Georgia peach boom spreads through Marshallville and Fort Valley
Marshallville and Fort Valley report booming peach culture with Rumphp and Moore families leading plantings. News notes tens of thousands of trees, large shipments to New York, and plans to expand acreage despite frost risks. Fort Valley hosts Captain James expanding 7,000 to 14,000 trees, with a 50 acre strawberry patch and a strawberry dinner. Georgia markets challenge California fruit as New York commissions menacing demand.
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Fort Valley
J. B. James
Southern Farm Fever Drives Northern to New Heights
In Fort Valley Enterprise Dec 10 1880s style piece Capt J B James ships strawberries priced at fifty cents per quart grown outdoors proving climate and soil superior for fruit. A New Yorker reports buying southern farms for ten dollars an acre. Roads are muddy but climate and manufacturing odds attract investors. advise northerners to relocate south for health and affordability.
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Fort Valley
James
New Yorker
The
Evening Post
New
South
New England
Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters Almanac Sets Yearly Record
The world renowned Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters Almanac celebrates over 30 years of popularity and the Hosteller Company of Pittsburg reports 11 months of annual production with at least ten million copies for 1800 in multiple languages. It promises health guidance, testimonials, astronomical data and chronology notes, available free from druggists and country dealers nationwide.
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Hostetter
Hosteller Company
Pittsburg
Honda
They Mean Business Dr Bage Catarrh Remedy Ad
An old advertisement touts Dr Bage Catarrh Remedy with a $500 reward for uncured nasal catarrh. It claims 50 cent price and world wide fame, detailing numerous symptoms and warning of consumption and death from misdiagnosis, urging readers to seek the remedy. Also notes a Sparta Georgia item about rising demand for Southern butter in the North and a large New York order for butter from Hon W J Norther.
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Bage
Sparta
Happy Woman Finds Relief with Favorite Prescription
A Victorian era notice touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for female ailments. It claims the product relieves catarrh, excites, and various weaknesses, helping women compare their improved health to past suffering after use.
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