Americus Georgia A Surge of Growth and Opportunity
Americus in Sumter County Georgia sits on the southwestern railroad about 71 miles from Mecon and 90 miles north of the Florida line. The area boasts diverse crops and a mild climate. With a population near 6000, it features schools, churches, a public library, several newspapers, an opera house, water works, and multiple industries. The city bills itself as the Commercial Capital of southwest Georgia, powered by new rail lines and a growing mercantile sector. Immigrant-friendly, the town invites enterprising merchants and farmers to contact the ERKUs Recorder for information.
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Sumter County
Georgia
Southwestern
Mecon
Americus
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Americus, Preston & Lumpkin R Ri
Erkus Recorder
Lee kinfolk and Virginia politics rise in New York crowds
The New York Evening Sun highlights Gen Amy Lee, Robert E. Lee’s son and Virginia congressman elect, as a towering, military bearing figure in Broadway. It notes his wealth, farming career at Ravenswood, and potential bid for Senate if Democrats win Virginia, alongside remarks on relatives Gen Custis Lee and Gov Fitzhugh Lee and the family’s deep political reach.
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New York Evening Sun
Broadway
Amy Lee
Robert E. Lee
Virginia
Lees
Amy
Fitzhugh
Ravenswood
Fairfax County
Congress
Riddle~berger
Senate
Gen
George Washington Parke Custis Lee
University
Lexington
Custis
Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee
United States Senate
Maj. Lee
Appomattox
Virginia State Senate
Mary
Rome
Cardinal Gibbons
Richmond
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J. J. Worsham
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Mvt
New York
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Julius L. Mack
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United States
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A. B. Corliss
Dr. Pierce
Georgia News
Milledgeville
Middle
Booth
Superior Court
Savannah
General Sherman
Columbus and Gulf Navigation Company
Columbus
C. A. Klink
James Thweatt
Chattahoochee River
Rosston
Savannah and
Tybee
Georgia Press Association
Valdosta
Ocean House
T. W. Gilmer
Toccoa
Benjamin Shapley
Mr. Gilmer
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Boston
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Partiva
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Old Hartford
Ocmulgee
Texas
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Wade
G.w-Latiner
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Northampton
Feah
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Ravenna
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