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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1891
Page
16
Wheatley Ansley presents specials for tomorrow with high class dry goods, dress materials, black goods, and large discounts. They advertise fabrics from tricots to silks, gloves, hosiery, and kilt suits for children, plus new cloaks, curtains, and lace trimmings, urging quick sale.
Sumter’s J F Ross ships exhibits to the Piedmont Exposition in Atlanta praising his perseverance. The piece urges greater local support and advertising to showcase Sumter County resources as the event aids the new south. Also report of Henry Brown's morphine overdose attempt and medical intervention ending in recovery. Wanted: railroad and city bonds and stock shares listed by Lott Warren.
Eight service coaches are being overhauled and prepared to haul 100 passengers each to Macon for the fair. A special train will run Sunday week from Cuthbert to accommodate crowds and support the Southwestern exhibit. Nearby notes celebrate a birth and advise on upcoming circuit court sessions in Stewart Lee Macon Sumter with October and November dates.
A collage of editorials and quips on Grover Cleveland and his family, from congratulations on a newborn daughter to partisan barbs. The pieces blend political opinion, light satire, and period commentary, noting public trust, responsibilities, and whimsical jests about the president and his wife.
The piece recounts escaped Africans linked to two slave ships off Africa, one captured at Charleston and the other hiding upriver near Savannah. Emancipation occurred in the swamps north of the Charleston & Savannah railroad, and many remain secluded amid rising floods while locals struggle to learn their fate.
The report notes cotton receipts by wagon and railroad with previously received totals. Good middling and middling prices are listed but not specified, and the market is described as quiet with low middling figures.
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