Broadside offers, local notices, and arrivals in Americus
Local ads advertise bargains on lard sugar and coffee at favorable prices, plus hay and grits. Notices report railway work starting Monday, laundry and residences under construction, and social visits by Col. Broadfield and Judge Pillsbury. Grand lodge session planned for August, tournament prize raised in Athens, and riverboat and canal activity nearby. Tax returns urged, ice works gearing up for summer, and students returning from Philadelphia and Kentucky. Prominent locals Emmet Murray and Prof Kaler discussed, with orchestra prospects cited as a regional highlight.
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McFerran, Shallcross Co
Hama
Court House
Prest
Mize
le Court House
Emmet Murray
Pharmaceutical College
Philaelpha
Atlantic
Americas
Jce
Circulation claims disputed between local papers in Americas
The Recorder disputes the Republican's higher circulation, stating it supplied the Republican office with three reams of paper, lasting six days for 240 copies, while the Recorder prints twenty to twenty-three quires daily, asserting the Order's circulation is double that of the Republican. It rebuts false claims from years past and notes hat stock from Calvin Carter & Bon selling straw hats in apri tf.
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Republican
Recorder
Americas
Calvin Carter
Bon
Apri
Snag Boat Cleans Muckabee Creek Near Dell
Captain Wilkins continues work on Muckabee creek cleaning the channel from the turnpike to Guerry's bridge. The stream now shows faster flow and exposed buried logs, with only about half the appropriation spent. The project aims to restore a swift, pretty southern watercourse to its status from twenty years ago.
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Wilkins
Muckabee Creek
Tos Point
Guerry's Bridge
Largest Stock of Ladies and Mens Shoes in Americas
A local retailer touts the largest and most stocked footwear selection in the Americas highlighting ladies shoes and slippers, mens patent leather pumps, and all grades and sizes, from Jonx R Saw.
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Americas
Great Bargains in Dress Goods and Dry Goods Sale
On Monday and Tuesday next we propose offering the greatest ducements in bargains in dress goods trimmings and dry goods for Sumter and adjoining counties. The sale will be limited to Monday and Tuesday only and invites personal inspection as the great slaughter in nice goods begins now.
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Sumter
Nice
Thornton Wheatley
New Self-Coupling Car Device Demonstrated
Macon resident Mr. D. Altman, father of Max Altman, visited the city yesterday and showed a new car coupler invention. The device uses a revolving pin under the car that couples on impact with the bumper and uncouples via a side lever. If a car jumps the track it releases, preventing further pulling. The invention is reportedly successful and may fetch a good price on market introduction.
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D. Altman
Macon
Max Altman
Consumption Cured By Simple Vegetable Remedy
Retired physician unveils a vegetable formula claimed to cure consumption, bronchitis, catarrh, asthma, throat and lung ailments, and nervous debility. The document promises a radical, permanent cure after testing in thousands of cases and offers free samples to prove its powers.
Americus Council appoints Sewerage Commission to oversee bonds
At the Americus Ga city council meeting on April 16 1880 Aldermen Felder Williams Mathews Jossey and Mack present with Bagley and Adderton absent. The council authorized the Americas Sewerage Commission to supervise construction of a sanitary sewerage system funded by recently sold bonds and to hire engineers labor and materials with clerks treasurer as fiscal agents and set per diem payments for the commissioners. A petition from Hollis and Hawkins to be released from charter revision duties was rejected. Several small bills were ordered paid or referred.
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Comnet Chambre
Americus
Felder
Ald
Williams
Mathews
Jossey
Mack
Bagley
Adderton
J. B. Felder
P. A. Williams
Bb. H. Jossey
Americas Sewerage Commission
Sewerage Commission
Sal
Sewe
T. Wheatley
Lamar Street
Messrs
Hollis
E. A. Hawkins
RP Huis
Ald. Mack
Messrs. Hollis & Hawkins
Bob Lee
Argo & Bagley
Geo. Wood
Hersey Meter Co
Brown & French
Southern Express Co
Pool Ford
L. M. Rumeey Manufacturing
H. A. Harris
Jas. Ellis
Prince Bros
Harris & Payne
C. M. Wheatley & Co
Americus Gas Co
Perry & Brown
J. ¥. Bolton
D. K. Brinson
Home Ownership Encouraged by Editorial View
An editorial from the Detroit Free Press argues it is feasible for most in a community to own homes and that renting is not inherently cheaper. It says ownership builds a secure stake, and that individuals should shape budgets to acquire a dwelling, gradually achieving a solid foundation for future prosperity.
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Detroit
Free-Preas
Bay
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Cyrus Smith
Jefferson Street
John T. Argo
Col
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Atlanta
Florida
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Lester Windsor
Miss Hattie
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Ler
T. F. Logan
Americus Street Railway
Council Chamber
W. E. Murphey
A. S. Thompson
LeConte Nursery
Smithville
Southland
Leeton Park Land Company
G. C. Schofield
New York
H. R. Johnson
Leeton Park and Land Company
County of
State of
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Harrold
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Peck
Rochester
N. Y
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Poughkeepsie
A. B. Harrold
J. A. Kendrick
Dr. Eldridge
M. Speer
Harrold Boone
Mr. Kendrick
Lott Warren
Poole
Official Council Proceedings
Sxo. R. Baw
Mayor Felder
Will Patterson
Will Brooks
Patterson
Arthur Rylander
REIL
PVE
St. Hawkins
City and Country School Books
Hugh M. Brown
New Book Store
Hidridge's Drug Store
Botanic Blood Balm
Atlanta Ga
Tom Thumb
Jno
R. Bhaw
Lury Hinton
Thos. O. Williams & Co
Richmond
Virginia
P. C. Cinco &Co
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Dickson
Cortale
CorpeLs
Phil Cook
Confederate Soldiers'Home
Gen. Cook
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Kenesaw Mills Co
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