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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1891
Page
14
Announcement invites Americus residents to visit Thornton Wheatley’s market for new goods and low prices in preparation for events. The piece promotes Wheatley’s as the place to shop for wedding attire and festive attire, highlighting the “Penreéry Dressed Man” trademark as the standard customers seek.
Texas and other states plan sizeable investments for the World's Fair including a $75,000 exposition building in Pennsylvania and a $1,000,000 ten story Chicago structure named The Columbus. France and Germany tensions loom as experts warn that a Europe wide war could erupt from rival ambitions while Italy and Russia shape alliances.
The Marquis of Ailesbury, known to the public as Lord Savesnake, seeks £750000 for estates in Savernake forest now owned by his family. Lands trace to an ancestor who married a Seymour heiress, linking to the Dukes of Somerset and Sir William Sturmy of Chadham Wiltshire. The estate, near Tottenham Park, spans 40 000 acres. The marquis jokes about arranging heir loans, while critics note £250000 of indulgences attached.
A St Paul delegate reports how a public bulletin of unpaid bills, posted outside a tailor shop, provoked a riot of scorn from fashionable patrons and forced payment. Other items note cash scarcity among the rich and a dying man urging kin to hurry, plus a health tip about Mr. Pierces Pleasant Pellets easing biliousness and gloom.
The fragment lists Davenport Drug Company moving from 505 Jackson to 610 Cotton Avenue opposite Harrold Johnson's, offering repair services for furniture. It promotes P P P as a blood purifier and tonic with claims of curing scrofula, rheumatism, and digestive issues, alongside various other advertised products and watch designs.
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