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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1884
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR text references names and dates with unclear meaning. Readable items include multiple personal names and a reference to November 10 and a daily arrival pattern. The fragment lacks coherent events or outcomes to form a proper news item.
Cotton market quotes show February sessions with prices near 10.76 on Spots and 10.76-77 for April contracts. Mentions margin advice on cotton and grain trades, with figures like 100,000 bushels and 10,000 to 100,000. Religious services announced by Rev. G Williams of Nashville. Local notices describe injuries from skating, a wreck and a crushed hand, carp pond reports, engine quarters change, and play performances by Miss Ana Gray. Also lists visiting locals and movers among Albany and Lee county residents.
Readers are urged to praise the Golden Troupe and its manager Martin Golden for high quality performances with a first class band. A St Louis Republican review lauds Planter’s Wife as a standout of the week. North Georgia’s Mina Lula Hurst and Mr S H Jonney display impressive table tipping powers. A small fire on Church Street destroys a Jno M Coker tenement. incendiary cause suspected.
The issue advertises tonight's entertainment at the Opera House with tickets sold at multiple local outlets and notes support from the Ladies’ undertaking. It calls attention to fans of Fleischman & Co compressed yeast, bakery goods, and candied treats at J W Stacy's.
A detailed reminiscence describes Mary Washington's tomb on the Kenmore estate near Fredericksburg, noting its unfinished marble monument begun in 1813, vandalized state, and the saga of founders like Silas Burrows and ownership shifts through the Gordons. It recounts the site’s view of Marye's Heights and the Confederate and National cemeteries, plus a tale of the president Andrew Jackson attending the cornerstone ceremony in May 1831 and a dramatic scene with the crowd and a passing insult by a Navy lieutenant.
Local report outlines a guardianship case in which Mr and Mrs Brown are accused of abducting two children from their aunt and uncle. A warrant was issued after the children were allegedly taken under false pretenses to gain control of their property. Brown waived exam and awaits Superior Court appearance. claims to guardianship letters are noted from Barbour County Probate Court. Separate brief notes a Braownwood fire threat and a local seed and garden supplies ad.
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