Rail schedule notice from Asenters Georgia May 1886
J C Roney P M announces a railroad schedule change with daily and weekday stop times for towns including Lampkin Green Hill Florence Hobbs Hamlin Richland Freston Weston Plains Dara Dranesville Church Hill Bottsford Providence Ecdaon Lamar Job and others. Services close daily except Sunday with specific morning and evening times and pending updates until further railroad schedule changes.
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Asenters
Perth
Green Hill
Florence
Hobbs
Hobbs and Hamlin
Richland
Freston
Weston
Plains of Dara
Rendship
Dranesville
Church Hill Clones
Bear Mind Subscription Rates And Ladies Gift
The Americus Recorder notes that non prepaid subscribers will be charged two dollars yearly while prepaid terms are one dollar annually. It offers a ladies gift with a coupon in this issue, enabling senders to receive a Frederica jacket pattern by mailing a two cent stamp to W Jennings Demorest in New York. only ladies are eligible for this present.
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W. Jennings Demorest
East 14Th Street
New York
Baby’s Death Shocks Americus and Sumter County
The notice laments the death of Will Hooks and his wife’s second child, about two and a half years old, died yesterday in Army, Ga. The bereaved family receives widespread sympathy as services are planned for burial tomorrow. The notice also mentions local land deals by Col. J. A. Fort and Dr. N. C. Alston Jr. in Richland and hints at future real estate sales and a potential town growth linked to the Columbus Southern railroad crossing the A. P. & L. line.
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Americus
Sumter County
Will Hooks
Indee County
Army
RL. Duvir
W. W. Hooxs
Americas
J. A. Fort
Richland
N. C. Alston, Jr
Dr. Alston
Court House
Flint River
Wm. F. Clark
Weston
Macon
Huntington
Sumter County Sunday School Association
Texas
Two Had Places Drummer’s Road Tale
A drummer who travels to Americus recalls a joke about merchants confiding his sales territory. When he asked which areas to avoid, they said he could sell anywhere except two places, Hell and Eufaula, which they did not want him to visit or open accounts for.
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Americus
Hell
Eufaula
Verdict Against Dickson & Vigal in Fraud Case
The Dickson & Vigal versus Clay case ended with a jury verdict for the plaintiffs after a split trial, finding the transaction fraudulent and aimed at creditors. The ruling subjects Dickson & Vigal stock sales to creditor claims, with a possible appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Dickson & Vigal- Clay
Dickson & Vigal
Clay
Supreme Court
Messrs. Goerry
Simmons
Hawkins
Hollis
Messrs
A Tennessee Town News and Legal Docket Update
The piece assembles court docket notes for the Superior Court, social updates from Americus and nearby towns, marriage notices, crop prospects, business shifts, and local misadventures. It records visitors from Macon and Atlanta, church conventions, school openings, and a range of short anecdotes about farmers, anglers, and travelers in the region.
Late Storm Causes Tree and Fence Damage in Country
The city escaped major damage from Tuesday evenings wind storm though country areas suffered heavy tree and fence destruction. Reported severe gusts near DeSoto and along the Flint River line, with hundreds of pines felled on J. W. Bailey’s plantation. Storm affected Middle Alabama with hail and rain, no further damage noted locally. Lemons priced 25c each chosen, cheaper in large lots by E. D. Anauzy.
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Flint River
DeSoto
J. W. Bailey
Middle Alabama
Wide-Awake Band Forms Leadership After Meeting
The Wide-Awake Hand and The Wide-Awake Band held a band room meeting Monday night to address management concerns. A President and Board of Directors were elected with J. Nicholson as President and M. Sontheimer as Vice-President, plus Dana as Secretary and Treasurer. Directors include J. L. Mack B. H. Jossey A. A. Rylander P. E. Williams J. J. Smith and A. W. Glover. New musicians may join, strengthening the group’s skill and stability.
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J. ©. Nicholson
M. Sontheimer
Q@as
Dana
J. L. Mack
B. H. Jossey
A. A. Rylander
P. E. Williams
J. J. Smith
A. W. Glover
Thas Ada
Jah Baain
Albany
Advice to Mothers vns Wixerow's Soormind Syate
A brief note asserts the product Advice to Mothers vns Wixerow's Soormind Syate should be used for teething children. It claims to soothe the child ease pain relieve wind and cure diarrhea, presenting as the best remedy. Twenty five.
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Wixerow
Fragmentary Local Notice on Trade and Property
A terse garbled notice references trade and property with unclear names. It mentions a proprietor and small content items, offering minimal readable details about a possible sale or arrangement in a local context.
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Trauma
Berletne
Meco
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Lutt Warren
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Plains
Ichland
Lumpkin O
Loa
Seapt
Nena
Cobb
Johnston
Tee
West Bound
Cave Flint Rien
DeSoto P.M
Mt “Huntington
R.t. Srive Americas
Bass
Erma Lot
Chase
D. R. Davenport
Jamar Street
Shieh
Cole Street
Caden
Dorsin
Nelson
Americus Recorder
W. Furlow
Baby
Joan R. Saan
Tabler
Virgil Powers
J.B. Hartsfield
Atlanta Bridge Works
John Jennings
Atlanta
L. d. Reeves
J. A. Thornton
Lumpkin
City
State Dental Association
Cumberland Tuland
Allen E. Chappell
Nora K. Allen
W. H. Morgan
Dooly County
Enterprice
Webster County
J.C. Layfield
van Riper
Muckalee Creek
Epic
Schley
Buena Vista Road
J. C. Bryant
Colored Baptist Church
State Baptist Convention of Colored Preachers
Brunerwick
A.C. Speer
Tyre Jennings
Geometme
Charles Farlow
Comptroller General's Office
Atlanta Journal
White
Frank Mitchell
Central Railroad
Birminghaw
Als
Edmund Grennell
New Bedford
Mass
John M. Greene
Prince Bros
Dublin
Laurens County
Bell
Hot Spring's
Ark
Buena Vista
Ellaville
Anderson
Darkey
J. W. Floyd
Shellman
Ala
W. A. Dodson
Lumpkin High School
Dodson
Lumpkin Independent
T. F. McNair
McLendon
Jackson
Butts County
Buck
Joe Roney
Joe
Teomer
Jim Wilkins
Muckabe
Jim
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W. L. Glessner
Henry C. Storey
Glessner
Georgia
E. D. Anauzy
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