Americas trade boom and hotel sketches herald Memorial Day plans
Business leaders call the Americas trade scene phenomenal for this season as direct railway links to Savannah begin early month. Photographs and ink sketches reveal a new hotel with unique design set to draw visitors. Realty remains steady, while cemetery preparations for Memorial Day proceed. A public debate flares over sub treasury as Col Oates is challenged. Build plan to erect three story brick blocks in the city at once costs about twenty thousand dollars. Local hay crop yields and melon farming bring substantial returns for H M Newsome in Lee County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hom . H. Newsome
Evcarower
Lee County
Teo Gable
Mathay
Duncan and Grisham Tie The Knot In City Nuptials
Mr J P Duncan of Stewart county marries Miss Lizzie Grisham in the city at the bride’s father’s Forrest street home with Rev A B Campbell officiating. Also advice to mothers about Winston’s Soothing Syrup for teething pain. Twenty five cents per bottle.
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J. P. Duncan
Stewart County
Lizzie Grisham
Forrest Street
A. B. Campbell
Mars
Winston
Pete Johnson Returns to Jail After Schley County Sentence
Pete Johnson, sentenced to twenty six years in Schley County, was brought to Americus yesterday and jailed until four penitentiary guards arrive to transfer him. Saltrheum and cancer reportedly cured by P. P. P., with noticeable effects after the first bottle.
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Pete Johnson
Schley County
Americus
Jarl
Baptist Church Contract Awarded to Macon Firm
Construction of the Baptist church is awarded to a Macon firm. Americus Brick Company will supply brick, and a gang of workmen is set to arrive next week to start the structure.
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the Baptist Church
Macon
Americus Brick Company
Fertwood Russeau and Mountain Pink Punch at Mize's
Prospecting the Iron Country reports Col J M Lowe of Buena Vista in the city en route to Richland to investigate iron ore on the Columbus Southern. He leads a syndicate with large iron land interests. Widening the gauge: rail work between Americus and Richland on the 8 A M line progresses well and should finish in two weeks enabling broad gauge cars by June.
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Col
J. M. Lowe
Buena Vista
Richland
Columbus
Col. Lowe
Americus
Shoes Sale Promises Big Discounts From Local Store
Thornton Wheatley announces a shoe sale touting 25 percent money back on each pair and promises a vast stock of children’s to elderly footwear. The notice highlights in stock best options for Southwest Georgia, with order plans ahead of spring shipments and a goal to undercut competitors on price.
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John Daniel
Georga
Thornton Wheatley
Building Boom In Americas Hails Massive Housing Surge
Mr GC M Wheatley, a leading city expert, asserts Americas faces a building boom with over 500 residences planned this year at an average cost of 1500 dollars each. He estimates more than 750000 dollars will be spent on new homes this year, excluding stores hotels and public buildings. Last year saw 400 residences erected. The season runs April to October with activity rising month to month.
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GC. M. Wheatley
Americas
Yeaterday
The Uniforms and Rifles of the Military Company Arrive
The uniforms from Pettibone Manufacturing Company of Cincinnati arrived here and are praised for elegance and fit. The rifles were delivered last night with a $1 200 bond posted by Capt. H A Pagley and sureties W E Murphy M S Harper and D W Bagley. The unit will drill nightly to perfect manual of arms by Memorial Day.
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Pettibone Manufacturing Company
Cincinnati
H. A. Pagley
W. E. Murphy
Harper
D. W. Bagley
Another Manufactory Seeks Charter For Oliver Buggy Company
A notice reports an application for a charter of the Oliver Buggy and Wagon Company with capital stock of 25000 dollars. Incorporators are A T Oliver W E Hawkins and J B Felder. Oliver, an experienced maker of buggies and wagons, will head the works and expand to meet demand in Americus, Georgia, leveraging local hardwoods and shipping access.
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Oliver Buggy and Wagon Company
Messrs
A. T. Oliver
W. E. Hawkins
J. B. Felder
A.T. Oliver
Georgia
Americus
Americus aims to build a furniture factory historic note
A potential Americus furniture factory is described with Grand Rapids as a model showcasing town transformation from village to city with 12,000 workers and ten million dollars in annual furniture sales. The piece urges support for the new venture as a positive sign for the town and Memorial Day sentiments follow, including a Confederate Veterans invitation.
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Americus
Grand Rapids
Mich
Americus Boom Sparks Wide Building Drive
Americus sees a wave of construction with factories and the furniture plant rising as ground breaks for a twenty thousand dollar Baptist church before May and major buildings like a hundred thousand dollar hotel and city hall by August. About seventy five residences are under way and over three hundred thousand dollars will be spent that summer, all funded by local builders. Hood’s Sarsaparilla ad follows urging purity of blood with a hundred doses for a dollar.
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Americus
Alliance Cotton Factory
College
Plans for a new Italian hotel in Americus unveiled
The improvements company building committee approved a hotel plan by architect G L Normann of Atlanta. The design features three fronts, the main Lamar street, and a proposed fifty foot wide new north south street through the old courthouse site. It will include 150 sleeping rooms and ten store rooms, with an estimated maximum cost of eighty thousand dollars. The public reveal awaits final director action and has drawn high praise for exterior beauty and meticulous detail.
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the Improvement Company
G. L. Norrmann
Atlanta
Normann
Fesf
Americus
Georgia
Gus Wright Dead in County Jail After Convulsions
Gus Wright, a jailed African American at the Tillman place, died in the county jail after convulsions and exhaustion. Sheriff Bass and Dr Balnes found him able to release his chains earlier, and he died around noon. The body was buried in the negro cemetery without medical exam, with hydrophobia rumored but spinal trouble cited by locals. Also reports recall his prior assault and chain-gang tenure. Fraternal Mystic Circle, a new life-insurance order, promotes $3,000 coverage with disability payments, aiming to recruit local leaders for a lodge.
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Gus Wright
T. F. Logan
Wright
Houe
Sherif Basa
Dr. Balnes
Joose
Bass
Tillman Place
J. E. Wyatt
Wyatt
Knights of Honor
Superintendent's Coach Sparks Albany Water Works Debate
The Superintendent's Coach, the coach of the superintendent of the 8 A.M. road, arrived yesterday and is described as a beauty. It is outfitted in the latest style. The Albany News and Advertiser notes the oddity of people supporting free water who rarely drink or use it, and suggests this explains Brother Turner's push for water works in Albany.
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Albany News and Advertiser
Bro. Turner
Albany
Ex Speaker Carlisle Replies On First Harrison Year Forum
Ex Speaker Carlisle prepares a reply to Senator Dawes on the first year of President Harrison’s administration for the May Forum. The piece reinforces Republican campaign promises and critiques the party’s actions since gaining power. It accompanies Sir Charles Dilke’s book review by Goldwin Smith and a Kansas writer’s piece on population versus farming area growth. World wheat production last year reached 2,000,000,000 bushels, with Uncle Sam supplying 490,000,000. France, India, Russia, and others follow in diverse yields, illustrating global agricultural dynamics and national differences in farming.
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Carlisle Hid
Dawes
Harrison
Republican Party
Sir Charles Dilke
Great Britain
Goldwin Smith
Sir Charles
C. Wood, Davis
Kansas
United States
Bam
France
India
Russia
Poland
Italy
Portugal
Denmark
Switzerland
Apain
Germany
Hungary
Asia Minor
Persia
How to Grow Heautiful and the Sarzaparilla Cure
A Mansfield Independent item touts Dr John Bull's Sarzaparilla as the remedy for health, beauty, and vigor noting a recovered wife and mother who regains strength and radiance. It ties this to the Farmers Alliance influence on politics and a bill by Senator Hiscock on circulating notes secured by various bonds and warehouse receipts.
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John Bull
Mansfield Independent
Farmers Alliance
Hiscock
Kansans Attack Tariff-Favoring Congressmen in Alliance Push
The alliancemen of Kansas have launched a political fight to target congressmen who back a high tariff, aiming to remove or discredit them in upcoming contests.
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Kansas
Personal notices spanning Ellaville Smithville Lumpkin and more
Hon W D Murray of Ellaville and others were in the city yesterday on business or visiting relatives. W T Sadler J L Wilkerson E R Hallaway M E Chappell Jessie Littlejohn Lisle Wilmot Bustle Everett W L Gunnell a Marion county contractor in Americus prospecting. Mrs W H Wheeler returned from Findlay Ohio after burying her husband last week. G D Speight Fort Gaines pharmacist meeting attendee stopped in Americus to visit his uncle Jno Speight West End.
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M. E. Chappell
Smithville
Americas
Messrs
M. B. Ferrer
W. H. McCrory
Ellaville
Jessie Littlejohn
Cordele
Liszle Wilmot
Bustle Everett
Lumpkin
W. L. Gunnell
Marion County
W. H. Wheeler
Findlay
Ohio
G. D. Speight
Fort Gaines
Macon
Americus
Jno, Speight
West End
Contractor Seeks Complete House Build by Sept 1
A contractor advertises for a full house construction project to be completed from top to bottom by September 1. Plans and specifications are prepared and cash is ready. Address 0, care RECORDER.
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Ericg
Georgy
E. D. Ansley’s
Savannah
Sexton Hill
Mr. Livingston
Col. Oates
Alabama
Fertwood & Russeau
J. W. Mize
Felder
Taylor Street
R. J. Perry
Jackson Street
P. L. Holt
AO. Bunn
The
Confederate Veterans’ Association
A. C. Bpeer
Fulton County Veterans’ Association
Confederate Veterans
Joseph E. Johnston
Grant Park
Rchitect
Norrman
Hood's
W. D. Murray
W. T. Sadler
J. L. Wilkerson
Cordelo
E. R. Hallaway
Montesuma
Tee
Haberdashery
W.D. Bailey
DR. Owen
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