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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1886
Page
2
The snippet shows an October 21, 1966 issue of a Webster County organ with city and county notices. It appears as a public notices page in Americus with local governmental announcements and community items.
The piece recalls the transformation from stage lines to railroad access in Sumter County, noting travel times, cotton hauling costs, and the 1851 Oglethorpe railroad arrival. It credits local pioneers who funded the Americus extension, highlights immigrant settlement from South Carolina and Putnam County, and praises the new narrow gauge line and regional prosperity.
Sumter County Georgia by order of the Ordinary will sell at public auction in Pren ton Webster county on the first Tuesday in November an undivided half interest in lands described as Lots 1 5 6 28 West half Lot 126 50 acres off 32 85 acres off 145 35 acres off Northwest corner of 176 totaling about 1050 acres in the 32d District Webster county known as Burke and Mathews property. Sold for heirs. Terms cash except Lot 28 half cash and balance in 12 months bond for titles.
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