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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1887
Page
7
Our Man's $3.00 Shoe features a button and elastic design, calf leather, no seam in vamp and top, perfect fit, and durable wear. Inspect the collection and be astonished by the unequaled value at the store with prices set at 80 on some items.
A recollection of early courtroom days in New Orleans recounts defense work, juror antics, and odd trials. The narrator recalls teaching a client to plead not guilty and seek a jury trial, a horse sale dispute, and a juror mishap with a white man and a Black witness. The anecdotes include jokes, courtroom friction, and colorful local characters, capturing a vivid era of justice and community life.
Comptroller Wright issues a circular explaining Section 4 of the Denny bill requiring poll taxes to be collected for school support by county commissioners and paid to local boards of education. Fañas are issued for unpaid poll tax with the county school commissioner handling collection via constables, while officials receive no extra pay. The piece then pivots to day culture, praising hay as a profitable Southern crop with potential to diversify economy, bolster cattle and dairy, and reduce cotton acreage without harming existing industries.
Augusta Gazette accuses Sam Randall of voting to double the cotton tie tax to force Georgia farmers to fund Pennsylvania manufacturers. The piece questions The Constitution's motives and links tax policy to party power while noting Democratic treasury surpluses and Republican voter growth.
A humorous, fragmentary portrait gallery describing many public figures and their facial hair and hairlines. Mentions William Walter Phelps Dan Lamont Joe Jefferson Theodore Roosevelt Pat Gilmore Robert Garrett Walter Camp Larry Jerome and others with witty, period tone observations.
fragmented OCR text mentions Bonifaces tutor of the Coronado hotel Beach California linked to a Chicago union caterer. references to bids for a convention next June, Plaza Hotel leasing by E.S. Stokes, Grosvenor, Roadway Thirty-sixth Street project, and Hoffman Club with plans for new players.
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