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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1890
Page
5
The item lists improvised food options and sales at local stores, praising a beef and new process products, notes fresh stock, low prices, and a free jug offer. It also mentions a busy holiday scene, streetcar news, and a mix of local commerce updates from Americus including political and social notes.
The largest and greatest variety in any retail store in this part of the country. Most any size wanted. Stock includes popular makes such as C. B, a-La Spirite, Dr. Warner's Carolina Health, Bon-Ton, Thompson's R H and glove fitting lines, Ferris Bros. Corset Waists for Ladies, Misses, and Children, with stacks of other reliable goods all at bottom prices.
A two year old boy, Rodger Powell, swallowed ammonia after finding a bottle on a dresser at the J. L. Rust home in Leeton. He gasped for breath, fainted, and suffers severe throat burns. Doctors fear the outcome, as the family mourns the accident and friends hear warnings about strong chemicals. The page also notes new homes rising in American and other local civic matters.
The county commissioners met yesterday to hear propositions from Americas Manufacturing and Improvement Company and the Alliance regarding purchasing the old court house lot. No proposal came from the Alliance, but the Improvement Company renewed its offer of 5000 dollars for the property and pledged a 50000 dollar hotel and 50000 dollar investment to secure factories. The grand jury recommended selling the property to the Improvement Company.
An overcoat belonging to a guest at the Allen House was stolen last night from the baggage room. A circus hand picked a guest’s coat, but later it was found he had not registered an overcoat himself, indicating the theft.
In Atlanta on January 22 the Supreme Court affirmed a lower ruling restraining the S A M from encroaching on Finn Street while the case awaits final adjudication. The decision allows a partially built Jackson Street sidetrack to remain in use until resolution next November. Local residents and the attorneys involved celebrate the outcome as a victory.
Bonds voted by the people at the last city election to build a city hall and public school were sold Saturday night to J P Hambledon Co of Baltimore at 107 net, effectively about 108. The purchasers receive engraving and issuing services. A fragment mentions Blackberry Cordial at Colton Avenue, likely unrelated ad content.
Peerless Dyer offers forty color fast dyes suitable for silk cotton or wool and ribbons at 10 cents per package. Sold by Coox's Piransavy located at 449 Colton Avenue.
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