13 Sep 1899
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1899
Page
1
An aged Macon wholesale liquor house advertises establishment in 1881 and claims to offer guaranteed quality with cash purchases for five large lots, promoting quick sales, low prices, and original distillery bottling.
Short OCR fragment notes corn whiskey trade in North Carolina with Stone Mountain references and a price cue of two cents twenty. The readable items mention corn, whiskey, and Stone Mountain as key terms.
California Sherry and Port and wine from 75c to 15 per gallon. Imported Sherry and Port wines from 1 to 280 per gallon. Brandy from 2 to 4 per gallon. Rhine wines by the case of twelve quarts. All other goods by the gallon including Corn Whiskey Peach and Apple brandies. Jug trade common. orders by mail or telegraph welcomed. Special inducements offered for price lists and further information.
Americus swarmed with visitors for the city’s first big street carnival and trades display. The Fitzgerald Military Band led a dawn parade, followed by a lavish floats pageant, a central plaza program, and a string of concerts and masked balls, drawing an estimated 6 000 to 8 000 people and showcasing local merchants and civic pride.
Cornelius Vanderbilt died at 5:15 AM at his Fifty-seventh Street Fifth Avenue residence after a paralytic stroke. Attendants and physicians, including Dr. James and Dr. Janeway, failed to save him. He leaves wife, daughter Gladys, and Reginald, with Elated grief at the news. Colonel McMaster also dies in North Carolina.
O A Richer of Minneapolis travels through Baton Rouge and Memphis aiming to recruit at least 1000 Negro women for domestic work in Minneapolis. He reports white servant shortages and high pay, attributing it to prior marriages and rising prosperity among white women.
New York dispatch reports Major General Miles stating that Sandy Hook explosive projectile tests showed high explosives can be launched long distances and penetrate armor. Trials proved force and concussion effects, with projectiles reaching 10 to 14 miles, confirming effectiveness of high explosive filled projectiles.
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