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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1888
Page
7
The shop advertises men’s $3.00 shoes with button and elastic, seaman vamp and waxed fittings, claiming top wear and style. Ladies’ $2.60 Kid Button Box-Toe is praised as superior for fit and quality, with a strong bargain claim.
Over 1000 tons of cotton seed were shipped from Covington in the fall. Six families totaling thirty people left Clarkesville for Arkansas. The late Rome Courier editor Dwinell's estate is appraised at 50000. Various political moves, local plans, and oddities thread through Georgia news.
A Macon Telegraph notice from February 11 reports J. T. Mallory posing as an insurance and publishing agent, swindling locals in Buchanan and Buena Vista. He fled, forged a $115 check to W. Buchanan, and was arrested in Butler after authorities confirmed the forgery. Mallory gave multiple names, claimed residence in Eufaula, Alabama, and said he never faced prior legal trouble. An unrelated paragraph advertises a free cure for consumption by W A Noyes in Rochester, N.Y.
The Boston Cultivator argues that the best business a farmer can pursue in a grass adapted country is to raise top quality cows consistently. It asserts steady effort in this dairy focus yields reliable success comparable to other farming branches.
An faded OCR fragment touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best salve for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores totter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions with a stated guarantee. The garbled text mentions a Borlect site and individuals likely advertising or endorsing the product.
A Southern congressman, split among factions over railroad policy, faced a hostile race. He used a bold tactic by confronting a major creditor who held his note for 400 dollars and warned a payoff might come if he won. His district elected the anti monopolist faction, helped by his creditors in opposition. The tale ends with him confessing in the House he dreamed of paying off his creditors and being unsure where the money came from.
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