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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1884
Page
5
Dallas market activity shows receipts to date totaling 98 491, with midseason notes on pricing and supply trends. The brief signals cautious optimism as traders assess ongoing demand and seasonal shifts in the regional market.
In the Americus market notes buyers and sellers quote margins on cotton and grain. Cotton margin shows 30 to 119 cents per bushel for various lots. grain margins list 119 cents per bushel with multiple bid and offer ranges. The report covers new markets and closes February 16 with price references for wheat, oats, pork, and other commodities alongside dates in April and May. It notes activity in Chicago markets and lists traders and prices for May contracts.
Local items report a tonight meeting at Mrs DeJarnette s residence, a mule money for a loan, and a fish tale about a duck found in a pike s stomach. Also thanks to Marshal Lingo and Officer Wheeler for recovering stolen cotton and recaptured Henry Wilson. Lula Horgt billed as Georgia magnetic girl to perform at the Opera House Monday night. The Americus Light Infantry heads to Albany for Washington birthday celebrations with 26 men. Road survey for Bugna Vista Fall line discussed, cost estimated at around 30 000. Merchant ads tout bargains and lace pins, plus a damaging wind and hail storm causing some property damage across Webster County.
Local items report LaGrange and Atlanta trips by J G Edmondson, artesian wells discussed in Huguenin area, and the Rainy spell aiding spring vegetation. Mentions Hank concert attendance, Lola Hurst at the Opera House, and local business chatter about bargain counters and Lanipell Spede. Also notes prospects for cotton, fishing resorts, and a golden wedding of Col Wes McAfee.
Wealthy farmer D B Ponder of Webster County vanished after traveling to Amencus to transact business He sold cotton and drew money from suppliers and a bank claiming to buy a mill He was last seen near Preston and Kinchafounee Creek with a neighbor while a search began with his wife and workers in Americus The town reported no trace and hunts continued amid uncertainty about the fate of Ponder
Hawkinsville to Americus railroad talk envisions a broad gauge line across Pulaski Dooly and Baker counties crossing Flint River near Drayton. A roughly fifty mile route would offer a direct Savannah connection and spur regional growth with local support and potential East Tennessee Virginia and Georgia Railroad engagement.
The item reports a brutal mix of obituary notices and ads in the Sunday Happy South edition. It notes the death of an infant son of Capt and Mrs Jobo A Cobb and mentions a Mrs Seratehine near the city. A mill owner Mr Henry Renew is referenced with a local incident. The page also promotes onion sets and seeds from W A Smith in Smithville and garden goods from Pennsylvania growers.
A miscellany of social manners and reflections on patience with strangers. Observations on brusque salesmen, surly conductors, and the dented civic duty of the public. Anecdotes about courtship, lawsuits, and poetry from Peck’s Sun and Current. Discusses English housing reform and urban tenements with a colonial tone.
A reader asks about proper corn eating method. The answer says eating the cob is fine at a boarding house and direction is personal choice. If few kernels remain, suggested approach is to eat left to right then right to left to save time.
A catalog of goods at 205 and 207 Forsyth Street Americas Ga. lists ready made clothing for men including suits coats and overcoats from manufacturer grade, advertised as new French goods at best materials. Also notes school books Maple Books stationery at W A Smith bookstore and local sale of corn meal flour and bray.
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