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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1887
Page
7
An August meteor shower may light the skies on the nights of the 11th and 12th as Earth passes through Perseus orbit, with observers urged to watch for a flurry of fireball meteors radiating from the Perseids region. The article also mentions rail bond placements and local farm notes.
Sumter county reports the first bale of the new Georgia cotton crop. Ginned on Saturday at the Huguene Plantation on Flint River under C. C. Clay’s management, it arrived in Americus via the A. P. & L. railroad and sold to W. M. Hitt & Co. for 14.4 cents per pound. The bale weighed 460 pounds and will be shipped to Amsterdam, Holland.
Mrs. W A Black aged seventy five died at her Lee street home after a fall at the residence steps left her helpless. She was a longtime Methodist and beloved by family and friends. Remains interred at Oak Grove Cemetery Monday afternoon with services by Rev A M Williams. Bridge contractor A R Coulter secures Abbeville to McRae rail line bridge work ten miles plus across the Aah Gee river.
The readable fragment references a snack brand and a drink label, mentioning Everybodys Snacks and Old Kentucky Rye. The text is garbled with nonstandard phrases and names like Joalal Mahbalog, yielding no clear event, date, person, or organization to anchor a proper news summary.
Rumors claimed Southern Bell canceled plans for an Americus exchange. A letter from Manager Gentry to Will Hawkins confirms the exchange has been approved and will begin as soon as possible, assuring townsfolk via the paper that the project is a done deal.
Survivors of the Fourth Georgia Regiment plan a reunion in Albany on Wednesday. They request attendees notify the secretary in Monticello to arrange transportation and inform Capt. W H Gilbert for accommodations. Reduced railroad rates will be secured and all allied papers are asked to publish the notice.
A wary advertisement warns against high sounding whiskey names and claims purity backed by long testing. It promotes the I. W. Hairel Wiltsley brand from Nelson County Kentucky, touting awards at New Orleans and denouncing inferior blends. Also mentions a bargain second hand organ for thirty five dollars from Fatoxan & Buo and quick sale notices.
A letter debates the Americus Preston and Lumpkin railroad plan to extend from Abbeville to McRae or McVille. It notes McRae’s growth, court house, schools, and health, and urges Savannah backing while cautioning against bias about the terminus. Senator Smith’s bill to annex Lee county to the Albany circuit is mentioned.
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