Postage Rates and Household Goods in a Late 19th Century Paper
A jumble of postal rules and advertisements describes postage charges for letters by weight, special stamps, and delivery rules, followed by a string of consumer ads. It notes a 10 cent stamp for articles to populous towns, then shifts to products such as hair restorers, carving cloths, and tonics, ending with society notices and agricultural premiums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Jiseusus
Syphillisa Food & RI
W. HH. Betts
M. D
Whitehall St
Atlanta
Honest Medicine Promoted by Local Reader
An elderly correspondent writes about repeated purchases of various remedies for liver kidneys and blood that harmed them. The writer urges readers to consider Dr Harter’s Iron Tonic as a trustworthy medicine available locally, asking for reader caution against inferior preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harter
Eorror
F. A. Toomer
Perry
Joseph Palmer
Feagin
Wlw. Smith
Echeconnee
W. B. Jobson
Macon
Saya
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Loxpon
Great Britain
U.S
New York
Swayne
Dr. Swayne & Son
Phila
P. L. Holt
The
State Agricultural Society
Georgia
America
Wm. A. J. Sparks
Ee Land Office
Confederate Soldiers’ Organ
Louisville, KY
Merit
O.T
O.I. C. CO
Perry, GA
Barnesville
Greenwood Street
Baily
D. Barnesville Ga
Edgerton House
E. E. Brown & Son
B. ML. Woolley
Atlanta, GA
J. E
Wylie
Benton Ark
R. B. Stovel
Michmond
G. W. Clifton
Million Ala
Thos. W. Mays
Greenville
Florida
W. W Smith
M Db
Williston
J W Franklin
Gallatin
Tenn
Col B . Sawyer
Atlanta Ga
H Frysinner
Chester Pa
David L. Dark
Trier
Texas
Whitehall Street
Thomaston St
W. H. Woodall
Grarnce W. Jorpaan
W.R. Murphy & Co
Guernsey
Madonga
Second St
Cor
Sixth
Cherry St
South
Julius King
J. M. Stevens
Joyner St
W. Peters St
E. T
R. R
Eagle Planing Mills
T. C. Burke
Institute
Thomastoon
K. GA
G. A. Harrison
Prin
Willner
L. Holmes & CO
Griffin Marble& Granite Works
George G. McNamara
Griffin, GA
C. T. Tyler
Barnesuille
Dr. Winwood
R.C. Wilder
PINE
Tarrison
Joy Anart
Joe Wooten
J.C. Porch
Excelsior Stove
Knowles
Hancock
Hunnicut & Bellingrath
Peachtree Street
Orme & Reynolds
Yellow Pine
Willing
AM & Co
Chattanooga
Willingham & CO
G. P. Riviere
Thomaston
J. D.ham
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