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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1887
Page
7
Carters Shoe Store advertises low prices on high quality footwear. Men’s $3.00 calfskin shoes feature lace, button and elastic styles with seamless vamp. Ladies’ $2.50 box-toe kid shoes touted for fit, style and value, aiming to outdo market rivals.
The page reproduces Grover Cleveland’s Thanksgiving proclamation dated October 2, 1887, urging a nationwide day of prayer on November 24 and urging charity for the poor. It also contains Rural Messenger hog breed notes praising Essex Berkshire Poland China distinctions and a trivia roundup on steamship Oceanic travel time, a Michigan case, and references to Chinese widow honor practices.
A Salt Lake Tribune piece recounts a brash tale of a man chasing a cashier who robbed $3,000, facing dismissal by courts, and finally retrieving the money in Colorado. The narrator lampoons legal process, declaring Colorado law favors decisive action and threatening dramatic retribution.
October 24 report portrays senator elect David Turpie as formidable in the senate, a top reader and classical scholar with modest private life, capaz of sharp wit and strong loyalty to friends. Columbus expands city limits adding about three thousand residents.
A Birmingham Atlanta and Griffin group representing a new consolidation of several railroad lines arrived in Savannah to review the Savannah Dublin and Western. They will study Engineer profiles, travel fifty miles with contractors, and prepare a report guiding the consolidation. The visit follows Atlanta plans and has crucial bearing on the merger.
In October’s grand Louisiana State Lottery drawing two tenths of the big prize were sold in New Orleans. Broker Laurent Faget redeemed one tenth of ticket 13 646 for fifteen thousand dollars, while Victor Tujague claimed two tenths of the third prize for four thousand dollars. The young winner plans wise use of funds and a possible business move. An additional one tenth of the prize was drawn by Union National Bank. A separate Omaha note reports Oscar Groshell winning two thousand dollars from ticket No 46 856, with a local syndicate of young men investing a monthly stake. The page also notes political commentary on Gen Foraker defending against Gordon in Ohio.
A collection of assorted items features Gen Simon Cameron's steer at 2100 pounds and eight feet around, a Montezuma farmer with 200 acres said to work his children like slaves, and a Savannah soldier’s biting skit after the Piedmont exposition. It notes Mrs John Jacob Astor's high kitchen pay contrasted with dyspepsia, Mexico’s pistol trade, Utah's Mormon population, and political shifts in Peoria. Also recounted are Jefferson Davis’s eye injury, a jar of two preserved hands in a St Louis saloon, and peculiar finds from Morgan County and Homerville including a green stump that defies growth and a deep well with flooding water.
A cautionary note warns that a period of life demanding strength for young women can break a frail constitution after mental strain from school. It argues that wiser counsel and the benefit ofDr. Ploreo's remedies might have prevented the collapse and early death.
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