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Newspaper
Americus Weekly Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1889
Page
5
Advertises Bic EIT Chocolate Creams at 25c and Finest French Candies Fresh Pure. Promotes Fruit red Stick Candy and Durgeas Big Lamp goods with prices. Features Tolet Soaps, Fruit Baskets, multiple toilet soaps, Easter Kegs baskets, Fresh Mackerel, Cheesi ed Reet, Cocoa, Brunswick Hams, Magnolia, Picnic Hams, Boneless lams, Breakfast Bacon and Lard, Irish Potatoes and Onions at 25 per peck.
E D Ansley and David Rodgere visit the city while Judge Scott and editor Emmet Houser pass through. Numerous residents and travelers are noted, including Miss Glass of Magnolia Springs, Prof Call, and Mrs. Murphey welcoming a newborn. Farmers report Magnolia Springs cotton damage from Friday’s heavy rain. An English walnut from Mr G Logan draws attention and locals complain about barn fence advertising on barns and fences.
A special committee of the council and Col Hawkins brokered a settlement over freight division for piping and other material used in laying city mains. After initial disputes and a tie vote, the committee secured Hawkins agreement to an equal future freight split, contingent on his keeping promises on city crossings and a bridge repair.
A special announcement from Thornton Wheatley, lender of the dry goods trade, touts a complete, high value fall and winter stock. The message promises low prices, strong bargains, and early buyer advantages, with Fleetwood & Co. Druggists and Cook's Pharmacy also mentioned amid local notices and social events.
AmeRicus Guano Company of split city seeks cotton seed delivery at 21 cents per bushel until further notice. Will exchange 1000 pounds of seed meal for 2000 pounds of cotton seed and will consume a large quantity this season. Bring seed to the factory for receipt, no other place.
Advertisers A Mack & Co pledge repeated calls to Sumter county readers and surrounding areas, promising new fall stock from New York markets with anti monopoly prices. They emphasize fresh goods, open doors, and friendly staff to show products and prices, plus a vow to help customers beat high prices and the jute trust. They couple this with notices on mineral waters, turnip seeds, and fresh drugs at Hall’s Drug Store, touting no old stock.
A brief puzzle note invites readers to place eight chess men on a chessboard so that no two attack each other by any line. It claims the puzzle is old and solvable with study. It then advertises a milk shake and a first class smoke at Fleetwood & Co. Drug Store on Forsyth Street.
A circulated subscription list among East Americas church members has raised funds sufficient to renovate the building. Plans include a front vestibule and belfry tower, a rear addition increasing seating, plastering and painting, a new fence, and beautified grounds.
A notice for Lowe a broker and commission merchant in Georgia announces cabinet photographs for a 30 day period. The unclear OCR reads American Georgia and refers to cabinet photographs and a follow up data period.
Last week the first week of electric railway track laying was completed from Church street to College Hill and along Jackson street to Lee street, extending to Judge Ansley’s residence. About eight hundred feet per day were laid with only thirty workers, plans to add fifty to sixty next week and start a second gang from Leeton Park lands toward the city to meet the opposite crews. Progress in the city center is delayed until sewer work clears the way, after which streets will be returned to first class condition.
Mr. P. L. Holt of the city returns from a Northern trip and says he met the Georgia Farmers Excur sion in Cincinnati and accompanied them to Columbus. He notes the Georgia delegation is delighted with the country and the reception by Buckeye residents, though climate and cooler nights bring some change.
A. J. Buchanan brings a nine foot three inch banana leaf and a tree bearing twenty eight mature bananas. Question posed who can beat this near Americus. Max Altman features a large burned owl at his Cotton Avenue saloon, sent by a friend from the G 84 F road.
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