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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1886
Page
2
The Bainbridge Democrat backs Gordon for Governor while Dodge and Quitman counties prepare to elect delegates to the congressional and gubernatorial conventions. Prohibition questions split counties. labor unrest echoes Chicago as Assembly mobilizes against anarchist tactics and warns workers to defend orderly government. Simultaneously Savannah hosts the Chatham Centennial as Judge Simmons exits the race due to ill health.
A lengthy essay on living in the past and the present, recalling the Southern Confederate chief and wartime memories. It contrasts North and South attitudes, remarks on reconciliation, and ends with a cotton market summary and assorted political notices and commentary. The cotton report tracks weekly receipts, stock changes, and market factors, with comparisons to prior years and port movements.
The passage mocks Rev. J G Armstrong of Atlanta for interviewing the Constitution with a shotgun after its Saturday portrait. It praises the Columbus Enquirer Sun’s new dress, crediting a stock company for a fresher look and a fair reflection of its city.
The Ellaville Enterprise cites disputes over abolishing rotation for State Senator seats, noting Sumter county’s claim to two terms if rotation ends. The piece argues Sumter may propose abolition but not unilaterally enforce it, while Hawkinsville News shifts away from politics and endorses McArthur’s Congressional bid.
A retired East India missionary brought a formula for a vegetable cure for consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous disorders. The publisher offers to send the recipe free by mail in German French or English with full directions. Address W A Neves 149 Power’s Block Rochester N Y with stamp.
A Wisconsin weekly editor faced a local union crackdown, six weeks of pressure, and explained he had only ninety eight subscribers, ninety seven dead, live ads paid with stomach bitters, a six month advertising supply, an eleven month railroad pass, and his wife afforded only two meals a week. He urged the boycott to end.
Teething pains are eased by giving Winston's Scotmne Syoup to children. It soothes gums relieves pain and wind colic and is promoted as the best remedy for diarrhea. Price listed as twenty five cents per bottle.
In Hele na Montana inmates broke through a brick wall at the jail, visited a saloon, seized a large quantity of whiskey, and returned before morning to be found drunk but safe.
A 19th century report describes a Philadelphia glass-eating performer and a rising fad of rubber skin exhibitions. It explains that so-called elastic talents are largely fake, traced to minor tissue laxity rather than true stretching. Herr Hang’s case is cited, with doctors noting absence of tissue connections as the cause.
The elegant chair used by President Jefferson Davis on the platform at the unveiling of Ben Hill’s statue was furnished by Mrs. E. H. Stewart of Washington Seminary and Mrs. Z. D. Harrison of Atlanta. It is now owned by Capt. Robert Park of Macon after several bid attempts. The Montgomery chair Davis used on his public reception day has been ordered inscribed by Mayor Reese and preserved in the City Hall as a valuable relic.
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