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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1887
Page
7
The residence of Mr J D Wilson near Pineville burned Thursday morning, likely from a defective flue, with most contents lost. Insurance status was not stated and origin under investigation.
Col Edmund Grinnell of New Bedford and Capt John M Greene of Atlanta preside over plans for a new guano factory in Americus. A 25 000 dollar charter is sought with expansion to 100 000 possible. The site on ten acres near the Central and A P L tracks will host buildings and machinery from E Van Winkle Co. Production targets thirty tons daily using cotton seed as base. Clarke Coke Co will buy output, reducing middleman costs and freight. The enterprise promises local employment and broader economic benefits.
In hot weather many crave sour foods and pickles, but vinegar is not ideal. Buttermilk provides lactic acid, a natural stomach acidity, satisfying cravings while offering nutrition. It helps a person endure fatigue better in heat than other drinks.
The Friendship Baptist Association holds its General Meeting in Smithville beginning at 7:30 PM with Rev. B W Davis presiding. Morning services feature prayer, experience sharing, and a sermon by Rev. J H Corley. Plan includes afternoon prayer for the Holy Spirit and an evening sermon by Rev. G W Weekly, with daily grove meals. Ministers in attendance include Corley Davis Weekly Cawood Parrott Campbell. A rainstorm caused minor damage to fencing and signs. host Mr McAfee provided a country ride to LeConte pear orchard owned by Mr Reichert with about twenty five acres in prime pruning.
A Thursday library meeting announced a Friday night festival in the Library yard to raise funds. Committees were formed for contributions and tables with many listed volunteers including Mrs. Perry, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Burt, Mrs. Tower, Mrs. Maxwell, Mrs. Burke, and Mrs. Smith.
The piece dismisses reports of a suspension by the A P L and asserts the company is solid. It urges residents of Dooly to support a road project, whether passing near their homes or land to Vienna, Snow, Gum Creek, Pateville, or Arabi, and to push for completion.
After a three day trial the Mitchell case against the Central railroad went to the jury at noon Friday and the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for 2180 dollars for damages from the mill shutdown over three years. The case had lingered on the docket for years and may be moved for a new trial by defense counsel.
A vivid early critique rails against houseflies as omnipresent pests in hot weather. It laments their intrusion into milk butter gravy soup and sleep, celebrates the only relief from fly misery as sticky fly-paper, and pleads for deliverance from this public nuisance.
A young city drummer mourns a heavy loss after sending a first of the season basket of peaches to his Indy love. A rival intercepted the delivery at headquarters and fled, leaving the lover furious and vowing revenge as the rival heads toward Dawson.
Judge Fort has proposed or consented to try Chas. Blackman at the end of June or early July if commissioners and citizens of Schley prefer. The aim is to exhaust Schley’s venire in time to move Blackman’s trial to Sumter at the next Superior Court term, a plan supported by Lobley area residents. The proceedings have cost the county much and risk public confidence in justice.
The city public schools end the spring session on June 17 after exams begin June 16. Enrollment rises to eight hundred forty four with only three deaths in the past year, two white and one colored, signaling healthfulness. Eight graduates will complete the class with exercises at the opera house Friday night.
Ancient advertisement proclaims Backlen’s Arnica Salve as the best remedy for cuts bruises sores ulcers and all skin eruptions. It claims to positively cure piles and offers prompt satisfaction guaranteed.
Hundreds of Black residents flocked to Andersonville on Monday morning aboard crowded trains and even boxcars for a Justice Day excursion billed as a graveside ceremony. The throng, mixing old time field hands with fashionable attendees, packed coaches, roofs, and ladders as tickets sold amid a frenzied scramble. The event, despite its festive air, featured a large crowd and lively displays, while other notes report Home Insurance Company efforts and charter gymnastics in Americus.
A reader argues the Americus ice factory harms local consumers by keeping prices high and limiting access. The piece notes tax relief and street costs for the plant, shipments to Hylaula, and a single retailer setting prices. It proposes forming a consumer ice cooperative to buy 9 lb portions at half a cent per pound or boycotting ice until fair terms are secured, with a $30 pool toward a prize fund.
The A and H Railroad party traveled to Atlanta Friday to confer with officials about bringing the Atlanta and Hawkinsville railroad to Americus. They returned Sunday encouraged and believe Americus offers greater inducements and advantages than any other South Georgia city, though no definite action occurred.
Pardoned prisoners Webster Brown and Bibert Blackwell, who had conspired to burn their prison, were convicted of arson and sentenced to life. Governor granted executive clemency after state court decisions questioned arson guilt, orders discharge.
A fragmented piece from a historical page mentions confusion over spelling and phrasing in a local bargain store context. It references names like Shaw and a playful critique of literacy. The readable portions hint at a lighthearted column or notice in an old newspaper.
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