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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1887
Page
5
A long, mixed update from Americus notes subscription terms for the Recorder, plus a call for free stone peaches and a jobless man’s death, a pauper burial plan, and local notices. It covers labor clashes at the depot, deaths of J A Daniel and O Reed, a police finding of a lost valise, flood of ads, and civic updates including the agricultural display plan for Piedmont and the State Fair.
Sumter County Agricultural Society executive committee in session July 19 endorses sending a county exhibit to the Piedmont Exposition in Atlanta with free transport and return, forms committees to solicit support, appoints district chairs, and urges all farmers manufacturers and women to participate. Meetings set for Americas August 2 for instructions and organization.
A list of retail prices for various provisions including flour at $4.75 per barrel, sugar at 7 cents per pound, salt at $1.10 per sack, corn 80 cents per bushel, rice 15 to 18 pounds per dollar, lard 10 cents per pound, eggs 10 to 12 1/2 cents per dozen, hay $1.26, sweet potatoes $1.00 per bushel, and other staples such as cotton, potatoes, and meal, reflecting domestic market rates.
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