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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1891
Page
5
Fragmentary text from a historical page mentions city hall artesian wells new registers at alien house and upcoming events. References to performers, local figures, and a public square show a noisy, mixed set of notices and anecdotes without cohesive narrative.
A jailhouse letter from Chas Watson asks for an interview to clear his name. The writer, a 28 year old man with a family to support, claims to be innocent of charges tied to a soap racket and gambling warrants. Local lawyers Col. Simmons and Messie, Solmons & Kimbrough express concern and vow to defend, while noting delays and hardships faced by Watson and his wife.
The Augusta Chronicle discusses state geology, editor resignations in Kasumon Timesburgal, and a proposed Chautauqua edit tint for Albany News. It cites the Washington Guy Gazette urging white women to adopt improved cooking stoves and utensils, and reflects on press influence demonstrated by a Lieut Col appointment by the governor.
Nerice to Consignegs at Central Depot requests removal of freight for numerous firms and individuals. Names include Atericus Guana Co., Jolson & Harrold, Max Alton, Davenport Stapleton & Co, JL Chamblss, C Cole GM Davia & Co, Jon Davidson, Americus Gro Ce, JM Fluker, Sit Gibson, PO Clegg, AJ Henderson, JW Harrie, LG Hudson, Jas Smith, AmLt& Co, Am 8S Co, Nty Bank of Americas, J Reed, J W Pulliam, and many others listed in sequence for unloading or transfer.
Thackeray wrote novels on long note paper in delicate handwriting. He carried drafts to his publisher in his hat crown and paused at Garrick Club for lunch. He planned chapters methodically and lamented publishing pressure while Dickens shared similar views on public performance.
In Yokohama Thomas Le Boag and Mrs Boag discuss leaving Japan for England. They describe climate as pleasant but lonely for a young man and question the appeal of local fruit, mentioning woolly grapes and coarse Ugshi meat.
The article discusses the unicorn myth as seen in plates and traveler tales. It notes the horn as a poison antidote and cites a supposed Elizabethan unicorn valued at 150000 pounds. It clarifies the horn was narwhal, often mixed with rhino lore, an expensive creature in old stories.
A New York Tribune excerpt notes minute parasites in a tiger’s hairy skin that resemble perfect miniature copies of the tiger. The observer urges readers to examine the marvel, claiming the creatures are nearly visible to the naked eye and mirror the tiger head ears legs claws body and tail.
A Chicago Tribune interview advises using prepared chalk applied with a soft brush twice daily to whiten the worst teeth and harden the gums within a week. The method echoes facial chalk used by women and emphasizes dampening the brush before application.
An old Detroit Free Press item cites Pliny and a remark about women washing clothes. The fragment notes that rubbing washing soda into soap improves cleaning, and claims women learned to wash more effectively after this.
A historic ring believed paid for Shakespeare is found near Stratford churchyard by a laborer's wife. The seal shows a true lover's knot with initials W. B. It was lost before his death and is the only authentic piece of his personal property known to exist.
A Chicago Tribune remark from a doctor in his reception room details the latent immunity of sanity and how a bank cashier, once warned to avoid stress, later died by suicide when a distant disease outbreak reached him. The piece underscores caution in sharing sensitive medical judgments with the press.
A Blackwood's Magazine critique denounces the chimney pot hat as a monument of fashion restraint. The author laments society's unwritten rule forcing well to do men to wear the oppressive cylinder, arguing it ruins otherwise stylish outfits and stifles aesthetic variety.
A Century Magazine excerpt recounts a harsh winter during the Great Irish Famine with cold rains and snow, cabins in Cork lacking blankets or furniture, many unable to fuel fires, men walking barefoot to relief works, and families surviving on scant potato scraps and cabbage while a man with five children collapsed after a bread piece given at a works supervisor.
Thomas J. Bowditch notes in Troy Times that ancient Egypt lacked steel and other modern metals. He contrasts ironworking with coal-based steel, citing how ancients worked granite and the limited metals known in their time versus modern abundance.
L FP Purton secures two curiosities for store windows a rope slipper made by a sailor on a coal steamer between Philadelphia and Newburyport and a pair of pure gam panes used in a city family for sixty years. Also notes a Dyak eating custom with parents at one platter and siblings paired at others per the Newburyport Herald and St article fragments.
Read His Ad. Mr J H Freeman offers brick lumber shingles and wallpaper at low prices. He urges everyone to paper their houses with his latest handsome styles. Brick lumber shingles are described as top quality. Call or mail for a visit or to arrange a call.
Hal Adams, the man described as killing his wife in The Recorder, had a preliminary trial in Lumpkin yesterday. Defense was by W H Kimbrough of Simmons and Kimbrough. Adams was bound over.
Located here Mr C F Reid of Montgomery who has been visiting Col L J Blalock has accepted a position at Dr Hall's drug store He is a graduated pharmacist of fine reputation and American is glad to claim him as a citizen He intended to settle in Texas but decided to locate here James S Richardson the big Mississippi cotton planter denies Miss Winnie Davis will marry him The Rounder in the Albany News questions programme and notes Webster prefers shorter program The Southern Alliance Farmer prints a new drosn of type Gov Northen’s influence noted A legislator claims right to a free pass like editors and jokes about fare and premium
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