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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1908
Page
3
In Americus and Georgia as a whole the cash contributions to the national campaign fund are small. A $25 gift is noted, a $100 pledge from a Georgia corporation was questioned for legality, and overall Georgia donations are estimated at only $300 to $400. Leaders from both party wings claim loyalty, while observers doubt Georgians will increase support.
Ada N Croom of Vaughn Mississippi praises Dr King s New Discovery for curing a severe cough and suspected tuberculosis after months of illness. She credits three bottles with a complete recovery and notes Eldridge Drug Co sells it with trial bottles free.
The Board of County Commissioners met on October 5 1908 with N A Ray chairman and members present. W A Neil of Good Roads Machinery Co invited the board and the new board to Cor dele to view their road machinery around Oct 15. Actions included investigating Mrs Caskey at the poor farm, issuing a duplicate water works warrant, authorizing a 666 67 payment to C M Council for Sumter County Agricultural College subscription, buying drag scrapes for roads, granting Ned Gaskins 5 for support, approving minutes and county orders totaling 3204 30, and adjournment.
Five horse farm south of Americus known as the Worthy place offers good dwellings tenant houses and barns. Pleasant soil for cultivation and good yields. Nearby schools and Methodist and Baptist churches within reach. Rent available for short or long term. Apply at Ane sley and weekly tf.
In Preston Georgia on October 9 a Superior Court decree requires W. F. Walker to pay Bettie Walker twenty dollars per month as temporary alimony and twenty five dollars for attorney fees. The suit for divorce and alimony was brought against the defendant this week in Judge Littlejohns court.
Post office receipts for the third quarter of 1908 from July 1 to September 30 totalled 4678.50 dollars, up from 3870.87 dollars in the same period of 1907. The 10 percent rise signals steady business improvement in Americus, with each quarter this year higher than the comparable period last year despite the 1907 panic.
L A Bartlet of Rural Route 1 Guilford Maine says the family has enjoyed good health since using Dr King s New Life Pills for three years They cleanse and tone the system gently and cost 25c at Eldridge Drug Co.
Thomas L Bell, a well known jeweler, has been named resident manager of Glover's Opera House by lessees Gorzatowski Bros. He will handle all advertising and arrangements for plays, with theatergoers of Americus assured of his capable leadership and the comfort of patrons.
The Hugh Speer three mule farm six and a half miles south of Americus offers a five room dwelling freshly painted with improvements, good tenant houses and barns, arable land, and proximity to a school and churches. In one of the county’s best neighborhoods, apply quickly to CHAS. L. ANSLEY.
Mr A R Davidson cuts steaks from a 20 pound three foot carp caught in the Flint river by Warren Battle near Macon county line. Battle tried a net, fired three shots, then hooked the fish. Davidson, his brother-in-law, receives the big fish and shares slices with neighbors and friends.
An old advertisement asserts deafness results from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and can only be cured by constitutional remedies. It claims nine of ten cases stem from catarrh and offers one hundred dollars for any case of deafness caused by catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The pitch includes a free circular offer and mentions F J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as sellers.
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