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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1885
Page
5
Fragments describe schedules, auctions, groceries, cigars, clothing, and local chatter. Mentions about railroad times, collectors, and area events. Several ads note sales, new goods, and upcoming social activities along with brief city updates and personal notices.
A local crowd hears a playful tale of Cleveland winning the Presidential race with a Carter hat joke. The piece notes a political theater of the era, referencing public figures and local chatter, and ends with civic notices and advertisements about goods, horses, and church events.
A collection of brief classifieds and notices: universal button fastener offer for bachelors, lost iron key on Cotton Avenue with reward details, planters urged to contact for tobacco supply, Lost chicken hen named Lowery with liberal reward, Brice advertises corn fodder and peas, Monarch shirt at $1.00 sold by John R. Shaw, Duffey's Malt Whiskey by Brown and French, Harp & Cobb market prices for goats beef and pork, fresh beer at Jake Teracle on Lamar Street.
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