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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1889
Page
2
A scattered column spans diverse notes. Haskins of Oakland estimates 60000 immigrants on the coast, Joaquin Miller joins California forestry, and a Boston inventor nets 100 crows for Maine markets. Marble halls rise in London as Marlborough pair redo Carlton Square. Harrison questions Chicago GOP success, a New Orleans water theft, Georgia rail intrigue, Confederate fund drive, and Rhode Island election fixes spark reform debate.
Cordelean letter protests Savannah and Western railroad plans while urging Americus to support an outspoken local paper against Central railroad fraud. The column notes rival lines, stock prices, and local press roles, then shifts to a South Carolina visit to the President, race in politics, and a Jay Gould anecdote about wealth and restraint. Further lines mention English women earning wages crafting silk and lace lamp shades.
A local plan outlines building a hotel and a cotton factory to boost Americus Southwest Georgia economic activity. It proposes organizing a company, selling subscriptions on installment, and using funds to construct the hotel with owners and bondholders defined. A Chicago bettor risked his cigar factory and jewelry on a dog fight where the other dog won, leading to ruin and a fatal act by his sweetheart.
The jute bagging trust spurred Southern planters to seek alternatives, leading to pine straw and cotton bagging. A new rivalry emerged between pine straw and cotton bagging manufacturers, boosting local industry. Pine straw, once discarded, becomes merchantable, proving necessity breeds invention and benefiting the South.
A natural born humorist in Red Cloud Nebraska announced a notable coal discovery and eagerly offered to reveal the spot. An enthusiastic crowd followed him through town as he led them to the coal yard.
Mr. W. H. Morgan a Lake City merchant suffered a severe cold and dangerous cough that worsened to consumption. After trying various remedies he found rapid relief with Dr King’s New Discovery and recovered after six bottles with no relapse. Also noted a Brooklyn boy Simon Cohen injured in a stair collision developing brain congestion.
An elderly physician claims a vegetable remedy cures consumption bronchitis and related illnesses and nervous complaints. He offers a free reading of the recipe in German French or English by mail from W A Noyes Rochester NY. Also note the agricultural experiment station site selection tour with claims by Macon Athens Forsyth Newnan and Greensboro in Georgia.
The Boston Globe notes the U S president's $50 000 annual salary and compares royal incomes from Victoria to the Sultan of Morocco. It laments how other rulers far outpace the American chief executive while reflecting on public pay scales and princely largesse. It adds a call of the South’s boom potential and a Paris hotel price rise ahead of the Exposition.
Mrs Phebe Chesley Peterson of Clay county Iowa declares at 73 she suffered kidney pain and lameness for years yet Electric Bitters restored her youth and health. Residents corroborate the tale noting her improved ability to do housework without aid. A doctor’s advertised remedy and a heavy snowstorm hitting Pennsylvania and Virginia on Saturday are also mentioned.
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