Americus Snippets Mixed With Local Notices In Georgia
Local items from Americus Georgia note residents visiting, moving and working in the region. Mentions include Nina Williams visiting, J.C. Roney drawing the weekly prize, and Lumpkin native Gillsl shipping goods to Ila and Eatonton. W.S. Gills of Lumpkin is highlighted, with references to tobacco reform talk and a balloon ascent scheduled Saturday.
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We Jones
Sher
Texas
Gills
Lumpkin
Mericus
Ila
Eatonton
C. A. Coleman
J.C. Roney
Americus Steam Laundry
Florida
Old State Wanderer Returns to Webster County Visit
In 1846 Mr A B Spears left Lannabassee now Preston Webster county for Mississippi then Texas where he stayed long. He came back Sunday to visit Mears WFB Spann and Geo Montgomery before continuing toward his old home. Weakened by age he longs to see his Webster friends once more then return to Texas to await his Master.
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Spears
Lannabassee
Preston
Webster County
Mississippi
Texas
Sumter County
Americas
Vislt Mears
WFB
Spann
Geo
Montgomery
Webster
B. Hawkins
Mr. Spears
Webster Country
Mr R B Hall departs for Atlanta for new posts
Off to Atlanta, Mr R B Hall, longtime supply clerk at the S A M road general office, leaves today to join Clarence Knowles, General Southern Manager of Germania Fire Insurance and Sun Insurance in New Orleans. The community commends him and wishes success as he moves to Atlanta.
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Atlanta
R. B. Hall
S. A. M. Road
Clarence Knowles
Germania Fire Insurance Company
New York
Sun Insurance Company
New Orleans
Hall
Bobbie
Americus City Prominence Noted In Travel Tale
Judge H C Roney traveling from Macon to Americus met a Kansas City visitor who called Americus the best advertised city in Georgia. The remark came after passing Andersonville and ahead of Americus, a city of considerable importance as the train journey continued. The second item reports the death of Neg Scarborough, aged about 53, of Church street Americus, survived by wife and child, with burial at Oak Grove cemetery today.
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H.C. Roney
Augusta
Macon
Americus
Kansas City
Andersonville
Georgia
Nex Scarborough
Neg Scarborough
Church Street
Oak Grove Cemetery
Georginon
Brunswick Times
Georgia State Agricultural Society
Glessner
Northwest
Bureau of Immigration
Major Glessner
Convention
The
Society
Central Railroad
Major Glossover
Belknap
Bee Hive to reopen after settlement with adjusters
The Bee Hive completes loss settlement with A Mack & Co after days of adjuster work. The store will reopen Friday offering new goods and lower prices on carpets rugs mattings oil cloths and linoleum plus a wide dry goods assortment and hosiery. J J Granberry promotes new goods and prices.
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A. Mack & Co
J. J. Granberry
J. J. Guaxpenry
Agt
Ada
Balloon Ascension Promises Great Local Spectacle
Preparations for the balloon ascension are complete. Prof Fisk will perform Saturday from the old courthouse yard with W. K. Perry of Birmingham aboard. Advertised on rail lines with excursion rates, the event is expected to draw Americas' largest crowd, and attendance is free.
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State Cultural Society
Rtown
Jay van Mitchell
Butler
Nina Williams
Issea Jennie
Rosa Remley
J. W. Remley
Olk. Va
W. K. Perry
Birmingham
R. Don McLeod
Talla
Fia
Tag
J.T. Hamilton
Americus
Hawkins
M. Freight Depot
Ericus
I. R
Cain
Bloom ‘Nwill
Washington, D
Kent Harrison
John A. Cobb
Agricultural Society
Atlanta
Prof. Fisk
Old Court House Yard
al. W. K. Perry
Ala
Americas
Burglar thwarted as night watch disrupts a depot plot
A late Friday incident near Price Alley halted a planned burglary at Brown and French store when a guard heard a door slam and a prowler fled. Four would-be accomplices left tracks as the man lit a cigar, preventing what could have been a sizable theft.news notes also report editor moves, personnel shifts, and a grand wagon sighting in Sumter.
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Feagan
Price Alley
Messrs. Brown & French
Smith
Express Hours on Southwestern Road Schedule Change
Express hours altered as the northbound service will close at 3 p.m. due to a schedule change on the Southwestern road. Coopsr Ag't.
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Coopsr, Ag’t
Drunken tramp starts backyard blaze on Church Street
Yesterday afternoon a drunken white tramp entered Mr. A. T. Oliver’s yard rear of his residence on Church street and built a fire. The flames spread to dry grass but were quickly put out by Oliver. He then brought the tramp downtown and the frites turned him over to the gui house for a warm bed.
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A. T. Oliver
Church Street
Mr. Oliver
Frites
Syrup of Figs Promoted as Nature’s Laxative Remedy
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as Nature’s own laxative and the easiest, most effective remedy to cleanse the system, relieve headaches and colds, and cure indigestion, touting its gentle action and health benefits in period language.
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Hdl
Bridge.oa
Act to change court times in Southwestern Judicial Circuit
Georgia 1889 act sets Superior Court terms for Webster Schley Stewart Lee Macon Sumter with sessions on specific Mondays in April May and October November and requires continuation as needed to dispose of business. Governor J B Gordon signed. Secretary of State certifies copy.
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Southwestern Judicial Circuit
General Assembly
State of
Georgia
Webster
Schley
Stewart
Lee
Macon
Sumter
Fife
Martin Vacatvian
House of Rep
S. M. A. Hardin
House
Rep
F. G. puBigxox
Senate
W. A. Haunts
Benato
J. B. Gonpom
Atlanta
Young in the Cause and Local Shopliftings
The piece reports two young colored youths locked in W. J. Parker & Co. beef market who stole five dollars worth of goods. Police recovered the items and jailed them briefly before releasing them for being too young. It also notes a previous incident and a planned rebuild of Enterprise schoolhouse after a fire blamed on an incendiary.
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W. J. Parker& Co
Jas
Russell
Cordele would host a new compress plant
Cordele plans a compress plant with a team of experienced men led by Captain Henley of Macon and D C Fitch of Hawkingville and Roush of Charleston. They visited Americus to seek support from President Hawkins and Georgia Southern and Florida authorities, aiming for cooperation from A M & J to ensure success. The notice adds a benign promotional aside about Blood Balm products.
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Cordele
Cordelean
Henley
Macon
D. C
Fitch
Hawkingville
Roush
Charleston
Georgia Southern
Florida
Americus
Hawkins
Railroad Rumblings From Buena Vista to Americus
The Buena Vista Patriot reports rapid railroad progress with track laying near LaCrosse and Kinchafoonee trestle timbering. Delays at Columbus end due to a cave, yet engines aid progress. Americus will be 66 miles from Columbus after extensions. Also notes a strange Americus anecdote about a person who lived as a man, then married a Macon woman.
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Buena Vista Patriot
Columbus
LaCrosse
Americus
Col. E. M. Butts
Baker County
Central Railroad
Americas
Central Railroad Company
Buena Vista
Georgia
Ellaville
Columbus Enquirer
Fashion to Go North in Winter Cited by Bjornson
Bjornstjerne Bjornson, in an upcoming Harper's Magazine piece for March, questions why health travelers avoid northern air, quipping that there are no bacteria there and suggesting a shift in seasonal fashion among visitors seeking wellness.
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Bjornstjerne Bjornson
Harper's Magazine
Siemans Sre
Thas
Advertised Letters in Sumter County Georgia 1889
Complete list of unclaimed letters in the Sumter County post office flagged for forwarding to the Dead Letter Office if not claimed within fourteen days. Names include Ashford Allen Bans Battle Brown Bryant Braver Blount Byrd Bray Beace Blanka Coloter Coy Clark Dell Davis Embry Evans Fulton Fland Gaus Graham Garvin Homes Horn Hogans Hickman Johnson Johnson Jackson Jennings King Larkin Latimore Levier Lightfoot Mathews Ma Call Morton Parker Soneyeltows Simmons Stallings Smith Stubba Tilley Turner Burner Wathworth Walker Walker White Whiddon Williams Weaver Washington Rongy Americus Ga February 20 1889. Georg Ion Wheels.
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State of Georgia
Sumter County
American Post-Office
Joe Ashford
George M Allen
B—F Bans
Joe G Battle
Lillie J. Brown
Elizabeth Bryant
Misa Flondap D Braver
Mra GE Blount
Daniel C Byrd
Caroline Bray
Tatd Beace
Maria Horn
Wesley Hogans
J H Hickman
Mansfield Hii
F Harvey
Kekie Hill
M F Johnson
Mian Turner Johnson
J W Jackson
J T Jackson
T Jennings
Robert King
Nellie Larkin
James Latimore
Sim Levier
Misa Lottie Lightfoot
Bary Williams
J & Weaver
Willie Washington
J.C. Rongy
P. M. Americus
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Georgs
ToRkTs
Matila Hatcher
Gindy
Ceres, Ga
Visite
Church
ALS. A.C
Clyde Bostick
Central I
Gardner
J.C. Bannon
Iutral
Georgie
Americas Financial Institution
Rome
J.J. Nicholson
N. Rushin
Wiggins
Nicholson
Foble
Wit
Cook
Win Iorp, Mattarews & Co
Jesse Phillips
Americas Post-Office
Jesse
Green Gilbert
Reconock
Geo. W. Connell
N.C. Barnett
van Rrper
Layfield
Enterprise
Blood Balm Co
Arthur Rylander
Mig
Elberton Star
Taveo Euine
Ton
Iso
R. Kina
N. W. Cor
Public Square
Wheatley
Rene Se Chee Eit
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