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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1888
Page
7
An advertisement touts low prices at iarter's Shoe Store with 5.00 men’s button and elastic shoes praised for quality and fit. It promises unmatched value and emphasizes durable style with top materials and perfect fit.
An Ohio farmer Sol Putnam denounces tariff protection as a drain on producers, arguing heavy taxation benefits Carnegie and other magnates while local farmers face rising costs and shrinking home markets. He details personal farm costs, contrasts foreign versus home markets, and criticizes Congress for neglecting farming needs. The piece weaves satire and economic critique through Putnam’s long discourse.
Mr W N Glessner Georgia immigration commissioner prepares a touring car filled with Georgia crops forests mines and factory products for Northern audiences. He will distribute pamphlets about Southern homes and immigration backed by the Central railroad praised for pioneering such outreach. The plan targets Northern farmers seeking new opportunities and aims to attract settlers who will cultivate the land and contribute to the region's growth. General Manager Belknap notes Buena Vista extension to Columbus progressing with 100 workers and a bridge nearing completion while work to connect Americus to Eder may start this year.
The Savannah and Western, part of the Central system, will run westward from Eden and be built after the Buena Vista extension to Columbus is finished. Permit location work is nearly complete and the new link in Georgia’s Central network should be underway by year’s end. A Montana snake mimicking Bob White whistle drew a partridge to a meal, and a Macon collector found an 1841 Tippecanoe and Tyler too copper medal with Harrison’s portrait, rare relics dating to the early campaign era.
Real estate notice lists a tan yard and shoe factory with extensive machinery and land for sale two miles from the Plains of Dura, plus 2300 acres of land, several city building lots, a brick store, and multiple farm tracts in Webster, Americus, and surrounding areas. Includes terms cash or 7 percent financing, and seeks purchasers for houses, lots, and development sites. Also offers colored buyers small homes on partial payment and shop and store opportunities on Cotton Avenue and Patterson streets.
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