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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1902
Page
4
Marie Louise Myrick is listed as editor and business manager of Kilitorial Room with telephone contact 99. The note records her role and a directory phone line within the publication's masthead.
The piece notes the Americas Times-Recorder expanding to eight pages and six columns per page, praising editor Marie Louise Myrick and the paper’s fall style. It references favorable comparisons with other papers, new capacity for advertising, and improved news service while saluting local progress.
Theodore H Price of New York reports 276 replies from 4,108 towns and 7,000 correspondents on Sept 22 showing 251,642 bales de duation in 1902 1903 and 75 percent condition. Alabama production for this year estimated at 868 037 bales versus 1 156 812 last season. Price notes earlier estimates of 10 570 875 bales on Aug 22 and 12 522 679 on June 22. The Sept 22 estimate totals 9 529 861 bales with ongoing injury to the crop.
In this essay style piece the author argues success comes to those who study their work and apply effort. It contrasts Andrew Carnegie’s studied approach with a worker who prefers higher pay for less work, illustrating how ambition and intelligent effort lift workers from the ground to higher roles. It notes the hod carrier’s lower pay versus skilled labor’s higher rewards and warns farmers who cling to old methods.
Judge John 8. Candler thanks the city for support on election day. He notes the strong vote in the Third district and expresses appreciation to The Times-Recorder and his friends. He asks that his gratitude to his supporters be understood.
Petition to incorporate the Richland Oil Company in Georgia Sumter County seeks twenty year charter with renewal, to engage in cotton and cotton seed products including oil, meal, hulls and fertilizers. Capital stock 50000 dollars, later up to 200000 by majority stockholder approval, principal office Americus with authority to establish branches and own real or personal property.
A group led by W O Cheney and others petitions the Superior Court of Sumter County to incorporate as Noah's Ark Society. They seek corporate powers, a common seal, board of directors, bylaws, and authority to receive donations, buy and sell property, and act for the mutual benevolence and advancement of members.
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