Americus Events and Social Happenings of 1895
In Americus news from The Times-Recorder September 19 1895 Judge W F Clarke as trustee sold the Bank of Americas building to John R Shaw for 3000. Helen Huntington departs for Macon Week Yan College. Weddings loom on Taylor Lee College Lamar and McGarrah streets. Grammar school faculty listed for 1915 16. Justice of the Peace race in district 789 favors W T Weekley. Local merchants reinvest cotton profits from the buy a bale movement. Robert Lane departs for college amid a friend gathering on Lee Street with Elizabeth Davis and others.
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W. F. Clarke
Tremont National Bank of Boston
Southern National of New York
Louisville Banking Co
John R. Shaw
Bank of Americas
Shaw
Americus
Helen Huntington
Macon
Week Yan College
Cupid
Taylor Street
Lee Street
College
Lamar
McGarrah
Sarah Cobb
Annie Ansley
Annie McLaughlin
Anna Keith
Genevieve Morgan
Claud McLaughlin
Nannie Sue Bell
Clebe Kemph
Olive Boyd
Elizabeth Johnson
Ruth Wynn
Annie Plumb
Mary Mathis
Lizzie McLendon
Justice of the Peace
W. T. Weekley
C. R. Winchester
Robert Lane
Elizabeth Davis
Eugenia Parker
Mary Glover
Lois McMath
Mary Hawkins
Twenty Years Ago Today in The Times Recorder
Twenty years ago today Dr. T M Merritt bought the E D Ansley residence on College street for 4000 dollars and may move to Americus. Mrs B H Jossey moves to Crisp home on Taylor street by October 1. J E Mathis declares candidacy for the legislature with October 10 elections looming. Thornton Wheatley travels to New York for a week or two of business and leisure.
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T. M. Merritt
E. D. Ansley
College Street
Americus
Merritt
B. H. Jossey
Crisp
Taylor Street
J. E. Mathis
Mathis
Thornton Wheatley
New York
Wil
Every Day Dad Walks the Floor for Baby Sighs
A tale of a weary father pacing the floor at night as his baby cries. The infant’s unsettled sleep follows a gurgle and a half sung lullaby, leaving the father relieved when the child finally drifts to sleep and the parent seeks rest.
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Baby
Frost Landis Kohn Advertising Representatives List
An address listing identifies Frost Landis Kohn as a national advertising representative with offices at 235 Fifth Avenue New York Peoples Gee Building Chicago and Walton Building Atlanta in a period directory notice.
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National Advertising
FROST LANDIS @ KOHN
Fifth Avenue
New York
Peoples Gee
Chicago
Walton Building
Atlanta
Masters as Servants In the House Proverb Quote
A brief pro verse reflecting on temperance and mastery. It notes that those who strive for mastery are temperate in all things and that masters are often the greatest servants in the house, tying religious and Italian proverb wisdom to daily conduct.
Hand Trading Company Beats Mail Order In Small Town
In Pelham near Albany, Hand Trading Company shows how a 1924 retail total of 505000 in general merchandise and overall sales around 2 million defy mail order with friendly service, local credit terms, traveling farm missionaries, coupon books, and grand style shows. The firm credit policy uses fixed prices and a 10 percent carrying charge on late farm accounts.
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System
Magazine of Business
Hand Trading Company
Pelham
Albany
T. P. Hinman
United States
J. L. Hand
Dust and trains cross Nebraska plains on Union Pacific routes
Far western Nebraska describes dust at road crossings as Union Pacific oils crossings to ease passenger comfort. The piece contrasts dust in barren areas with the towns the trains pass through, noting residents endure dust clouds whenever trains go by.
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Nebraska
Union Pacific Railroad
The World the Flesh and the Devil in Modern Times
In a provocative view of modern culture the essay argues that openness about the body signals health and vitality, not sin, and that wealth and business service ethos reflect a new era of robustness. It contrasts pagan sway with rising material abundance and suggests psychoanalytic insight as a tool for social reform. Water for Athens traces Hadrian’s ancient aqueduct built in 146.
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Athens
Greece
Wit and Weather Across the Nation
A quirky collection of quips and brief notes spans topics from Texas misfortunes to alimony totals, small crimes, and social quirks. The piece blends humorous reflections with tiny city crimes, fashion notes, and a Bay of Fundy tide fact, all in a magazine‑style montage reflecting light civic chatter.
Young Eli Whitney Nails Maker At Thirteen
At age 13 Eli Whitney perfected a nail making machine, a feat noted alongside a rough estimate of about 400 units produced or test runs completed as evidence of early ingenuity and mechanical skill.
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Eli Whitney
A Miscellany of Facts and Misconceptions
A compact item notes that one half of the global electric lamp usage lies in the United States and Canada, and cites misc facts such as salt water freezing four degrees lower than fresh water. It also mentions camel hair brushes from Siberian squirrel tails, and Cork legs named for their inventor rather than the Cork material.
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United States
Canada
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Times-Recorder
Times-Recorder
Aleck
Afier
Bawes
Cattnon
Che
Georgia
Associated Press
Tery
Ee SR
Ansley
Atlanta, Ga
Andrew Jackson
Nashville
Tenn
HOTEL
Tutwiler
Birmingham
Ala
Hotel Piedmont
Redmont
Hotel Ralston
Columbus
Phoenix Waycross
Carlingville, Fle
Vispensers
Texas
Virginia
Bettter
Florida
Cleveland
Bay of Fundy
Rome
Americus, Ga
ASI
Oemar
Americas
Business College
Eee Co
Ohio
Michigan
E. L. Porterfield
Armour
Star
Cudahy
Puritan
Bragg
L. G. Council
T. E. Bolton
T. Cashier
C. M. Council
V.P. & Cashier
J. E. Kiker
the Planters Bank of Americas (Incorporated
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