A Daintier’s Part and Other Local Notes
A painter on Mr P L Holts new Reese Park building fell twelve feet from a porch with only slight injuries. Capt J J Brannon celebrated his fifty fourth birthday with a family spread and received an elegant cane. Jas Russell Forsyth restaurant owner to host a possum supper with six kept for guests as season ends. The First Walk on the Western extension of the A M road begins with Coulter’s bridge gang driving the first pile over the Muckalee. John C Nicholson sold six acres on north Jackson street to Major Moses Speer for $900, after buying it six weeks earlier for $650. The Americus Light Infantry will be represented at the Bazaar by Miss Annie Merrit with suitable accoutrements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dainter
M L. Twilight
P. L. Holts
Reese Park
Jas. Russell
Forsyth
A. M
Coulter
Muckalee
John C. Nicholson
Moses Speer
Jackson Street
Buchanan's Truck Garden
Nicholson
Americus Light Infantry
Annie Merrit
Measles Hit Wilkerson Family in Americus Area
In the Starkville road area near Americus five members of John Wilkerson’s family are down with measles for over a month. Neighbors render aid while officials and residents hope for a quick recovery. A bottling works project expands Americus industry as E A Sherlock buys Lanier’s plant and plans relocation to the city enabling daily bottling of seven hundred dozen quarts of beer or other squors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
Starkville Road
John Wilkerson
E A. Sherlock
Frank Lanier, Jr
West Point
Sherlock
Americus Industries
Ellaville Bazaar Aims Early Exhibition Kindly Distinct From Americus
The Ellaville young ladies announce an early bazaar exhibition at Ellaville and state they are not imitating Americus though Americus leads. An Encouraging Item notes Savannahs De Soto hotel opened two months ago attracted 3,000 guests many would not have visited Savannah otherwise and may return, with March projections to reach 2,000 more. Chase’s Barley Malt Whisky advertised as pur e and nourishing for the consumptive and frail. Sold by J Eldridge Americus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellaville
Americus
DeSoto
Savannah
Chase's
J. Eldridge
Rough on Rats: Poison Plot Tied to Crowell Capture
A two week chase ends with the arrest of Chorge Washington Crowell in Americus. He is accused of poisoning ten people in Lumpkin and may have used Rough on Rats arsenic flour. Investigators linked the bread poison to Crowell after he fled Early county and boarded a Chattahoochee steamer to Port Gaines. Crowell denies the accusation, blaming Laure Pleasant for the poisoning. The case hinges on strong evidence and Crowell’s contested alibi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.B. Griftis
Stewart County
Americus
Washington Crowell
Lumpkin
Early County
Washington
Sam Bell
Bell
Crowell
Laure Pleasant
Charlie Carter
Grims
Bell Plantation
Townsend Landing
Chattahoochee
J‘ort Gaines
Blakely
Businessman shoots at intruder in chicken house
A local business man, awakened by noise, armed with a shotgun entered his chicken house and fired after mistaking an intruder for danger. His wife cried out, causing him to pause before risking his baby carriage. The incident reflects his timely restraint.
That Alleged Inspector Fraud in Americas
A man named Robinson, posing as a post office inspector, swindled African Americans here by promising favorable reporting for Dave Dudley. Post office authorities investigated, an inspector from Americas collected descriptions and proof, then traveled to Atlanta to verify the bogus inspector’s claimed origin and record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder
Robinson
Post Office
Dave Dudley
Americas
Atlanta
Dudley
Meal Estate Transfers in Lee and Academy Streets
A series of property transfers including multiple lots on Lee Street and Academy Street with varying prices from $25 to $3,700. Transfers involve EK J Eldridge, Nysewander, Wheatley, Dudley, Winter, Perry, Huntington, Wheeler, Fort, Cameron, Hart, Jackson, Gosha, Oliver, Arge, Brown, Bell, and others, detailing grantors, grantees, and consideration amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EK. J. Eldridge
EK. BE. Nysewander
Lee Street
T. M. Furlow
W.H. C. Dudley
George D. Wheatley
Geo. D. Wheatley
W. H. C. Dudley
Albert Winter
E. E. Nysewander
G. D Wheatley
A.C. Alexander
Stephen Perry
Academy Street
T. M. Carcer
C. A. Huntington
A.W. Wheeler
Allen Fort
Jefferson Street
Charles M.wheatley
Martha A. Camer
James H. Cameron
Henry Prather
Matt Hart
Pattéraon Street
M. Speer
B. Jackson
Magnolia Street
Americus Investment Company
Rosa Gosha
DeSoto
John L. Oliver
Wm. B. F. Oliver
Ansley Street
Sarah A.C. Oliver
G. W. Arge
M. Bpeers
John Brown
Bransom Simon
C. A. Bell
Winn Street
B.J. Eldridge
Mia
E. Nysewonder
Barlow Place
They Stole the Liquor
Judge J B Pilsbury recalls a Civil War incident in 1861 near Stanton Virginia where a hungry unit traded meat for bread then shared a Virginian’s keg of liquor. As the man drank and wobbled a log was used to roll the keg away while the owner slept, leaving behind only a fire log and the man unaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Pilsbury
Stanton
Virginia
Alda
Building Boom In Americus Spurs Lumber Shortage
Americus sees a surging building boom with hundreds of homes planned or under construction. Demand for lumber has exhausted supply. prices have risen from nine to ten dollars per thousand feet with expectations of another rise. Local building associations report six associations with 56 hundred shares and over $450,000 borrowed to fund homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
Americas
A. M
the Recorder
Twenty Years After Phil Danenberg Returns to Americus
Phil H Dannen berg now of Louisville returns to Americus after over twenty years. Once a famed dandy and social favorite he aided local efforts, notably donning a federal uniform in the 1868 three day presidential election to carry Sumter for Seymour. Born in Baltimore he worked as a clothing salesman for Westheimer Bros until his 1868 political involvement prompted his departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil H. Dannenberg
Loulaville
Americas
Phil
Americus
Sumter
Seymour
Baltimore
Westheimer Bros
Shoes For All At Great Southwest Georgia Sale
Thornton Wheatley promotes a shoe department offering 25 percent cash back on every shoe purchase and claims a stock of the best in Southwest Georgia. He touts wide fit ranges from babies to the elderly and promises low margins and custom-ordered stock ahead of spring purchases to beat competitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Daniel
Douglass
Georgia
Thornton Witeatley
One Solicitor too Many in Dooly Court
At the opening of Dooly county Superior Court Col C B Hudson and Col Tom Eason reported for duty leading to a clash over which circuit prosecutions should be handled. Judge Fort ruled Col Eason the proper solicitor due to the transfer act. Also notes blackberry crop damage from frost and a lament about hunger among children, closing with a promotion for Dr Bull's Worm Destroyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Dooly County
Col
C. B. Hudson
Southwestern Circuit
Tom Eason
Oconee
Col. Eason
Col. Hudson
Dooly
A New Church Planned by Local Methodist Members
The Methodist congregation intends to erect a new church costing about ten thousand dollars. They own valuable adjacent property to sell a portion, aiming for five thousand dollars as a start, with the rest to be raised by subscription. The ladies have organized a Business Bazaar or Commercial Carnival at the opera house Friday and Saturday nights next week to seed the church fund and expect strong public support.
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Opera House
Griffin Shooting Claims J H Powell Brother in Law
J H Powell, brother in law of Mrs J C Pope, was killed in Griffin on Thursday night by Milton McCullough after an earlier drink. A long standing grudge is cited as the motive, with Powell shot before reaching the sidewalk. One bullet pierced the left kidney area and struck a vertebra, another wound in the left arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffin
J. H. Powell
J.C. Pope
Advertised Letters in Sumter County Georgia
A complete list of unclaimed letters remaining in the Americas post office. If not called for in fourteen days they will be forwarded to the Dead Letter Office. Names include Bennett, Miss Carter, Miss Clarke, Carmont, Cummings, Mrs. Chatters, Daniel, Miss Egleton, Folcom, H W Greg, Samuel Heard, Geo Harrie, Hicks, Sallie Hampton, Miss Ida Lomant, Mrs. Lewis, Chas Lyons, Mrs Algerline Mitch, Rev G W MecRaine, Miss Nettle Mason, Sam Meyers, Sid Murphy, Alonzo Jackson, Burrill Jackson, Emma Lyms, Miss RB. Lewis, Miss Vivia Taylor, Wm Tyas, Washington Thomle, Walker, Ellen Walker, W S Wilson, Henry Woodall, Pam Americus, Ga March 2, 1800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Georgia
Sumter County
Americas Post Office
Thomas Bennett
Jennie Carter
Aline Clarke
Sarah Carmont
J. B. Cummings
Amanda Chatters
Charlie Daniel
Candice Egleton
William Folcom
H. W. Greg
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Georgs
Ned Mackerel
Jorn d& Nichombon
Heazel
Ifeo
Williford, Matthews & CO
Cotton Avenue
Bank of Americas
Russett
Ben Davis
California
Momaja
Murray Hill
Arica
A.J. Cleghorn’s
Ragan
Lamar Street
Dr. Bull
C. Roxgy
Pam Americus, Gas
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