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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1885
Page
5
Reduced from 40c to clear out large stock of hats and millinery items just arrived. Davenport urges quick purchase as more goods expected. Also notes wide sale of drugs and seeds at low prices. A dubious medical patent remedy advertisement and whiskey purity claims appear in the same notice.
In Americus and surrounding areas, reports note farmers shifting focus from cotton to live stock, a thriving People's Theatre Company drawing crowds, and local officials like Webster County’s new J. W. Cosby delivering satisfactory governance. Mentions include visits from H. B. Lee of Dawson, a Dawson editor’s call, a Mech anics fire company visit, and a variety of town news from crops, mills, marriages, deaths, and infrastructure to cultural events. The piece also covers a drought of beef in markets, a rising art scene, and ongoing civic projects in Americus and nearby towns.
Messrs McKenzie and Stanfield arrange to sell auction and French pools on the result of the Firemen's Tournament in this city on the 29th. Pools will be offered nightly at 8 o'clock at McKenzie's store on Cotton Avenue, providing ample opportunity to speculate.
At a Tuesday meeting of Wide-Awake fire company the new hose reel was named Francis Bell to honor Capt. A O Bell’s youngest daughter while the steamer was named Annie Ball for his eldest daughter The occasion underscores the family connection celebrated by the department
Say So Mr T W Atkins of Girard praises Electric Bitters as effective and rapid in selling through Dr E J Eldridge. Died Sunday night near the city, Mr T D A Phillips, a middle aged farmer with a family, pneumonia. Black Cashmere item sold for 50c at J Waxernau & Co in Sixth Avenue New York.
Mrs. Oliver Hardman of Walton county describes her battle with a facial cancer that returned after initial remedies failed. She credits Swift's Specific, despite initial worsening, for reducing the sore and discharge and restoring health, ending with a scar and deep gratitude.
Proceedings of the City Council reference a proposal by responsible parties to establish gas works in the city. Encouragement is urged to spur construction, promising convenience and brighter streets with gas lighting at low extra cost. A Walking Skeleton letter from Mechanicsburg claims Dr King’s New Discovery cured lung fever and abscess, restoring health and weight. advertises free trials and bottles for sale at Eldridge’s drug store.
Two Oglethorpe residents, Drawhorn and Aldridge, clashed over a law case Monday afternoon. Drawhorn struck Aldridge with a scale weight, hitting him on the head and breaking the skull. The injured man reportedly died. A stray, garbled postscript mentions care and remedies, but its relevance is unclear.
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