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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1884
Page
5
An old newspaper fragment outlines subscription rates, a local post office opening, and personal updates. It lists merchants, goods for sale, and household items, then blends into social notes about residents, church meetings, and upcoming railroad work.
Promoter John B. Doris brings a world class museum and circus blend to Americus on Monday, Oct. 27. Highlights include Theodorus the White Spotted Sacred Elephant and a grand troupe of riders acrobats and jugglers with fifty musician chariots and pages of celebrated performers.
An interview recounts Gen Cole discussing Georgia marble versus utilitic stone for the capitol, the bid process, and the role of a strong lobbying effort to urge higher appropriation. He cites a Maine and Vermont marble contrast, progress on work, and visits to quarries in Toledo with contractors’ bonds.
Read the Louisville Courier Journal on John B Doris new monster show. A mammoth circus and menagerie featuring forty acts across three rings with trained animals, unusual attractions, and a sacred white spotted elephant Theodorus. Also notes a local jury report against bargain merchant S M Cober and a Georgia state fair lineup highlighting racing Jersey cattle machinery and a skating rink.
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