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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1891
Page
6
Thornton Wheatley’s familiar store announces a grand market event with new goods and low prices. The notice invites the public of Americus and surrounding areas to visit, promising wedding attire and proper dress for any feast or business.
A fragment describes an establishment hosting a grand feast with a full Bill of Fare to be experienced in person at Beatley's. The wording hints at a lavish spread and low prices, though the text remains partial and obscured.
A man recalls a dramatic 1887 case in Springfield where Willis Thorpe’s murder led to a wrongful conviction. He describes his own arrest, trial, and execution, claiming he died on the scaffold only to awaken later. He details the vivid near death experience with visions, thunderous music, and a sense of rebirth, asserting the humanity of capital punishment and his ultimate exoneration.
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