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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1884
Page
4
The Democratic Party of Georgia’s Third District will meet in Americus at the Opera House on August 6 at 3 p.m. to nominate a congressional candidate, form an executive committee, and conduct district business. Delegates are allocated by county. notices urge newspapers to copy.
Elijah B Pate a long respected Dooly County citizen visited our office in Hawkinsville last Wednesday to share a pleasant talk. Now about seventy he has never taken medicine or castor oil in his life and still does as much work as younger men. He has lived in the same house about forty two years and is among the oldest settlers born in Pulaski County. He fathered nine children, eleven total, with all surviving and all prominent, upright citizens.
A Savannah Morning News editorial argues for careful choice of legislators. It warns against overvaluing clever speakers or moneyed interests, praising quiet yet effective committee work and sound constitutional lawyers. It urges broad representation with knowledge of constituents, prudence, economy, and the public good.
A reporter learns of B Dorsey a Mississippi levee foreman who won 15000 in The Louisiana State Lottery. Once in humble circumstances at 33 Jackson St he has reportedly moved away after the last drawing.
The interview with Solicitor Pilsbury and Maj. Hood discusses the Columbus and Albany Railroad bid by Cuthbert interests, the feasibility of routing near the Chattahoochee, and the Albany to Columbus prospects. It criticizes current laws and the Rail Road Commission, urging balanced legislation to curb monopolies and protect common interests.
The Shaking Quakers are credited with pioneering several 19th century innovations. They reportedly originated drying sweet pears for food, grew and sold garden seeds, helped launch the patent medicine trade, started the broom corn industry, and produced an early buzz-saw now in Albany Geological Hall. They also invented metal pans and refined alcohol fermentation methods long ago.
A brief tale recounts a young Continental drummer who, enlisted for three years in Captain James Watson’s company, is captured at Newport after a successful Long Island raid. In a bold exchange, he defends King Hancock, fights a British boatswain’s boy, and is ultimately discharged for pluck.
The article describes a monumental process to create a colossal statue. It details measurements from enlarged and quarter-size models, precise plaster sections, and hundreds of wooden molds, followed by hammering copper sheets into a seamless outer surface weighing eighty eight tons. An iron internal skeleton provides the necessary reinforcement for the statue’s structure.
A six hour go as you please foot race from Macon to Atlanta drew about four thousand spectators and an estimated $3500 in gate receipts for library benef it. Prizes totaled 150 100 75 50 25 with Alfred Prater leading early and Ford later dropping from Macon.
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