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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1886
Page
3
George Wellington of Indiana recounts being declared dead after a June 1868 party. While in a coffin at the funeral, a runaway wagon crash and a cry to be let out preceded his revival. He describes vivid sensations, acute hearing, and the belief he had died and was alive again after the five o'clock awakening.
An old colored man with a long government claim visited the Ordinary's office about a disputed payment. He offered to take the case for free and documented that money was due: $250 awarded for a whistle or ship papers and $282 for prize money on the Antelope. He urged generosity to prove a colored man can be a gentleman and emphasized liberal profits.
Notice to farmers in Ameri cas with an established dried fruit trade. The author, active for fifteen years, offers dried peeled peaches to Eastern buyers, citing low profits and promising to pay the highest market value to growers to ensure full value for their crop.
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