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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1887
Page
1
Americus Georgia: county seat boasting trade and growth
Americus in Sumter County Georgia sits on the South Central rail line 70 miles southwest of Columbus and 90 miles north of the Daline, proclaimed as a fertile agricultural hub with wheat corn rice and vegetables. The city features strong public facilities, schools, churches, a large library, multiple newspapers, a grand opera house, a well equipped water system, factories, and two hundred firms, with rapid rail expansion and growing population inviting immigrants and capitalists.
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Recorder Aims to Reach Every Family in Southwest Georgia
An appeal from the Recorder urges Sumter County residents to subscribe, promising regular correspondence and plans to extend distribution to all of Southwest Georgia by 1888. Readers are invited to send their names to receive a sample copy by return mail.
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Tariff Debate Spurs Illinois Farmers Grievances
A letter from Aaricoa Betty to the Ingo Tribune argues that Illinois exports are protected while imports are foreign made, estimating a four to one burden in duties and bounties. The writer urges a tariff reform and asks for hard facts to persuade readers amid farmer anger at Eastern protectionism.
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Phlosophy of Carl Donder and a St Louis episode
A Detroit Free Press compiled spoof of immigrant speech echoes a critic’s philosophical musings on law, charity, hypocrisy, and the Golden Rule. It ends with a farmer, William Schaffer near St Louis, joking about coons that leads city sportsmen to cut down his elm in search of game.
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