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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1884
Page
5
Fragmentary notes show a corTos report with middling geao activity and ordinary readings. The text mentions good ordinary progress and mild conditions with unclear dates or places. No clear names, organizations, or events are identifiable from the fragment.
A long segment of Americus news covers public produce, cotton stock listings, local auctions, and notices. It notes price per bale, details on shipments from March to April 1903, updates on the Americus Fair Association directors meeting, and church building work at Bethesda. Other items mention school books, tobacco wagons by W E Patterson, alligator skin use from wartime, and concerns about Harwell Stout.
Local notes praise budding trade in Americus with reports of cotton seed sales rising, grain and cattle prospects, new groceries and ships, and calls for improvement like a larger hotel and better mail delivery. Mentions rail prospects, sugar, coffee, and “Bobb” Cotton Seed price gains attracting Northern visitors.
A collection of brief notices from Macon and Americus area newspapers. Mentions Edger Batt of Marion, Tom Thrash of Atlanta visiting Americus, Misses Speer and Jones visiting Miss Mamie Williams, and Carrie Logan returning to Americus. Also notes W W Moore and wife moving to Americus, D F Davenport attending a district meeting in Smithville, W B Buchanan traveling to New York to secure goods, J M Alloo from Findlay purchasing Bailey place, Mrs D C Gonnell accompanying them, Capt B F Millberry moving his headquarters to Americus, and details on tobacco tax handling. Americus Library announces Southern Express Co offer to carry library books for members along the Southwestern line, with $1 quarterly dues and one book at a time.
On Monday and Tuesday night the A F Minco Company presents Humpty Dumpty at the Opera Home. The Philadelphia Record praises Alfred as a superior pantomime artist, noting the actor’s expressive facial contortions and comic skill that elevate pantomime beyond mere garish slapstick.
An orderly report from the City Marshal extols good moral conduct in Americus while noting few arrests for disorderly behavior. The small police force appears taxed protecting the city’s interests amid sobriety drive and public virtue.
At the last Empire Congell No 92 Americah Legion of Honor meeting the committee drafted resolutions on the death of Col. B E Burke. They express sorrow for the loss of a veteran and public spirited citizen, offer condolences to his family, request a lodge record page in his memory, and send copies to the bereaved family and local papers as a tribute.
At a January 4 1884 meeting of Stewart Lodge No 2429 Knights of Honor in Lampkin Georgia the lodge adopted resolutions on the death of Thomas Hester. They note mortality by the Supreme Dictator and praise his charity, sympathy for his widow and orphans, and record his name age and death in the minutes. Copies go to his widow and to local papers.
A Cincinnati Enquirer letter sketches a dramatic tale of aristocracy and democratization. A magnate recalls photographing his horse and lineage to end blue blood notions, declaring the family has grown and perished old titles as he proclaims a modern democrat identity.
The passage describes Longfellow’s grave marked by a lot number under a smooth sod and stone coping on a hillside terrace. Passersby and visitors recall him with reverence, noting a yellow dilapidated house once his home and the memory of his poems, pen, and manuscripts preserved in the mansion.
A tale of a staged Woolly Horse swindle in Washington sparked by a Fremont show bill. Thomas Benton criticized the ruse and intervened to reveal the fake, as officials attempted entry. The second fragment describes Scottish witchcraft beliefs and a witch doctor’s trials, with medical and ritual practices cited.
Commercial markets report from Panacanr 1854 noting flour and related commodities with limited readable details. The fragment mentions prices and items but lacks clear figures or full names, making precise summarization difficult.
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