15 Mar 1889
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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1889
Page
1
A Cayuga Livingston Co family describes a painful illness in their young son. After several doctors failed, they tried a home remedy set costing 91.75 and report improvement. The narrative mentions various names and a nonstandard treatment claiming cures for a blood and skin ailment.
A reflective piece follows the Bentley family as Harry and Clare prepare to depart for specialized schools, urging Christian influence through quiet example. Mrs. Bentley extols female virtue, while Clare vows to pursue womanhood with resolve, then the narrative shifts to school updates, a railroad fire scare near Tate, and notes from Louaver’s March entry about community life, weather, agriculture, and rail road debates.
Bronwood March notes report Smith recognition for subscriptions, Coleman Jackson’s return with materials, a pistol theft by a city youth, a baby’s death and funeral plans, local social visits, school enrollment at eighty five, and ongoing measles absence. Immigration advocates push Southern colonization plans led by Col Goulden, Penn Mutual visitors explore Georgia investments, and Savannah railroad trade concerns. Also items on local livery, church services, and remarks on Democratic tariff reform and political weather.
Reports detail a wave of business failures and a large strike following President Harrison’s inauguration. Reading Ironworks collapses with nearly $2,000,000 liabilities, 2,000 workers lose jobs. Excelsior pottery in Trenton employs 800. Keystone rolling mill Reading and mills at Nagil and Gibraltar idle, over 600 jobs gone. Findlay Iron and Steel assigns with over $100,000 liabilities. A Fall River cotton mill strike of 6,000 weavers adds to the turmoil amid Democratic calls for Jefferson Day celebrations and broader regulatory reform.
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