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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1925
Page
6
A long promotional plea invites readers to join a broad gift distribution linked to Times-Recorder events. It touts easy entry, urges early nominations, and references a $10,000 prize distribution, with scattered notes on historical airship and local obituaries as part of the issue.
Robert Eshton Howe aged 48 prominent Leesburg merchant and longtime citizen dies at home after weeks of illness. He moved from DeSoto Sumter to Leesburg nine years ago and led in church and school affairs. Survived by widow four daughters parents a brother and two sisters. Funeral arrangements pending.
A Times-Recorded notice promotes a free gift offer to women promising income growth. It claims increasing interest year by year and calls for men and women to join across the city and surrounding territory to handle a booming business with no experience required.
A storm splits the Shenandoah airship into three sections with the forward half reported missing as word spreads from witnesses. The airship, designed by the Bureau of Naval Aeronautics and built at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, is described as an improved version of the Zeppelin design.
A New Orleans woman allegedly took poison while visiting Chicago amid unclear motives. The report notes possible other reasons tied to sickness in the United States costing about 1.5 billion dollars annually and deems the total loss as significant. A Seattle bank clerk is said to have shot himself, with remarks he felt bad over a missed monthly total.
In Fulton County Georgia Metropolitan Life Insurance Company acting as attorney in fact for H Carson Bass will sell at public outcry the real estate described in the security deed to Atlanta Trust Company and later assigned to Metropolitan Life. The sale occurs October 1 1925 at the courthouse door in Americus Sumter County. The property is the west half of lot 83 in the 15th District containing about 101 1/4 acres. Terms are cash with a warranty deed from Metropolitan Life Insurance Company as attorney in fact.
Notice of sale under power of land for Mrs Katie T McCrea. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company holds the debt secured by deeds to Sumter County lands including blocks in the 26th district. sale to satisfy $5800 indebtedness plus costs. Public outcry before Americus courthouse on October 1 1925.
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