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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1887
Page
5
The note states preaching at Weston before the second Sunday in August with Lord willing. It also mentions a dental notice by J J Worsnam returning to the city and offering dental work promptly and satisfactorily as usual.
The upcoming postage stamp series will retain the same vignettes and portraits as current issues. Colors will shift, notably the 2 cent stamp from brown to millori green, to match embossing on envelopes from the department. In a separate case Judge Pilsbury sentenced George Hawkins to eight months in the chain gang or a $92 total fine for stabbing Jasper Weldon. Hill Thomas was bound over for $50 to the September County Court term.
In Americus dated August 3 1887 officials dispute an injunction over Mitchells Mill Pond after a dam breach. The council plans to allot 250 dollars for Recorpen copies, while taxpayers protest funding and threaten action to block similar sums for the Sumter Republican. Store room for rent offered on Cotton Avenue by W T Harvey.
Whimsical notes on a cat, a spider, and local nightlife mingle with town updates. Purchases include a $125 organ from Hill & Schnider. several residents travel, and Wheatley’s Variety Works shut by rain while railroad grading stalls.
Oldest residents recall the heaviest rain in Americus. two hours of downpour caused washouts on the A.P. and L. eastern extension, damage to Mitchell's mill dam, Troupe street floods, and a half mile wide Muckslee creek overflow. Lightning struck D A Mayo’s East Americus home. Flint River rose four inches an hour with work disrupted on the railroad bridge. Crop outlook grim as cotton faces potential 25 percent cut. caterpillar appears in Sumter County plantations. Local merchant John R Shaw expands store stock from Columbus at wholesale value. plans to fill fall inventory and continue growth.
An advertisement urges bilious readers to take Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pills, the original Little Liver Pills, available from all druggists.
City council voted to advertise and sell the Flint river bridge. Built about ten to twelve years ago at a cost near twelve thousand dollars it has only paid interest and required repairs and bridge keeper salaries, becoming a burden to the taxpayers.
The notice invites customers to see the latest and best Organ line at Hy & Somnrmzn. It emphasizes new stock and urges a visit to compare offerings and quality.
Fragmentary notice shows Rylinder's forehelp straw hats offered at cost. July statement suggests sale dates and price emphasis. Limited readable details imply a promotional event with affordable headwear options.
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