efforts and assistance, but the passage is garbled and lacks clear context or identifiable names or events. No discernible date place organization or outcome is readable.
Reports detail the May 14 engagement near Cuba where the Jones exchanged shots with a Spanish steamer, forcing the Spaniard to flee at dusk while the Jones held course in a tense pursuit. Subsequent dispatches describe Cuban guerrilla actions and varied combat losses along the coast.
Senator Tillman seeks a five member Senate committee to probe reports of sugar stock speculation and alleged leaks tied to the tariff bill. He cites connections to New York sugar trusts and press extracts while others dispute links to the sugar schedule. The tariff bill advances after debate as tremors from several earthquakes are reported across multiple towns.
Joe Goddard is told by Fitzsimmons he is not in the spring fighting business for the present. Madden reports a $15,000 purse or 60 percent of gross receipts offered by Olympic Athletic Club for Goddard versus Fitzsimmons, which Fitzsimmons denies discussing. He says he will rest for a month and is not promising when he will return or whom he will face.
W Marshall Clower, a young Atlanta booster and broker, fell into the turbulent waters of Tallu Jah falls during a picnic trip. Initial reports offer competing accounts of his death, with recovery of the body not yet accomplished and details unconfirmed.
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