30 May 1902
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1902
Page
1
An earnest sales pitch argues Fever requires swift treatment. Johnson's Tonic is praised as harmless, fast acting, and highly effective with a claimed 17 year record and 999 of 1000 cures. It warns against Quinine and urges immediate use to restore health and preserve time for rich and poor alike. A. B. Girardeau, Savannah, Go.
The ad describes a military short cut coat with waist shaping and broad shoulders, full trousers, touting fancy cheviots in dark and light tones with new over-plaid effects. Suits priced at 10 12 50 15 and 20 dollars, claiming extra snap and ginger beyond ordinary clothes.
Local retailer advertises latest fashions for young men including straw hats shirts underwear neckwear collars and handkerchiefs at the Allen House Corner store, promising up-to-date stock.
A violent cyclone struck Union South Carolina yesterday afternoon at 4 o clock causing four deaths and extensive property damage. Buildings were leveled along Main Street with Knitting Millhill hit hard destroying a schoolhouse and two homes. Five others were injured and crops and orchards ruined amid widespread wreckage from several farmhouses to a gunnery and a machine shop.
The excerpt laments cruelty between beasts and humans and contrasts women’s neglect in the home and workplace. It notes forewomen ignore the sick, the mistress spares none, and highlights a patent medicine claim for female weakness and related cures.
In Wesley Chapel Ben Hill Georgia Millard Lee shot Miss Lilla Suttles after services ended. The gunfire wounded, then killed her as Lee fled past a crowd of mourners. Her father Dr J M Suttles assisted as Lee fled pursued by officers.
May 28 report from Cedar Canyon Wyoming describes a stampede to a ledge on the Spokane reservation from Deer Trail camp. Fifteen to twenty men, largely Deer Trail mine workers, raced horses toward Sand Creek six miles east, hoping for early reservation opening before June 1. Aes rae police have removed the terripece from the reveryation.
Commissioner Stevens urges young farmers to focus on corn and forage crops, stressing clean cotton, proper plant spacing, and soil fertility. He highlights cassava and sugar cane as growing industries, praises syrup mills, and calls for diversification to boost Georgia’s agriculture, commerce, and education.
Warrants issued in San Francisco for arrest of K. F. Marting and First Officer W. G. Harstedt of the transport Buford on cruelty charges. B. Koefer, third cook, says he was bound for an hour and a half. officials claim 15 minutes of punishment. Accusations concern harsh treatment, crowded sleeping areas, and unsanitary conditions aboard. Twenty damage suits filed in Knoxville, Tenn., May 27 as Coal Creek coal mine disaster fallout grows.
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