Americus Reconpes: Daily and Weekly publications
The Americus Reconpes announces a daily edition issued every morning except Monday at 50 cents per month or 6 96 per year and a weekly edition issued every Thursday morning for one dollar in advance. It claims the largest circulation in Southwest Georgia across Rum ter Lee Terrell Stewart Webster Schley Marion Macon Dooly and Wilcox counties. Henry Black reports his father Judge Harper Black is improving and hoped to recover soon.
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Americus Reconpes 1
Georgia
Rumter, Lee
Terrell
Stewart, Webster, Schrey
Marion
Macon
Dooly and Wilcox
H.C
Henry Black
Recorder
Harper Black
Americus touted as best market in the State
In Atlanta yesterday Mr C C Hawkins sold a handsome sideboard to a buyer in Atlanta who priced it in both locations. Richland seeks a first class academy teacher as it plans to expand its building and improve schooling. A broad assortment of silverware and clocks arrives priced to undercut rivals in the state.
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Atlanta
C. C. Hawkins
Americus
Richland
N.C. Alston
Hog raising yields profit and local road pay highlights
A farmer reports buying a sow and five pigs for 16 and selling hogs worth 56, leaving eight pigs. Pay day for the A. P. & L. road ranged from 3,000 to 4,000 dollars, largely spent in Americus. The Sumter County Agricultural Society will meet at the courthouse in Americus Saturday at 11 a.m. to elect delegates to the State Society.
Festive circus visitors arrive as crowds gather in Sumter
As early as four o clock yesterday evening circus visitors began arriving and by dark several wagon roads delivered them to restaurants and stalls. By morning hundreds will have arrived. freight totals show east and west movements and ongoing use of the baby road. A. M. Harvey learns his brother A. J. Harvey died of lung disease that morning. The Sumter County Sabbath School Association plans its fourth quarterly meeting in Amelius at the Methodist church on Thursday November 24 starting 10 a.m. and continuing to 11 for Thanksgiving services.
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Sunday School Association
Sumter County
Sabbath School Association
Amelius
Methodist Church
G. H. Bera
Webster County
Pink Jowers
Pink
Jowers
Americus
Old Webster
New Candidate Morgan Plans Big County Campaign
An advertisement announces Mr B T Morgan as a candidate for Tax Receiver. He enters the race amid broad support from hundreds of friends and promises a large county wide vote.
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B. T. Morgan
New York Store Advertisement Boosts Weekly Deals
Immense steak discounts push prices below par for the week. Shoppers planning trips to America or residents should visit the New York Store this week to take advantage of the sale.
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Ami
Americas
New York
Farmers from Wilcox County recommend Americas as trading point
A steady stream of Wilcox county farmers visit our city, some frequent visitors, who unanimously praise Americas as a good market and trading point. A sizable group called on yesterday making purchases.
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Wilcox County
Americas
Local Sunday issue praised for abundant local news
The RecoupER is lauded for its Sunday edition though small, packed with reading matter and more local news than any paper in the state, a factor that supports its large daily and weekly subscriptions.
Big Wildcat Captured After Half Hour Chase Near Bottsford
On Tuesday, W. G. Forrest, D. P. Murray, and Captain Murray pursued a wild cat they encountered while road work in the 17th district near Bottsford. The animal was shot after a half hour chase, weighed twenty five pounds and was described as 4 beau ty. Each hunter kept a paw trophy and seeks other localities with plentiful wild cats.
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W. G. Forrest
D. P. Murray
Captain Murray
17Th
Bottsford
Farmer Dorn Returns with Fine Turnips from Friendship
Mr. W. R. Dorn, renowned cab bage and turnip man of Friendship in Sumter county, visited Americus yesterday for the first time in weeks. He arrived with a load of magnificent turnips, the finest yet seen, and his illness had kept him from the market. He appears improved and may soon supply Americus with high quality vegetables again.
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Dorn
W. R. Dorn
Sumter
Americus
Brown, French & Co. Offer Full Line of Ready-Made Clothing
Mr. Will Hawkins reports a letter from Mr. Gentry, manager of the Atlanta Telephone Exchange, stating lines will soon start here and be ready for service in about three weeks. He seeks confirmation from spring subscribers and hopes to add more to accelerate work, as the telephone exchange is now an assured fact.
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Will Hawkins
Gentry
Atlanta Telephone Exchange
Americus Exchange
Illustrated Recorder Sparks Winter Resort Idea for Americus
A reader in Louisville lent the Illustrations and Americus description to a California winter visitor aged 60 who wrote to Capt. Troutman seeking a boarding place for himself and his wife. He expects Americus to make an ideal winter resort, suggesting a winter resort hotel would fill and benefit the city.
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M. L. Troutman
Illustrated Recorder
Loulaville
California
Americus
Troutman
Derma-Lotion offered for skin diseases and horse theft case
Mr. C C Alexander returned from Columbus after paying a reward for his mother Mrs M A Davenport's horse. He tried to recover the thief Green Trice, an escaped Webster County convict, but police refused without a judge's order. A servant will drive the horse home to Plains of Dura. A new son and heir Cellene Beh Reoweheld at RS, 7, He 'ort.
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C.C. Alexander
Columbus
M. A. Davenport
Green Trice
Webster County
Trice
Sumter
Alexander
Tax Receiver election prompts respect for Lost Cause family
In Sumter County voters discuss selecting a Tax Receiver while considering a precedent of aiding a deceased Confederate veteran’s family from office proceeds. J W Mize asserts the prior practice should continue, noting James A Daniel’s service and dependents. The piece also references local business notices from Davenport and Miller & Schneider about cotton markets and goods.
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James A. Daniel
J. W
Mize
Sumter County
X. X
Wilcox Visitors Tour Americus and Trade Hopes Rise
A large Wilcox county delegation visited Americus Friday morning, astonished by the city’s size and trading advantages. They plan to return, spread the word of Americus’s growth, and support counties that trade here. Prices noted include country syrup 50 cents per gallon and fresh butter and eggs.
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Wilcox
Wilcox County
Americus
Ln Bucnanan & Rev
Railroad Collision Near Powersville Ends In Wreck
A regular freight train carrying stock for a ten cent circus stalled near Powersville and ran back. A following special freight then struck the rear coach, splitting the car and wrecking both trains. One circus employee was killed and the manager severely injured. The engineer and fireman escaped by leaping from their cab.
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Southwestern
Columbus
Macon
Cincinnati Lithographing
Powersville
Cincinnati
Misunderstanding on Georgia State Farmers' Alliance call
A letter from Lagrange Georgia dated November 8 1887 explains confusion over a Schley County Farmers' Alliance call to meet in Americus November 16 to organize a State Alliance. It cites a National Alliance secretary stating no proclamation has been issued for a Georgia State Alliance and that details will follow.
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Georgia State Alliance
Bro
RE. B. Warren
National Alliance
Dallas
Tex
J.B. Wilkes
Bro. Wilkes
State Alliance
Georgia
E. B. Warren
Funeral of Mr. R. R. Rutherford Endears Local Community
Mr. R R Rutherford died yesterday afternoon after weeks confined to bed. A respected book-keeper by trade, he resided in the city for years after moving from Columbia. Survived by wife Miss Nettle Comes and children, the family and town mourn his loss. Earlier, a cow incident on Troup street startled a child of Mr H D Watts but caused only minor bruises.
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R. R. Rutherford
Rutherford
Columbia
Nettle Comes
Jno. R. Leamon
Troup Street
Flour sale and milk cow for sale at market
Big lot of flour offered cheap at Brown Frexeu and Co. A good milk cow is for sale at the Beef Market and inquiries may be directed to E C Speen.
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Brown, Frexeu & Co.’s
Applyto
E. C. Speen
Sumter County to get magnificent court house soon
A reporter discovers the Sumter County court house near completion after being barred from viewing. Nearly all rooms are finished and well lit, with a large vault for records and a sunlit court room on the upper floor. Clocks and furnishing remain. completion may stretch to two months, with occupancy hoped by January.
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Chance
Superior Court
Sumter County
Quits Nice Sum At Americus Bank In One Day
A Bank of Southwestern Georgia teller noted a daily deposit by C C Stone of the Southwestern railroad office of $1 081 67 paid by a Central Railroad and Banking Company check. The Americus office reportedly averaged $30 000 a month in Sept Oct Nov and over $1 000 a day. Annual receipts at Americus are estimated between $300 and $400 daily, making Americus the best paying office south of Macon and signaling its status as a strong Southwest Georgia business town.
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Bank of Southwestern Georgia
C. C. Stone
Southwestern Railroad
Central Railroad and Banking Company
Americus
Macon
Georgia
Americus Crowned Southwest Georgia Cotton Market
The Boss Market shows Americus paying higher cotton prices than rivals, attracting farmers to town for receipts. Last week premiums ranged from a quarter to a half cent per pound, spurring brisk merchant trade Saturday as stocks rose, signaling Americus’s rising status.
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Americus
Georgia
Soda Water to day at Davenport's Dava Store
Boots and shoes cheap at Brows Faenen and Co. offer a terse local ad noting soda water available today at Davenport's Dava Store and discounts on footwear from Brows Faenen & Co.
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Davenport
Dava
Faenen & Co
Four anarchists executed after Cook County sentence
In November 11, four archiste spies Fischer Engelang Parsons were hanged in the Cook county jail corridor after a court sentence. The jail and city were ringed by military and heavy police, amid socialistic fears but no outbreak occurred and things passed quietly.
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Bpecial
Recomnep
Cuca
Fischer
Engelang
Parsons
Cook County
Cotton Receipts Boost Through Early November Movement
Chronicle reports week ending November 1 shows total receipts at 801600 bales, up from prior weeks, with September 1 totals 2840845 bales versus 1889015 in 1886. Interior stocks up 38278 bales, 24050 bales above last year. Plantations since Sept 1 total 2668658 bales. imports in continental ports 65000 bales. Market volatility in New York causes sharp price moves amid crop rumors and improving weather boosted gathering in the South.
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Chronicle
The
New York Cotton Exchange
New Orleans
Ite
Memphis
Liverpool
Bureau
New York
South
Markets Grow as Winter Arrives in Macon Area
Our Markets notes a thriving market for winter goods with strong competition among green groceries. Turkeys are scarce and in high demand, while eggs remain plentiful and cheap. Butter is available at reasonable prices, and housewives anticipate better profits as the season progresses.
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Macon
Atlanta
Bevin Doctored for Tetter Cure Claimed in Letter
A letter from a patient attests that Bevin, identified as a drvessoint in a single line, has cured a persistent skin disease Tetter. The brief note signs off with Yours and other customary closings.
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Bevin
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Bomo Freight
A. M. Harvey
Buena Vista
A. J. Harvey
Brown, French & Co
Cellene
J. A
D. F. Davenport
Mill & Schneider
Thornton Wheatley
Mr.eatley
Wu Uy
Wheatley
Bela Lys Cave
W. Glover
Drvo Strong
Pieckier Beige
Parron
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