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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1885
Page
5
Announcements praise James Alexander as a competent honest man for sheriff of Sumter County. Support invited from many friends. The notice mentions tobacco and whiskey bargains and references local vendors.
Amid poetic musings on skyward aspirations a flood of short items follows. John Speight brings ripe apples. J W Brady attends court in Eufaula. crops look promising. several residents travel or visit nearby counties. Town news mentions bee keeping, local clubs, a baseball season, and plans for a Fourth of July celebration in Americus.
Mr Collinsworth reports a large tree with a colony of bees about twenty feet high and seven entrances, promising a sweet imé when the tree is cleared. The Bryan estate in Lee County, valued over twenty thousand dollars, was settled by arbitration here, with two sets of heirs from two wives. The Agricultural Society plans a grand barbecue and picnic at Patterson's school house on the Fourth of July, with committees appointed for a large event.
Mack Wilson will operate 0. C. Clay's Thresher this season and start work next week. He pledges to perform the job well and asks for a share of the patronage.
The Iron is Here. On Wednesday afternoon a down freight train arrived carrying eleven flat cars of new steel rails in the latest pattern for the A. P. and L. railroad. The rails are punched to use clamps at the couplings and are equal to any material now in use in the state.
A garbled 1880 letter from Macon Georgia includes Dr Eldridge and a druggist claim of cures. It mentions Chief of Police John Hugzey and discusses regan t and other cures. The readable fragments reference medical claims and professional titles without clear events or outcomes.
The speaker boasts two weeks of record cash sales due to generous bargains. They credit low prices for attracting customers amid talk of scarcity and hard times, noting unexpected money turning up nightly as shoppers respond to their value offers. The speaker ends with a dramatic, unfinished remark about a person named she.
Residents recall neighbors’ reports of unusually low prices drawing crowds as word spreads about bargains. The crowd gathers for sales, eager to compare offers and stretch budgets.
The ad proclaims unusually low prices from J Waxelbaum & Co claiming skill in buying stock allows them to undercut rivals. It highlights bargains on fabrics including new series, white lawn, quilts, muslin, linens, and rich fabrics, plus unbeatable prices on boots and shoes while promising West-side goods and fast turnover.
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