Happenings in Americus City News Bits
Local items note visiting card engravers at Holliday's, new arrivals at Hotel Sumter, and Americus folks heading to Atlanta for medical and universalist conventions. Cotton market shifts, circus three weeks away, and cattle roam streets. Mrs. Hinton ill from paralytic stroke. Elks Fair set for Nov 8–9. Millinery sales begin opening day with women about town.
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Americas
J. W. Hinton
Americus
Douglas Mays
Chambliss Warehouse Co
Augusta
Medical
Dr Kings New Life Pills Lifts Durham Resident Health
In Durham North Carolina P Muse reports life saved by Dr Kings New Life Pills after years of severe stomach and liver trouble. The pills are advertised as best on earth and sold for 25 cents at Eldridge Drug Stores.
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P. Muse
Durham
N. C
Dr. King
Eldridge
Georgia Baptist Convention Brings 600 to 800 Delegates to Americus
The Georgia Baptist State Convention gathers in Americus for the eighty-first session, with 600 to 800 delegates expected. Two committees mobilize to secure homes and entertainment as the city prepares for several days of events and hospitality. Delegates and distinguished leaders from multiple states are anticipated, marking the first Americus gathering in over twenty years.
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Americas
Georgia Baptist State Convention
Americus
Visitors Arrive and Depart in Americas List
A long list notes yesterday’s visitors in Americas including J L Horn from Webster County on business, Mrs Albert J Evans of Fort Valley visiting relatives, Hon John T Ferguson of Lee County, Col Pliny Hall of Vienna, Mrs Fred B Arthur en route to New York, Henry H Singletary of La Crosse, Amzie Williford visiting Lumpkin, John Ed Chapman returning to Atlanta for dental study, Elma Greene guest of Ethel Baisden, Florine West joining Wheatley Annley staff, Preston Williford moving to Seaboard Railway, and Mrs John F Lewis with Kithe Campbell visiting Mrs William A Dodson.
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Fred B. Arthur
New York City
Henry H. Singletary
la Crosse
City
John Ed Chapman
Atlanta
Atlanta Dental College
Elma Greene
Fort Valley
Ethel Baisden
Brooklyn Heights
John F. Lewis
Kithe Campbell
Montezuma
William A. Dodson
Lee Street
Webster Court Opens Busy Term in Preston
Regular term of Webster Superior Court convened with Judge Z A Littlejohn and Solicitor General F A Hooper presiding. Grand jury urged to indict crime and officials to perform faithfully. Preston shows progress with new stores and expanded mail service, while hotel and courthouse staff receive praise for orderly session. Court may conclude by Friday evening.
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Webster Superior Court
Z. A. Littlejohn
F. A. Hooper
Messrs
W. A. Dodton
E. A. Hawkins
J.B. Hudson
G. Br, Ellis
Americas
B.T. Hickey
J. BR. Harrell
Btowart
J. M. Dupree
Montezuma
Preston
Seaboard
Bell
Judge Tharpe
Court of Ordinary
Rock of Gibraltar
George E. Thornton
Sherif Montgomery
Mra
Semps Bell
Dr King’s New Discovery Boosts Local Healing Claims
A Kentucky druggist from Davis, Mr Eldridge, touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds, claiming six years of sales with universal success. He says it saves throat and lung sufferers ignored by doctors and urges trial bottles free with satisfaction guaranteed or refund.
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U.T. 5 Nith
Davis
Dr. King
Eldridge Drug
Monro e Adams: a Bastile prisoner in Americus jail
The Americus jail holds Monroe Adams a dual murderer of his wife and daughter. He has grown fat and tired of confinement and seeks a knife from guards. Authorities note his hostile, desperate disposition and fear he may use poison to escape. Adams dreaded the November trial before hundreds of local Black citizens.
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Americas
Monroe Adams
Adams
Bell
Gatewood
Adama
Americus
Sumter Delegation Heads to National Farmers Congress in Macon
Sumter County Georgia will send a strong team to the National Farmers Congress in Macon this week. Delegates Mosers N A Ray T B Hooks K M McDonald M B Council and A B Nunn depart this morning for a four day gathering with 1500 to 2000 attendees. Speakers include John Hyde and O P Austin. Local committees plan an agricultural display and social events with homes opened for delegates and their wives.
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Sumter
Georgia
National Farmers Congress
Macon
Mosers
N. A. Ray
T. B. Hooks
K. M. McDonald
M. B. Council
John Hyde
Department of Agriculture
O. P. Austin
Treasury Department
Congress
Millinery Opening Prompt for Fall and Winter Goods
Oct Limw announces a store opening on Cotton Avenue at No 111 after a trip to Atlanta. He and Miss Euwa Crovp invite ladies to attend the event, offering country hams and fashionable millinery with competent bands and guaranteed satisfaction.
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Atlanta
Cot+ ton avenue
Lim
Euwa Crovp
Comet 5 Visible In Americus Tonight
Reports say Comet 5 is visible in Americus with crowds gathering in the northeast to view the fiery object as it speeds toward Earth. Authorities reassure that the comet will pass by without causing harm, though panic or awe may spread among residents.
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Americus
Remedy for Nervous Exhaustion and Life Renewer Claims
An advertisement touts the Mystic Life Renewer as a quick strength and vitality booster for nervous exhaustion from overwork or illness. It is promoted as improving appetite digestion and heart palpitations while claiming broad health benefits. Sold by B. J. Eldridge, druggist, Am Ta an easy matter to get into the habit of meeting trouble half way.
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B. J. Eldridge
Deaggist
Mover Seeks Remedies for Cough and Cold
A reader asks for advice on treating a cough or sore throat and considers remedies with little merit or possible danger. The note promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a leading throat and lung remedy, claiming quick relief and citing J. R. Hudson as the source or seller.
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Foley
J. R. Hudson
Cotton Market Report From Americas Virginia
Receipts today at local warehouses total 203 bales with prior receipts at 14,070 bringing total to 14,988 bales. Market quotes show Good Middling and Middling at specific prices. New York futures closed with October at 8.45, November 6.48, December 8.68, January 8.64.
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Americas
Peresel
New York
Watch the Kidneys
Dr Abernethy warns that kidney illness endangers life. Foley's Kidney Care claims to improve kidney health. The text mentions Hudson and Ting of Indian handmade clothes hampered at Hollidey's, reflecting scattered, unclear references.
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Abernethy
Foley
Hudson
Hollidey
County Board Held Meeting in Routine Session
The Board of County Commissioners met in monthly session yesterday for two or three hours and reported nothing newsworthy. Only routine matters of business were discussed with no items of general interest arising.
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Board of County Commissioners
Mozley’s Lemon Elixir Advertises Digestive Cure
An old ad claims Mozley’s Lemon Elixir cures indigestion and a range of ailments including fever chills loss of appetite and debility. It lists ailments such as stomach issues and appendicitis as helped by the remedy and prices of 60 cents and 1.00 per bottle at druggists.
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H Hitney
Marvin Dees
Rev John P Sanders Writes on Lemon Elixir Cure
Dr H Mozley of Atlanta reports relief from appendicitis after using Mozleys Lemon Elixir, claiming permanent cure and renewed health. The tester, a minister in Verbena Alabama, credits his recovery to the elixir and mentions his brother Ray Cowan recommended the remedy and ordered six bottles postpaid.
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H. Mozley
Atlanta
Mozley
Tams
M. E. Church
Verbena
Ala
Ray
D. Zr Cowan
Shipme
Application for Charter in Sumter Georgia
The filing petitions a charter for a new corporation in Sumter County Georgia. H Ferguson of Louisville Kentucky and P Carter Jobe Patternell of Stewart County Georgia allege they seek privilege of renewal and formation of a company with seven thousand five hundred dollars capital, to own operate warehouses or cotton gins, engage in handling and sale of cotton and related properties, and to issue bonds while complying with state laws. The petition includes names, proposed purposes, stock details, and incorporation provisions with signatures and clerk certification.
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Said County
H. Ferguson
Louisrille
Sumter County
P. Carter
Jobe T. Patternell
Stewart County
Property to be sold at courthouse door in Americus
Public sale notices outline that property, including a house and lot in Americus Sumter County, will be sold before the courthouse door on a specified weekday in October 1902 under terms dictated by law. The notice names the property and references transfer procedures and the legal framework governing the sale.
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Americus
Osnday
Americ Church
Colney
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Archie Parrott
Henry Simpson
Atlanta Medical College
Mr. O
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Georgia Universalist Convention
Col. W. P. Jowere
Webster
Convention OF Baptists
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J. L. Horn
Webster County
Albert J. Evans
T. J. Baisden
John T. Ferguson
Lee County
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Vienna
Misa Amzie Williford
Lumpkin
Florine West
Wheatley & Annley’s
Preston Williford
George D. Wheatley
Seaboard Railway
Uneeda Biscuit
National Biscuit Company
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Webster Court
Bastile
Farmers Congress
Tupanton Warazier
Miss Cloud
Cotton Market Report
John P. Sanders
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