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Newspaper

Americus Weekly Recorder

Location

Americus, Georgia, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1884

Page

5

Rich land preaching plans and May gatherings

A notice from Avenicus Recorder outlines religious preaching in Richland on the Sud Saturday and Sabbath in May. It also mentions an Easter picnic by the Episcopal Sunday school at Magnolia Dell, recent merchandise closeouts, and local social events including a maidens’ outing to Black's mill.

Lord Richland M. BS. Bixtox Episcopal Sunday School Magnolia Dell Prof. Clark Andersonville Will Pinto

May Day notes and town life in early spring

Local column records a bright May Day, court adjournments, artesian well talk, and a flood of small-town happenings. Mentions drink prices, fruit crops, health, travel plans, school events, shop changes, and pending railroad projects with names of residents and local businesses.

State Sunday School Convention Delegates report promising session

Delegates return from the State Sunday School Convention at Columbus with 122 of 187 counties organized and over a hundred thousand children in schools. Officers elected for 1884 include President R B Neppard and Vice President G E Thomas, with an upcoming Rome Mass Meeting and a May 7–8 gathering in Americus led by State Evangelist E J Benton. Music will be provided by local schools as the community hosts these events.

Sumter Rendom Americus Rangers Xonte Note B. Warren F. A. Anderson Kegsler Boremup Wooten Borghese Calvin Carter & Son Hoh McNulty Hugh Georgia Calvin Carter Aohart Will Perkins Wooten & Ford Gainesville Richmond H. Booth Will Columbus R. B. Neppard Savanagh G. E. Thomas Colum Americus E. J. Benton Benton Webster Schey

Drowning at a Stewar t county gully during rains

A seventeen year old boy Darby and two Chambliss youths were walking near Lumpkin when a deep water hole opened due to heavy rains. Darby fell in while chasing a snake and drowned as his companions watched unable to help. The narrative shifts to an ad for Bosanko's Cough and Lung Syrup promising cold and chest relief with a sample offer.

Neer Lumpkin Darby Chambliss Lumpkin Stewart County Loys Iaw Hudson Dr. Bosanko

Americus Rail Line Appeal Stirs Local Support

The Draston correspondent urges Americus residents to back a railroad from Americus to Hawkinsville, linking direct with Seaboard and West via the B T W G line to avoid reliance on Macon. Other items note cures for piles, advertisements for hats and boots, a bass business ending, and local celebration arrangements.

Americus Draston Daily Vindicator Hawkinsville Thia Seaboard Macon

Webster Sheriff Sale Notices May 1864 Preston GA

Webster County Georgia sheriff announces sale to be held on the first Tuesday in May 1864 before the Court House door in Preston. Property listed includes two hundred acres of land in district eight of the county, levied on as the property of William B Bozellan agent for wife to satisfy state and county taxes for the year 1863. Sheriff Daniel Davis supervises.

May Frigcaun N.G J. K. Paixer Webster Dantel Davis Daniel, Davis

Mouse of Boven Gablec tale reverberates in broken era prose

In a garbled historic snippet a narrator cites a plea from Cligond Pynebean amid gloom on a Sew Hugiand day. A letter to Hincox & Co mentions child illness, bowels, and general misery, praising PARK EMS TONIC as a cure and claiming notable health restoration.

Reulers Cligond Pynebean Park Ems Wella Adda Tilney Niraiac

Woman's Best Remedy Praised by Georgia Agent

An elderly woman from Canrensvilee Ga claims cure by radfeld's Female Regulator after years of illness. The testimonial hails the remedy as wonderful and notes Maj John Whitner of Atlanta as a known and favorable figure. The letter asserts widespread use before the war on a plantation with success.

Canrensvilee Emily Radfeld Joho Whitner Atlante United Tates Jaya

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