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Newspaper
Cedartown Express
Location
Cedartown, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1878
Page
3
An old newspaper ad cites Dr Kings Worm Oil sold by Bradford & Allen and Burbank & Jones with testimonials from customers in Cedartown Rockmart and Rams Ga. The notice claims the product kills worms and reduces doctors bills, and references a certificate dated October 22 1876.
Local Cedartown notices detail merchants selling a wide array of goods at low cash prices including crockery glassware groceries and seed. Dated items reference firm dissolutions and debt payments along with community notes on schools churches and local events. A stray death and a missing Deaf and Dumb Institute boy are noted amid weather and farm updates.
Local brief notes show Jud Crawh resuming business soon at his old stand. Dr Joe Liddell has moved from Esom Hill to Cedartown, welcomed by citizens. Cedartown Methodists plan a parsonage with subscriptions aimed at nine hundred dollars, lot secured, printing activity noted.
Bold offer for ten cent sample bottles of Grove Flower Ground Syrup claimed to cure coughs colds and lung affections and even consumption. Advertises regular size fifty doses for one dollar and mentions historical Georgia figures to boost credibility.
A fragmentary item lists dramatic concerns from Vesuvius to local church sermons, notes modest fundraising for a Kentucky college endowment, praises Giles Lane’s business steadiness, and urges Cedartown to invest in fire protection with a hand engine, cisterns, ladders, and a firehouse to reduce insurance costs.
The writer recounts a visit to the Deaf and Dumb Institute in Dive Spring. They describe touring facilities including living rooms, chapel, laundry, and baths, noting cleanliness and improvements, while commenting on residents and staff, and expressing overall satisfaction with the visit.
Our notice touts a new invention the Queen City skirt suspenders praised as blessing for women’s health by easing heavy skirt loads. It invites reliable women to become agents, opening a pleasant, profitable business with agents selling exclusively through Queen City Suspender Company at 278 Clark Street Cincinnati Ohio.
Farmers are urged to buy scales directly from the Chicago Beale Company. They note widespread underweighing by middlemen and claim their scales cut costs by about half. With many orders, prices stay low, and settlers are advised to procure the best scale directly.
A crowded sale of undeveloped land is planned with lots advertised at four to five dollars per acre. Purchasers may claim 20 percent on the owner and cover costs. If the sale fails, buyers could obtain land for 10 to 16 cents per acre. Fishing mentions and torpedo hooks are noted with local humor.
The fragment mentions saw mill work by Moss Poon and Al Jon with substantial lumber, dozens of tons of guano sold, Dr Ferguson and Moss, I. & J. Manne figures, and a rough Sunday incident involving Jake Madden and Cornelis Sprathag. It references two sets of city fathers and ongoing rioting, urging magistrates to halt the disturbance.
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