Local News Recap and Array of Daily Notices
The column blends weathered notes and ads from Americas yesterday. The Central’s passenger train ran late due to a breakdown beyond Buena Vista. Salaries for city public school teachers total $900 for the half month. Health officials report progress cleaning foul spots while street nuisances persist. A Florida officer sought Charlie Alexander but failed to obtain requisition papers. A pumpkin shipment caused weight discrepancies for two men. Large financial activity expected today as notes mature October 1 and a cash rush is anticipated. Dr M T Davis leads health certificate visits amid broad shotgun quarantine measures. Dodson and Hill announce Mince meat and Heinz pickles with local delivery.
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Mims & Hudson
Geo. Oliver's
Central
Columbus
Buena Vista
Herotic
Trues-Recorder
Health Department
Lake City
Fla
Charlie Alexander
John Harper
Jhn Walters
Americas
Anne
M.T. Davis
Board of Health
Justin
Dodson & Hill
Furlow & Walters
Dodson
Receipts Show Cotton Crop Largely Marketed
Warehouse receipts reveal a lighter cotton influx as farmers near completion of picking. Reports say most of the crop is sold, with some sowing oats after the first rain, and prices stubbornly hover around five cents, with few expecting a further drop.
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Tue Tres-Recorper
Crow Eyes by Lens Proposed as New Cosmetic Fix
The notice promotes a new method of straightening crow eyes using lenses, claiming it avoids cutting muscles and will save time and money. It highlights Corney Bell & Co as related to the offer and includes local society updates on residents and visitors around Americus.
A Trip to the Klonkike Gold Diggins Minstrel Skit
The Great Min ttel Troupe presents A Trip to the Klonkike Gold Diggins a comic travesty about the Alaska gold rush. Featuring Gold Dust Pete Katlie too Good and Man Afraid of His Gold with Yukon Indians and Eskimo roles. The skit closes the first part of the troupe’s program at the opera house next Tuesday.
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al. G. Field
Klonkike
Diggins
Alaska
Mr. Field
Pete
Tommy Donelly
Katlie
Frank Todd
Messrs
Quinlan
Leedy
Esquimaux
Field
Opera House
Gifted Georgian to Lead First Baptist Church of Americas
Rev. Samuel O. Dean of Atlanta was unanimously called to succeed Dr. John B. Turpin as pastor at First Baptist Church of Americas. Dean, 25, native to Georgia, studied law at University of Georgia before turning to ministry. He has preached in Atlanta and will arrive tonight to occupy the pulpit Sunday, with his mother expected to accompany him. Funeral services for Mrs. William F. Mims are set for 10 o'clock this morning at First Methodist, with pallbearers named.
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John B. Turpin
First Baptist Church of Americas
Samuel O. Dean
Atlanta
First Baptist Church
Turpin
Dean
Mercer University
University of Georgia
Dorsey, Brewster * Howell
Baptist Seminary
Louisville
Landrum
Americas
William F. Mims
First Methodist Church
Charles R. Crisp
Lynn Fort
R. L. Sullivan
R. J. Perry
E. L. Bell
J. ©. Nicholson
W. M. Jones
J. B. Dunn
Bright boy’s backyard volcano ends with playful scare
Eugene Simmons, a curious boy on Felder street, built a sand mound with gunpowder to mimic a volcano. The blast toppled the miniature peak and left him shaken but unharmed. A separate notice states a partnership dissolved by mutual consent dated October 1, 1807.
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Eugene Simmons
Felder Street
Vesuvius
Rome
J. Hi Leurem
E. A. Nasper
Johnsons Chillana Fever Tonic and FBI Cure Claim
Feels like an old time patent medicine ad promising single day fever cure. Claims a cure for chronic diseases of men and women by Dr Hatha way Co at 23 South Broad St Atlanta. Urges readers to write for a free expert opinion and guarantees cures.
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Dr. Hathaway & Co
South Broad St
Atlanta
P.V.P
Lippman
P. P.P
Lipproan
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