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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1891
Page
8
A cluttered ad describes a store offering another two days of reduced prices on a wide range of goods. It highlights fabrics, dress goods, hosiery, gloves, damask, towels, calicoes, ginghams, and kids items with extensive discounts and new stock arriving. Strong emphasis on low prices and quick purchase.
Wheatley Reece faced a setback in a local contest as errors hampered performance. Details remain unclear from the fragmentary report, but the event appears tied to a small regional competition with limited coverage.
The city’s shops showcase fall cotton shipments and an expanding, metropolitan stock across dry goods groceries jewelry and more. Merchants emphasize fair dealing, a strong market for necessities and luxuries, and a robust commercial fabric that supports surrounding regions.
At Atlanta on October 20 Major U W Robertson moved a resolution endorsing efforts to improve Savannah harbor and urging congressional funding as asked by the state. Resolutions approved praised Hoke Smith for his letter and urged southern governors to foster a road-building program with delegated expense payment. An executive committee chosen to plan the next session includes Mulllins Nicholson Purse Stone steed Vail Timmerman Webb Williams. Dr. Lee of Atlanta delivered a philosophic lecture, stressing sunshine and love’s social value. Judge Crisp returned home to attend his son Walter’s typhoid illness as he aids Governor Campbell.
A collage of city items: entertainment ads for Richards and Pringle's Georgia Minstrels at the opera house, The Clemenceau Case adaptation, and crowd reports from a Macon fair. Local growth news includes street work near Hotel Windsor, Dawson school marriage plans, Grant House hospitality, and Cherokees peace treaty anniversary. Also brief humor and anecdotes mix with weather and health notes. The piece blends social life, business upbuild, and small-town life in Georgia.
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