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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1884
Page
1
Dawson notes a bustling town scene with visits from Americus and Bronwood, praise for the local hotel and school, and plans for growth through mills and hardwood industries. The piece highlights community ties, upcoming agricultural events in Savannah, and local residents and visitors stirring town activity.
Feb 11 dispatch notes continuing rain shortage in red land areas and poor stand of spring oats. Weather prophet predicts little rain, planting corn about to begin, and some wheat damage in low wet spots. Mentions garden prep, early peas greens melons, local people and travel notes. Gold nuggets reported near Marche Ark.
February notes from Smithville cover a village Valentine party at Mrs J B Graves, Rev J H Corley’s visit from Fort Gaines, Effie Miller's trip to North Carolina, W S Deidrichs’ Florida trip, Miss Sallie Godwin visiting, and Col W M McAfee’s golden wedding. The piece honors McAfee’s hotel legacy, then records a fatal death nearby and a daytime fire incident at Miss Philips’s dress causing a scare. Local weather hints and spring greens foreshadow warmer days.
The county reports measles spreading with about 65 pupils at Lumpkin High School. Farmers note improved laborer condition and promising prep year prospects. Maggie Thornton and J C Norman wed in Lumpkin with Rev J S Jordan officiating. Elbert F Thornton, dentist and son of Dr James A Thornton Sr, died in Thomasville at 27 after a lingering consumption.
In Abbeville Wilcox county a notice announces a tax sale set for the first Tuesday at which about two hundred lots of wild land will be sold for taxes. The text includes an alarming claim about poison linked to a local fountain and ends with an advertisement for Ayer s Sarsaparilla claiming to restore vitality and health.
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