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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1887
Page
8
Dawson March reports the Dawson Variety Manufacturing Company thriving, notes 35 workers and 12000 square feet plant with a 75 hp engine, and a Baldwin Geise machine shop turning out shingles and millwork. It praises local enterprise, contemplates rail expansion, and records court actions, social visits, and upcoming events in Dawson.
Reports from Putnam on March 8 1887 correct a misstatement about Rev O D Adams and confirm Rev O Davis filled the appointment at Hopewell church. The cold snap spared fruit trees, W G Roan resumed on the B V & E R R, and locals note youngsters imitate the whistle. Hamp Stevens has forty acres of corn up despite weather. farmers wary of guano. Simmons and Brady bills referenced. James Tonden formerly of Ellaville oversees B S V & E R R tanks. Prof J M Collum and family visited Ellaville vicinity. Misses Knowlton Ada Keiser visited Putnam. Prof RK Forester of Buena Vista spent Saturday in Putnam. Mr Parker of your city visited Putnam for his meat house interests.
Wonderful cures reported by W D Hoyt & Co of Rome Georgia after two years selling Dr Kings New Discovery Electric Bitters and Bucklen Arnie Salve. Several consumption cases cured with a few bottles, used together. Guaranteed and sold by E J Eldridge.
Measles spread in Preston. Deaths of Mr. Jobo Jowers and Mr. Sam Bright leave families in distress. County debates fence law with no fence advocates arguing cost and wide plantations. Local notes include Stapleton home project and a new six pound baby for Dick Bolaster, plus church organ delay and fishing tales from Bell's mill pond.
From Georgetown Guorartrows Georgia March 8 1887 a gentle shower and bright sun renew vegetation and uplift song. Mourning for Josie Catching a young former pupil death. cholera in chickens discussed with an eight year remedy using copper and lime. Keese's school grows, Eldridge advertises reliable goods and a free trial of Dr Kings recovery for consumption. Chicago capitalists eye Rome rolling mill.
From Oglethorpe Ga March 8 a local column notes Rev J H Cawood of Smithville preached at the capital church on Sunday. A festival at the school house last Friday raised funds for desks ordered by Prof Derrick. The town praises the ladies for a bountiful supper. The column mentions a murder case and arson involving several individuals, plus health concerns for Mrs C T Watara and others, and lists visitors staying at local hotels.
The article explains hog stock growth can expand rapidly through successive litters, with eight piglets per litter and yearly breeding starting at twelve months, suggesting large potential increases in hog numbers if pork remains profitable. It also recalls a NYStandard anecdote about a man who regains his voice after swearing and a long-lost couple reuniting years later.
A Brunswick merchant reported a suspicious event involving a cigar and two $75 checks. He did not go to take the items and the situation remains under investigation.
Machinery increases cotton mill capacity as two Augusta units join Macon May tournament. Montezuma plans a stock company to erect a cotton compress. Walter Avera of Quitman bets $1,000 on last year’s melon yield and plants sixty acres this season. A Rankinsville resident buys a turtle, cooks it, and a chicken is later eaten. Floridian strawberries reach Savannah market at high initial prices. A Butler hotel hawk is killed after stealing a hen. An Albany moccasin tale ends with a pollywog’s bite and a snake’s defeat. A Floyd County coach recalls a zigzag year in farming, contrasting cotton losses with grain and stock plans, as Georgia growers discuss shifting away from cotton toward diversified crops.
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