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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1891
Page
10
An old health ad extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for consumption and lung ailments. It claims prevention is crucial and offers a money refund if no cure after a fair trial. The text links liver and blood purification to overall health and appetite.
The Wisconsin sensation centers on Senator Phil Sawyer who faces a charge of attempting to influence the Dane County circuit court judge in a case seeking 100 000 to 500 000 in state funds. Sawyer admits offering ex Congress man LaFollett a retainer to appear, but says no improper influence occurred. The attorney general vows action against any who corrupt the court in this high profile political matter.
Juergen Tampke, a young German employed by Hartwig Schrader & Co. wholesale grocers, has been missing since July 27 from his East Thirteenth Street boarding house. His fiancée Miss Greta Schulz and his family fear he is dead. he had money from his father and planned to marry in March before the disappearance.
Napoleon McDaniels, the notorious Cotton Belt bandit who hijacked a train near Spur Switch on June 9, 1890 and later escaped from jail, was captured in a north Texarkana house after his 15 year old son aided authorities. A posse guarded the home through the night and a two hour parley ended with McDaniels surrendering. He had been rumored in Mexico and reportedly beat his son prior to the arrest.
Cadets C W Griffith Baltimore L F James South Carolina A G Kavanaugh Nebraska Clarence England Arkansas Ridley McLean California Perkins California Adams Pennsylvania were court martialed for hazing. Sentences of dismissal were commuted by Superintendent Hemithested leaving many demerits and confinement aboard the Santee within academic limits.
Representatives of Southern colleges met in Charleston to form a monumental association. Delegates listed include W. C. James from Richmond College, Thomas Pick from the University of Virginia, J.B Whatley from Mississippi, R. Meal, Georgia, South Carolina, and W. Andrews among others.
County officers and terms listed for Su rrnton Court Americus city government details include mayor aldermen clerk city engineer police chief and water works supervisor. A cherry filled ad extols Dr Pierce and DeWitts Sarsaparilla with medical claims and a Washington paper on a meteoric ore containing diamonds.
A fragment notes Lactite as ivory substitute while a man coughs through a cold in a fifty story room and laments lacking a soul to fetch Bull's Dough Syrup. The New York K of L protests Italian labor, signaling labor unrest and anti immigrant sentiment in the city.
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