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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1884
Page
5
The friends of Mr and Mrs J M Coker are invited to the funeral of their daughter Lois at Oak Grove Cemetery this morning at 9 o'clock Carriages leave at 830 Bane Ball. Lois Coker died after a diphtheria illness and was six years old.
Counterfeit ten cent pieces are increasing in number. they are brighter lighter and softer than real coins and bear the date 1875. Counterfeit half and quarter dollars are also seen. Also advertised is Howes Sure Cure Mouth Wash and Dentifrice by Drs Holmes with local listings for sale in Macon Georgia.
A society editor offers a humorous yet tangled definition of a kiss. The piece describes kiss as a paroxysmal contact between labial appendages of man and woman, notes youth increases intensity, and adds absurd asides about a fond father and joints. It concludes that the kiss is not a pure oxysm but a vibration from the sweetness released by engaged lips.
Auction and market chatter from Am ericus area report rising meat prices, cotton futures near nine to nine and a half, portends of fall advertising, and a flood of small town notices. Mentions Englist Unguenin Co bidding for cotton, first bale dates, and local bank and fair weather remarks.
The column records multiple visitors and residents in various cities, including Prof Ed Mathis in the city yesterday, Jivkie Aflen Fort and family in Buena Vista, Mia A. L. Rees returning from Savannah, and Leila Green visiting a cousin Mia. It notes Col J. H W. Black’s re election as vice president of the State Agricultural Society for the district, with a drift into disjointed consumer ad text and stray lines about whisky production and a local sale.
Deputy Marshal Cash authorized J O Potter to hold Clay Brown until Cash’s arrival. Brown escaped from a guard house, Potter found him, Brown ran, Potter fired and killed him. The incident caused excitement in the area.
A small party honors Mr Clyde Toole on his majority with friends including George Poole Les Windsor John Argo Edna McGarrah Zack Womack Mattie Ogletrey James McGiarrah Alice McGarra h Prof M A Clark Lint Hamil Al Poole Lent Council M L Lackey Robt Howe J J Page The Receiver extends congratulations and commends his promise for the future Dr Bosanko cough remedy advertised at 50 cents and 1.00 Monthly council meeting in Aveniers Ga notes various committee actions and a police resignation with health board nuisance finding and enforcement plan
A sentimental poem praising the motherly figure and urging devotion contrasts with an abrupt product promotion for a Dring Store sale. It notes free distribution of sample bottles of Dr. Bownko’s tion and Beonchit with regular sizes priced at 60 cents and 81.00.
The first bale of the new crop arrived in Moxcoweny Ava on August 11 and sold at auction for 12 cents per pound. It was graded as low middling and weighed 60 pounds.
An advertisement notes Noahs Ark, Headquarters for ice and lemons, selling ice at three fourths of a cent per pound for the season. The notice promises prompt attention to all orders from Wyss and Bens. A small earthquake rattled the Middle and New England states Sunday, but no further damage is reported. Also mentioned is WAS DOK Davenport for pure drugs.
A notice announces ALC Bell as a candidate for Mayor of Americas in the December municipal election and Wa M Hawkes as a candidate for the legislature subject to Democratic nomination.
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