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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1891
Page
2
An old newspaper fragment touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for consumption and related lung and blood disorders. It claims the remedy clears liver impurities, improves appetite and digestion, and strengthens the body when taken promptly, with a money back guarantee after a fair trial.
A sensational Wisconsin tale ties Senator Phil ette Sawyer to alleged efforts to influence Dane County Circuit Court judge Lisbecker over a dispute to recover 100000 to 500000 in state funds. Sawyer admits offering LaFollett a retainer to appear, claiming no improper influence. The attorney general vows action against any party involved, marking the case as the era’s biggest political sensation.
Juergen Tampke, a German wholesale grocer employee at Hartwig Schrader & Co., vanished July 27 after returning to New York from Coytsville New Jersey. His fiancée Greta Schulz and landlady report no signs. his brother captains the Anchor Line steamship Europa.
Napoleon McDaniels famed Cotton Belt bandit, wanted since the Spur Switch train robbery on June 9, 1890, and a later jail escape, was captured at his north Texarkana home after his son alerted officers. A nightlong posse, twohour parley, and McDaniels surrender followed. In a separate note, Judge Monfort ruled against Walter Evans and Miller in a challenge to the new constitution, leaving the revised charter likely to stand and sent to the Court of Appeals.
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 found guilty by court marshal for hazing at the academy. Several were dismissed but sentences were commuted by Superintendent Ty Hemithested by 50 percent. Detained on board the Santee and confined to academic limits with many demerits.
Representatives of southern colleges met in Charleston to form a monumental association. Delegates listed include W. C. James of Richmond College, Thomas Pick of Virginia, George N. C. and J. B. Whatley. Mississippi and Georgia speakers also named among the attendees.
County officials and terms listed for Surrnton and Americus districts including judges solicitors clerks sheriffs treasurers tax collectors coroners and city officers. Also notes civic posts such as mayor and aldermen with names and terms plus a sensational ad on a jewelled hat valued at $5000 and medical patent cure claims. The column includes promotional medical and patent remedy language.
A quip on Lactite as a substitute for ivory appears in a vivid (and unusual) aside about a man in a fifth story room moaning from a cold and lacking the will to fetch Bull's Dough Syrup. The New York K of L protests against Italian labor activities underscore ongoing labor tensions.
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