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Newspaper

Americus Weekly Recorder

Location

Americus, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1886

Page

4

Cutting Freed by Mexican Government and Related News

The Memphis Appeal reports Cutting, Texas editor, released by the Mexican government, allowing Capt. Whack Bailey to disband his regiment. Five times as many negroes voted Democratic in Memphis as before, signaling a broken color line. Col. W. H. Felton of Macon county is nominated for Representative. Dr. J. R. McMichael also seeks a seat in Schley county. Prohibition dynamics in Maine heat up with Gen. Neal Dow opposing Republicans. Incendiaries destroy Capt. John W. Nelms’s new Smyrna home, endangering his family. Rumors suggest Louisville and Nashville railroad may seize Central railroad. stock activity hints at syndicate attempts to gain control.

Cutting Texas Whack Bailey Memphis John W. Nelms United States Smyrna Atlanta Louisville and Nashville Road Central Railroad Central

Manufacturing growth in the South urged by one-horse shop example

An article from the Dixie highlights practical steps to build manufacturing, arguing small beginnings can grow into large operations. It cites Walter A. Wood and J. I. Case as success stories started in modest workshops and stresses that capital need not be vast. The piece predicts rapid South production growth and warns against reliance on big capitalists.

South H. W. Pinchney Dixie North Walter A. Wood J. I. Case Davie diMcuit Congress Materia Medica Popular Science Monthly

Citizens Convention Urges Unified City Officers Nominations

The notice proposes a citizens meeting to nominate a city officers ticket to ensure unity and reduce factional conflict. It notes the value of broad public support, cautions against contests, and discusses the electorate’s influence on U S Senators. Senator Van Wyck seeks popular preference, issuing a manifesto.

Americas U. S Nebraska United States van Wyck

No Man Exempt From Arrest, City Council Rules

A Baltimore Sun report notes the City Council settled a municipal law point that no person, high or low, is exempt from arrest for violations. Police officers Smith and Reagan received a reprimand and readmission after misguided beliefs about sacred immunity. The piece also cites opinions on malaria in Rome Campagna, eucalyptus claims, and reactions to Maj. Hanson’s remarks amid mob actions and press coverage.

Smith Reagan Baltimore Sun North Carolina Riga St. Petersburg Russia Leith Dundee Scotland Macon Maj. Hanson Moore Thomasville Macon Telegraph

Bayard Gray foes defeat signals Delaware shift in politics

Delaware politics shift as Bayard Gray forces fall, with Benjamin T. Biggs nominated for Governor and Charles B. Lore eyed for U S Senate. Also notes on trade dollars policy, state manufacturing incentives, and broader regional updates including Georgia and Savannah market signals.

Bayard Gray Delaware Bayard Cleveland Santor Gray Benjamin T. Biggs Charles B. Lore United States Gray

Among Gypates of the Alhambra and mixed curiosities

A collage of excerpts from old periodical items travels from a stroll near the Alhambra and Moorish Darro, to a Vermont marriage joke, to toads and warts ideas, a dead-letter office summary, a schoolbook anecdote, weighing scales, and two kinds of progress in space, all presented as brief curiosities and quotations from historical sources.

Alhambra Generalist Darro Senhora Senhor Inglesina Children of the Sun Detroit Free Press Space

End to Bone Scraping: Patient Recounts Cure with Bitters

Edward Shepherd of Astrisburg Illinois claims Electric Bitters cured a eight year leg sore after doctors recommended bone scraping or amputation. He used three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and reports his leg sound. Sold by E. J. Eldridge at fifty cents per bottle and twenty five cents per box.

Edward Shepherd Astrisburg Buckien E. J. Eldridge

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