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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1884
Page
5
Fragmentary text notes an agent named Lottt Warren closing malls with directions west and south at 12m and east toward Buena Vista. Mentions night mail north of DB and Lampkin 3a, unclear further details.
The column lists court term grades and receipts to date with a note of a loss. It also includes a compositor job ad seeking four reliable workers who can produce accurate proofs and follow orders for steady work with good wages.
A snapshot of Americus life with New Year reflections and local notices. Mentions court adjournments, new businesses on Cotton Avenue, Davenport and Coker ads, a hunt, a mule race, ball at the Commercial House, penny system adoption, and city promotions. Includes names like J A Davenport, D F Davenport, John Coker, Schumpert Roney, Rev Geo H Dwelle, and M Ullman.
The Rx Compan Gift Distribution held at the Americus Opera House awarded prizes to subscribers drawn by Capt. G. M. Patherson and A. C. Speer. Winners include D. H. Kleckley Coogle's Mills ton of Mastodon Guano and J. M. Saville Pataula Organice among many others. Noted attendees and future plans appear in the report.
The Buenos Vista Railroad Company held a stockholders meeting in Ellaville last week. James M. Lowe was named President and Thomas W. Harvey Vice-President, with B. W. Miller as Attorney and Dr. E. T. Mathis as Treasurer. The article notes Lowe’s business acumen and Miller’s prominence, and mentions a Florida contractor winning a contract to start work after New Year. The line is expected to reach near Oglethorpe with a depot in that town, targeting completion by June or earlier. Also covered are New Year social events in Americus and remarks on agricultural prospects in Southwest Georgia, including Dunbar’s corn sale and Ed. Littleton’s high yield per acre near Americus.
Readable fragments discuss Thames river flow, population served, and impurities in supply. Mentions reservoirs, water-closets, factory refuse, and attempts to quantify daily intake and purity levels amid increasing demand. References blue-hooks and referees for values.
A draft design describes a 140 foot long floating platform fitted with a submerged apparatus tethered by heavy steel cables to tow to deep water. Inventor claims it could be deployed offshore to monitor storms and relay warnings from mid ocean up to twenty four hours before their arrival.
A portrait of Jay Gould highlighting his extraordinary library a sanctified archive guarded by a wire network and opened to none but Gould and his trusted Morosini. The piece notes Gould as a meticulous reader and a leading authority on corporate law in the United States.
An 1835 journey to Astoria framed as a prophetic push toward a continental railroad. E V Smalley and Dr Barlow are cited noting the dream of a rail link from Atlantic to Pacific. The piece also recalls a Portsmouth burial and a hummingbird named William with an epitaph.
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