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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1887
Page
7
Carter's Shoe Store touts low factory prices on men and ladies footwear. The Man's $3.00 Lace Button Elastic shoe promises perfect fit and long wear. Ladies' $2.50 Kid Button Box-Toe offered as best fit, style, and quality with no equal in the market.
In a Georgia field guide from Atlanta Constitution, W L Gurasnur argues hay and grass outperform cotton in value and soil health. He cites 1880 national crop values, urges one quarter less cotton and one quarter more grass, and explains how deep plowing, fall sowing, and Bermuda and Texas blue grass can restore soil and boost land prices.
A satirical look at how people judge others on a street encounter where a girl’s appearance triggers reactions. The piece uses the frame of a metaphysical observer to discuss why men look, then pivots to promote Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a remedy for various ailments, ending with a brief drug label.
A hod carrier John Rook dropped a brick from a ladder in Detroit causing a carpenter to duck. The brick struck the man’s head. Rook fled the scene leaping from a second story window breaking his leg. Ambulance crews and firemen attended. neighbors misinterpreted the incident, and a series of chaotic events followed including fears about the ambulance attendant and a runaway horse. The piece closes with a humorous anecdote about a former New York Tribune reporter who made a fortune in Wyoming cattle ranching, choosing wealth over newspaper life.
In Oglethorpe last week a potato attracted notice for its odd growth pattern. It bore a hand-like inscribed letter B on one side, supposedly the initial of the grower, shaped by nature. The item was shared by Mrs. J. O. Farrior with a December harvest of fresh tomatoes and a turkey hen sitting on fifteen eggs, highlighting local garden luxuries.
In 1800 the Franklin bequest funds will end a century of income used to loan interest to young married mechanics. Boston’s fund has grown to about 528000 while Philadelphia’s stands around 70000. Also featured is Sebastian Nuller, a Swiss 25 year old strongman, performing feats in New Haven.
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