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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1890
Page
5
The listing shows L. L. Raising selling wholesale nuts and dried fruits at varied unit prices. Items include almonds Brazils walnuts filberts citron currants and prunes by pound ounce and box, with large lots of apples oranges grapes coconuts and crates noted.
The week’s deeds list transfers in Americus area parcels with items from Americus Lodge No 13 F and A M to lands in 26th district to J D Lawson and others. Several lots, acreages, and city properties change hands with amounts from $15 to $5,000 plus an unclaimed letters section and a dead letter notice.
A section boss on the Central Railway found a negro dead about a mile north of Americus yesterday afternoon. The body lay head in mud with injuries and a broken neck. He likely jumped from a fast train after misrouting from Americus toward Columbus, and the coroner will hold an inquest today.
The New York Commercial Bulletin praises the South with rising cotton yields from 4,000,000 bales prewar to around 6,945,000 by last September, aided by diversified farming and intelligent labor. The Macon Telegraph backs a Southern resources exposition in the North, while immigration promotion may hinge on favorable legislature. Trappers draw crowds with beaver and coon skins, and local businesses report illness as Warnock and Miller of the cigar factory suffer pneumonia.
Richmond official Hon Martin V Cal v in announced prizes for poultry excellence among Alliance wives and daughters in Georgia. In the Tenth District a set of Chambers Encyclopedia would go to the top performer with 25 to 100 hens, plus other prizes for next best and third best. Outside the tenth district several contestants were narrowed to four. Final results list Mrs E A Parker, Barnesville first prize. Miss Carrie Woodward, Carnonville second. Mrs E C McKellar, third. Mrs William K Nelson, Augusta third. Net receipts and per hen averages are detailed, with lessons on poultry yard record keeping and marketing. Further notes discuss local papers and Georgia weddings and farm prospects.
An account recalls a chaotic Christmas meal with macaroni and cheese served without proper utensils, sharp sheep’s milk cheese, and guests eating with fingers, followed by drying fruits. It then shifts to Edwin Booth era anecdotes including a Siberian hound gift, a go cart presents plan, and a raucous reception scene at New Haven in the 204s.
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