Cotton Receipts Lag as Last Year Sets Pace in August
Receipts for new crop cotton in Americus lag behind last year with 2,517 bales August to date versus 2,917 last August. Prices show a drop from 9 to 8 cents a pound, and analysts note crop lateness and wet weather delaying picking. The report also covers a fatal shooting in Stewart County where Buford Perryman allegedly killed J. A. Cade after a confrontation on the public road. Cade died later.
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Americas
Anguat Liu
Times-Recorder
Americus
J. A. Cale
Stewart County
Buford Perryman
Stewart
Columbus
Clarence Cade
Lonvale
J. A. Cade
Cade
J. J. Burke
Perryman
Buford
Mr. Cade
Burke
Verryman
Hawkins Bound Over After Alcohol Purchase Case
Hawkins, a negro preacher and shoemaker, appeared in court over an alleged unpaid purchase of two gallons of corn whiskey. He was bound over to the next term of court after the prosecution argued he failed to pay as promised.
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Hawkins
Johnson's Tonic touted as rapid fever cure
The advertisement claims Johnson's Tonic eradicates malaria fever in a day while quinine fails in ten days. It contrasts Johnson's Tonic with Yamine, promises complete relief if taken as directed, and states a 50 cent price only if it cures.
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Johnson
Tragic Deaths Linked to Americus Names Across Distances
The deaths of B. F. Jossey in Tucson and Dr. Beynon in Newark, both former Americus citizens, unfold as a troubling coincidence with pistols used fatally. Dr. H. J. Williams of Social Circle endorses Kidd's Konatipation Kure pills in the same notice.
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B. F. Jossey
Tucson
Arizona
Beynon
Newark
N. J
Americus
Atlantic Seaboard
Pacific Slope
H. J. Williams
Social Circle
Kidd
Auction of Anglia stock groceries on Lamar Street
A small Anglia stock groceries sale on Lamar Street drew many bidders and proceeded by public outcry. The entire stock sold for under 2200, despite the goods being valued as gold at fair value.
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Anglia
Lamar Street
Wanted Six or Eight Horsepower Engine and Boiler
Short advertisement seeks a six or eight horsepower engine and boiler in good condition with address for response. Includes stray lines about cures and a chocolate laxative product, but core item remains the engine and boiler request.
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W. B. Hayrs
August Matrimonial Records As Judge Reports Thirty Licenses
Judge Allen of the Court of Ordinary today recorded August as a strong matrimonial month with thirty licenses issued, about one per day, amid heatwaves. The article notes a projected 360 Sumter County weddings for the year if trends continue, and humorously invites more couples in September for a dollar’s worth of bliss. It also advertises Tutt's Pills and K. K. K. Pills for constipation.
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Judge Allen
Court of Ordinary
Cupid
Sumter County
Allen
Amzricus Busy Day Boosts Town Trade
Hundreds gathered in town yesterday spending dollars as merchants reported satisfactory trade between seasons. Pleasant weather may have helped as residents dug up tin cannes and traded for goods. A local note promotes K. K Pills as a remedy.
Assessors Battle Tax Returns in Americus
The Board of Assessors toil over city tax returns as only about half of Americus taxpayers filed. The rest face double taxation and the officials expect to resume the work within a week to finish processing the returns.
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Board of Assessors
Americus
Exploding Boilers Kill Many Aboard City of Trenton
Eleven dead nine missing and eighty two hurt as boilers explode on the City of Trenton steamboat on the Delaware river near Trenton. Firemen and police search wreckage all night while another steamer Twilight raced nearby and authorities review possible racing as cause.
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Pritapeiputa
Gurea
Steamboat City
Trenton
Delaware River
Lung City
Wilmington Steamboat Companys
Mundreds
John P. Chew
Camden
Elizabeth Green
Philadelphia
William Dunn
Helen Briest
John Briest
Chew
Lizzie
Philadelphia House of Correction
Caue
August Reinhart
Neafie & Levy Co
City of Trenton
Twilight
City of
Poconoket
Dugan
Department of Public Safety
Irene Wild
Clara B. Wild
Dora Wild
Pits Mathilda Gross
Jgmon Ashmead
Anna Herr
Emma Eastburn
Helen Ballentine
Germantown
Yous Tilleson
Philadel
Trento
Fe ome AU i Tan grup Taetes Ged
A partial readable fragment notes a group Taetes Ged and Cai Aime. context unclear but indicates activity around a sale or draft. No dates or locations provided. details are fragmentary and cannot confirm full event or outcome.
Golden Medical Discovery Promises Cure for Weak Lungs
Advertises Dr. R V Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for consumption related illnesses, including weak lungs and bronchitis. Claims no alcohol opium or narcotics, with letters from patients attesting to dramatic relief. Also promotes Pleasant Pellets for constipation and urges correspondence under secrecy from Buffalo New York.
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Doctor Pierce
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Jennie Dingman
Rapid City
Kalkaska Co. Mich
Bollworms Attack Americus Cotton Fields
For the first time in years bollworms strike cotton near Americus damaging crops with a farmer estimating about twenty five percent loss. The pests appeared recently and may increase with cool moist weather, threatening the region’s output. Mercer University in Macon promotes higher education for boys with a strong college spirit and growing endowment.
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Americus
Times-Recorder
Mercer University
Macon
South
P. D. Pollack
Quote on Idleness and Self Worth
A reflective line asserts that nothingness breeds nothing and idleness never advances personal worth. It warns that striving and effort are necessary to achieve any level of success or meaning.
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Kermott's
Tutt
Big Business
Amzricus
Delaware
Stuks
Louis
City of Clifton
St. Louis and Tennessee River Packet Company
Grand Tower
Ill
St. Louis
Chester
MEW
Hauketston
Court House
Ry Pters Bank
York
Culty
Tony
Baker Mills
Yal
Saturn
Lee Yard
Hamilton & CO
Planters Bank Building
Proprietors
Forsyth St
Americus, Ga
the Peoples Bank
W. H. Simmons
Xtransfer
Teve Wooten
Windsor Hotel
Lion
Lion Coffee
Woolson Spice CO
Toledo
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