AMERICUS NOTES AND LOCAL BUSINESS UPDATES
RecoupEer predicts Dave Dudley will not be confirmed as Americus postmaster. Market activity includes investment stock sales, land dealings, and new subdivision purchases. Census enumerators Jas Fort and R L Oliver appointed. J L Shropshire leaves as cashier for new chief bookkeeper post. New two story residence planned on Furlow Lawn for B F Matthews. A fresh grocery company seeks $50,000 capital. August 11 opening planned. Marriage of Tom Sullivan and Eva Giddings. old Harper's Ferry musket from 1831 showcased. Furniture factory progress details: 120,000 bricks laid, brick walls planned. Chase's Barley Malt Whiskey promotion noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood Matthews
Furlow Lawn
B. F. Matthews
Auburn
Ala
Americus
Jas. Davenport
Capitol
Resigned engineer joins S A M road as resident in the region
Thomas Harrold, long with the Central road surveying corps, resigns to become resident engineer for the S A M road between the Chattahoochee River and Montgomery arriving home then leaving for the front. Also notes new Western Union quarters wired up in the Recorder Building, Hail storms near Leslie causing crop damage, and a request for aid for a distressed Jackson Street family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. Harrold
Central Road
S.A. M
Chattahoochee River
Montgomery
Iow
Recorder Building
Western Union Telegraph Office
C. E. Descombs
Black talk and a court case mix in Georgia news
A ragged, dialect rich scene opens with a fight over a woman and seethes into local reports: a biased remark about Black people followed by marriages, hunting, and resignations. The paper records a Fort Valley wedding, a turkey hunting tally, a railway clerk’s resignation, land sale on Brannon Avenue, a new Artesian well, stock trades, a large colored picnic at Leeton Park, and the Americus Light Infantry preparing for the Augusta encampment with state support and days of bivouac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americus Light Infantry
Augusta
Georgia
Americus Bits Include Visitors and Notices
A string of visitors to Americus from Louvale Butler Leslie Lumpkin Cordele Richland and Abbeville are noted along with shopping excursions and business in town. Local notes mention a prospecting party from Atlanta, a Montgomery county excursion with weather hindrance, and a spontaneous lime fire incident near a furniture factory. A postal letter list and a dance school announcement complete the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. White
Louvale
W.S. Wallace
Butler
Americus
Col. E. M. Butt
Buena Viata
S. G. Pryor
Leslie
Stevens
Lumpkin
Detective Holder
C. A. Harvard
Cordele
A. G. Shepard
Richland
J. D. White
J. D. Maynard
Abbeville
Hear
W. E. Perkins
Montgomery Plente
Montgomery County
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America
Ceorgi
Just
Joiner & Nicholson
Dave Dudley
Gi. W. Glover
Sinless
W. MM. Hawkes
Rylander & Ansley
Leeton
Bonavente
Lee Street
Yeterday
W. J. Murphy
Dof. Davenport
Taylor
Caminisetuts Kycolved
Jas, Fort
R. L. Oliver
J. L. Shropshire
Poole
Baw
East Alaweer Bank
Eufaula
Ubnaut
Shropdire
Tom Sullivan
Eva Giddings
R. F. Williamson
Nap'? Cobb
East Americas
Jas
Alexander
Harper's Ferry
J.H. Hall
Albert Rees
J. P. Joiner
Chase's
J. Eldridge
Ball
Jackson Street
Schneider
Messrs
Max Altman
H.D. Watts
R. Medeod & Co
McMichiel
Columbus
A.W. Cottle
Phil Jackson
Chokee
Lee County
Cottle
J. B. Parker
Savannah
Macon Telegraph
Savannah and Western
Savannah, Americus
Birmingham
Hawkins
Americas
J.W
Jenks
Talbotton
Ife
McCoy Hill
Big Gully
Wm. McMath
Middleburg
Mass
Mathers
Mars
Jim
Ben
Sam W. Small
Yander
Tennessee
Jess
Sr Jackson
Rowls
R. Reed
Kittle Everett
Fort Valley
Auguste
North Georgia
John Morgan
Ouly
H. M. Ward
Ceneral Freight and Passenger
Knoxville, Tenn
Lott Warren
W. B. Worthey
Brannon Avenue
Arthur Rylander
Hathaway
Americus Guano Company
Americus Investment Company
Improvement Company
Leeton Park
Albany
Americus Boys
Mae
Willie Thornton
Alda
Alice Naylor
Jesse W. Stallings
Preston
Jeff McClosky
Jeff
Gainesville
Mra. McClesky
Mr. McClesky
Hood
Bob Pause
Atlanta
South
Henan
Monticello
Fla
Monticelo
Americas Post Office
Archry
Rees Almans
B—Essick Byals
Tom Burrell
Geo
Bureten
Mise Chasity
John Brown
Lula Brown
Lais Bass
Katy Brown
Amy Caprice
Josh Flore
Simon Goff
Shupart Gorman
Wash Games
Y. B. Hayship
Mons. Berger
Hall of the
A.S.A.C
Dolclock
Ton Wheatley
Cleghorn
J. Cleghorn
Cotton Avenue
Jackson Corset
Sans Souci
T. Ragan
Propiator
Inti
Builders’ Supply CO
Stallings
OPERA
Beever
Harris & Payne
Lee
Lamar Streets
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