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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1884
Page
3
A fragmented Chicago News excerpt evokes Ben Butler in Maud Mullen with references to a hay scene, a judge, and social scrutiny. The garbled text hints at dramatic dialogue about appearances and reputation, with scattered phrases describing the mulish innocence, beauty, and public fascination surrounding the performers.
Short Talks With The Boys urges fathers to outfit a home workshop with basic tools to save time and money. It argues handy boys fix leaks, sharpen awls, mend hinges, and jury rigs with drills and rivets, while promoting self reliance and order at home.
Captain Condor of the Palestine Exploration Fund asserts a new discovery near the traditional Holy Sepulchre site. He describes a solitary, Greek-style tomb shelf for two angels and situates it near Stephen’s reputed location, challenging the conventional Jewish tomb attribution inside Jerusalem’s walls. A mix of scholarly debate and historic conjecture surrounds the claim.
In Buravano July 13 a local tale says President hopeful Grover Cleveland has led a bachelor’s life in politics and society. A wealthy young woman tied to Judge Verplanck supposedly flirted with him while he was a poor lawyer, with engagement briefly hinted before illness and social distance. A woman near Poughkeepsie allegedly exchanged letters with Cleveland since his mayoral days, sparking a possible White House meeting if he wins the presidency. The source notes she is a 35-year-old charming brunette with property, but her name and exact residence remain undisclosed.
The Jersey cow Bomba No 10 330 died of milk fever at breeder A B Darling's Ramseys New Jersey farm two days after delivering her fourth calf by Rioter. Her seven day test yielded 21 pounds 11 ounces of unsalted butter, a record that boosted belief in Jersey milk output and sparked interest in future trials. Her daughter sold for 5200 at May auction, while Bomba drew offers of 15000 later. owner kept her to prove a 900 pound butter yearly capacity. Col Reuben Jones of Baker county grows a 66 pound melon.
In an Arkansas tale recounted by Ward St Lamon, Abraham Lincoln once baited a badger with a mastiff at an inland Tennessee fair. Lincoln outwitted a badger operator, winning fifty dollars for a countryman’s dog after the operator balked at paying. Lamon intervened to enforce the payout.
The Montezuma Record reports Oglethorpe’s well near Montezuma yields at least seventy gallons per minute with a pipe end nine inches above ground and a depth of 376 feet costing $600. Mr Wilson drilled it in twenty three days, calling it the cheapest southern well. The town praises the water’s purity and likeness to downtown supply. The item closes noting a proposed ban on buttermilk in Iowa bars as an innocent substitute for alcohol.
Senator Thurman responded to presidential talk with amusement and disbelief. A story from the Oakland House tale about ninety pound catfish leads to a humorous exchange, ending with a formal resolution praising Thurman’s catfish stories as truth.
The article notes New Orleans rising as a center of business and culture with preparations for a Great Industrial and Art Exposition this autumn. It claims rivalry with Philadelphia's Centennial Exposition and urges visiting exhibitors to invest in the Louisiana State Lottery, the next drawing on Tuesday, August 12, with details via M. A. Dauptin, New Orleans.
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