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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1884
Page
5
A scrambled OCR page shows diverse ads and notices for McKenzie's Fane, Turpin's Agent Restaurant, Ambrosia, and fish and oysters sales. It mentions P. M. Collector and Solicitor W A Buaca, M M Folcom, and M E Raines of Americus Georgia, plus cigar and bonnet trade notes and spelling quips.
The column lists visiting friends in Atlanta, a Florida trip by Dr. J W Jones, holiday advertising plans, Prof Van Riper photographing a reel, a candidate for county coroner, raffles and feasts, funerals, street work, remarks on a new colored school house, Fire Co meetings, cotton buyers, visits by Capt O Felder and Mrs Davis, Christmas preparations at W E Clark's, a new wooden building on Cotton Avenue, plans for a band, a murder? inquiry, a fawn raffle, penmanship class, Presbytering church under construction, remarks on travelers and northern visitors, billiards contests, requests for reader personals, and J H Tallman visiting Americus.
Fire damaged Col. W. P. Maxwell’s kitchen and nearby outhouses but the residence was saved after the Hook and Ladder company pulled down burning structures and crews saturated the roof with water and blankets. Fire crews arrived. details on insurance and total losses unavailable.
Mr. L. B. Bosworth promotes a festive assortment of groceries confections and fruits for the holidays. He promises high quality and low cost to ensure a happy feast and urges readers to view the advertisement in the adjoining column.
A fragmented notice notes the city election is near with just over a hundred voters registered. It argues that those who complain about city government often fail to register or vote and urges residents to cast ballots. The rest appears garbled about a military fair and unfinished phrases.
The Recorder promotes holiday shopping through advertising, noting the season's improving business and the dealer need to keep the public informed about stock and holiday offers. It highlights wide city circulation and neighboring towns reach, urging timely space reservations to answer the question of what and where to buy.
The Goldens presented the popular play Lady Claire to a good house, despite not intending to perform here that night. The cast received praise with Mr. Frank Coy earning applause, and J. H. Cook and Miss Emmia Crisp noted as popular performers. The group left many warm friends in Americus.
On a Saturday morning Gabe Rogers bought four pairs of shoes from J H Black Sons and left three bundles with his name. A stranger claimed Gabe’s shoes for himself and departed with the bundle. Gabe later found his goods missing and a stranger unidentifiable, leaving no remedy.
Garrett & Bons' superior New York cigars including No 11 Car Firm 100 and others praised by dealers offered for trial at Joiner Nicholson Brown French Tullis Jossеy Ansley Bros Davenport Bros Wooten Ford 4 E Hall Eb J Eldridge Wynn Wood Commercial Hotel
The Morning Journal and the New York Morning Journal report phenomenal success with racy cartoons and ingenious news. It now runs three Hoe presses printing 24 000 copies per hour each and has ordered another. Also noted are local political notices and business promos including Georgia farmers seeking loans amid two consecutive poor crop years.
The record lists aldermen approving and rejecting measures on a nuisance pond, street improvements, lamp placement, and an election proclamation. A self defense firearms note from residents defends Deputy Cobb in Tooke shooting. Local ads mention Georgia Loan and Trust Company offerings and a China tea set auction to aid a Baptist church reconstruction.
An old OCR fragment notes an administrator's sale ordered by a court with a Tuesday date in 1805 at a court house. Details are incomplete but indicate official action and location.
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