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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1891
Page
16
Wide assortment of fabrics and accessories offered at deep discounts. Includes Tricots 25c yd, wool Henriettas 25c, silk finish pieces 75c, Bedford Cords 98c, Camel hair Serges 95c, various hosiery and gloves with marked reductions. Also children s kilt suits showcased and vast cloak selection in stock.
A white paper reports the willful murder of John Fulton by Freeman Partee after a card game dispute at Fulton’s home. Partee is jailed awaiting grand jury action. coroner’s jury returns a verdict of willful murder. The item notes a related shooting incident near Mr. Neil Ray’s plantation and a man’s death Wednesday.
Five people died and around fifty were injured when the Omaha and Denver fast express derailed after hitting an open switch near Monmouth Illinois. Engineer Emmerson and another engineer were killed. A female sleeper passenger was crushed under the wreckage as panic followed.
Allerton and Axtell tie as fastest George Wilkes descendants. Eugene Leigh buys Bramble for 8000 dollars to lead Kentucky stock. Nancy Hank beats Belle Ham-no in 2 16 mile dash at Buffalo. Sam Bryant buys Proctor Koottase yearling for 425 dollars. debut in Nashville 1484. Earl of Westmoreland dies in London aged sixty five after a career on English turf. Dollie driven by Miss Sallie St Clair wins race against Frank, first female trotter driver in a main race.
A Parker's Ford resident owns a 21 year old ring dove living in one cage its whole life. A butler county red fox guards a farmer’s barnyard keeping chickens and geese safe. Grand Central NY hosts the continent’s largest bird cage as thousands of English sparrows nest in its arches. Australia reports enormous caterpillars and long moth larvae. London Zoo struggles to keep tribes alive. omnivorous threats ignore poison. An elephant larger than Jumbo, trunkless with branched tusks, is with a native king in Africa. A 24 foot shark was caught near Panama harbor with a thick skin. Ten North American birds are missing, including the great auk and Labrador duck. A five foot surfside Atlantic City fish with four tooth rows weighs ten pounds.
Massachusetts plans a $10,000 allocation toward an educational exhibit as part of a broader $75,000 state appropriation for the event. Guatemala earmarks $100,000 in gold forts exhibit and $20,000 for its buildings at the exposition. Henry Ballantine, American consul at Bombay, is sent to bring Todia to the War Ballantine. Rebels in Morocco are executed by elephants.
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