Prosperity in Americus 1889 and 1890 outlook
The article reviews Americus Georgia's 1889 prosperity driven by debt reduction, strong crops, and public enterprise. It highlights railroad growth, new housing, gas electric lighting, street railways, and rising real estate values. It forecasts continued improvement in 1890 with new school, city hall, hotel, cotton factory, and housing projects.
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Georgia
Americas
Baptists
Americus
Johnstown
South
H.C. Barney
Americus Investment Company
Bank of Americus
American Investment Company
Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railway
Savannah
Savannah and Western
M. Seger
Bank of Southwest Georgia
Bank Ofouthwest Georgia
Amco
Americus Manufacturing and Improvement
Stowe Bros Circus to Exhibit in Americus Wednesday
Macon News praises Stowe Bros Wild West show in Macon with a crowded tent and crowded ring edging with hay. The crowd was turned away, praised riding by Split Bark and remarkable shooting. Americus water supply to rise next week with 140000 gallons daily from Davenport swamp springs. Fernoline Balsam for sale at Cottons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stowe Bros
Americus
Macon News
Macon
Davenport
Not A Bait A Railroad Man Explains Pay Train Safety
A former railroad employee explains why central pay trains are rarely robbed. He notes pay is spread across cities by drawing from banks to pay staff at each stop, with largest sums paid in major hubs. An old incident spurred attention but overall payoffs remain modest compared to mail or express trains.
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G. W. Glover
Americus
Americas
Macon
Atlanta
New Orleans
Leas
Savannah
Central Railroad
Southwestern Railroad
Columbus
Savannah and Western Force
Augusta
South Carolina
The
Central
Ie Moe Ray
Narrow escape from electric car perils on Forsyth Street
The young son of Charles Hawkins narrowly escaped crippling injuries when a streetcar on Forsyth Street began moving as he jumped from its front steps. His feet struck a rough spot, throwing him to the ground with wheels passing within inches of his feet. The incident underscores the need for parental warnings and stricter conduct rules to keep children off moving streetcars.
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Charles Hawkins
Forsyth Street
Jackson
Georgia Crop Report 1889 Summary From Agriculture Dept
The agricultural department prepares a supplemental report on Georgia’s 1889 crops. It notes cotton bagging largely replaced by cotton or other wraps, increased interest in grasses and stock, strong southern yields but poor northern results, a remarkably fine corn harvest, and overall favorable forest conditions, with regional variation and an expected average below prior hopes. Assistant Commissioner Waddell circulated queries to collect data.
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Agricultural Department
Georgia
Waddell
Our Better Halves Reflection in Local Verse
A brief quatrain from the Obleago Herald contemplates paired halves in love and warmth. It likens the purpler grape, the warmer heart, and a brighter world to the “better half” of every wife, suggesting a nostalgic domestic sentiment.
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Sian
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Ameua
Patnre
Joan B. Feper
Ameriqus
Bankers
Thornton Wueat Dry
Boilders
C. M. Wherattey
C. M. Wheatley & Co
G@ MM
Byne
Hedey Ae
Forsyth
Lee County
Albany
O. A. Coleman
J. A. Kendrick
Lee Street
State Agricultural Society
Augusta Chronicle
Georgia Agricultural Society
Hawkinsville
Nisbet
Rusk
United States Department of Agriculture
Obleago Herald
Dain Sieres
Leprey
Joan Poe
Downing
Waterbery, Vt
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