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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1888
Page
2
The issue covers editorials and notices on publishers and postmasters, statements on parties and court seats, and proposals for intercity rail and postal reforms. It notes political shifts in Georgia, national committee plans, and comments on taxation, immigration, and the National Industrial Exposition in Atlanta.
A dated editorial argues against separate 30000 dollar appropriations for the Flint Ocmulgee and Oconee rivers and urges Judge Crisp to push a single 100000 dollar Ocmulgee measure. It contends the rivers offer limited benefit at low sums but could yield long term gains if a larger grant makes the Ocmulgee permanently navigable and enables a boat line saving the district about 300000 dollars yearly.
Warner's Log Cabin Saresparills is advertised as the largest sarsaparilla bottle in the market. Manufactured by proprietors of Warner's Safe Cure, it is sold by all druggists with a strong promise to be the best and no substitutes.
Resolutions from four Philadelphia democratic clubs applaud President Cleveland tariff recommendations with no dissent. The Philadelphia Times backs the policy amid local political friction. Commentary covers Judge Kelley on the South as a new El Dorado, Nevada Senator Jones in New York, and immigrant landage motives, plus an ad for Electric Bitters claiming cures for liver and kidney ailments.
The editorial argues for free trade as open air liberty and contrasts it with protectionist darkness. It cites Britain's growth under free trade, calls for removal of barriers, and warns that protection harms national prosperity while praising Anglo-Saxon cooperation in trade. It also critiques the Atlanta Constitution for tariff reform positions.
A Grand Rapids man killed 106 English sparrows in one day last week and took their heads to the authorities, earning a bounty of 1 cent per bird. With $1.06, he bought seasoning, then dressed the birds at home. The next day he and friends dined on sparrow pot pie.
Mr C H Morris of Newark Ark recalls being diagnosed as incurable consumptive after an abscess and advised by friends and doctors to die. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption with his improvement to a third bottle and ability to manage farm work. He asserts he would have died without the remedy and mentions a free sample offer at E E Eldridge’s Drug Store Decatur Massachusetts.
A Savannah News article contrasts harsh northern blizzards with Georgia and Florida milder winters. It notes zero-freezing is rare in Georgia, Florida is milder, and Jacksonville hosts a Sub Tropical Exposition. The piece argues immigrants should consider Georgia and Florida’s climate and fertile soil over Kansas or Iowa.
Reader questions about consumption asthma sore throat bronchial trouble and other chronic ailments are invited to write to Drs. Starkey and Palen at 1527 and 1529 Arch Street Philadelphia Pa. They will mail a free 200 page book in response.
A propaganda-style medical blurb describes a mysterious disease with chest pain, dullness, bad morning taste, poor appetite, heaviness, fatigue, cough and expectoration, dizziness, constipation, yellowed eyes, scanty dark urine, and weakness. Claims one third of the population is affected and that Shaker Extract of Roots or Mother Siegel's Syrup cures all stages when properly prepared, with testimonials from Mrs Barton of Missouri and others praising the remedy.
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