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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1887
Page
6
Two young American women in Versailles comment on a couple opposite them in an omnibus. The man jokes about his wife’s money while the wife and observers judge, revealing culture clash and social pretenses in a playful Parisian setting.
Observant readers note cuff buttons on military coats. The practice began in the English army when soldiers drew cuffs over the nose and mouth to use handkerchiefs, defacing cuffs. To prevent this, officers proposed buttons on the sleeves, initially flat atop the sleeves, later moving backward as handkerchiefs shifted forward.
A clipping cites M B Lancaster praising Darbys Prophylactic Fluid for preventing typhoid fever and describes it as a disinfectant. It also notes a sandpit discovery of large prehistoric teeth likely from a creature eating timber, and mentions Ayer’s Ague Cure as a tonic for chills and fever with claimed cures.
A stranger at a Midwestern depot jokes with a conductor as he drinks away time before the Grand River Valley train. Honey shortages grip Illinois Wisconsin and Michigan while California ships honey east. Peter de Young recounts his jury service and career shifts after assisting a conviction, seeking new work with State's Attorney Grinnell.
Warning about self-destroying consumption symptoms and urging early treatment with Dr Pierce s Golden Medical Discovery as a cure. Also notes a Plymouth resident protecting grapevines with an induction coil device and quotes endorsements for Ayer s Sarsaparilla from C C Dame of Andover Maine. Manuel Barriant and wife celebrate their 80th wedding anniversary. husband age 102 and wife 100 in Poras.
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