Americus Happenings and Local Notes
Bits of news from Americus and surrounding areas include a book sale at Holliday's and cheap country syrup, shifting rents due to weather, arrivals back from Annapolis and Philadelphia, and upcoming developments at the Virginia Carolina Chemical Co. Cotton prices, farmers selling cotton early, and circus plans for Forepaugh and Sells mark the season. Elks street fair, local transfers, and market notes plus fresh arrivals from New York shape a lively city page.
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Holliday’s
Americus
Foley's Honey and Tar Cure Claim for Throat Troubles
Frank phrasing asserts Foley's Honey and Tar is peculiarly adapted for chronic throat troubles and will positively cure conditions like bronchitis and hoarseness, urging avoidance of substitutes. The note references Jobery Hudson and promotes the product as a universal remedy for lung and throat ailments.
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Foley
Jobery Hudson
Negro Woolfolk grabbed by officers after home invasion
Americus reports that Joe Woolfolk was carried to Columbus for safekeeping after entering the home of Mrs. Bettie Nicholson near Preston with alleged intent to assault her daughter, a 15 year old. The girl fled, aiding authorities who captured Woolfolk and identified him. He confessed entering the house and is jailed.
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Americus
Joe Woolfolk
Webster
Columbus
Woolfolk
Bettie Nicholson
Preston
Wwamp
Tome
Yang Lady
Crop prospects in Texas raise doubts from Wayland letter
A Texas report from Wayland via H Nann warns that crops are weak. Cotton will be smaller than last year, black lands may yield a fair crop, but lowland stalks are bare of bolls. Corn failures noted. overall belt conditions suggest lower yields, though prices may rise later.
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Americas
Texas
Apt
Nuno
Suamter
Farmere
H. Nann
Wayland Texas
Nann
Boy's 18 Mile Ride for Lifesaving Medicine
A Leesville Indiana boy braved death’s agony from asthma to reach a doctor for King’s New Discovery. The note details instant relief and eventual cure for throat and lung troubles. He testifies he now sleeps soundly. Free trial bottles offered at Eldridge drug stores.
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Ite
Eldridge
Mosquito Invasion Strikes Americus Town
A vivid local notice describes a massive mosquito outbreak in Americus. Amos Keeter arrives and stays as swarms fill the city from Bullneck to Leeton and Magnoliadell to East Americas. Residents report nightly bites and a growing pest problem as Bill and his gang of insects dominate the area.
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Amos Keeter
Americus
Bullneck
Leeton
Magnolia Dell
East Americas
Mosquito Bill
Botanic Blood Balm Promises Eczema Cure and Free Advice
An advertisement promotes Botanic Blood Balm as a remedy for eczema and chronic itching, claiming it improves blood supply to affected areas and heals sores, eruptions, and scales. It offers free medical advice and a sealed letter request, with contact by the Blood Balm Co. of Atlanta, Georgia.
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Atlanta
Visitors Listed in Yesterday's Drag Store Notice
A long list records local residents and guests visiting or returning home from trips. Names include Hawkins, Miss May Belle Hawkins, Mrs. Sherlock, Miss McLendon, Miss Yonah Buchanan, Miss Lannee Lamar, Miss Minnie Bagley, Mrs. Davis, Mr. John W. L. Daniel, Miss Sarah Turpin, Miss Mey Eva McAfee, Rev R. E. Neighbor family, Miss Bessie Harper, Mrs. W. H. O'Dudley, Mrs. Lott Warren and child, Col. Thornton Wheatley, Miss Marie Whitaker, Miss Louise Clarke, and students at Monroe Female College Forsyth.
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Col
Thornton Wheatley
Scranton
Penn
North Osrolian Mountains
Marie Whitaker
Milledgeville
J. A. Ansley Jr
Louise Clarke
H. O. Bagley
Atlanta
Monroe Female College
Forsyth
Not Doomed For Life
W A Greer of McConnellsville Ohio reports being treated for piles and fistula by good doctors for three years with no success. Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him in two weeks, healing burns cuts sores eruptions and rashes. Sold at Eldridge drug store for 25 cents.
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W. A. Greer
McConnellsville
Bucklen
Eldridge
No Change in Sumter County Tax Rate This Year
County commissioners met to assess the rate and decided to keep the combined state and county tax at 95.100 or 89.50 per thousand, ensuring about $18,000 for general county expenses. No reductions were adopted despite potential adjustments for exigencies.
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Sumter
Lingering Summer Colds Promised Quick Cure
Advertisement notes that summer colds are hard to cure and may linger months if neglected. It touts One Minute Cough Cure from W. A. Rembert as a fast-acting remedy that fights coughs colds bronchitis and related illnesses, with claims of universal effectiveness and child acceptance.
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W. A. Rembert
August Mortality Report From Oak Grove Cemetery
The Americus mortality for August shows three white interments at Oak Grove Cemetery, down from four in July. Among Negro residents, deaths were higher with nine interments in August versus twenty-six in July, reflecting marked racial differences in the month.
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Americus
Oakgrove Cemetery
Mail service on daily Shoofly train urged between Columbus and Helena
Americas business men along the Seaboard demand the reestablishment of daily mail on the Shoofly between Columbus and Helena. The route would cover about 150 miles passing through Colambue Richland Preston Pisins Americus Leslie DeSoto Cobb Cerdele Abbeville and several other towns, providing an extra daily mail each way. The schedule’s permanent extension to Columbus boosts the case for resuming the service. Catarrh is claimed to be constitutional and Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo is advertised as a remedy with a money back guarantee.
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Americas
Seaboard
Columbus
Helena
Colambue
Richland
Preston
Pisins
Americus
Leslie
DeSoto
Cobb
Cordele
Abbeville
Constanti
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Obeney & CO
Great Circus to Visit Americus This Week
The great circus heads to Americus on Saturday, with Forenough and Bell Brothers and the full show touring Georgia. It will appear in Savannah, Albany, Americus and Macon, billed as larger and better than ever, drawing a large crowd to Americus on November 1st.
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Sanday
Circus Batta
Americus
F. E. Johnston
Americas
Bell Brothers
Georgia
South
Bavannah
Albany
Macon
Américus
Horse Stripped of Millinery In City Rear Lot
Mr J L Pennington rode to town and found his horse stripped of a fine fall suit of harness in a vacant lot behind a warehouse. A harnessless stroller noticed the horse and wiped the outfit away, leaving no trace.
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J.L. Pennington
Cure at S8e Ate at Wye Dent Congh
Fragmentary OCR presents a garbled note about a cure related event at a place called Wye Dent Congh with unclear date or participants. No coherent facts or identifiable entities beyond improvised terms.
Fragmented Years Toward Value Plates
A garbled note lists partial phrases about time, value, and play acts. It lacks cohesive facts, names, places, or dates, rendering a clear event or subject unreadable.
FARMER BROWN Sells 100 Bales of Cotton Early
Hon J Pope Brown of Hawkinsville reports selling 100 bales of cotton this year at about 8 cents per pound. Each bale weighed 500 pounds, totaling roughly 4000 dollars. He expects two to three hundred more bales plus other crops as he notes good conditions and less impact from dry weather in his district.
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J. Pope Brown
Hawkinsville
Mr. Brown
Kimball House
Brown
Pulaski County
New Jersey Editor Praises Foley’s Honey and Tar
M T Lynch editor of the Philipsburg Daily Post extols Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and colds in his family declaring it the best medicine he has found. John R Hudson reports the testimonial.
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New Jersey
M. T. Lynch
Philipsburg
N. J
Daily Post
Foley
John R. Hudson
County Board Delays Tax Rate Decision to Later Meeting
The Board of County Commissioners held a Monday session focusing on routing matters. They postponed fixing the current year's tax rate to a later meeting this week, noting last year's rate stood at one percent.
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Board of County Commissioners
Doctor endorses Foley's Honey and Tar for pneumonia
A fragment from a medical notice quotes Dr J O Bishop Agnew praising Foley's Honey and Tar for three very severe pneumonia cases with good results. It warns to refuse substitutes and notes weekly fresh stock of fine candy at Rembort's Drugstore.
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Dr. J
Bishop’ Agnew
Mivh
Foley
Sohs Ki
Hilson
Rembort’s Dragetore
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Mre
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C. J. Sherlock
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White Springs
Fla
Lannee Lamar
Minnie Bagley
John W.L. Daniel
Forsyth Street
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R. E
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Parsone
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W. H. O."dudley
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Farmer Brown
Farm Seeds
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T. W. Wood & Sons Seedsmen
Richmond
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Eames
Sgorgla
Socwrur Counrr
Ste Gael Ciareead
Welds Pauls
Twentet
John D. Brown
Aohn D. Brown
E. Lewis
Alice John
Superior Court
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Jon Bird
Geortian Tor
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Jobo R. Hodson
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