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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1887
Page
5
A stream of city notes reports people visiting Americus for markets, church events, and social calls. Advertisers and merchants, including Blue Bar and Col E H Cutts, push holiday sales as townsfolk register and prepare for Christmas.
The Brunswick Journal reports the opening of a new shipping line from Brunswick to Americus via the river trade. The steamship Alice Clark, 120 by 40 feet with 1200 bale capacity, arrives with cotton and will run to the fork of the rivers, with two steamers weekly planned. Americus to Abbeville line completion unlocks Ocmulgee trade. The city, thriving with 6,000 residents, expects cotton receipts to rise from 15,000 to 20,000 bales annually plus naval stores.
A weekly social notice covers the Social Athletic Club preparing New Year calls for leap year afternoons, with a dance afterward. Officers listed include President Charles A Fricker and Secretary Charles B Wilburn. The Mozart Club changes meeting to Monday, and a theatre party at Col. S H Hawkins’s home drew many in evening dress. the Opera Herminie impressed audiences with strong singing and comedy.
Our regular correspondent notes the fiftieth Congress will differ from earlier ones with many new faces. Revenue reduction dominates the agenda though party unity is lacking. Washington buzz grows as new members bring entourages, while old hands seek posts, with office space tight and staff shifts looming. Arbor Day observances in the state are minimal but governor aims to foster observance. Nominations to Senate for Supreme Judge and Postmaster General are anticipated. A local water works tower collapse claims lives and injures workers.
The article notes President Cleveland devotes the entire annual message to treasury surplus reduction and tariff reform, opposing easy political platitudes. It argues the stance could propel Democratic gains, portraying his plan as a clear campaign issue. Also included is a long list of unclaimed letters in Sumter County, Americus Post Office, dated December 5, 1887.
The narrator recounts a wife struck by extreme pain, coughing, fever, and hunger loss over weeks, judged near death with failing stomach. After trying Drower’s Puige Restorer on physician advice, her condition improved after the third dose and she recovered to excellent health, credited to Brewer’s Lung Restorer.
A jumble of commodity prices including flour corn meal coffee sugar and lard with per unit costs. Includes potatoes cane syrup cotton fabrics and various weights and measures typical of a historical local market listing.
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