Americus Daily and Weekly Recorder notices and updates
The issue details publication frequency and pricing for the Daily and Weekly Recorder. It lists circulation areas in southwest Georgia, notes entry as second class, and credits H. C. Atorey as publisher. The page covers summer school plans, local business notices, a Texas trip offer, deaths, civic projects, and a Farmers Alliance meeting with merchant trade selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder 4
Georgia
Sumter, Lee
Terrell
Stewart, Webster
Schley
Marion
Macon
Dooly and Wilcox
Americus
H.C. Atorey
Death of Mrs Smith wife of Dr Thomas E Smith
Mrs Smith nee Loyle Myers died at her East Americas residence on Wednesday at 2 am from dysentery aged 29. She was buried at Oak Grove cemetery yesterday afternoon. She leaves a husband Dr Thomas E Smith and a daughter about five or six. The obituary notes her Christian faith and long trials shared with her mother and brother.
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Thos. FE. Smith
Government post office gain looms for Americus
A congressional push favors a bill to provide government buildings for post offices in every city with annual receipts of 3000 or more. Americus stands to receive such a building as its post office revenue nears 6000 and climbs annually. Visitors include E T Hickey of Lumpkin, a Stewart county delegate to the Democratic Convention in Atlanta, who supports Maj W L Glessner as a National Convention delegate and argues for more like him in the South.
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Congress
Americus
E. T. Hickey
Lumpkin
Hickey
Stewart County
Atlanta
Maj
W. L. Glessner
St. Louis
Glessner
South
Southern Empire May issue boosts Georgia interest
The Southern Empire, May number of the Bureau of Immigration organ, was issued Tuesday. Strong demand for the April issue led to 7,000 copies being printed to meet growing reader interest, with many inquiries about Georgia from the northern public.
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Southern Empire
Bureau of Immigration
North
Mule Reaches Thirty-One Years Of Service In County
Mr J N Johnson of this county owns a mule aged thirty one, older than him by two years. The animal has helped raise twenty nine crops and has either run away or thrown someone each year. Joe plans to pension her this year. Levi Johnson, Joe’s father, bought her from a drove here twenty nine years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Johnson
Joe
Levi Johnson
Cordele Doctor Hosts Free Eye Clinic May Thirteenth
In Cordele Dr Bosworth will stay all day May 13 to treat crossed eyes and eye, ear, throat diseases for locals at their homes. He offers painless operations and will treat any patient wishing the service in the area.
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Cordele
Bosworth
Fire at Spring Street home stopped by helpers
The residence of Mr. Ed Stokes on Spring Street caught fire Monday afternoon due to a defective fire. Mr. Raymond Rees with his force from the A. P. & L. shops heard the alarm and hurried to the house, preventing a destructive blaze. Low prices still rise at Van Arpre's Gallery for March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Stokes
Spring Street
Raymond Rees
van Arpre
City panel approves cotton compress near freight depot
At Monday city council, Superintendent J. N. Bass presented a petition allowing A. P. & L. to erect a cotton compress on company land near the freight depot. The project is planned to start immediately to be ready for the next season. This favorable development is welcomed by the Recorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. N. Bass
A. P. & L. Railroad Company
Recorder
Street Sprinkler Progress and Local Marriage Report
The piece notes The Street Sprinkler and The RecorpDEn pursuing Joe Henry with a pumper, plans to ship a sprinkler from Atlanta, and merchants may face costs to maintain it. It also covers a marriage Sunday at 1 30 o clock at the bride’s father’s residence, Lizzie Myers marrying Charles M. Smith, with few attendees and gifts, followed by a train departure. Water Works updates with Mayor Felder on springs sunk, a potential four hundred thousand gallons daily, and multiple supply methods from the reservoir considered.
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Joe Henry
Joseph
Atlanta
T. F. Logan
Lizzie Myers
Charles M. Smith
Macon
J. C. Branch
Smith
J. W. Burke & Co's
Job Printing House
Felder
Americus
A Mappy Marriage at Rev Campbell Residence
Miss Belle Harvard and Mr C R Morgan of Drayton Dooly county were married Thursday evening at 7 o clock at the residence of Rev A B Campbell in this city. The courtship was short and the couple, both esteemed, begin a bright future together in life and farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.B. Campbell
Belle Harvard
C. R. Morgan
Drayton
Dooly County
Morgan
Dooly
Shade
Walking Delegates Drift Apart in Local Dissolution
Dr Linquist of Florida dissolves ties with the party here and plans to return home to New York with Mr Randall. They will walk through and arrive around July 4. Capt Adams hosts Randall during their stay. The writer wishes them luck and notes the latch-string will be on the outside if they return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Linquist
Florida
New York
Randall
Capt
A. A. Adams
A Happy Marriage At Baptist Parsonage Gretna Green Affair
A marriage occurred at 3 30 pm on Sunday April 24 at the Baptist parsonage in this city officiated by Rev. A B Campbell. Miss Bennie Johnston wed Mr. Marshall J Sexton in a private ceremony arranged to avoid parental knowledge. Sexton resides near Willingham and works in the saw mill business.
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Baptist
A. B. Campbell
Bennie Johnston
Marshall J. Sexton
Gretna Green
Sexton
Willingham
Changes at Lamar street offices include new tenant
The long vacant A. P. L. office on Lamar street was being improved yesterday. Bremasteller the tailor will move in soon and the express office will shift into his current room. This represents a positive move for the express office.
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Lamar Street
Bremasteller
OUR PERRY VISITORS AT MAGNOLIA DELL IN AMERICUS
Americus to host Perry Sunday School on May 10 with a formal committee list led by A A Adams chairing. Officials and residents including Lott Warren M Callaway J W Wheatley and Mayor J B Felder will help welcome visitors escorted by the Wide-Awake Band along Lamar street crossing to the Dell for a reception with artesian water.
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Americus
Perry
Magnolia Dell
Lott Warren
M. Callaway
J. W. Wheatley
O. A. Coleman
A. B. Campbell
J. O. Branch
W. R. Dye
J. B. Felder
P. H. Willams
J. L. Mack
A. A. Rylander
G. W. Glover
C. W. Felder
John R. Shaw
E. Cobb
John Windsor
T. Wheatley
W.H. Allen
J. A. Ansley
W. A. Maxwell
W. P. Bart
H. Hawkins
J. A. Cobb
Jno
Taylor
Mann
Misses Mary Grayberry
Fannie Campbell
Carrie Branch
Lamar Street Crossing
Dell
A. A. Adams
Ears Stop Discharging After Fifteen Years Reported
Miss Mary Armor of Greene County writes Dr. Bosworth that her ears have ceased discharging after fifteen years of illness. The patient, treated last December, reports she now hears as well as others and praises the doctor’s reputation in the Greensboro area.
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Mary Armor
Greene County
Greenesboro
Bosworth
Mary Arnor
Griffin Sun Reports Progress On Ameri cas Track Work
The Griffin Sun notes fire companies rushing funds for the Ameri cas tournament and business leaders delaying. Track construction began yesterday under Jossey and Smith supervision with the surface scraped, leveled, and prepared. It will be sprinkled, rolled, and fenced on the street side to keep wagons off, with prior use reducing the work needed.
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Griffin Sun
Griffin
Jossey and Smith
Newspaper man Stanfield visits Lumpkin office
Traveling agent for the Americas RECORDER spent a day in Lumpkin this week and called on the Independent office. He praised the publication as a leading Georgia newspaper and an index of the thriving city it helped build, suggesting Lumpkin and Americus rely on each other.
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Lumpkin Independent
Stanfield
The
Americas Recorder
Lumpkin
Independent
Georgia
Americus
Recorper Denied Claim On Mr Albert Drane Status
The Buena Vista Patriot notes the Recorper should not claim Mr Albert Drane as a Sumter county boy though recorded on government books as from Sumter. The writer states Drane consented and that no fraud is intended toward Marién. County Solicitor L. J. Blalock praised for diligence and potential promotion. A Batten dress pattern bargain is also advertised.
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Buena Vista
Albert Drane
Washington
Sumter County
Drane
Marién
Sumter County Democrat Recommends Glessner for 3rd District Delegate
John A. Come asserts that a petition seeks to direct delegates from Sumter County to back W. L. Glessner for the St. Louis convention. He argues the mass meeting left delegates free and praises Glessner as immigration agent for the Central railroad, editor of a leading Democratic paper, and a trusted local figure. He calls for a conservative Atlanta convention and unity to reelect Cleveland.
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Col. A. 8. Cutts
St. Louis
Maas
Sumter County
Atlanta
Col. Cutts
Glessner
the Recorder
Snd
Democratic Party
Central Railroad
Georgia State Agricultural Society
State Agricultural Society
Great Northwest
Cleveland
Randall
Carlisle
Brown
Colquitt
Atlanta Constitution
Macon
National Democraticiy
Leveland
Sion
Personal Statement on War Record and Political Shifts
A Georgia editor answers four questions about his Civil War service, party affiliation, and shift from Republican slurs to Democratic loyalty. He denies serving in a negro regiment, says he never joined the Republicans and that his Democratic leanings are lifelong, cites political allies and roles in Ohio and Illinois, and laments hostile Republican attacks while praising Southern hospitality toward Northern immigrants.
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Aed
Republicns
John A. Cobbs
W. L. Glessner
Glessnette
Lnte
South
Democratic Party
C. F. Crisp
Congress
Loyal League
St. Louis
Georgia
Ingalls
Altural
State Agricultural Society
Pe Bouth
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Matt Hart
Matt
Mize & Smaw
Raiford
the Dell
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Montgomery
John Joiner
Southwestern Railroad
Marshallville
E. B. Mershon
Mershon
Millie Stripling
J. J. O'Kelly
J.E. French
M. A. Jossay
Oak Grove Cemetery
Wilcox
J. H. Stevens
Farmers’ Alliance
Masonic Hall
Qeay
Alliance
Messrs
C. C. Clay
B. T. Adams
Wardlaw Nunn
Marion Sime
R. A. Wilson
Frank Cato
Double Branches
Bailey’s
A. P
Our Perry
Adame
L. J. Blalock
Worthcourt
Blalock
Ana
John A. Cobb
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