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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1889
Page
5
Advert reads a grocer’s notice on prompt handling of orders and a plan to monitor subscriptions, with names and places like Americus and Lee sburg. It mentions local shoppers, delivery, and a broad list of goods including coffee, crackers, meats, produce, and canned items, plus an agent on Lamar Street.
In Schley County, near Americus, Mr. Ben Grantham narrowly escaped death when his horse bolted as another buggy stalled at Reese’s crossing on the B V and E railroad. The engine struck the buggy after the horse toppled, killing the horse and destroying the buggy and harness valued at 250 dollars. The engineer acted properly with crossing signals. no blame attached.
Ansley & Ansley filed suit for personal injuries on a hand car incident near Ponster’s Mill to Americus. Beaty, a 27 year old bridge-builder earning a dollar daily, alleges a foreman’s guidance caused a rail-aced fence to flip the car, throwing him down an embankment and inflicting severe injuries, with permanent damage and medical costs.
A Sunday morning report recounts C. H. McCaskill, a brick mason, being robbed of his valise in Smithville on his way to Montgomery. John Smith is jailed after being accused by McCaskill and Steve Perry. The item also notes a telephone exchange shift, an upcoming eight page city subscriber list, pension payments guidance, a fading bar and restaurant closure, and stray army tramp concerns with street cleaning efforts and wood requests.
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