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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1886
Page
2
Postponement of the Recon ogm Annual Distribution due to hard times moves the event from March fourth to Monday April fifth. Tickets should be secured promptly as gifts will be distributed on April sixth, with organizers noting their regret at delaying and urging subscribers to respond quickly. The column also discusses a bleak cotton outlook and the complicating role of speculative pricing on farmers.
A Georgia newspaper notes Representative Criep's House victory to tax land grant railroads and require surveying, aiming to curb untaxed government lands and spur settlement. It discusses Capt. Cobb's remedy for the labor problem, urging immigration of Northern and Western farmers to buy surplus plantations and boost small farms.
The Americus Recorder criticizes the Commission for not banning pooling while noting pooling spans multiple states. It argues the Georgia line stop would raise Georgian freight rates and suggests Georgia could curb pooling at Atlanta and Albany, urging better use of existing powers.
Mr Murridge uncovers a deception where checks for twelve pounds were forged to appear as his own. Four forgeries forged by an expert hand were cashed while his routine bank book and staff were watched. He suspects the office boy or a third insider and vows to pursue the culprit despite personal shock.
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