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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1887
Page
8
The letter page bristles with doubt and satire as critics attack the guano bills and their advocates in the legislature. It questions the writer’s motives, hints at old friendships, and mocks Inspector Henderson while railing against tax-funded school support and inspectors’ powers. It calls for relief from perceived economic burdens and suggests political consequences for the current officeholders.
In Bronwood on January 19 1887 Dr T A Chappell married Miss Adelia Sessions at her brother T A Sessions home. Chappell lauded as a leading physician and devout gentleman, while the bride is praised as exemplary.
The Etlaville Reading club held a festival at the court house Friday night to aid the Academy. A special train from Buens Vista drew a large youth crowd and about ninety five dollars was raised. Notable features included a club edited paper by Miss Rosa Baldwin and a committee to select editions for Our Clio, which earned praise.
A massive artesian well in St Augustine, twelve inches in diameter, now 760 feet deep and being deepened daily. The drill, supported by a three inch cable, yields about 7,000,000 gallons every twenty hours amid coral rock. Water temperature rises with depth, reaching about 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
Congress approves a pension bill for Mexican War veterans, though it is criticized as stingy. It excludes Jefferson Davis, noted as one of the era’s gallant soldiers, provoking debate over who qualifies for aid.
The Cochran prohibitionsist ticket won Wednesday in town elections. Convicts on the Macon and Athens road chased away free laborers. A large Athens party contemplates a European excursion next spring. Dr. Golden Carthers of Jug Tavern extracted six pistol balls from a man shot by another, near Cartersville. The Cartersville Courant and American merge as the Courant American. A Toledo blast on Taylor Street Griffins shook nearby homes after a frozen ground explosion used a keg of powder. Mrs. Pierces house suffered porch damage and a 155-pound lump fell through the roof, with railroad officials to repair the damage.
Governor Marwaduke summarizes Missouri high license results highlighting fewer saloons, a rising population, and higher revenue. From 3,601 dram shops under low license to 2,000 under high license, revenue rose from $548,820 to $1,842,208. saloons per capita fell to one per 820 residents. Also notes licensing ranges and proposal to restrict liquor in drug stores and groceries.
The January issue advises Southern farmers on yearstart planning including crop pitching, manure choice, land preparation, and labor efficiency. It favors intensive over extensive farming, composts with cotton seed and phosphates, late land breaking for clay soils, and careful plow type decisions based on soil depth. The piece notes the need to focus on profitable, well planned practices and warns against cultivating unprofitable lands. It also reports a Brunswick port tally of thirty one vessels and a violent incident near Griffin where a coon attacked a sleeping child, killed by the father with an ax.
Reignolds Winslow in Boston Herald describes awkward British railway methods amid engagements in Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Weymouth, and Exeter. He recounts misadventures with carriages and platform chaos, lost baggage, and guards in loud confusion, noting how Americans’ streamlined system contrasts with British confusion.
The city of Sucre sits on a plateau 9,200 feet above sea level with a very even climate. It is described as the richest town in Bolivia and more modern in dress than La Paz or Potosi. The text notes Sucre’s central location for rail lines and mentions a population investment abroad and social manners. It explains Bolivia currently designates multiple capitals for government with Sucre sometimes serving as capital, while La Paz and Cochabamba share roles, and lists Bolivia’s eight departments and their subdivisions.
Mrs Murtha J Costen praises the Empress of Jane as radiantly dressed in a long creamy silk robe accented by vaporous tulle. Jewelled hoops diamonds emeralds sapphires rubies clasp a girdle and a band of diamonds frame her white throat while solitaire stones and diamond flower sprays adorn her hair.
In Norfolk Virginia the society is refined and hospitable with a strong culture of industry. War poverty leveled social status and pride in labor spans clerks and managers who must work early. unlike northern cities, locals avoid sham gentility and late nights to support steady wages.
In 1885 only three American vessels with a net tonnage of 2 149 passed through the Suez Canal, while the aggregate number of vessels totaling 3 621 used a net tonnage of 5 804 063. Foreign trade notes mention two gun foundries in the United States, at West Point and Boston.
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