28 Feb 1890
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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1890
Page
1
Dawson notes show rapid progress with Columbus Southern grading, tile work, and new water works contract. Townsfolk tour trains, expect improved schedules, brick stores rise, churches planned, and local firms expanding. Notable events include marriages, political chatter, and community leaders shaping a booming era.
Weston Georgia reports a warm February with rapid spring bloom in the forest while fruit trees lag. Master Jimmie Whaley attends school here, houses shift for education, a healthy town with fifty to sixty students, a Columbus Southern train arrival, and a death among the Smith family. Unclaimed letters list released.
February notes from Bronwood describe a quiet town mood with rain and budding trees signaling spring. Mentions of measles illness in Dave Martin family, visits by Walter Terry of the Southwest Georgia Cadets, and local social calls. Also notes about milliner Amanda Smith, travel to Atlanta for a sick wife, horseback riding, Prof J E Bigbie music, and an upcoming double wedding rumor. An advertisement touts Wooldridge Wonderful Cure and a whisky brand for sale.
A discussion contrasts racial social equality in the South with limited rights in the North. It claims blacks in the South engage in many trades and receive social intermingling, while in the North they face segregation, hotel and church exclusion, and limited employment. The piece argues the South grants more social rights and opportunity for a prosperous, self respecting life.
The City Council appoints a fifteen member committee to welcome the Ohio excursionists due March 3. The party, about thirty including several ladies, will tour Georgia fruit regions by rail from Americus to Savannah then Augusta, with possible Washington visit. Local officials set a funds limit of one hundred dollars for entertainment.
Three weeks after buying part of the Joiner lot on Church street from Dr. Miller for 1150 dollars, John Nicholson resold to W C Carter for 1500 dollars. The deal highlights quick profit in local real estate transactions.
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