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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1885
Page
1
An OCR fragment shows business listings and ads for merchants and brokers including Felder, Burkhalter, Stevens, and Hinton, plus drugstore notices for Cuticura and Siller Chapman. It references warehouses, cotton and real estate, gin repair, and chemical company promotions, with scattered prices and medical claims.
A Victorian tale recaps Mr Pound Jackson who led a double life with two wives and two fortunes. He left two wills, each for a different family, but nature prevented him from dying in two places. Probate could not invalidate either will, leaving two widows and two households in a bitter legal divide.
A Washington Georgia notice reports General Toombs dying at 6 pm with family at his bedside and burial plans in the neighboring cemetery. The hoarded wealth debate follows, recounting Vanderbilt’s fortune in vast terms and playful caricatures of his extensive family and relationships.
Daughters wives and mothers and physicians back Speers celebrated Port Wine for debilitated females. Ad claims it is not intoxicating and pure, made from grapes at Vineyards, PA. For sale by L. B. Bosworth with local distributors and endorsements in Cle an Jones Seeed old.
The November 10 1885 New Orleans drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery reported prizes of 75000 25000 and 10000 with tickets sold in fifths. Names and cities appear for several winners including M Nelson Boston Joseph Pohl Traverse City Firat Ni National Bank and Wells Fargo Bank, with specific ticket allocations and banks noted.
A garbled notice describes a jug of Viquor sent to President Cleveland as a gift from Bad Liquorisms, referencing the King of the Samoan Islands. The text mentions restraint and a delegation and hints at concerns about liquor and conduct, with unclear dialogue about consuming or presenting the gift at the White House or Philadelphia.
Dr. C Roberts of Winchester Illinois reports using Horsfern’s acid phosphate with entire satisfaction for debility from age or overwork and in indecorous cases, noting beneficial effects and symptom relief in his observations.
Buckien s Arnica Salve advertised to treat cuts, bruises, sores, fever sores and eruptions with a money back guarantee. It lists a 25 cent price per box and is sold by Dr B J Bidriage. A Georgian man died after a pint of whiskey in two draughts, with notes about liquor causing death in Northtown.
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