Local Gossip Highlights Visitors and Business News
Arlington resident Joe Yoole and Ellaville visitors journeyed to Americus yesterday while locals report returns and arrivals. Columbus guest Maggie Crane visits Judge Allen. Cordele figures and Macon counts appear in daily notes. Builders, merchants, and officials discuss new stores and press facilities as Albany plans for Chautauqua and Americus expands commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Kimbrough
Richjwas
LB. Turner
Macon
Americus
Annie Stevens
Frienglis
Williams
Maggie Crane
Columbus
Allen
Ohio visitors praise Americus for progress and hospitality
The Ohio visitors toured Americus and surroundings under a city committee of entertainment. They praised the town for electric cars lights sewers and water service noting Americus as enterprising. The party moved on to Columbus at 2245 for a day then to Savannah or home.
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Ohio
Committee of Entertainment
Americus
Columbus
Savannah
Real Estate Transfers Recorded This Week
The Clerk of the Superior Court reports numerous property transfers in the past week. Transactions include Thomas M. Tomlinson to Daniel M. Edge for lot 198 in the 27th district and several price figures from $10 to $1,500 for parcels on Academy and Ashley streets, Winn street, and other locations, with parties such as Elbert Head, Harriet High tower, J. W. Singleton, Emily Robinson, and R. E. Cobb involved among others.
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the Superior Court
Thomas M. Tomlinson
Daniel M. Edge
Elbert Head
Harriet Hightower
Academy Street
Jease Crawford
Emily Robinson
African Methodist Episcopal Church
W. R. Singleton
W. C. Singleton
J. W. Singleton
Old Methodist Episcopal Church
Ashley Street
Anna A. Eaigler
John 8. Johnson
John B. Williams
J. B. Easterlin
J. B. Johnson
M.J.V. Grant
J. 5
Johnson
Dykes Street
John C. Nicholson
W. C. Carter
J.T. Hall
Reuben Breenson
Torphey Holt Mallory
T. H. Mallory
Winn Street
Ballie Green
E. Taylor
Lee Street
Thomas Dow
Nancy Foster
Harrold & Johnson
R. E. Cobb
Forsyth Street
The Mutual Life Insurance Company Growth and Policies
The Mutual Life Insurance Company, since 1843, has paid policy holders 287,681,948.20. Its growth comes from contract freedom and investment opportunities in addition to indemnity in death. It simplified the insurance contract to remove maze-like verbiage. In 1889 the company wrote over 151,000,000 of new insurance. Resident agent A. B. Harrold will explain the Mutual to prospective insurers.
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The
Mutual Life
Mutual Life Insurance Company
A. B. Harrold
A Strange Affection by Jersey Cows and Pigs
A city merchant kept two Jersey cows at home with a litter of pigs nearby. Milk from one cow declined and then stopped. A worker noticed a pig nursing the cow. the cow lunged and chased him as he tried to intervene, revealing the cause of the milk loss.
Merry Marriage Polities Of Georgia Courts And Cupid
The Georgia Supreme Court recently ruled on Smith v Smith et al, treating infant marriages as voidable rather than void, with ratification possible upon reaching the age of consent. The article traces historical age rules, English common law, and Georgia’s evolving statutes, noting persistent efforts to curb clandestine unions while Cupid keeps busy amid legal reform. It also reports prison notes, including ten prisoners at the jail and tributes to young lawyer J A Ansley Jr. from Americus.
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Atlanta
Alabama
Smith
Georgia
England
Supreme Court
Ion
Cupid
Co. L. G
J. A. Ansley, Jr
Americus
J A. Ansley
Wiggins
Ansley
Telegraph Discrimination Cited in Telegraph Rates
Buena Vista Patriot reports telegraphic discrimination against Americus with higher charges to Americus than to Columbus for similar messages. A sender paid 40 cents to Americus while another paid 25 cents to Americus, prompting calls for a telegraphic commission to regulate rates.
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Buena Vista
Americus
Here
Columbus
Telegraphic Commission
Correction on Street Car Stoppage and Sewerage Work
The writer of Sundays RecordER did not intend to reflect on Williamson and Earl or sewerage work. The street car stoppage arose from the settling of the railroad track, a common issue with new roads. Williamson and Earl are experts whose work here has given complete satisfaction.
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The
Recorder
Messrs
Williamson & Earl
Cara
Mesara, Williamson & Earl
Ohio Visitors Visit Americus for Warm Georgia Reception
Ohio businessmen and farmers touring Georgia arrived in Americus at 1 06 p m on Monday. They were greeted by local committees and escorted to Allen House for a cordial meal and a series of toasts praising the Empire State of the South. Speakers from Ohio and Georgia highlighted friendship, railroad growth, and mutual trade prospects, with plans for continued hospitality and a possible移 migration connection. The visitors toured the belt line and Andersonville relics, commending Americus for its tree lined streets and progress, while a Albany delegation extended a future visit invitation that could not be accepted due to time.
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Ohio
Allen House
Americus
W. M. Hawkes
N. H. Albaugh
T. E. Scroggy
Empire State of
West
Georgia
Empire State
South
Southwest
F. A. Hooper
Empire States
F.G. Wilhoft
Col. A. Cutts
J. H. Talman
Connecticut
Georgis
Howra
National Cemetery
Old Stockade
Andersonville
Albany
Columbus
Savannahy & Western Road
After Thirty Years Dedication Of Primitive Baptist Church
The Primitive Baptist church near Preaton was dedicated Sunday marking completion of a project begun thirty years earlier. Construction started before the war, when young men enlisted and did not all return. The building had been partially in use for years, now finally finished after decades of effort by carpenters and painters.
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Primitive Baptist Church
Preaton
Passenger Depot at Buena Vista to be built by Central
The Central railroad has agreed to erect a 20 commodious passenger depot at Buena Vista pleasing weary drummers and travelers. Citizens and commercial visitors anticipate comforts as the depot progresses, ending cold waits in that thrifty city. The piece also urges action against banana peel hazards by fining careless pedestrians to reduce sidewalk accidents.
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Central Railroad
Buena Vista
Off to New York and millinery plans described
Misa Clara Bright departed Saturday for New York to stay through March. She will visit leading millinery shops to collect fashionable stock for the region. A Thompson-Houston Street Railway Company party arrives today to inspect our line, with potential acceptance of a road effort likely during their visit. Averill Paint promotes readiness and dealer opportunities, while Prof. Carl J. Schmetder bought two Furlow Lawn lots near Dr. Brooks's residence for about three thousand dollars. Water closet installation is offered with early options discussed.
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New York
Misa Clara Bright
Thompson-Houston Street Railway Company
Thompson- Houston Company
Eay
Carl J. Schmetder
Furlow Lawn
Dr. Brooks
Lee Street
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Hone
Joe ‘Yoole
Arlington
Ulive J. Williams
Ellaville
Buck Milles
E. B. Barrow
Ivy Scott
Cordele
Bloom Brown
S Scott
J. B
Ralph Chase
John T. Patterson
J.iflls
Lumpkin
Wm. Mercer
Webster
8. A. Pot
M.T. Elam
York
A. C. Bell
Springs, Ark
C. H. Byrd
Wm. Tullud
W. L. Childers
le Guano Company
Jay
Henry Johnson
A. W.C. Gill
Lee County
Wm. Kersch
Fort Ty
W.D. Bailey
Ntor Burton
Cordelesn
Southern Express Company
Vericus
Ohio Visitors
Bob Wiggins
John Green
Andrew Fletcher
Walter Ford
Lewis Moore
Sam Valentine
Hill Thomas
Pete Johnson
Schley County
Phil Johnson
Cobb Station
Munroe Adams
Brown & French
Walter
J. Walters
Ru- Corder
Averill
Healey Brothers
Burling Blip
New York City
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