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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1884
Page
6
A Georgia narrator recalls a humorous dinner creation recounting sartorial cleanliness a judge and Cobb in New York and a later old fashioned barbecue with darkey cooks, family guests, and lively storytelling ending with melons and a calm evening after shared tales and song.
Washington, Sept 3. Representative Townsend of Illinois predicts Harrison the Democrat will win the governorship and Cleveland may amass nearly as many votes. He notes Germans leaning toward Democrats this year. A Democratic headquarters message lists over 400 independent Republicans in one Ohio district, many not yet for Cleveland but opposed to Blaine. A Democratic seat report from Ohio says expelled voters are rallying for Cleveland and over 70 joined a Democratic club in Columbus.
A Methodist minister recalls a witty farewell, then Bloomington Connecticut mourns Julia Place a seventy seven year old blind deaf mute who learned to identify objects people and colors by touch Her memory is noted Lula Hurst plans San Francisco exhibitions at a thousand dollars per night hinting Sullivan's former fame as a benchmark
In Luurkix Georgia on September 4 two Stewart County conventions met one for county representation and another for a Twelfth district senator. After multiple ballots and shifting support Humber of Stewart and Fitzgerald of Quitman led before Humber finally secured the nomination at daybreak, following a long contest that also saw Watts and Guerry nominated briefly.
A Minnesota crank claims the devil in human form walks the earth and will seize power in early 1886 before June 24. He predicts horrors, a demon rule at the presidential inauguration, and a mark on the foreheads of followers. The piece urges voting for Cleveland and Hendricks to defeat the devil and restore honest rule.
In Georgia the thirteenth district rallying behind Hon J N Hudson with high praise for his integrity and leadership and calling him the best man to benefit the state in the Senate. The Montezuma Record notes opposition to the Americus senatorial convention and questions about Macon delegation actions amid hot political debate.
Mrs Belva A Lookwoon, a noted lawyer from Wasmxatox, accepts the presidential nomination of the Women’s National Equal Rights party in California. She writes to Marietta L Stowe and Eliza J Webb, endorsing anti monopoly and civil service policies and noting ethnic and temperance considerations in voter appeal.
A historical explainer on the U S Electoral College outlining how voters elect the president and vice president through electors, state by state, with notes on majority rules and potential House intervention. It mentions the 1834 election contingency and includes unrelated anecdotes about a colored boy Wit, crop profits from Peter Henderson, and a skeletal portrait of a Lumpkin elder.
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