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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1887
Page
2
Georgia newspapers trumpet the President’s visit to Alabama and Georgia locations, report large crowds at the Piedmont Exposition and State Fair, and note editor exchanges. They discuss Mrs Cleveland, local politics, and the need for cleaner blood via Ayer’s Sarsaparilla.
The Albany News and Advertiser praises the Illustrated Recouper issued for Sumter County at Piedmont Exposition, while criticizing indiscriminate distribution. It lauds Sumter exhibit’s impact on Southwest Georgia and notes publishers’ funding. Savannah News discusses railroad hopes for Savannah Dublin and Western. Fort Valley Enterprise reports on local railroad work and wages. An ad touts Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for consumption.
The legislature adjourned on the 20th as promised. It is uncertain what bills passed or what good they will do until official reports arrive. The piece notes predictions that adjournment would come after the Exposition and cites John Boyle O’Kelly asserting large payments to British spies of the Irish in America.
Readers in Dawson Abbeville Macon Findlay Lampkin Independent and Butler Herald hail the Illustrated Edition of the Americus Recorder trade issue. They praise its beauty, tint, and numerous illustrations showing Americus and Southwest Georgia’s growth and rail connections.
Even Jo Harrell of Webster did not object to doubling the high court from three to five. The measure passed both houses with no dissent. Judge Harrell supports bills benefiting the state. The piece notes Republican northern criticism of the president’s southern trip and mocks a July incident at the Kimball.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as the best remedy for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and eruptions. It guarantees satisfaction or money refunded with price per box stated as centa. Sold by Dr. N. J. Eldridge.
An 19th century advertisement-like piece describes a broad illness with chest pain fatigue poor appetite and coughing progressing to eye yellowing and digestive issues. It claims half the population suffers from this disease and promotes Shaker Extract of Roots as a cure turning food into nourishment and curing indigestion with millions of bottles sold and many testimonials.
The Sumter Sheriff Sale for October will occur before the courthouse door in Americus Bonn County Georgia. The property is the A J Williams place, lot 101 in the 26th district Sumter County. It was levied to satisfy a Superior Court claim in favor of A J Buchanan Brown.
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