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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1887
Page
7
In the June 1 1887 issue the Americus Recorder touts the A P and L railroad's impact on Dooly County and Americus, notes a growing subscriber base, and argues Americus will hold and grow trade. It contrasts local sentiment on a streetcar and regional rail dreams with playful jabs at rivals and officials.
The Recourer issues a welcoming appeal to Marion and Schley counties promising stronger ties and improved banking access. It highlights $5,000 donation for the B. V. & E. road, invites visitors to inspect Americus stores, and urges locals to visit, trade, and compare markets while forecasting celebrations when the road link is completed.
A breezy local item recalls editor Lyman H. Henry who vanished after Storm Lake Iowa. He allegedly crossed the state on foot to escape an enraged female population after a concert write up and cattle feature mingled by a cross eyed foreman. The note offers sympathy and recalls showy language about Hereford cattle and townspeople at Leesburg where five men weigh 1,380 pounds total, averaging 6 feet 3 inches.
Ed Latimer of the Lumpkin Independent praises the mocking bird mimicking many calls and its domestic habits. He lauds its midnight concerts, its appetite for berries, and its role as a beloved singer amid Southern nights. The piece also extols blood purification tonics and promotes Dr. Pierce’s Goldie Medical Discovery as beneficial for exercise and growth. It reports the election of S W Coney as Vice-President of the A P and L, praising his potential to aid Dooly county’s road project without outside capitalists.
The text urges brace up from low spirits and poor appetite with a blood purifying alterative. It promotes Electric Bitters at 50 cents a bottle from Ed Eldridge's Drug Store as a remedy for vitality and renewed health. A court note reports Judge J F Watson winning six of seven Smithsville cases, with one postponed.
In Americus the annual stockholders meeting opened with a large turnout as 357 of 1194 shares were represented. The board was re elected in full, Col S H Hawkins remained president and W Coney became vice president. The road reported a thriving, healthful condition and continued expansion toward the Georgia seaboard, with Americus’ pride in the railroad and its leaders reinforced.
A Frankfort Pennsylvania resident, W P Woopwarp, reports using Darby’s Prophylactic Fluid at half strength as a gargle during a diphtheria exposure. He describes clots of hard membrane and mucus clearing after treatment and asserts its preventive and curative efficacy.
The Louisiana State Lottery draw for May 10, 1887 in New Orleans distributed 522 500 dollars to multiple winners. No. 15366 won 50 000 dollars second prize, and No 151872 drew 20 000 dollars third prize with several tenths sold across diverse banks in Mobile Nashville Cairo San Francisco and other cities. Additional prizes of 10 000 dollars went to buyers in Chicago Oakland San Jose Keokuk and other locations. The note warns readers to seek full details from M A Dauphin and ends with a closing line about fortune’s embrace being too late. The piece also mentions a civic invitation from Milledgeville to the Georgia Weekly Press Association meeting on June 21 and critiques a rival Georgian Progress paper.
The following is a complete list of letters remaining in the Americus post office. If not claimed within thirty days they will be forwarded to the Deaf and Blind Office. Names include Miss Linger Aroms, Hilard Alford, Miss Ella Acram, Mrs M A Barker, Griffin Baker, Joe Browder, John Henry Carter, Aron Confoir, Charles Carter, P Clements, Miss My lamezoia Cutts, Charles Darley, Mrs Harriet Flattiff, Felix Foster, Henderson Gage, Thomas Hewitt, Rev J W Gill, J T Hooks, David Harther, Mrs Ellen Higgins, Willie Hudson, Dr J S W Jones, M J Muller, P Jackson Parker, Miss Jenet Prother, Jim Phelps, Mrs Joe Roach, Mia Shelley, T J Smith, Zack Smith, J P Smith, William Sleege, William Simpson, Miss E L Turner, Bon Times, Miss Matilda Wocon, Rev C A Williams, Matilda Ward. Address: Americus, Ga. May 12, 1887.
Application will be made to the new General Assembly convening in July to amend the 1883 act. The change would have the Solicitor General of the Southwestern Circuit oversee transferred Superior Court cases in Sumter County Court, including fines and costs, with pro tem appointments and fixed fees by the Sumter County Court judge.
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