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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1888
Page
7
Carters Shoe Store advertises quality men and boys footwear with a $3.00 shoe in leather, button and elastic styles, aimed to fit perfectly and wear well. The copy touts unmatched value and wide selection, noting durable construction and careful fit.
A Dawson writer recalls a Wednesday excursion with friends to a creek west of town. The group enjoys nature, rope riding on a moved log, food, and jokes, then the narrator hauls home provisions, battles sugar spills, and endures a comic misadventure before church. References to Rev J O Branch and Jaf Ciro Pinsuti appear in passing.
A New York press story recounts Mark Twain allegedly drafted a plan to raise an $18,000 church debt in Elmira via a confidential subscription. The plan asked parishioners to donate according to their means, without others knowing amounts. The result reportedly covered the entire debt, though it remains unclear if Twain intended the tale as fact or joke. The Augusta Evening News cites the Georgia immigration journal Southern Empire by W L Glessner, praising its launch, purpose, and Georgia focus.
An old physician claims a vegetable remedy can cure consumption and other lung and nervous conditions. He offers to mail the recipe in German, French, or English, with directions, free upon request. Also notes a diphtheria like horse illness in Toledo and a Philadelphia doctor offering a 200 page book, Jan 19, featuring William Tilden in Belle Vue Hospital’s alcoholic ward.
Congressman Barnes of Missouri, a man of immense size with a deep bass voice, is nicknamed Sitting Bull by reporters in the gallery. Bucklow's Araica Salve advertised as the best salve for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, and skin eruptions claims to cure piles with money back guarantee. Sold by Dr. E. J. Eldridge at 25 cents per box.
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