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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1887
Page
4
Protracted meeting led by Rev F A Branch at the Methodist church brings revival in Dawson with Rev Charles Davis assisting and presiding elder Rev P S Twitty at quarterly conference. Local notes report elections, travel, and social news including gifts, visits, and town growth in Bronwood and surrounding area.
In Oglethorpe on Nov 9 twenty four residents joined Mr. R H Sutton for a sugar mill visit with cane juice beer and syrup candy. Socials honored Miss Fannie Tharpe who leaves for Dooly. A fire at Garden Valley consumed Mr Dick Williams residence and valuables. Local ailments include erysipelas and entarrh. Justice Reit Hicks married three couples. A tradesman fight earned five dollar fines. D Kelsoe bought a fine black horse.
SYRUP BOILING IN LEE. ENTERPRISE, LEE Co., Nov. 8. AT hands and the cook are making syrup. There are patches in Enterprise, turnout is good. One gallon of syrup to eight or nine of juice. Mr. P. Jones moved merchandise to Starkeville. Rumor Scarbor ough & Dobbins will be his successors and post office managers. Social at Mr. J. W. Barbie’s last Thursday. Superior Court in Lee next week. Leesburg Baptist church reappoints Rev. L. W. Parrott for another year. Editor of the South Georgia Clarion visited, found syrup not sweeter than usual. Will Usry, from Sumter, visited. plans not to return to Texas. H. J. 8.
A Lum pkin Georgia letter corrects a Stewart news report on a Grand Jury prohibition vote. It clarifies 22 present, voting by rising, seven opposed, and notes the correspondent may have erred reyes. Included is a brief defense of the correspondent and a local editor’s acknowledgment of possible mistakes. Also appended are endorsements for Electric Bitters from E Bainbridge Munday and D I Wilcoxson, praising its medical efficacy.
The text argues that outward dress and cosmetics cannot fix emaciation or nervous debility in women. It claims true improvement comes from within and credits Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as helping thousands of women become more attractive without relying on cosmetics.
Miss Carrie Brannon has returned from Macon. Mr H H Collier left for Albany. Miss Leila Davenport visiting relatives. Miss Anne Clare Amos to Ellaville. Miss Bettie Bruce of Thomasville visiting. Mr Eugene P Anderson of Macon spent in Americus. Frank Stapleton of Atlanta in Americus. Miss Mary Troutman back from North Georgia trip. Mrs Joe Davenport of Macon returned from visit to her parents. A quiet wedding planned in East Americus this morning. A marriage expected in Lumpkin next week. Subscriptions added to new social Athletic Club. Mozart Club formed by local music lovers with meetings at Mrs Micon Lamar’s. Advertised letters list for Americus Post Office dated Nov 6, 1887.
E P King argues public schools lack elasticity to fit student needs. Parents can press for reform by signaling graduation risk or by guiding a child’s activities. He cites parental overreach and laziness as causes, noting the balance between study and recreation and the role of teachers.
Ex-Confederate in Globe Democrat argues Texas Rangers failed as cavalry due to neglecting horse care. They rode hard, wore mounts to death, becoming a nuisance until they learned standard cavalry discipline. Notes Rangers were strong horsemen but unsuitable mounted troops early, improving later.
A rustic tale explains cow digestion and cud chewing. An old farmer narrates the milking problem when a cow loses her cud, detailing a comic sequence of remedies from salt cod to live frogs, claiming the frog method always works to restore chewing.
A vivid description of a pilot’s house blending ship like and parlor style with nautical pictures and bric a brac. It notes gifts from sea captains to sailors families and describes lively children, sturdy sons, and pretty daughters reflecting parental traits.
The article recounts Abraham Schreiner’s experiments in 1853 that led to the first petroleum lamp from a tar like substance found in Borgalaw. He built a distilling setup, faced blasts and scars, refined his process with an apothecary’s help, and sold the product to a druggist in Dropobres, marking Schreiner as a pioneer in petroleum discovery and commerce. It also notes John Standolph’s court presentation in Russia and a story of Randolph’s etiquette moment, then a brief anecdote about Americans eating too much beef and gout concerns from a French wine trader and Ohio’s Mr. Bookwalter.
The passage notes that bird and animal sounds can reflect mood. It suggests that humans humming while walking may indicate eccentricity or possible folly, using a concise observation on behavior and emotion drawn from natural sound.
A young New Orleans woman gains notice for her house decorating business blending bloom motifs on woodwork and walls. Her craft draws local interest as she markets distinctive floral accents through Cine Bake and related venues in the community.
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