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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1885
Page
8
Collector and solicitor Mr M M Folaom authorized to collect and handle all business transactions in connection with Rx vorpEn. All actions will be duly valid, TRON and accepted by the proprietor as required by law.
All should see our splendor stock of millinery goods including ladies and children's hats, trimmed and untrimmed, ostrich plumes, wreaths and flowers. Prices to suit the times. John R. Shaw and JA & D Davenport advertise reliable drug items and bargain shoe hats leather from JH Black & Son. Discontinuing sewing machines with four left at cost. Ice cold soda and whiskey noted in local ads.
Purity guaranteed by the distiller and praised by eminent physicians in the United States. Sold by Jann Isnant in Americus Georgia. A fine straight whiskey offered at two dollars in the spring of 1883.
Dawson May 2 to May 6 reports a birthday celebratory dinner for Fannie and Willie Hires with Prof M A McNulty and local figures in attendance. Letters recount editorial errors, apologies, and Exposition plans, plus notes on Adjutant General Stephen’s inspections, local residents' health, and community developments including a new fire engine and farming successes of W W Lee with vast acreage and mule and horse breeding across Terrell County.
Harcurn Stratos Georgia April 20 reporting two weeks of favorable weather with rain needed now. Cotton stands weak from lack of rain but corn and oats show strong growth. Gardens suffer from dryness, fruit promises an exceptional year. A curious four peaches from one bloom on a transplant from February 20 observed. Local visitors from Exposition and nearby residents share news. A rattlesnake killed under the writer’s dwelling. A misreported robbery note corrected. real case involved theft of a knife and turkey, with the thief punished. Debate over funding a state school of technology, arguing private capital preferred over taxing the poor. Richard Moton tried for chicken roast robbery, acquitted. wife fined for disruption.
Mr. James Bozeman near Dover has raised three mules and others in the county have entered stock raising on a small scale, finding it profitable. A. PF.
A dated memorial from Weston Sabbath School for Richard Snellings born August 20 1872 in Terrell County Georgia died April Mth 1885 age 12 years 6 months 21 days. The school notes his Promising youth and usefulness and expresses grief and faith. Resolutions praise his character extend sympathy to his family and call for publication to Americas Record.
The Ellaville bulletin reports farmers delaying planting due to lingering winter warmth with crops showing mixed prospects. A protracted M E church meeting opens, Sabbath School picnics slated, and a local dairy croquet challenge is mentioned. Death of Miss Winnie Myers follows, and city updates note a new bell pole at the courthouse, plus local travel to Buena Vista Exposition.
In Magnolia Springs on a Sunday night a young professor, returning from a prayer meeting, mistook a white figure for a ghost. He fled in panic through town, knocking over dust and scaring residents who watched from doors and windows. Superintendent E. B. Stewart will repair the streets as dust settles.
The item surveys medical remedies and goods sold by Dr. Eldridge, praising Granara Cure Renepy for county convicts and noting a Bibb County supply committee endorsement. It mentions Shriner’s Indian Vermifuge for children, a Quitman Free Press quip about Georgia lawyers, and prices like two for a nickel for legal services.
A Georgia woman testifies to the enduring relief from a long, inherited scrofula case after using Swift's Specific. The statement, signed by a Mrs O W Lanz of Athens, claims renewed strength and flesh while noting variability with age and disease stage. The letter urges faith in the remedy for weak children and recurring catarrh, praising its household value.
A reader from Jackson, Georgia reports twenty years of winter tetter on hands, severe disruption to housework, and failure of physicians. After six bottles of Swift's Specific the condition is completely cured with no relapse and improved general health. The note promotes Swift's Specific and a blood purifier, with a free treatise on blood and skin diseases mailed from Atlanta.
A lightning rod in soft clay, aged fifteen years, was removed revealing a solid mass of iron ore weighing ninety six pounds. Authorities suspect the ore formed from clay conversion under the rod’s electrical influence.
San Francisco reporter notes Signor A Vatuone, co proprietor of Hotel d Italis at Pacific and Sansome, drawn $75,000 from the Louisiana State Lottery ticket No 28600 in February. The Italian immigrant, about 35,善 unknown, quietly placed the prize in savings after gifting his brother $10,000 and planning an open house next Sunday.
The case announces April Term in Sumter Superior Court. Ned Turner is alleged as a defendant who does not reside in the county or state, and service will be by publication in the Axuntovs Reconpenfondment for four consecutive weeks before the next term. Clerk H Allen certifies authenticity and dates indicate 1885.
John A Underwood petitions for Letters of Administration on the estate of James Bailey deceased with the Will annexed. Citations are issued to all interested parties to show cause at the June term why letters should not be granted to the petitioner. Dated June 4, 1865.
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