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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1891
Page
8
Crowded counters signal a rapid shopping rush as new stock arrives. Discounts cover dress goods, tricot, silks, woolen fabrics, gloves, hosiery, table linens, blankets, and cloaks with many items marked well below former prices. Shoppers urged to act quickly for best selections.
Woolen and dry goods merchants Wheatley and Wheatley advertise a range of high class dry goods at popular prices. The brief notice touts affordable luxury and appeals to price-conscious shoppers seeking quality.
Macon Georgia October 29 the union depot one of the oldest brick structures in the city was burned to the ground. The fire started in the news and lunch stand of T C Parker as Henry Sloan a clerk attempted to light a coal fire with kerosene. Sloan was severely burned and may die. Losses total about 100000 for the railroad Parker 8000 with 3000 insurance. The railroad insured for 35000 with a New York firm. One hundred fifty baggage pieces burned. Four people in the office escaped. The depot will be rebuilt though site litigation may delay construction.
The Barnesville accommodation special derailed near Summerville, two miles from Macon, injuring seven passengers. One man critically hurt. others with broken limbs and bruises. Some rooms prepared at the Brown House. A broken rail is blamed for the事故.
A resident reports the death of Miss Likens after she went to gather berries on the mountain near Shawsville. The bear ambushed her, squeezed her to death, then partly devoured her body found beneath a tree.
Private dispatches report the steamer Oliver Berne, once an excursion boat and cotton carrier, burned near Bin Bent Swive miles from VES barg. ve listed as lost with twelve lives confirmed.
The Chilean government replies with strong language to Minister Egan's demand for an explanation of the attack on American sailors. It refuses responsibility. Washington has been notified. Egan, Schley, and Consul McCrary meet to discuss decisive action. The Baltimore's crew are barred from ashore amid a marketboat safety dispute and rumors of a Chilean legation protest in Washington.
Atchison Kansas October 29 express car of Central branch railway train No 403 was robbed. George Garner express messenger left in Downs and reached Leonora where he aided in switching leaving conductor in car. After alighting at Leonora to transact business the car was unattended and the safe disappeared during a switch. Robbers fled to a waiting wagon with a large amount of anpathy inside the safe, no clue to suspects.
Paris Oct 29 Jules Simon former French statesman says war unlikely and that Emperor William conveyed a sincere desire for peace in Berlin. He notes the czar also wants peace, France will not initiate hostilities. questions about Franco-Russian entente and Egypt neutral. Simon doubts Russian aims in India but sees Asia expansion as natural. Also reports on Mamie Bass Mississippi love triangle and Ex-Senator Eustis praising Cleveland nomination.
Portland Me October 20 Tom Reed departs as postmaster and Republican city county chair due to debt and business losses. Herbert Briggs his ally and bondsman faced withdrawal pressures as multiple Portland ventures collapsed. Reed filed Briggs resignation with the president and named a successor, Salmon Merrimack. G B Hodges Plymouth reports abundant Merrimack salmon but warns of heavy slaughter at Garvin Falls and river mouths. He notes Massachusetts New Hampshire pact shifts costs to federal funds, enabling New Hampshire’s first fish hatchery in Concord.
An aged land turtle unearthed near George B. Haskell’s Rochester premises bears marks dated 1818 and 1827, likely made by Samuel Clapp and William Sturtevant as young men. The creature, still vigorous, hints at a possible century more of life ahead amid other clipped anecdotes from various papers.
A mixed jumble of postal, medical, personal, and promotional items. It references missed newspaper deliveries, early postal railway service in 1864, long-lived residents, odd egg counts under a microscope, a comic exchange about medicine, and local ads for Dr. W C Russell in Americus, Georgia.
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