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Newspaper

Americus Weekly Recorder

Location

Americus, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1884

Page

3

Sorakich Wrestles Lula in Brooklyn Theater Display

New York Senator witnesses a comic bout as Matenda Sorakichi battles Lula Hurat over a chair in a private box. The act ends with applause as the wrestler shows strength and Lula reacts with laughter and mock aggression.

Sorakich Lula New York Sen Lula Hurat Brooklyn Matenda Sorakichi Lulu Sorakichi Miss Hurst John Oakey

Revised Jury List of Sumter County 1884 August 4

The Sumter County Jury Commissioners revised the grand and traverse juries on August 4, 1884. The document lists numerous jurors drawn from the 1884 tax digest, naming many individuals from the county and certifying their selection for the Grand and Traverse Juries with the judges' signatures and official seals.

Sumter County Grand and Traverse Adame AA Arrington HC Allen Thos W. Hh, Davises Com L. S St. A Traverse Jurora Traverse W. H. Davison R. A. Danpen W. T. Toots G. A. Hanver A. J. Buchanan

Local notices and ads across Sumter Ga 19th century

Fragments show a mix of local juror selections in Sumter County and letters about melon freight charges from Louisville and Nashville railroad. The piece also references the Louisiana Lottery distributions and health product advertisements, with scattered names, dates, and places.

Ssuravittr Ga Telegraph and Messenger Louisville and Nashville Railroad W. Tromesos

The Hottest Spot on Earth and Submarine Springs

The article describes a region near the Persian Gulf believed to be extremely hot with scarce rainfall. It details divers at Babring extracting fresh water from submarine springs by submerging with a stone weight and a goatskin bag, then surfacing with water. The springs are thought to originate from distant green fields in Osman, several hundred miles away.

Persian Gulf Babring Osman

Remarkable 15th Century Normandy Chronicle Sold in London

A vellum manuscript of 257 folio leaves, detailing early Normandy history, sold in London for 4900. The work portrays Duke Rollo’s Rouen arrival, the siege of Chaluz, Richard the Lionheart’s death by an arrow, Edward the Confessor’s death, Harold’s coronation, William the Conqueror’s landing, Hastings, Harold’s burial at Waltham, William’s funeral, and Rufus’s coronation, all in Burgundian style with intricate details.

London Normandy Rollo Rouen Seige Chalus Richard Coeur Lion Bertrand de Gourdon Edward the Confessor Harold William the Conqueror Hastings Waltham Abbey William Rufus

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