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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1886
Page
4
The RecoupEr will require advance payment after March first. Subscribers in arrears will be erased and sent to collection. The publisher cites losses from credit sales, urging supporters to settle now. Next week accounts will be billed. after March first, nonpayers face removal and legal collection.
The Weekly Recorder plans a March enlargement from eight to ten or twelve pages, aiming to be the largest country weekly in the South. Delinquent subscribers will be dropped to boost paid accounts, with encouragement from most readers and little cash from others. News commentary on Florida land schemes is cited from the New York Star, noting cautious but positive views on Florida’s winter appeal.
The Savannah News lauds Commissioner Colman for exposing food adulteration and its harms, vowing to push legislation to end the practice. It notes chemists will back the effort, and contrasts with prior Republican management. It also mentions Jefferson monument neglect and Methodist stance on prohibition, plus remarks on new farmers and Talmage lecture.
The Georgia Agricultural Department released two pamphlets for farmers including A Manual of Tobacco Culture for Beginners and Analyses and Commercial Values of Commercial Fertilizers. Citizens can obtain them in Atlanta by applying or sending a postal card to Commissioner Henderson. Separately, 14,000 cocktail mixers in New York, forced to long hours, have organized to press concessions from saloon proprietors, with a suggestion to begin a campaign against Sunday liquor sales to gain rest and recreation.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as the best salve in the world for oats bruises sores ulcera salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Dr. E J Eldridge.
January 27 1886 cotton receipts total 20811 at Americus warehouses with prices steady Good Middling to Low Middling range. Reports from New York Savannah Liverpool Macon outline steady to dull futures with uplands and Orleans values noted and exports to Britain and the continent detailed. Local market in Americus shows varied classifications and a broad view of national and international shipments and pricing.
Sheriff Dan Davis lists multiple Webster County property sales for March. Properties include 200 acres on lot 3 in district 25, 26 acres on lot 66 and 15 acres on lot 69 in district 32, 0.5 of lot 4 in district 24, 0.5 of lots 220, 221 and 50 acres on part of lot 222 in district 19, and 67 acres on lot 234 in district 22. Sales enforce tax claims and mortgages for 1885 tax year. tenant in possession notified.
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