20 Sep 1899
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1899
Page
1
A brief pitch touts Teprevent backed guarantees and money refunds for all goods. It claims cash purchases and low prices with quick returns and small profit, inviting readers to trial the offer. Bottled goods are said to be original distillery bottlings.
A garbled ad lists various rye whiskies and brandies with prices and packaging details. Mentions Pure Press Brand Niaklowam Park Tilford Fine Rye and Stone Mountain Corn age statements, plus cases and quarts, with contact numbers for further price and preprice information.
Paris September 19 the cabinet announced a pardon in principle for Alfred Dreyfus and his appeal was withdrawn. He may be sent abroad before the pardon is promulgated to forestall demonstrations. Rennes reports intense excitement as Paris hails the step, while the Socialist press vows continued opposition to those responsible for the affair.
Analyzed text exposes an advertising scheme urging sick women to write to a woman for sympathy and medical advice. It contrasts with a real physician, noting a genuine doctor at Invalides Hotel and Surgical in Buffalo, warning that a non doctor cannot treat ailments. The piece critiques credulity and emphasizes medical expertise.
London reports a Cape Town rumor of a more conciliatory Transvaal message to Sir Alfred Milner. Uitlander papers warn of war, while London may avoid immediate war but demands aggressive cabinet action and troop movements. Troops move toward Kimberly. a cruiser is ordered to Cape Town via Cape Town route.
Paris reports the high court probes into M. De Roulede and associates for conspiracy to alter government. Four to six weeks of committee work and a possible month of sessions are anticipated. Government may fall if prosecution collapses. cabinet composition and presidential crisis add uncertainty.
Professor Swingle travels to California to share fig cultivation knowledge for Smyrna variety and ships Blastophaga insect specimens to fertilize figs. California-grown figs fertilized by the imported insect show promise, with experts deeming the specimens perfect.
Washington reports Key West yellow fever epidemic expanding with about 400 cases and rising. Daily new cases around 40, mortality low. Marine hospital service focuses on quarantining the island, detaining suspects, and preventing spread to Miami and Dry Tortugas camps. State board of health oversight continues, as Dr Carter coordinates with Alabama officials to ease train restrictions.
Eatonton Ga September 19 Judge John Hart ruled the Central of Georgia Railway did not violate the state constitution in purchasing the Middle Georgia and Atlantic The decision follows a petition by Eatonton citizens backed by Governor Candler directing the attorney general to pursue the case It was alleged the buyout harmed merchants in Eatonton and Augusta by rate discrimination in favor of Savannah Evidence showed freight and passenger rates fell after the purchase and that the line had been neglected but is now well built and safe
Butler advocates government assisted emigration of African Americans to Central or South America to escape discrimination in the United States. He cites President Tindes and urges a home abroad for Black citizens to access full citizenship amid American society’s ostracism. The letter was published from Garrenville, S O. Sept. 1. The item includes unrelated local notices of violence and political candidacy in Georgia and Texas.
The Georgia military advisory board adjourned after recommending radical changes to troop service. The state mustering includes 13 white commands and 17 new units with only the Atlanta machine gun battery remaining under current order. The report, adopted by the board, urges immediate armament turnover from 17 negro commands leaving four. pay for privates and noncommissioned men would rise from 43 cents to 1 dollar daily during riot call.
In Pittsburg on September 1 a dispute within the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin workers over no wage rise for puddler and bar iron scales has sparked strong local lodges to condemn a conference with Secretary James Nutt of Republic Iron Company. A mass meeting of paddlers has been called with talk of reviving the old Sons of Vulcan union.
Lieutenant Colonel John D. Miley inspector general of volunteers died in Manila from cerebral meningitis following typhoid fever. A regular army first lieutenant he served with Shafter at Santiago and wrote on that campaign, Senator Beveridge called him splendid and capable.
Mail advices from Guatemala dated Sept 3 report General Luis Mena's forces invading Nicaragua from San Salvador. They occupy the Momotumba mountains near Leon and have conducted several successful sorties against Nicaraguan outposts while eluding entrapment. Mena nears Teocuan city and may capture it as the invasion began Aug 20. Dr Thomas Vernon, Whitney physician, died in a runaway accident. Negotiations loom to free American prisoners held by Filipinos. Government buys more land for Chickamauga National Park. Former Governor Ostes of Alabama seeks Senate seat. Vanderbilt succeeds his brother as president of the New York and Harlem River railroad. An officer on the Macon Southern Railway receives a demand to replace Negro firemen with white workers. Chapel Hill students noted.
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