04 Sep 1897
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1897
Page
1
A customer praised the store for reliable, confidently priced goods and prompt availability. The ad promises no unrealized commitments and stresses that bargains require cash, not credit, with the advertiser asserting consistent fulfillment of advertised offers.
Prince Luigi of Savoy, tied to Italian royalty, reaches New York after a historic ascent of Mount St Elias. He plans a scientific monologue with rare photographs taken above 14,000 feet. The spokesman notes the climb involved glacier dangers, 18 hours to the summit, and air at high altitude, with a weight of the camera gear limiting full documentation.
President McKinley and party arrived at 10 a.m. to attend events with the Ohio State Board of Agriculture. Officials and prominent guests accompanied him, with a large fair attendance and military reception at the station. Separate dispatch reports Zelaya denies Japan’s canal takeover plans in Central America.
Reports from Denver and Nashville detail a deadly fever that swept South American gold fields. George W. Adams, Cripple Creek native, survived when eight companions perished in Georgetown region mines, with one more member fleeing after witnessing horrific deaths. Other items note legal attachments for contempt and picketing, barber strikes, and a Paris dispatch on a mutilated body found in the Seine, reflecting a string of varied incidents across cities.
Atlanta dispatch details HMS Perry inviting Governor Atkinson to discuss his case in prison. Perry mocks Atkinson and accuses Judge Candler of political manipulation while promising to denounce Atkinson in his looming execution speech. In Florida, Edward Register is shot dead on his porch. his adopted son Robert and tenant Henry Tyree admit involvement amid a love-triangle motive. Tyree allegedly paid the boy to kill the farmer. the trio are jailed.
Reports from Helena Arkansas describe a pearl mussel rush along the St Francis river to Jeffersonville with many white and Black harvesters, risking cotton picking labor as mussel wealth draws labor from the field. The piece links pearl prospects to possible regional economic impact.
Court activity centered on the George Pritchard case, charged with killing Pathers at a negro Baptist church. Judge Sayre ruled the venire irregular for failure to notify 100 selected jurors in writing, halting further trials this week. Other docketed matters included Stokes murder conspiracy and Bell abolition cases, all leading to acquittals in most eight murder trials that week.
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