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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1884
Page
5
On and after November 16, the schedule lists west and south connections with arrivals and closings. Night mail north departs at 9 PM, Buena Vista and Lumpkin indicated, with routes including Bracx to P, Me.
Religious services announce Rev. A B Campbell preaching at 11 am and 7 pm at the Baptist Church. Lee County Superior Court convenes next Monday. Local items report illness, farming delays from weather, and a parade by the Golden Dramatic Troupe with performances at the Opera House including Meg the Farmers Daughter. The town awaits fairs, sales, and a new soda fountain at Davenport store.
Fricker & Bro expand their business to handle pianos and organs while continuing jewelry sales. They promote Kimball pianos, a larger jewelry stock, and staff changes under Fricker, Cotney, Jonon, and Pricker. The ad emphasizes value, quality work, and guaranteed repairs, with school books and other items from local stores also noted. The piece also reports a riot scare in Alapaha, drug store promotions, personal notes, and social news.
Dawson hosts a Leap Your Party on Friday February 2 with attendees from New York Macon Americus Bronwood Ward. Ladies furnished supper, guests wore formal dress, and couples danced in elaborate gowns while a gold ring prize was drawn for the evening. The event closed after two in the morning with hosts Judge Harrison Moyers and wife celebrated for their hospitality. Also noted is the Methodists Centennial in Baltimore on December 27 1884 and a large fundraising plan for the South Georgia Conference with districts and officers listed.
Fragments show mixed consumer goods terms and partial product listings including white meat and linelfacee, with unclear brands and locations. The unreadable OCR yields scattered items such as com, flite, and bram entries, suggesting a damaged retail advertisement segment without coherent itemization.
The Americus lodge Xo 13 F and A M notes the passing of John T. Head a valued member and former subordinate of the grand lodge. Resolutions honor his memory dedicate a blank memorial page in the records and request city papers publish the notice and share copies with his family.
Resolutions from Hamycritics et co in Aweakes Georgia dated March 3 1881 mourn the death of brother J T Head. The society notes his active earnest upright character and offers sympathy to his family. A memorial entry for his name age and date of death is proposed and notices to city papers and the family are planned. Also contains early 1880s classified ads for pile remedies seeds tools and organs.
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