Georgia Made Mingle of Goods and Local Trade
Local notes recount a home textile piece made entirely of Georgia materials by a Georgia woman, and announce Willie Hare purchasing B. P. Tondee’s stock to operate a Cotton Avenue store with confectioneries, tobaccos, cigars, groceries, and a meat market. Notices warn about mail and a lost quilting piece. upcoming theater by Lambert & Richardson. Mr. N. G. Prince traveling to Kentucky for stock. and a storm event in Americus with sleet and ice, detailing temperatures and impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ai Mes
Georgia
Willie Hare
B. P. Tondee
Cotton Avenue
Firemen's Fun and Officers Elected in Georgia Town
Report on fire company life and finances details a dues cost for members, mandatory attendance at meetings and events, and a parade. It lists officers elected for Wide Awake No 1 Mechanic No 2 and Protection No 1, plus notes on speeches, refreshments, and a planned move of the Mechanic engine room. Advertisements promote seeds and garden supplies from local shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Propic
Duta
Americas
Burt
Si Hawkiva
Fire Department
J. J. Smith
Wide Awake 0
J W. Mize
Mechanic Co
Wide Awake No
W. M. Hawkes
C. H. Wouten
Hoe
A. T. Oliver
H. B. Haynes
R. EB. Byrd
H. C. Storey
W. J. Harper
A. J. Buchanan
Pat. Erskine
J. HB. McTyler
J. W. Farlow
J. B. Hinkle
Li. D. Walla
L. J. Blalock
E. L. Stnofeld
J. W W. Cotney
J. W. Twitty
J. W
Porter Daniela
Baker, Wotes
Mingo
Offioera
Mechanica
W. L. Glessner
ReconpEn
Wide Awake Co
Personal Paragraphs From the Americus Area in 1884
Notes from the Findlay Ohio paper recount a string of local visits and moves. R E Byrd travels to Florida as his wife visits relatives. H C McMath and wife nee Lizzie Reynolds visit the city last Saturday. Miss Annes Pilsbury visits her brother Judge J B Pilsbury and family. Dr Geo Trippe of Dealy and D B Leonard of the same county attend in Tuesday. Crawford returns after weeks away and plans to settle here in a lucrative business. John M Alban buys a farm near Americus Ga and plans a February move. The people there call Alban a pleasant gentleman and good farmer. Judge Warren of Leesburg resigns to become associate editor on the Republican. T A Graham leaves the Republican after many years as book- keeper and local editor and plans to move to Anniston. Rev B W Bussey writes from Shelby NC that he still loves Americus and has ordered the Recon- DER to him for 1884 so he can see what is being done.
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Annes Pilsbury
J. B. Pilssbury
Geo. Trippe
Dealy
D. B. Leonard
Crawford
Pest
John M. Alban
Americus
Alban
Gerttoman
Findlay
Courier
Warren
Leesburg
Republican
T. A. Graham
Anniston
B. W. Bussey
Shelby
N.C
Albany
Will Harrison
Misa
Nina Williams
Wesleyan
Romo
Dave
Maine
Diedrick
Smithville
Commercial House
Prof
Kexster
Himh
Amid New Year Gossip and Dances in Small Town
New Year chatter fills the column with notes on engagements and fledgling romances. Miss Vere and Miss Annie Lee depart homeward while Nina Williams returns to Wesleyan. Lively ball events at Albany and Smithville attract society, with fashion, dancing masters sought, and festive meals shared.
Womanly Heroism and Snow Storm Folio
Mrs Joiner, daughter of Prof G A Patterson, escaped a deliberate burn as her dress caught fire but she doused herself with a nearby pail of water. The incident showcased her rare presence of mind and earned praise for womanly heroism. A heavy snow storm followed, lasting about fifteen minutes with Geecy flakes delighting onlookers.
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Mra
Rafas Joiner
G. AM. Patterson
Abe
Mr. Joiner
Trun
Change of Weather Brings New Clothed Styles at Nom
At 207 Forsyth Street Americus Georgia John B Shaw the cluthier offers a large stock of Gents ready made clothing including pine dress suits business suits working suits and a wide range of light and heavy overcoats Ulsters and more. Goods were bought fresh from manufacturers guaranteed new and of best material and workmanship in latest styles.
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Jean
Nom
Forsyth Street
Americus
Ulsters
John BR. Shaw
Cluthier, Hatter and Sbitter
Artesian House Opens in Albany with Healthful Waters
In Artesian Albany, December 27 1889 the author visits Albany's new Artesian House and notes its healthful waters. He meets editor McIntosh and manager Ed Milor, describes the town’s growth from a dry era to a healthy, thriving place with artesian wells, electric lights, hotels, and plans for more wells. The piece highlights the Artesian House, Crase Barnes as proprietor, and cultural offerings like an Italian band and weekly German.
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Albany
Moat Peorie
Barora House
Bos
Artesian House
Ed. Milor
Albany News
McIntosh
The
News
Coucell
Bonth
Crase Barnes
Landloni
Artesian
Miller
Americus
Henry Smaw
Tom James
Tom
Ilo
Rio de Janeiro fashions and streets amid fever heat
The section describes Brasilian fashion on Rue de Ovidor in Rio de Janeiro, noting its narrow width and the glitter of diamonds. It contrasts liquid coffee with wine, observes foreigners trapped by the heat and yellow fever, and recalls a visit to the ballet Excelsior staged like Paris.
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Brasil
Dreas
Rio
Theatre Eden
Paris
Generous donation drive aids Casamicciola relief effort
A vivid account from the Italy Casamicciola fund shows widespread generosity across society. Wagons with mourning banners led processions through streets as residents contributed money and goods. Farmers, shopkeepers, and families donated clothing groceries and valuables, with veterans supervising and stores offering storage for relief supplies. The scene underscores extraordinary, spontaneous national solidarity.
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Italy
Louis Globe- Democrat
pSippeanrtindanys
Casamicciola Fund
Society
Old Warvdeter
Rnment
Naples
Casamicciola
A Marvelous Anesthetic Discovered in New Orleans
New Orleans Times-Democrat reports Dr. Brown Sequant has found an anesthetic that destroys sensitivity for a day or more while preserving consciousness and activity. Administered by hypodermic injection, it incapacitates a subject for work yet allows painless flesh cutting. The agent is described as a form of carbonic acid and a medical marvel.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Brown Sequant
The Russian Plan Details and Protective Coverage
The fragment describes a strategy in which a plan by Russia covers and shields certain parties entirely. It implies a protective scope, but the specific actors, timeline, and outcomes are not provided in the available text.
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N. G. Prince
Prines Brow
Ianger
Eo Am Fire Department
J. A
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Lamar Street
United States
J. A. & D.P. Davenport
John E. Hail
W. W. Stovall
Irwington
Hall
J. E. Hall
R.E. Byrd
Florida
H.C. McMath
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New Yort Journal
Kare
Annie Lee
D Weon
Mixa Leola Herison
Columbia
Wells
Brazill
Brilliant Capital
New York
J Waxelbaum
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J. Waxelbaum
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Cloaks
Dolmans
J.waxelbaum & Co
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