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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1886
Page
5
Fragmentary notes from Talbotton and Marion recount marriages and deaths, or obituaries, civic notices, and local corrections. Reported corrections include a restaurant opening for white patrons and political races in Georgia counties with results and local commentary.
A scattered local page reports S Bee notice of strayed mules with John Walters of Albany in the city, updates on warm weather, fig crops in Americus, and visits by Capt J M Scott of Lampkin and others. It notes deaths, illnesses, council cases, rail extension talk, and various residents in town with brief remarks on travel, health, and local business.
A Pall Mall Gazette interview with lion tamer Mr Atherton explains that with nerve and patience one can train even fresh from India man-eating tigers to perform and enter cages safely. He notes danger only when nerves fail, and describes how captivity and hunger affect a tiger’s behavior. He also warns that missteps and slippery floors kill, while calm focus and eye contact let the show proceed.
Dr Fowler argues against the claim that one fourth of digestive disorders in fashionable life come from insufficient water. He notes men swap wine and spirits at meals and women limit ice water to avoid obesity or apparent dyspepsia, calling such authorities pernicious fallacies.
A New York Times writer recalls Stedman the banker poet granting usage of his name for a public statement with one condition. He asked it be printed as E. O. not Edmund Clarence, explaining Edmund Clarence suits poetry but not elsewhere.
A Richland Georgia update describes a thriving town post rain with constructive activity. J W Tracy builds a residence for W B French, Mrs L E Alston departs for Stevenson Alabama, and a local poet joins several incubating talents. Peaches sell well from J P P Harrell’s orchard, Miss Sallie Lunsford visits, and a Lumpkin colored camp meeting adventure ends with a homecoming mood.
For Rent two suites over Peoples' National Bank suitable for offices or sleeping rooms. Latest Fountain Pen items available for examination. Also White India Linen Lawn reduced to 10c per yard at John R. Shaw's.
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