Department store pitches and discounts in bold ad
A brisk dealer note markets black goods and savings, promising money saved for patrons. The streamlined message emphasizes value and opportunity in a compact sales pitch.
10 Oct 1897
Page 1
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1897
Page
1
A brisk dealer note markets black goods and savings, promising money saved for patrons. The streamlined message emphasizes value and opportunity in a compact sales pitch.
The board of health reported 17 new yellow fever cases and two deaths by 1 p.m. with 40 recoveries in 24 hours. Quarantine rules were loosened for families with no fever and Pass Christian was quarantined. Dr. Geddings and the marine hospital service begin bacteriological work, and a labor camp is set up in Avondale to aid sugar districts.
A vessel named Bia sails safely across the ocean and enters port with crew reporting a smooth voyage despite perilous conditions. The arrival highlights skilled navigation and careful seamanship under challenging seas.
The article reports on Hawaiian annexation talk with Japanese worker contracts and Senator Morgan's Honolulu address. It also covers a ballroom murder in Alabama, a settler eviction in Alabama railroad land disputes, a Colombian murder case involving Radford, a quiet Atlanta primary election, and several local shooting incidents across Georgia.
Gov Atkinson outlines in a message to the General Assembly a shift from road work to a central penitentiary system. He proposes a prison commission to locate build and operate facilities, with separate quarters for boys men and women and five year labor terms for able bodied convicts. The plan aims to remove convicts from outside lucrative work and curb taxpayer costs by centralizing custody.
Luetgert declares his wife still loves him and protests the prosecution’s case as weak. He says police persecuted Mary and that those who testified against him lied. He blames the trial strain on unjust persecution and asserts his health and fortune have suffered.
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