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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1887
Page
7
Meekly Record notes an Isle M Callaway real estate push before a market surge. It highlights Captain H. D. Watts renovating the Watta House for guests and orders, plus local merchants Buchanan Beill Moore Marsh goods and a sign painter’s craft. The item recounts 1849 era slave sale details and a cotton shipment by Col Jordan’s estate, emphasizing South Georgia’s market behavior and Americus as a sale hub.
Joseph E. Markett, candidate for elect, contests the Sumter election. J W Mize issued notice of investigation delay. Mize planned rebuttal evidence tomorrow. Case involves Matthews Hinton and Capt. Markett representatives.
A traveling writer recounts a rapid rail trip from Americus to Jacksonville and St Augustine. He notes orange grove fantasies vs. plain sights, wanders West Bay and East Bay streets, visits the old fort and St Augustine’s walls, and surveys grand hotels like the Ponce de Leon and the San Marco. The piece highlights the ancient town’s architecture, moats, and a bustling winter resort scene with Moorish Villa Zoraya and an artesian well, ending with praise for the week’s sun and sights accessible to business travelers with limited time.
A popular traveling salesman visiting Americus said the city, except for Macon, is the liveliest in the state south of Atlanta. He noted Americus does the largest business of any city in the area and that its people are unusually awake, active, and progressive. He added that many salespeople pass through weekly, underscoring Americus's vitality.
Georgia Central officials announce Tuscan red as the standard color for their passenger cars because it wears better and absorbs less heat than darker paints. The first complete train of coaches in the new color left Savannah depot this morning, with Tuscan red already used by Pennsylvania Central and other lines, and recently adopted by Savannah Florida and Western.
An old aphorism attributed to Frederick the Great is cited, claiming Facts are divine things. The text asserts Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery as a powerful liver tonic that cures a range of ailments including dyspepsia constipation dropsy kidney disease and sick headache by correcting liver function and blood purification, with a note that all druggists carry it.
An agency has secured Lt. Hauren's Nelson County Whisky for medicinal buyers. Described as a top Kentucky whisky aged five years, soft and mellow, rivaling imported cognac in purity. Sold by Tacum & Jossey in Americus, Ga, with soda water and ginger ale also available.
Late Friday the eastern extension construction train derailed, plunging the engine into a pond after the embankment gave way. Engineer Kirvia and the foreman escaped unharmed by jumping before the engine sank. A full crew was mobilized to recover the locomotive, likely requiring pond drainage. otherwise no serious damage is feared.
A construction engine and tender plunged into a deep pond nine miles east of the city when an embankment gave way. Workers drained the pond to raise the engine using a hydraulic jack and ropes, aided by another locomotive. The engine was pulled out, brought back to town for repairs, with no serious damage or injuries reported.
AP and L officials announce a passenger train will be added on the Western terminus between Antioch and Lumpkin, with freight and mail service already in use. Prospective shippers along the Eastern extension may prepaid freight charges to use construction trains, while depots are being established. The road also offers guano delivery to save planters time and expense.
An old advertising claim promotes Winaton's Sooraine Staur as the best teething remedy for children. It alleges soothing gums easing pain and wind colic, with a twenty five cents bottle price.
An old county court tale recalls a judge who, after hearing both sides, folded a code slip and said his decision would be on it. He then left to set out his potato slips, implying rain. Also advertises Bucklen's Arnica for cuts and skin troubles, 25 cents at Eldridge.
The State of Georgia Sumter County lists unclaimed names in the Americus post office. Letters not called within thirty days will go to the Dead Letter Office. Names include Alfornder, Bunhem, Barlow, Carter, English, Evans, Godbey, Hamilton, Jeff erson, Marshall, Nabper, Parker, Phillips, Stephenson, Warren and others. March 20, 1887.
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