14 Mar 1884
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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1884
Page
1
In Movstarr Georgia March 10 communities discuss the crop mortgage crisis as rain keeps fields wet and costs rise. The piece urges self sufficiency urging Georgians to grow bacon and sustenance, cut debt gradually, and resist reliance on northern wheat, with local clergy and social updates threaded through town life.
The March weather brings early spring signs with lingering cold after the full moon. A fine rain refreshed crops, corn looks promising, birds and moles affect seedbeds, oats show slight improvement, but oat prospects are poor this year. Seed potatoes rot and sell at good prices as land dries.
Dawson notes a calm post cyclone mood as prom and commencement approach. Merchants display new goods and moderate prices while residents plan for future crops and pumps for defense. Col. J. G. Parks shows slow improvement and health of the town trends hopeful.
Mr Jared J Ball from Texas returns after two months abroad and voices strong disgust with the far west. The article notes drought conditions since July with wells failing and shrinking mill ponds. It recounts John Dixon jailed for pointing a shotgun, his suicide fast, conversion, and a potential future via insanity or continued starvation with risky outcomes.
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