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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1886
Page
5
The Weekly Recorder lists subscription costs and daily advertising rates with per line charges and special rates for marriages and funeral notices. It notes acceptance of mercantile and public notices, and states no discrimination in favor of any party, with insertions charged at current rates.
Cotton receipts show yesterday and prior totals with firm market and good demand. An autumn idyll poem laments passage of summer as elsewhere a court docket largely idle with several parties absent. civil cases disposed, remaining cases continued to December term.
Fragmentary notice asserts Mr JH H Glover did not sign a petition and that the author circulated it. Included are horse sales, city theft concerns, and election returns with Judge Crisp cited as receiving 225 county votes. Also mentions Worm remedies and an Eastern Cottage advertisement fragment.
Feels like a collage of town notices from Americus with musical parlor antics, depots, and cotton trade. Mentions the New York Store ads, local merchants, freight delays from Florida, court cases, and growing cotton yards with 1500+ bales on the platform. Includes a Patapeco Guano Co. verdict, weather hints, and a wedding notice for Louges Wartien.
Capt H T Johnson of Macon is in the city. Dr W P Bart of Americus visits the fair and thanks for a pleasant call. Daniel James and family from Marion county left for Moore Texas to make it their future home. Miss Mary Troutman returns home after months with her brother near Rome. Miss S M Wooten leaves for Gainsville to join the literary and art department at Gainesville Female College.
A historical notice offers a consignment of Cases Prints pattern selections. It lists limited runs from 1 to 10 dresses per pattern and a price of 5 cents per yard, or 6d for genuine inebacgeln of the set article, claiming a unmatched bargain from Comey and Biers.
Ilie Cobb, an elderly Black woman about 60 five years old, was brought before the Ordinary for trial on lunacy. Dr A Brooke and a jury found her wholly insane and recommended an asylum transfer, though her neighbors say she is harmless and has lived near the public square for two years. Her children are capable of care, and the state should not bear support costs. Fifty five pocket knives offered by James Fatoxen & Bro.
Nearly every inquiry arrives from outsiders seeking to move to Americus for business or to access the public school system. Mr. J. L. Bye of Chicago and his family arrived this week to make Americus their future home and have taken an interest in the Americus Ice Factory, pledging support to expand the business. The town urges more residents and investors to join the growth, aiming to elevate Americus to the Atlante of Southwest Georgia. There is a call for workers to boost trade and manufacturing, plus a notice of new stock in pocket cutlery from Janes Faronsa & Bao.
Rankinsville GA October reports the cotton compress in Hawkinsville halted for repairs after a driving wheel broke. Repair costs are estimated around a thousand dollars and the outage may push cotton prices down by a small fraction. A prior wheel failure caused a larger loss and delayed operations, with the American press expected to resume by week’s end to reveal further market effects.
Zephyr wool marketed by Jobn Br Shaw offers 360 per pound through casual sale. Readable details describe 500 pounds of Germantown wool and Spanish knitting material under the Zephyr brand with split and single yarn options.
Complaint filed by Harrold Johnson & Co and A P L R B Co against Central Railroad for unjust discrimination. Railroad used all cars to haul cotton from competitive points, harming local points. Case deferred to Friday to allow defense more time to prepare evidence.
Amanda Parker a Black woman living on North Troupe street shot herself in the hand while attempting to load a revolver with the cylinder removed. She inserted a cartridge, it exploded, and the bullet lodged in her hand. Dr. Brooks extracted the bullet and she may recover. Henry Arrington visited from Ellaville, spending a day with local friends T F Carter J T Carter A B Harrison W C Peeland and W Perkins represented Lumpkin in town.
Prof Baldwin leads the Amehoag Wide-Awake Band arranging a trip to Atlanta for the inaugural ceremonies on the 6th inst. The group plans sixteen to eighteen members in handsome uniforms and aims to reflect credit on Booth Georgia by their fine musical ability.
Jersey Cattle and prominent locals, including Hon J B Hudson of Preston, received four Jersey cows from Milleraburg Kentucky, with two registered thoroughbreds and two toll bloods for local proprietors N G & J E Prince. The note celebrates stock appreciation and calls continued interest. Protracted Meeting continues at the Methodist church nightly this week except Saturday with Dr Clark and Rev P S Twitty officiating. all invited.
A brief notice announces divine services to be held at Calvary Episcopal Church this evening beginning at an unspecified hour. The ad also mentions Bennett Webster and Gorrity Seed Rye for sale at Boowanax and Butiti.
A fragmentary letter from Webster County discusses local prices and credit, noting Betsy and Recoapes as the county’s official organ. It mentions cotton sales, banks, and merchants, with farmers relying on Americus for cash and supplies. The piece also presses for local enterprise to move money within the county, hints at political prospects, and names local figures such as Hurrell, RF Wi, Col. Harrison, and Gaerry.
A 1886 notice lists uncalled letters for both named and initials in Sumter County Americus post office. Notables include A Hamey Antony, Hattie Chambois, Miss Dosa Erin, Robert W. Glover, J D Greene, George Hiton, Babe J W Oro, Thomas Bra, Will Woods and others. letters will be forwarded if not claimed by Nov 1 1886.
We have received an installment of Eastern taget organ vanes for sale. Priced lower than any organ with two full sets of reeds. Sofa of reeds included. Purchase opportunities at John Re Bhaw's.
Fragmented OCR notes indicate schedule items and closures across multiple locations. Mentions include South district services, high probability of meeting notices, bus or class schedules, and references to vendors and regions such as Floree and Providence. Details are unclear due to garbled text.
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