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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1888
Page
5
A cluttered column cites remarks on the city recorder GzorGi, upcoming rail schedule corrections for the B, VY, & E line, garden weather, ads, and many brief notes from Americus residents. It mentions peach blossoms, local visits, advertising, and civic matters amid a flurry of social and business notes.
Deputy Cobb recounts a letter from Dr Powell of Milledgeville Insane Asylum stating Mrs Sullivan is improving rapidly and can help in tending other patients. If she remains stable she may be wholly cured in a few months, while Mr Sullivan lags in improvement.
A dialogue notes Brown’s improved mood from his wife shopping at John R. Shaw’s for months. She asks him for money less often and dresses better, prompting Brown to remark on the change and a friend to consider sending his wife there.
Our Town Clock workers labor a week to erect the new town clock in the court house. The illuminated clock is soon to grace Americus, Georgia, noted as one of the state’s progressive cities. Also a visitor note: Wiley Chambliss plans a return visit to longtime locals. Additionally, an old advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a California fruit liquid remedy sold by E. J. Eldridge.
Chas E Morrison plans a biographical souvenir covering Georgia and Florida with sketches of leading business and professional figures. The work will circulate in both states and may include illustrated biographies for those who desire. It argues biography preserves memory, tracing history through individual lives, and promotes a local biographical history system as enduring record.
A column sketches how a free state pass for a wife leads to shifting travel plans and expenses. It notes Mexico’s king cake day and the Ball de los Compades, then reports Swift Manufacturing in Columbus expanding its plant with 8,000 new spindles and carding engines boosting daily capacity to 4,500 pounds of net work.
A renowned New York judge once wrote for newspapers in his youth to supplement income. A struggling lawyer turned in a vivid weekly serial titled Old French Crimes in a Sunday paper, captivating editors. When cataloguing the judge’s library, the editor found a substitute receipt instead of a Causes Celebres volume and requested its return.
Person reports long suffering from bronchitis and crediting Brower's Lung Restorer with a cure. The testimonial states the medicine will be kept on hand for emergencies and implies ongoing reliance.
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