14 Feb 1889
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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1889
Page
1
Notices outline rates for advertisements and notices including marriage announcements, obituaries, and tributes. It states special rates for certain insertions, limits on publication of obituaries, and a policy of no discrimination in war or public notices.
Americus, Somter County seat in Georgia, sits on the Southern Railroad 71 miles southwest of noon and two miles north of the line. The city boasts varied agriculture, abundant factories, two weekly papers, an opera house, public library, and artesian water. It is described as a growing commercial center with 200 firms, cotton trade of 40,000 bales yearly, and rail connections enabling rapid industrial growth. Jane AMERICUS REconpEn offers information to enterprising traders and farmers.
A family Sabbath talk uses turnips and garden fences as a frame to teach humility duty and self control. Mama speaks on serving others, and Clare and Clare’s family share small acts of kindness, while Harry vows to curb his impulses and a railroads piece notes railways as life builders and educators.
The Albany News argues that colder northern fears of yellow fever deter winter travel to the South, blaming Florida’s outbreaks for wrecking the tourist trade. It urges Florida cities to enforce rigid sanitation to protect tourism and avert a lasting decline in visitors.
A fragmentary 1889 testimonial from Marrianna Fun about catarrh and ulcers praising P. P. P. as a supposed cure. The ad text attributes the claim to Dr. Owsus and Lippman Bros of Savannah and mentions multiple smaller doses and remedies.
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