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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1902
Page
4
The Times Recorder editor and business manager Marie Louise Myrick appears in a partial ad header. It lists subscription rates and contact details for the newspaper based in Americus, Sumter County, with official status in local government circles.
An Americus Georgia reader summarizes the Elberta peach boom in Hopkins Co Texas, warning of overplanting and looming overproduction. He cites nurseries overwhelmed with orders, syndicates buying land for peaches, and memories of similar booms in oranges, grapes, and hops. He notes high prices limit demand and predicts a market glut.
The piece extols agriculture as America’s core wealth and predicts broad prosperity from rising farm outputs. It cites large crop yields, dairy production, and grazing as signs of economic strength, while urging farmer organization and political influence under Roosevelt era politics. It juxtaposes Bryan’s East reception with electoral results and notes King Alfonso IIIs youth.
Mother's Friend promises to ease childbirth by preparing the system for labor and shortening the painful ordeal. It claims to lessen danger to mother and child, reduce confinement time, and promote healthy development, with early attention to swollen breasts and milk secretion.
W A Orton of the U S Department of Agriculture told the Nashville cotton states commissioners that he has found a potential resistant cotton. He notes that seed from a stalk left standing in wilted fields can yield immune plants, but experiments are preliminary. He advises farmers to plant other crops on affected land until tested.
Petition seeks incorporation of Richland Oil Company in Sumter County Georgia for twenty years with renewals, to buy sell gin and process cotton and cotton seed products, refine oil, produce feed and fertilizer, own warehouses, and operate nationwide with capital stock initial at forty thousand dollars, capable of increasing to two hundred thousand. Principal office in Americus, with rights to branch, real and personal property, and bonds by mortgage.
The store touts a strong week one performance and invites customers to expect even better values in the current sale. It claims ongoing growth and prosperity as proof of its merit and urges shoppers with promises of delightful and astonishing offerings this week.
Dress goods in new weaves and colors for autumn wear announced with sale prices. Varieties include At 25c yd all wood suitings and serges, At 15c yd whip cord and serges, At 50c vd Venetian cloths, At sec yd homespun mixtures, At 75c yd 52 inch Ladies Cloth, At $1.00 yd French broadcloth, At 69c yd black taffeta and peau de soie silk with Monday Tuesday only offers.
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