29 May 1900
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1900
Page
1
Beallen's Store News lists fabric and sewing items with prices for White Pans spn glass Lining and undershirts. It mentions dimines 12% and Ise, Marras Cloths 10 and 12, and julime ladies undershirts with penny pricing. Pulling prices for Laces and Embroideries are noted, along with a range for Aler Laces.
A house owner should declare the paint to be used in refurbishment. The text warns that a cheap can does not guarantee a cheap overall job and hints at the costs of inferior finishes.
Reports from multiple southern stations detail solar eclipse observations on May 28 to 29. Notes include weather satisfaction, number of plates captured, instruments used, and sightings of corona features, planets Venus and Mercury, and shadow bands. Occasional cloud interference and brief totality descriptions appear alongside institutional participants from Smithsonian, Yale, Yerkes, Princeton, and other groups.
Old papers in the capitol rabbit room, yellow and musty, hold about 594,340.17 dollars in claims against the United States for the state of South Carolina from 1812, the Florida and Mexican wars, plus interest to 1858. The total with interest could reach about 1,000,000 dollars.
May 23. The Georgia Planters' Association after adopting a constitution and by laws grants salaries to officers and aims to organize counties across the cotton belt. President authorized to pursue rapid formalities, convene in other states, and raise funds by county assessments. Dues start at 50 or 100 dollars per county, then half after a free year.
Mixed May reports from Alabama and Georgia detail a farmer's 14 year old son disguising himself to prank a superstitious black employee, a fatal shooting following the stunt, a locomotive boiler explosion injuring a fireman, new streetcar fare changes in Atlanta, Tillman rumored to seek lieutenant governor, a Cincinnati grand stand fire, and Raleigh Development receiving a charter for rail projects. multiple places and dates in May are cited with limited, fragmented facts.
May 28 dispatches from Care Town and Senekal report General French may have entered Johannesburg. General Rundle with yeomanry and Wiltshire Middlesex and Leicestershire regiments occupies Senekal.British casualties total 11 as shells drive Boers from the town. Supplies for the Boers continue via Lorenzo Marquez with foreign recruits joining the Boer army.
News briefs report Tammany Hall backing William J. Bryan for the national convention with John F. Carroll stating a delegation to Bryan is favored. Maryland primaries indicate Bryan-favoring delegates will control the state convention unless events alter plans. Porto Rico governor Allen is powerless without the executive council, receiving petitions daily and failing to act. Senator Bacon likely to join Cuba investigation committee with changes to reflect free trial needs. New Prattville mill to be built as Victor cotton mill with 250000 capital, capacity 4000 pounds daily. Other notes include local case summaries and industry updates from Alabama and surrounding areas.
A promotional snippet touts stylish polish lasting wear and a precise fit. It emphasizes customer satisfaction as the top aim and notes a large number of satisfied buyers.
A week’s end report lists coal mines in Alabama Texas and West Virginia cotton mills in Georgia and Texas cottonseed oil mills across five states electric light and power plants in Georgia foundries and machine shops in Virginia flouring mills in multiple states furniture and tannery operations in Georgia Mississippi and Kentucky stave works in West Virginia and other manufacturing ventures including loom equipment knitting mills harness factories and wagon works across the South and beyond.
Rev J W Brougher of the First Baptist church condemned the Chattanooga ice company at Sunday services. He called it a capitalist combine exploiting poor residents through high small-quantity prices and urged legal relief to curb the perceived robbery of a basic necessity.
James Bowron, vice president of Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad, after visiting European pig iron centers, says demand exists in old world markets. He notes that southern pig iron is valued as satisfactory and that export volumes this fall and winter depend on how much can be spared from the domestic market and the price offered.
Louisville and Nashville Southern and Mobile and Ohio plan a conflict with rival lines over Alabama traffic. Reports say Seaboard system operates here and local routes may be redirected to other lines. Also notes new collar button patent issued at McDonolan Georgia and at Wash.
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