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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1902
Page
6
Happenings in the city and suburbs include engravers offering visiting cards and wedding invitations, brisk Americas trade, and general idle complaints about times. Reports mention postmaster appointment deferred, anticipated political figures, a state band at the Elk fair, and neighborly chatter about typhoid recovery, circus plans, and cotton traffic.
A fragmentary quote from Dr. Abernothy underscores the risk when kidneys are affected and praises Foley's Kidney Pills as a remedy. The snippet references English physician authority and the product name Foley's.
Cotton receipts total 15, , bales with 18,727 bales already on record and 258 bales just received at focal warehouses. Market quotes Good Middling and Middling ranges noted. New York futures closed steady with Oct 8.49, Nov 8.45, Dec 8.50, Jan 8.07. Local city measure proposes amendments to pave way for broader reform.
The Adam Forepaugh and Sells Bros circus travels from Columbia to Charleston, Savannah, and Americus, arriving by train in five sections. The show features Diavolo looping the loop, Aurora Zouaves, twenty three bareback riders, a Starr Shooting Star cycling act, a Jackson Family quartet, and numerous trained animals, with a grand street parade and dozens of sensational acts creating anticipation for thousands.
A fragmented blurb markets a so called Myetic IiaS device as the most powerful nerve builder and universal cure for nervous diseases, asserting it can treat all nervous conditions with absolute confidence, despite vague wording and lack of credible medical backing.
An advertisement touts Smith's Sure Kidney Care as a superior treatment for diseased kidneys. The copy emphasizes its effectiveness and promises relief, urging readers with kidney troubles to try the product.
The Seaboard depot staged a lively unclaimed freight sale with hundreds of items sold at high prices. Buyers bid sight unseen on boxes and crates, securing diverse goods from circus props to syrup pots as Whitaker oversaw a bustling auction that will resume today with strong crowds and further surprises.
Clint Harris Bill Blount and Joe Harrold were arraigned on charges of crisis shouting after being gathered yesterday. Harris bound over to court while Blount and Harrold remain in custody awaiting the next deal in what officials call a missionary gathering incident.
Americus Daughters of the Confederacy presented Sumter Camp No. 042 A. O. V. with a silk banner for display at the state reunion in Columbus. Camp resolutions express heartfelt thanks and praise Southern womanhood, noting publication of the thanks.
An old advertisement claims Botanic Blood Balm provides a combined supply to affected areas to stop severe itching and sores. The copy promises relief for chronic eczema and related skin troubles and offers free medical advice by mail from Atlanta, Georgia.
The large furniture crockery and undertaking business of A W Smith in southwestern Georgia will merge into a stock company named A W Smith Furniture Co. Edward Gyles and EY Andrews join, capital stock to start at 8000 dollars, may rise to 20000 dollars. The business will be continued and expanded under new conditions with Smith and his assistants guiding growth. The Times Recorder predicts great success.
Assessment No due on the death of Mrs. Eliza Burke. Please call at room No. 14 Planters Bank Building for settlement, or forfeit membership. Eva Locxerre Hontis.
For sale or exchange, my residence and lot on Polder Street containing six acres. HL Conve Davis AC 15 de 0 dw it.
In a rural pasture incident, Alderman J. Share and Alderman Sherlock confronted a dangerous cow from the Wiregrass herd. Sherlock sprang to safety, leaping a fifteen foot fence to escape the enraged animal as the beast charged toward a pale-faced woman and her brother intervened.
Fall colds can linger through winter and lead to pneumonia bronchitis or consumption. Foley's Honey and Tar cures quickly and prevents serious outcomes. It is old reliable tested safe and sure contains no opiates and will not constipate J. R. Hudson
Under J L Montgomery direction a force dismantled the old Peoples Bank in the Hotel Windsor. Vault railing desks and fixtures were sold to a banking house at Arcadia Indiana through W H Simmons. The former bank building can be converted into a store and become desirable in Americus.
Miss Sallie Parker an elderly Sumter county resident died yesterday at her home several miles east of Americus at eighty four. The remains were to be buried at Salem church.
Miss Cloud announces a fall and winter milling goods sale after returning from Atlante. Opening Tuesday the 7th at ten avenue No 111 invites ladies to attend with promises of satisfaction, featuring competent bands and attention to patrons.
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