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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1888
Page
6
A New York Sun feature lists eclectic items of last year’s inventions from a spiky rubber mat to a ballooned iron rod carrier and a cigar machine. Other notes include a nose protector, a rotating shoe shine unit, a hair washing funnel device, a two man bicycle, a decoy duck and a ship oil pump, plus odd chairs and bed gear.
Discussion argues cheap rail passenger rates to the South would boost travel and immigrant settlement, enlarging population and trade. Railroads should advertise territories with pamphlets, using immigration as a growth engine, while noting long-term profits from increased traffic. Also includes multiple ads and brief notices on medicines, curiosities, and a Charleston doctor’s gift.
The Courier Journal reports from Washington that the tariff measure from the Ways and Means Committee likely won’t reach the House before February or March. A Clay ally aims to craft a bill with broad party backing. In a Marietta wedding a guest, nearly blind, swallowed a satin ribbon from a sandwich, unaware until its presence caused concern.
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