Local City Notes Mix Trade, Health and Travel Tips
Merchants offer Pearl and onion sets at Mims & Hudson while Soper and George Oliver’s bookstore stock music. Americus reads of a barber shop and Stewart court visitors return home. The apple market is glutting as shipments arrive and a large fruit sale nets 1.25 per barrel. Two diphtheria cases prompt health precautions. Nashville show trips via Central’s 465 round trip fare to depart next Wednesday. Americus Manufacturing and Improvement Co. stockholders meet at Hotel Windsor. Weather stays sunny after rain, and Col Robertus Oliver is reported at Fort Gaines. Whale of travel and trade notes Dominate with yellow fever debates and quarantine updates.
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Mims & Hudson
George Oliver
Americus
Stewart Court
Lumpkin
Deaser
Jackson Street
Cotton Avenue
Nashville
Central
Americus Manufacturing and Improvement Co
Marinees
Hotel Windsor
Eee Getty
Robertus Oliver
Fort Gaines
Bob Farnum
Whitley Grocery Co
Fehl
Hecker
Heinz
Quarantine Rigor Sparks Train Stop Protest in Alabama
A Central line conductor reports being forbidden to stop his train in a county to avoid cattle on the rails while a quarantine officer enforces strict rules. Superintendent Epperson says the regulations rival the Civil War in complexity, highlighting the harsh safety regime along the line.
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Alabama
Central
Epperson
Cotney Bell & Co Sells Sewing Machines and Parts
Cotney Bell and Company advertises New Home Sewing Machines with large bottles Excelsior Machine Oil and needles at reduced prices. Bulk machine parts available for sale.
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Cotney Bell & Co
Residents and visitors noted in Americas society notices
W H Cornell of Macon and W P Dorough of Atlanta were seen in Americas on business and arrivals at The Windsor included H L Allman and wife from Talladega Springs. Col and Mrs James Parks returned to Dawson after a visit. Miss Roba Goss from Atlanta visits Miss Nettie Lockett. Miss Mattie Wheatley sails to New York for winter art studies. Carrie Bird visits Mrs C A Huntington on Church Street. Col W A Dodson returns to Lumpkin after Stewart court duties. Judge J H Allen resumes courthouse visits. Mel Mantz Lovins Mruicz editor of Americas Tries- Reconpan is in town. Mrs Myrick stays at De Soto. praised as Georgia's brilliant writer frequent in state. she visits Madison Square and plans homeward departure. Savannah Press notes. Pianos advertised. Acgan cane to Tesi.
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W. P. Dorough
Atlanta
Windsor
W. HL. Allman
Talladega Springs
Col
James Parks
Dawson
Roba Goss
Nettie Lockett
Mattie Wheatley
New York
Misa Carrie Bird
City
C. A. Huntington
Church Street
W. A. Dodson
Lumpkin
Stewart Court
J. H. Allen
Mel. Mantz Lovms Mruicz
the Americas Tries- Reconpan
Savannah Press
Acd
Afraid to Take Chances In a Mississippi Town Telegraph Panic
A railroad station scene in Mississippi shows a resident reacting to a New Orleans telegram about yellow fever. The commuter warns the operator, who fears being blamed, and the citizen rushes to inform others, triggering local panic. The exchange highlights fear over illness rumors and the pressure on telegraph workers.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Mississippi
New Orleans
Scott's Emulsion Ad Teems With Health Claims
An old print promotes Scott's Emulsion claiming long years of use and offers a booklet on the subject. It urges readers to ask their druggist for the product, noting two sizes and a price dispersed in the ad copy.
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Scott's
Erangon
Scott & Sowke
Noted tonic bottle from Rembert's drug store offered
An unreadable ad fragment mentions a cough balm named Fise tar cough balsam and a bottle priced at 405 for Nashville. It cites Rembert's drug store and a public notice line about G Motice and C Bouace with preparation to furnish.
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Rembert’s
Marriage in Lumpkin Prominent Robertson Barnum Tie
The marriage of Mr L H Robertson of Atlanta to Miss Pose Barnum of Lumpkin occurred at the Methodist church in Lumpkin at eleven this morning. The couple, noted in social circles, will reside in Atlanta. A reception followed at Mrs Yellow Jace Kien's residence. Rev T W Darley officiated.
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Robertson
Posie Barnum
Lextxrs
L. H. Robertson
Atlan+a
Pose Barnum
Atlanta
Mise Barnum
Lumpkin
Columbus
Richland
Lanier
N. K. Barnum
Sneyder
Sampey
Goss
Decatur
Paul Hobertson
Carrolton
W. J. Parker
Montgomery
Ala
Murray Barnum
Gordon Everett
T. Fort
Carrie Everett
Mendelsohne
T. W. Darley
Atlantia
Willie Belle Jeter to John William Pinkston Wedding
The wedding of Willie Belle Jeter of Vineville to John William Pinkston of Americus will be at First Baptist Church in Macon on November 3 at 5 PM. Invitations from Mr and Mrs William Argus Jeter invite guests to the ceremony and social event joining prominent local families.
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J. W. Pinkston
Jeter
Willie Belle
Vineville
John William | Pinkston
Americus
First Baptist Church
John William Pinkston
Macon
Stockholders Meeting Called by Americas Manufacturing Company
By petition of a requisite number of stockholders the board of directors calls a meeting in the Windsor Hotel ladies writing room on Friday Oct 22 at 7 20 pm. O A Futchnes Secretary Lumber and Shingles. For best pine lumber and shingles contact E B Leant Desoto. Plow's candy deceived fresh every week. Mpexk Hepaow.
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The
Americas Manufacturing and Improvement Company
Windsor Hotel
O. A. Futcnes
Quarantine Measures Shield City From Refugees Amid Infected Districts
Officials report strict quarantine at trains entering the city with few refugees admitted. Georgia and Alabama routes monitored by officers Wheeler Smith Barrow at 12:50 and 3:00 pm. Central railroad and Eufaula line reduced service. some transfers used near Montgomery. A separate note praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy from Liberty, Maryland, with local druggists selling sizes 95 and 90 cents. Americus cotton market data shows Good Middling and Middling around 21.9.
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Americas
Fver
Montgomery
Robert Wheeler
Georgia & Alabama
Ofcers Smith
Barrow Aize
Central Railroad
Mr. Deming
Georgia & Alabama Railway
Eufaula
Man Dow
Union Springer
Union Springs
Barachias
Miylene
Chamberlain
Banner of Liberty
Libertytown
Maryland
W. A. Rembert
Mims
Hudson
Varied Wool Dress Goods On Sale In Wide Range
A local shop advertises deep discounts on wool fancies hundreds of inches wide including 34 to 50 inch fabrics. It highlights brocades novelties checks serges and diagonals with prices from 5c to 75c per yard and urges customers to inspect stock and compare prices before buying.
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Chevron
Sastss Uts Ry
Georgia
Medea
Wyse
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