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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1887
Page
3
Listen at our prices and examine them to see BO guch goods at low, unequaled by market. Our Man's $3.00 Shoe, leather calf, seamless vamp, perfect fit and wear. Ladies' $2.50 Kid Button Box-Toe, fit and style unmatched. Our $2.00 Planters' Shoe for plantation wear, durable and easy on foot.
Georgia agriculture illustrated at the Piedmont Exposition and Georgia State Fair displays counties Floyd Bartow Sumter Talbot Putnam Hancock Monroe Pierce with Hancock winning the $1,000 first prize. The article notes Georgia soils yield a wide range of products, supporting local self sufficiency and inviting northern farmers to relocate for milder climates. It also discusses an Eclectic Magazine piece on Australia and opossums highlighting ancient marsupial history.
A distant Arkansaw governor hears a plea from Jane Bromfield for her husband Tobe’s pardon. The widish tale blends a political inquiry with a rural anecdote about hens resuming laying when he is jailed and a request for six months. The scene shifts to a backcountry pocketknife story from Taylor county, tracing a family heirloom from 1734 passed to Mamie Brooks.
A warning against cheap imitations of Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption and coughs. The ad urges insistence on the genuine remedy, noting its guaranteed relief, and directs readers to a local druggist for the large bottle. It emphasizes avoiding dealer scams during lung illness.
A lengthy old health notice describes a chronic digestive and systemic illness with constipation as a core cause. It lists symptoms such as chest pains, dull sleepiness, bad morning taste, mucus, poor appetite, stomach heaviness, dizziness, damp skin, yellow eye whites, scanty dark urine, and intermittent sour or sweet tastings with heart palpitations. The text claims one third of the population is affected and condemns standard medical theories, endorsing Shaker Extract of Roots or Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup as a cure with testimonial support across Missouri and Texas, urging readers to obtain the genuine product.
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