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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1885
Page
1
Macon report dated November twenty fifth lists Joan B Eauest as Manager of the Sonthori Telegraph, with the telegraph office operation noted for the day.
In Atlanta both sides claim victory as city and county precincts report mixed results. Prohibition supporters lead in Cook's District by about 600 votes while wet proponents gain 560 in country precincts. city totals remain undecided with officials not yet matching figures. The manager cites no official result at closing, and late reports vary between wet and dry majorities.
A local vote cited as Toonspay Maxama Atlanta went dry by a two hundred fifty vote majority. Details remain sparse in the fragment.
A girl wed an older man in Sylvania, and the Thomas county stock breeders fair is set for the first Saturday in December in Thomasville. An Athens man underwent thirteen teeth extracted in one session, while Dougherty peers seek a prohibition election. A Lowndes Superior Court juror panel met with no fully experienced member. Mrs. H J Goss owns an autograph of Gen Tom Thumb from 1849, and Elijah Youngblood of Coffee County traces life from 1820 with 991 deer slain and a goal of 1,000 before taking his oath.
Mr Fricker traveled north for a month this fall and a study of their stock suggests he was not idle while there, with observations indicating active engagement and task completion.
Meant to replace old political lines with a common reform, leaders push temperance as a national moral issue to rally mothers and wives. They claim it could erase sectional strife, citing Kansas and Iowa as strong bases and noting local option gains in Georgia and the Carolinas. Russia’s licensing example is cited to show progress despite limited education and press access. St. John and allies would be sidelined unless they join the faith or go independent.
A Charleston News and Courier report, via A. J. Baker & Bro., outlines castor bean cultivation in the United States. It notes rising demand for castor beans for oil and lubricants, says prime clean beans fetch about 1.58 per bushel, and provides planting, soil, cultivation, and harvest guidance based on Kansas results.
The article details medicinal uses of lemons from a physician treating small pox with lemonace to relieve hoarseness, fevers, chills, rheumatism, and corns. It also notes culinary value, including lemon rind in custards and other dishes, and warns the white rind is inferior.
An old advertisement extols Brown's Iron Bitters as a remedy for general weakness and debility. It claims the product vitalizes the blood tones the nerves and renovates the system, appealing to readers feeling prostrated and near death’s door.
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