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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1887
Page
7
A penniless husband and sick wife from Peoria Illinois arrived in the city seeking help to return home to Wilmington North Carolina. Citizens raised funds in Smithville and here to cover expenses, while Marshal Lingo assisted and the pair received further aid, a rare display of local generosity amid hardship.
An advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the best remedy for bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever blisters tetter chapped hands chilblains corns eruptions and piles with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Sold by E. Erslide.
The piece condemns chaos from vagrant blacks in the city, urging strict enforcement of vagrancy laws to curb burglaries. It recalls a recent nocturnal break in where a woman faced a masked intruder, and argues that crime would drop if loafers are jailed.
A colored couple buys a small parlor organ but conflict arises when the wife insists on playing and hires a cook, claiming her hands are too hard for organ work. The husband uproots the organ and returns it to town, ending the dispute as the wife continues cooking. The ad then shifts to selling cheap buggies and harness for cash or trade.
A young mulatto man named Charlie Christina was stabbed twice in the back near the hip around two a.m. Sunday after a fight at Liberty Hall on Troup Street. Participants included Pete Harris and Jinks Simmons, who have since fled the city. The wounds are painful but not dangerous and are expected to heal quickly. The altercation was said to be over a woman.
In Hawkinsville Wool offers at 28 cents per pound as the principal interior market in the state. A. J. Harp of the Ellsville Enterprise to launch the Abbeville Times next week. Marion county stock law elections favor stock men in Buena Vista by 46 votes and fence supporters in Redbone by over two to one. Buena Vista forms a club to support the Louisiana State Lottery with fifty members paying one dollar monthly. Maj. W. Miller of Buena Vista seeks the Chattahoochee circuit judgeship after Judge Willis’s death. Waterhouse, B. V. and E. railroad engineer, kills first animal on the line, a cow. Hawkinsville eyes resource development, with Boson speculating a natural gas reservoir. The broader region shares the sentiment.
To Filla Want Long Felt. For an absolutely Pune Whiskey, which can be recommended conscient iously for those seeking it for medicinal purposes, we have secured the agency for I W Harper's Netvson County Wata KEY, a leading Kentucky flue whiskey. It was shipped from the distillery and stored for five years, now soft and mellow as a Juno apple, purer than imported cognac brandy. Tucus & Josszy, Americus Ga, editor Maj. W. L. Glessner spent a day in Lumpkin and prepared a full page on Lumpkin and Stewart County in the RecOrder. The Americus Recorder issue enlarged to sixteen pages with merchant ads. The Americas Recompers is praised as a great paper. The band boys plan to attend a tournament in Americas late June and will practice next week, likely to win a prize despite age.
John R. Shaw reports his third millinery invoice of the season with a standout line. The offer features Knock-out Hats for Young Ladies and exclusive Nobby Styles not found elsewhere in the city.
In Andersonville on May 13 a long meeting began at the Missionary Baptist church. Elder Weatley preached the opening sermon, with remarks from Rev. S. W. Parrott. Organizers include Rev. Dan'l Sherrill and Rev. J. Porter among others, aiming to form a Congregational church for the local Negro community. Captain Pursley traveled to Macon on business.
A memoir like account from Macox Georgia recalls three months of drill discipline, midnight antics, and roughquarters in the armory. The writer details nightly early rising, improvised bunk life, humor from mirror misadventures, and a cat prank that sparked a furniture riot before subdued by fines. The tale ends with a dramatic undercover shaving incident as the drill nears its big event and the team fights boredom with mischief.
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