Departure of mails and new service notices
Notice lists closing times for mails west and south at 1 04 pm and east and north at 1 04 pm. Daily except Sunday service to Buena Vista Ellaville and nearby stops. Names such as Lampkin Preston Weston Nerina Bottsford Fing, and J. W. Sheffield mentioned. Announcement of September 1st messenger changes and a semi weekly mail going Wednesday and Saturday with trip to Lamar under Maj Black effort. Also advertisement for sale of horse and buggy and milk cow.
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Buena Vista
Ellaville
Wee
Hudson
Lamar
W. A. Bunes
P. M
Botsford
Maj. Black
Mall North
Mal Hinger
Banlit
Modatlo
Necom Lott W. al
Meigomery i
Uena Vista
Putnam
Vesores
Elaville
Anderaun
Andersonvill
Pia
Elavil
Putni
Buena
Soathwestern
Macon
Coveresi
Damage cases and piano rental news from Sumter area
The Sumter Superior Court term promises lively criminal and damaged case activity with at least five cases docketed at $10,000 each from Americus and Lumpkin. Lumpkin drug firm Barnum and Wilson sold to Dr Charles H. Green and W C Grey, who will take charge soon with a larger stock and updated store.
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Americus
Lumpkin
Messrs. Barnum & Wilson
Chas. H. Green
W. C. Grey
Greene
Fall flavors and houses in Davenport's era
A fragmentary report describes a Davenport drug store fall display of Flavoring Extracts. It notes a building boom among Black residents who buy land in pieces, build homes on hills between gullies and streets, and complete a mansion by morning with the chimney cited as the most expensive part.
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Jefferson Hreet
Chimnay
Cotton and commerce in Americus fall season
Notices report a fall in business activity as cotton buyers prepare to open next week while merchants receive new goods and locals anticipate harvest signals. Regional visitors and town updates track rail freight, school openings, and ongoing efforts to attract investment and growth in Americus and surrounding areas.
Figured and White Lawns Featured in New Lineup
Just received a handsome line of figured and white lawns plus a splendid assortment. The display promises fresh fabrics for warm season garments and summer dress options.
Marriage of W Brown and Linnie Hamil in Jesup Ga
On Wednesday at 1:30 pm Mr W Brown and Miss Linnie Hamil wed at the bride's parents home in Jesup Ga with Rev G T Chandler officiating. Brown of Brown & French is praised as a worthy partner. The couple left for Indian Springs for their honeymoon. Also advertised are Reconor Quart syphons of mineral waters sold at Davenport's Drag Store.
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E. ©. Doughtie
Indian Springs
A. J. Clark
Andersonville
Wilson & Smith
Hamil
Albert G. Crane
Washington City
Maj
J. H. Black
Marietta
Allen Fort
Atlanta
Georgia
Lott Warren
Albany News
Bentel
Chattanooga
Annie Clair Amos
Ellaville
Georgia court hears bigamy case amid telegram uproar
Miss Stella Stokes of Americus was tried in justice court for bigamy after a alleged marriage to Robert Diewes, a Springfield photographer. The case involved a sensational tale printed by the Atlanta Journal and Macon Telegraph, later debunked as misreporting by a Georgia correspondent.
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Skuma
Atay
R.C. Diewes
Miss Stokes
Americus
Newton
Miss
Atlanta
Montgomery
Macon Telegraph
Atlanta Journal
Americas
United Press
Robert Diewes
Springfield
Ill
Stella Stokes
Deiwes
Georgia
Sabbath School Rally at Bottsford Friday
Public interest rises for Bottsford Sabbath School gathering in this county. A large crowd is expected for the county association’s eighth quarterly meeting with services starting at nine o clock and trains from Americus at seven. Round trip rail fare is fifty cents for adults and twenty-five cents for children. local conveyance to Bottsford will cost thirty and fifteen cents respectively.
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Bottsford
Americus
Botteford
Bobeford
Cotton Crop Prospects Rise With Rain Reset
The county cotton crop appears larger than in years past with rains this week not severely harming it but delaying harvest by one to two weeks. Farmers plan to hold unloaded bales, expecting to market ten to twenty five percent more cotton than since the war, if no disaster occurs.
Cheap Buggies for Sale and Toiletry Offer
A short classified note advertises first class second hand buggies at very low prices with cash on delivery. It also promotes Davenport Drug Store stocking five best perfumed toilet powders and toilet soaps.
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Parcs
Davenport Drug Store
Farlow Family Encounters Serpent Killing Hen at Home
On a calm evening Farlow and kin sat on the porch when a mule handler heard a hen’s squall. A blue ash serpent had coiled around the bird’s neck and body, killing the hen before the snake died. Neighbors freed the folds, noting the hen’s size and the strange motive behind the act. Dexter Manufacturing Co plans to rework cotton seed oil in the city after buying Tate Americus Oil’s equipment, aiming to reopen operations.
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Farlow
Major
Marlow
Tonic Claim to Cure Blues and Prostration
An advertisement touts a tonic that promises to end misery and nervous prostration. It asserts Brown's Iron Bitters lifts spirits, improves blood, cheers the household, and makes family life happier, urged as a popular remedy sold by reputable druggists.
Bigamist Arrest Reported in Multiple Cities
The Bigamsist Dieweis, arrested in Newton, Migs, was moved to Selma and then Smithville after authorities received word. A train conductor said she had been taken as far as Montgomery before a telegram ordered his return to Selma for prosecution. No second wife confirmation.
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Bigamsist
Dieweis
Bigamist
Singing
Newton
Migs
Selma
Smithville
Montgomery
Hin
Notable leaders endorse Hall's Georgia Chill Remedy in Georgia
Personal Judge T. J. Simmons of the Macon circuit Col. L. F. Livingston President Georgia State Cultural Society Hon. F. S. Jison Mayor pro tem Macon Col. Lee Feagin of Houston county and many state citizens back Hall's Georgia Chill Remedy as a carta cure. Sold in Americus by Dr. J. Eldridge and Davenport & Co Carry prescriptions to Davenport's Drug Store where they are compounded from fresh reliable drugs at reasonable prices. Just received nice lot of candy arena on Cotton Avenue.
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Lorenzo Dow Singletary
Ledbetter
Fayette Co
Texas
Cotton Avenue
T. M. Forrow
Americus
Perry
W. T. Swift
Perry Home Journal
J. Crittenden
Ward’a
Buck Creek
Ward
J. H. Black
State Agricultural Society
T. J. Simmons
Macon
L. F. Livingston
Georgia State A ‘Cultural Society
FS. Jison
Pro Temelty
Lee Feagin
Houston County
Davenport
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Anderson & Lanford
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Atlanta Constitution
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Missouri
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Tex
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Alert Hose Co
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Congress
Daven
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