Advertisements and local visits fill Americus page
An assortment of notices lists pharmacy ads, medical tonics, and products for sale. Visitors to Americus include Dr F T Cato of DeSoto and others from Rochelle Ellaville Lumpkin Macon Smithville Ringgold Hilaville Plains of Dura and St Paul Minn. Court actions include a mayoral ruling on Henry Barnes and a dismissal of Jim Parker. Senator Dupree visits for business and weighs in on a future race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. T. Cato
DeSoto
B. C. Carmichael
Rochelle
F. T. Snead
Oglethorpe
Americus
Eula McGarrah
Friendship
Thanksgiving Hunt at Well's Mill Pond Campfire Memories
A grateful harvest recounts a Thanksgiving hunt led by Mr. A Rylander and wife near Well's mill pond eleven miles south of town. The party of twenty enjoyed frosty morning rides, hunting, a hearty breakfast of fish and birds, and camp songs. The piece praises hosts hospitality, notes a successful outing, and includes a bill of fare and quirky tax receipts from 1861 1864 as backdrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Well’s Mill Pond
Jack Dunn
New Goods Advertised by H A Harris Agent
A local promotion lists new candies spices and fruits offered by H A Harris with emphasis on hams lard and flour. The rest of the item discusses Americus efforts to attract a foundry and machine shop led by W G Sutherland, noting Tallapoosa as the chosen relocation site and critiquing Americus for delays in supporting industrial growth.
WEDDING BELLS AT EPISCOPAL CHURCH MARRIAGE OF DYE AND BOONE
The Dye Boone wedding took place at one o'clock yesterday at the Episcopal church with Rev Hunter officiating. The church was crowded and a reception followed at S P Boone's home. Gifts were numerous and valuable. Meanwhile telegrams bring news of Mr J W Turner’s remains to Americus for burial, with requests to meet at the depot. In local news, Charles Edwards, a colored man, tried to draw a revolver in Speer and Gube’s Thursday, was knocked down, and sentenced in mayor’s court to ten days on the street. Also advertised are Coax’s dyes and a pharmacy ad for 439 Cotton Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Br, Dye
Mary Boone
Episcopal Church
Hunter
Columbus
8. P. Boone
Geo. Stanfield
Western Union Telegraph
W. H. Harris
Vicksburg
Miss
J. W. Turner
Americus
Charles Edwards
Speer & Gube
Electric Lights Spark Georgia City Ambition
The new electric plant powering street railway and lamps is complete and tested. Arc dynamo runs 820 rpm, with Payne engines and incandescent generators. Mayor Felder lights the city at six, crowds cheer as power surges through the works and the streetcar project looms next. Depot fire at Cobb on the A M line destroys freight and records, suspected incendiary act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Fretwell
Americas
Are
Lee Rose
Elmira
N. Y
Payne Company
Will R. Jackson
Americus
Alex Sullivan
W. K. Howard
Thompson-Houston Company
Howard
Rose
Felder
Electric Light Works
Electric
Feller
Cotton Seed Wanted For Cash and Exchange Deal
Advertisement offers payment in cash for cotton seed delivered to the local factory at 21 cents per bushel until further notice. It also proposes an exchange rate of 1,000 pounds of cotton seed meal for 2,000 pounds of cotton seed, noting a large seasonal consumption.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pmericy, Recorder
Ceorgi
Malaga
Florida
E. D. Ansley
Maj. Gillis
Mr. Arthur Fort
Lumpkin
City
L. M. Brown
Buss
Mary
Leila Hornady
Ellaville
H. H. Arrington
Robert Holmes
Macon
Col
G. W. Warwick
Smithville
R. L. Greer
Walter James
Americus Light Infantry
Jerry Duke
Will Shepherd
Macon County
J. L. Williams
J. A. Taylor
Hilaville
Ringgold
eMay
Jim Parker
Squire Oliver
W. L. Thomas
George Oliver
Plains of Dura
T. M. Allen
Sevral
Texas
Lee and
Finn Streets
Henry Barnes
J. W. Urner
Mississippi
E. J. Eldridge
Chase's
Emma Butler
Vincent de Gernon
St. Paul
Minn
California
J. M. Dupree
Monte Ttma
Col. Dupree
Crisp
T. M. Furlow
J. J. Granberry
M. Furlow
A. Cohen
Mr. Granberry
I. M. Furlow
John Finn
Furlow
R. Noble
Granberry & Co
Dr. Lah
Ammaicus Guano Co
H. A. Harris
W. G. Sutherland
Elmore
Mich
Merrell Callaway
Sutherland
Tallapoosa
Michigan
Américas
Coax's Pharmacy
Cotton Avenue
Cobb
Express
Arthur Rylander
Leroy W. Fairchild
Brown & Mardre
Prince OF Wales
America
Harrison
Tam Mace
C. B Coates
Gould
Gouop
Thecoats
B. Coates
Clothier and Furnisher
Allen House
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