Queer Chicken Proxy and Town News From Americus
A local item describes a queer chicken with four legs kept near Providence and other brief town notes. Reports of chicken thefts, a proposed ball ground at the Dell, anti malaria work by the railroad, and a horse missing then found near the colored cemetery fill the page. Updates on a governor visit, an artesian well pump, and a Schley post office mail delay wrap the miscellany.
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Providence
Schley
Sehley
Bebley County
Andersonville
la Crosse
Ellaville
Buena Vista
Americas
Schley Post Office
Americus
Leeton and Americus interwoven tales remark on old relics
The article recalls antique waists from the Revolutionary era, Leeton’s pleasant town life, and a case in Superior Court where receipts were simple marks. It describes Mr. Horn, his grandfather’s wartime record, a forty five dollar Continen tal bill, and a junkery near Muckalee with a homemade yacht named the Wink. A Black man named Brown is robbed near Jackson Street with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Horn
Jnc. W. Cowart
Louisville
Jefferson County
Georgia
Congress
N. Doxwin
Hall & Sellers
Burned Out by Fire Destroys Clark Home and Property
Albert Clark, an industrious colored man near Friendship, lost his newly built framed dwelling kitchen and smokehouse to a Friday fire. The blaze spread to nearby houses, destroying much furniture and about five hundred pounds of bacon he raised. Neighbors deeply sympathize with Clark over the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Clark
Clark
Grand Opening and Local Notices in Americus and Dawson
Thornton Wheatley announces the grand opening of his new store with a large, well arranged shop offering Hamburg Edgings from the government auction at low prices. Departments include clothing and shoes in the corner store and a ladies department in the new building. Also notes a mule theft recovered in Chattahoochee county and a jail capture in Columbus. Editor visits the Allen House in Americus, praising its rooms and hospitality. Dawson Appeal reports a new corn cultivation method by Dr. R C Black and mentions arrivals from Montezuma to view potential fire company grounds for a tournament day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Wheatley
Hamburg
Marrits Thornton Wurather
Americus
Allen
Local Fabric Prices and Footwear Items Listed
A sale listing shows Standard Calico at 44 cents per yard White Lawn at 5 cents per yard A Bolen Gingham at unspecified per yard and A Good Brogan at 1.00 per pair plus A Good Carpet Slipper at five cents per pair.
Advertisement promises owned goods at personal price
The notice asserts that all offered goods are paid for and owned, not by others. It invites buyers with money to purchase at their own price, emphasizing the items are new, fresh, and not shop-worn.
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Tom
Harry
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Nti
Iter
Ypricus Recorder
Cat
Stallings Pis
Ed, Stallings
D. M. Hatcher
Mr. Hatcher
Mitchell
Mill Creek
Magnolia Dell
Mill Dam
Central Railroad Company
J. W. Jorlan
Presbyterian Church
Ameriqua
McDaniel
Atlanta
Backtown
Arnica Salve
MD. Eldridge
Philemmy
Upper Bridge
Double Branches
Hooks
Adams
Philemmy Creek
Will Chappell
M. B. Wilson
B. T. Adams
J. A. Davenport
Tom Hooks
A. D. Gatewood
R. A. Wilson
Colored College
Henry Jones
Jule Hogue
Darkey
Courts House
Odds and
Levi Tower
Ragan
Leeton
Muckalee Turnpike
Muckales Flats
Brown
Marion County
Jackson Street
Hobbs
Will Hobbs
Will
Chattahoochee County
Columbus
Hart
Chattahoochee
Americus Friday
Muscogee
R. C. Black
W. ©. Christopher
the Record
Messrs
Rouse and McKenzie
Montezuma
New York
J. Waxelbaum & CO
Machulla
Trumph
N. B
Praaitors
R. Shaw
Faithful Home Guardian
THE
Victoria
America
John R. Shaw
Forsyth Street
Americus, Georgia
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