12 Sep 1899
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1899
Page
1
Established in 1881 the oldest wholesale liquor house in Macon guarantees all goods as represented or money refunded. They buy for cash in large lots to keep prices low. Quick sales and small profits are their motto. All goods bottled at the distillery with centralized bottling.
The Americus First Street Carnival begins this morning with a grand pageant and a two hour parade of elaborate floats. Fitzgerald Band will perform on the plaza and outdoor amusements, bicycle drills, cake walks, and clown acts will fill the day, with thousands expected to visit and enjoy the festivities.
A compact notice lists Corn Whiskies and North Carolina Corn alongside Stone Mountain as key items in a regional product roundup. The snippet suggests a trade or branding mention without further context or details.
A late 19th or early 20th century ad lists Horna Sherry and Port wines from Te to 81.50 per gallon, imported Sherry and Port from 1.10 to 280 per gallon, Cognac Brandy from 6.25 to M per gallon, clarets by the case, Rhine wines by the case, and other foods by the gallon. The ad promotes jug trade, mail or telegraph orders, and special price list inducements.
Paris, Sept. 11. In Renxxs Dreyfus shows calm mood as Madame Dreyfus visits him in prison and he smokes a pipe for the first time in days, signaling better spirits. The town sits quiet with troops and gendarmes departed and the courtroom being dismantled while crowds lose interest.
Admiral Dewey aboard the Olympia sailed from GibraLtar to New York. He refused to comment on Philippine policy until the commission's recommendations reach the president. He reiterated support for the commissioner's views and his belief that Filipinos are more capable of self government than Cubans. He also notes no change from his Manila days and honors gunner Peppiatt of the Devastation, who lost an arm in a salute accident.
Four men die when engine and several granite cars plunge from a rebuilt trestle on the Columbia Newberry and Laurens line into the Broad River near Columbia. Engineer Weathersby Fireman Rennick and two black tramps perished. The wreck followed a suspected track jump as the trestle lay in repair. trains will use Southern rails from Newberry to Columbia during rebuild.
Judge Pope refused to halt use of candidates names in the city election and the matter goes to the supreme court. Citizens Eupens E. Stone and J. W. Goddard seek certiorari to void the recent mayor and aldermen primaries over alleged fraudulent voter registration. Their lawyers are Messia B. Shuarman and A. H. Miller.
Sept 11 reports Henry Vickers, a wealthy merchant and farmer from five miles outside Valdosta, was found dead in his country store with throat cut and head beaten. Three black men were arrested on suspicion amid bloodstained clothes. sheriff with 100 men hunted for others involved, amid talk of summary justice.
A fatal shooting occurred in Covington Louisiana during a morning meeting between the Bossiers and Bradleys as a train arrived. William and Eddie Bossier were involved, both sides wounded, with Jim and Charles Bradley among the injured. The coroner's jury investigates, with bullets found in William Bossier. All parties are under arrest.
A man, unnamed at the scene, climbed the Brooklyn Bridge railing and plunged into the East River. Edward McLaughlin of Brooklyn identified him this day as his missing brother, reportedly in poverty. police found hat coat and shoes, but identity not established. Pretoria tensions rise as cabinet debates war, Neitz travels to Johannesburg and Cape Town amid British troop movements. The U S transport Morgan City wreck near Ononuchi prompts divers and hopes of salvage. captain cites good chances of freeing the vessel.
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