Fragmented OCR: Local notice yields sparse data
Reading from an OCR fragment, the text is incomplete with many garbled words. The readable parts mention a local notice or brief item but lack clear dates, names, places, or actions to summarize fully.
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1897
Page
3
Reading from an OCR fragment, the text is incomplete with many garbled words. The readable parts mention a local notice or brief item but lack clear dates, names, places, or actions to summarize fully.
Officers enforcing a new quarantine blocked Montgomery refugees from entering Americus. Train No. 18 carried several Montgomerians who were told Americus barred them out. Some passengers left the train and may be nearby. guards continued patrols on multiple lines to prevent entry of infected refugees.
Atlanta Oct 20 Fifty three of the seventy civil cases listed for the present term of the United States court are damage suits against the Southern railroad. Dockets show suits each court day from Nov 15 to Jan 3 with two weeks for Christmas. Suits are transferred from city and state courts and start at not less than 2000 dollars, commonly 5000 to 10000, with some 20000 or 30000.
The first football game of the season pits Mercer University in Macon against Alabama Agricultural College at Aubarn on Saturday at Central City Park. Auburn has a storied, strong program, with years of success on the gridiron.
The notice promotes New Home sewing machines with a $25 cash with order and challenges others to beat the price. It claims cheaper machines under $20 may exist but offers guaranteed reliability. Real estate loans are also advertised with terms and prompt processing.
In Oct 21 dispatch from Omesco a fragment discusses remedies and stockholders. It mentions a mild attack context and a derailed discussion about a loan and building association liabilities estimated around three million. The text is garbled but centers on a mutual union loan and building society.
A collage of beauty claims and fashion commentary cites Blood Balm cures, kidney relief, and DeWitt’s Witch Hazel for piles and skin. It details Empire coats, bolero fronts, braids, and cheviots with patterns, fabrics, and accessories for autumn and winter dress.
A degraded text fragment shows a dialogue about fear and bravado in a wagon, a guard named Uul, and a challenge to scare him. It shifts to a discussion on the Count de Chambord and Orleans princes as legitimacy failed, then a bank cashier noting note distribution to national banks, plus an odd aside on Rhytark's Bong and a miscellaneous ciphered coinage reference.
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