Americus Georgia advertised as commercial capital of Southwest Georgia
The piece extols Americus as Sumter County seat in Georgia with rolling terrain and diverse crops. It highlights climate health, schools, libraries, newspapers, opera house, fire department, water works upcoming, and growing trade aided by the Americas Preston and Lumpkin Railroad. It promotes cheap property, hospitable people, and opportunities for immigrants, urging inquiries to the Americus Recorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus
Sumter County
Georgia
Macon
Howth
Americas
Preston & Lumpkin RB R
Uth
Ercus Recorder
Diverse Georgia notes on crops crime and circus misadventure
Fort Gaines dealer sells over $1000 of game chickens in fifty days. Primus Jones grows cotton on a hundred acres. Government river barges idle until May. Dawson store mortgaged by J R Mercer & Co. Georgia Druggists' Association to meet on Cumberland Island April 12. Palmetto delays Newnan quarantine. Enterprise Mills Augusta to consider adding looms. Eddie Jackson, 14, injured by discharged gun in Albany. Diamond Joe raffled in Macon with 100 chances. Columbus invites Chattahoochee Valley Convention May 10–11 with delegates from GA AL FL. Old court records show massive 1841 cases. Cocked hats and law books swapped for bottles in Crawfordville. Dr Pierce's pills advertised. Circus pony attacked by elephant and leopard, pony injured. President's household expenses outlined. Sawyer encounters in pine land dealings. Liver medicine endorsements from Cincinnati press. A Carolina wedding noted.
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Newnan
Enterprise Mills
Augusta
Eddie Jackson
A. R. Jackson
Albany
Hudie
Columbus
G. M
P. Z. Adams
Crawfordville
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