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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1885
Page
7
In Ont the B ras ndron on November 19 officials criticize past and current methods in the Treasury and civil service. They urge reforms to prevent fraud and duplication of bonds and notes, noting past losses from duplicated coupons and untracked bank note redemptions. A call for new paper, formats, and private-bank like precautions.
At lants anti prohibitionists tout 30000 red badges while a Dec ballot in Dodge County seeks a whisky question election. Atlanta medical college votes wet or dry. results show strong prohibition. Athens distilleries double capacity. one at Madison seeks privilege. Clarke county liquor license expires Dec 31, ending whisky traffic. tent event in Atlanta spurs anti whiskey imagery. A Texas doctor recounts a six hour ride proving a country village can create its own doctor.
A narrator recalls bargaining for steerage to America at a Liverpool office. A tall clerk quotes fares to Boston and other cities for three pounds, with Washington excluded. The dialogue covers berths, rail connections, and a generous steerage contract on the Adriatic with provisions for meals, water, and comfort aboard.
A Richmond Kansas man, C Blake, touts a ten year weather forecast scheme predicting a cold era through 1895. He prints a periodical The Future with rhymed verses and odd prophecies about weather, prices, and social quirks, aiming to rival the Weather Bureau.
Boom era in Lumpkin and Richland as new railroad spurs growth. Trains run daily to Richland nine miles away and may reach Lumpkin by mid December. Colonel Hawkins surveys depot site while Richland builds two storehouses and nineteen lots sell. Lumpkin reports several new stores, warehouses, homes under way, and newcomers.
A Bunyan Alder, then a county resident, cut timber for a gate and posts and set them on the Ztck Hardage farm. The gate and posts remain in their place, with the farmyard in good repair and preserved.
A brief letter from Brannon and Cannon in Columbus Georgia reports strong sales of a Georgia Chill Remedy and notes no reported bad effects, indicating broad customer satisfaction and ongoing wholesale distribution.
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