Rail schedule notices from Malls Amentove Georgia May 4 1886
Departures listed for routes west south and north with noon start and 7 pm closing times for south mail. Addresses Providence and Redoesiays noted with 6 am and 6:00 am closings. J C Roxgy postmaster warns schedules may change.
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Ing
Pyeast
Pr Mail
Bt Mail
Flor
Arid Providence
Redoesiays
Teverese
J.C. Roxgy
P. M
Town Tour FURLOW City Kaitor ea Bear Mind
A local Americus item lists subscription rates at two dollars per year for non prepaid readers, while advance subscribers pay one dollar. Community notices include a death report for Mrs. W. J. Stewart, buried beside her home, and a feature on local ice sales by Bye & Sims. A Confederate veteran shows a gutta percha finger ring he carved from wartime materials. Public safety notes warn about dogs off leash and a call for dog-law enforcement. Lemon prices and wholesale offerings are noted.
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W. T. Marsh
Americus
Marsh
Georgia
Malvern Hi
Charlie Cobb
Chapman
Lamar Street
Weather warms as reports of daily life accumulate
No rain yet and the weather growing warmer. Miss Susie Shepherd visits Mr. Calvin Carter on Lee street while Miss Marie Heard from White Plains visits Col. L. M. Troutman on Lee street. Steel rails arrive for the Eastern extension of the A. P. & L. railroad. Various local people travel, work, and socialize as spring activities unfold in Americus.
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Susie Shepherd
Calvin Carter
Lee Street
Marie Heard
White Plains
Col. L. M. Troutman
Two New Enterprises Planned for Americus Guano Factory and Oil Mill
Colonel John M. Greene of Atlanta and George M. McKenzie of Atlanta tour Georgia seeking sites for guano and cotton seed oil mills. They select land east of the Central and A L tracks between Lamar and Church Streets in Americus, intending to form a stock company backed by Boston capital. They praise Americus as ideal for manufacturing and plan to move south with more mills. The Americas delegation held a meeting with Mayor Dunn and others, issuing thanks and praise for hospitality.
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John M. Greene
Atalanta
Clark’s Cove
Eddystone
Americus
George M. McKenzie
Atlanta
Central
Lamar
Church Streets
Amers Icus
Twenty Per Cent at People's National Bank
The column reports a 20 percent profit over four months under President Windsor and Cashier Felder. Stock recently sold at 120, the highest price since organization. Americus boasts of the People's Bank and its strong performance.
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People’s National Bank
Windsor
Felder
Americus
People’s Bank
Three-Horned Calf Draws Local Pride in Farm Pet
Charlie Hawkins owns a unique three horned calf nearly five months old. It has a horn on each side of the head plus a central horn from the forehead, and the owner plans to exhibit it to a select audience along with his notable ball frog.
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Charlie Hawkins
Charlie
Killing of Bailiff Ed Skipper by Fugitive Negro
A bailiff and two men approached a cabin near the railroad at dawn to arrest a fugitive. The man fired killing bailiff Ed Skipper and shot Joe Stanley in the arm and thigh before escaping. A posse pursues the suspect, raised in early two years past crimes. locals vow swift punishment if captured.
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Cuthbert
Skipper
Joe Stanley
Nat Barge
Stanley
Burge
Obituary resolutions mark Miss Mary Cook death in 1887
An obituary item from a church body notes the death of Miss Mary S. Cook, longtime teacher at Wakneas Wo asa church and Sabbath School. It records gratitude for her life of faith, resolves to submit to providence, and extends condolences to her mother and brothers. Also mentions a local Mr. Shaw selling jewelry and parasols.
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Cook
Presbyterian Sunday School
Miss Mary
Caria
Ssan
TW. Wharey
C. M Wacatey
Julia B. Prewerr
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