Americus Recorder Town Talk and Local Notes
City Editor reports election registration reminder. Various visitors and residents, including Mr Raymond Reese and Mrs J Davenport, are in Americus during holidays. Cordele Bank to start Jan 1. Christmas dances and social visits noted. Recorder Job Office busy. Republicans discuss a new hotel. Maj Speer proposal mentioned. Mr Morrison from Findlay plans winter in Americus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Reese
W. B. Mayo
Macon
Henry McCleskey
Atlanta
P. C. Clegg
Hawkinsville
Hawkins
New York
Jas. Callaway
the Telegraph
Jo Davenport
Claude Cutts
Marshallville
B.H. Wilkinson
Oglethorpe
Americus
Cordele Bank
Lila Edwards
Richland
J. W. Harris
Dudley
Kansas City
Allen House
Montgall
Charley Johnson
Columbus
Jack Brown
R. J. Perry
Prince and
Lamar Streets
Johnson
L. J. Blalock
East Americus
R. W. Fulier
Recorder
Charley Chapman
Jake Menko
Zoe Campbell
Auburn
Ala
Misa Fannie Campbell
Taylor Street
E. B. Cade
Washington
Wilkes County
P. L. Holt
Gene Doughtie
Jack Cleghorn
Americus Boys
Susie Evans
Forsyth
Judge Allen Fort
Lee Street
J. A Thornton
Lumpkin
Mary Chapman
Talbotton
W. P. Burt
Willie Cato
Botteford
Hennie Ford
J. J. W. Ford
Church Street
Maj. Speer
T. F. Morrison
Findlay
Ohio
Amarious
Mr. Morrison
Hels Bioc
Four in a party kill friend after pistol play in Abbeville
A group of four gentlemen from Abbeville and Monroe county were returning home when shooting near the depot in Abbeville led to the death of John Jordan aged eighteen. Jordan died after remarking he had been shot as a coroner's inquest was opened. The other three men await verdict while inquiries continue. Building permit reform urged for Americas city to record construction details and costs across the entire town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Dickeys
Abbeville
Jordan
Monroe County
Mr. Dickey
Dickey
Slater
Americus
N. H. White
J. E. Markett
T. M. Cobb
Christmas in Americus and a Gift to Readers
A local note section praises Earnest for Sunday essays and hints at more from the gifted contributor. Christmas in Americus is described as peaceful with praise for orderly crowds, quiet streets, and generous hospitality as shops pause and visitors are cared for. Nearby, a robbery incident at a party ends with serious injuries to Nelse Clarke and Johnson, with Bill Jordan attempting to intervene.
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Horror Recorder
the Recorder
Shakspeare
Wesleyan
Sonsenmer
The
Recorder
Johnson
Job
Negg
Nelse Clarke
Nelse
Bill Jordan
Americus
Americus adopts second hand clothing ordinance in 1888 council
Americus city council meets December 19 1888 with Mayor Felder and Aldermen present. An ordinance prohibits sale of second hand clothing within city limits and bans importation from Sumter county with penalties up to 50 dollars or thirty days in the guard house. Alderman Shipp resigns. election to fill vacancy called. Sidewalks on Lee Street and Cotton Avenue ordered repairs. health board asked to review Elbert Head fish pond. Several bills approved and a wooden building permit granted. Annual meeting follows with resignations and formal tributes to Shipp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
Sumter County
American
J. E. D. Shipp
Messrs. Rose & Holt
F. G. Olver
Lee Street
Davis & Cotney
Cotton Avenue
Board of Health
Elbert Head's
Dick Hill
Co. C. Hawkins
B. Dixon
Martin Grinton
Jesse
Lamar and
Prince Street
Committee On Fire Department
D. K. Brixson
Council Chamber
Felder
Ald
Williams
Adderson
Jossey
Mack
Rylander
Shipp
Montague & Co
H. Straus Sons
Harris &Payne
Knowles
Ald. Adderton
J. B. Pilabury
Elf
Fire on Cotton Avenue Traced to 1864 Americus Blaze
The narrative recalls Americus fire history with the Cotton Avenue conflagration of August 1864. It describes early fire companies, including Wide-Awake, and the rapid spread from a brick warehouse where Confederate hospitals used water from a single well. A black smoke plume signaled the department's struggle as flames consumed warehouses, stores, and wooden blocks along Cotton Avenue, Lamar, and Buchanan streets, while powder explosions and rescuers attempted to halt the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americas
Americus
Hook and Her
Wide-Awake
United States
Cotton Avenue
Council
Court House Yard
Council & McGarrah’s
Bulding
Star Bakery
Buchanan & Bell
Lamar Street
Rylander
Rosenwald
Thos. Eden'asague
Biggest fire in American history leaves two buildings standing
A warehouse fire along Cotton Avenue burned to Lamar and Jackson streets, destroying the block except for the Hawkins House. The blaze halted at a small shop, with two intact buildings on the block reported as saved. Other items include political letters praising Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff candidates and a train wreck attempt near Abbeville.
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Silla
Cotton Avenue
Lamar
Jackson Street
Forsyth
Hawkins House
American
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Jordan Kitler White
Cook's Pharmacy
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Official Council
Axe Enroys
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Jonsey
Cotton
Arthur Rylander
Knox and Stetson Hats
John R. Shaw
Wright
Mize
J. W. Mize
R. T. R. Sumter County
W. A. Winont
Japan
A. K. Hawkes
I. B. Humano
Goy, Tex
EF. J. Eldridge
Rochelle
Teri Tanta
Fleming Bros
Pittsburgh
TVORY
H. C. Bagley
Hoe
Tdo
Justice OF the Peace
G. Olver
Joh
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Carr
Twos
M. Allen
J. W. Bedenbaugh
Ry M. Deaten
Una Tae
Sumters
Iflam
J. Bar
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White
M. Cobb
Hank
Lumber County
L. A. Forrest
Cal Porriee
A. C. Speer
Bumter County
Ben Wheeler
Dosti
Batt Ter
Havine
Superior Court
J. H. Allen
John A. Sprigit
Sumberty
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James Be Parne
Webster County
Prof
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Webstereounty
Joane Poefers
DE Thoraton
Maya Préalon
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