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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1884
Page
8
An OCR fragment shows a store ad listing laundry shirt prices: Laundried Shirts at 50 cents, 65 cents, 75 cents and Percale Shirts at 50 cents and 75 cents, indicating a sale or promotional pricing from a local shop.
A Chicago World item recounts twenty middle aged men who vowed to drink no whiskey until a Democrat was inaugurated. Seven years in, thirteen remain faithful, with fines collected from some and one waiter John Pearson noting personal losses. The piece also mentions egg eating feats by Charles Pearsall and a dubious note on Gen Henry W Slocum as presidential hopeful and a Manchester girl swimming many laps.
A garbled early notice promises remedies for nervous weakness and early decay. It cites a missionary and a Reverend figure, Joseph T. arising from a controversial claim, suggesting a remedy sent to those afflicted.
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