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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1897
Page
7
A sales announcement touts hats as essential to a womans outdoor toilette and invites customers to the Star Stores Millinery Department opening. It promises fashionable, well-priced headwear and urges readers to come and view a galaxy of goods in a season of beauty.
The Atlanta Constitution reports on Tom Delk in Fulton County Jail where a famed haunted cell draws visitors. Prisoners describe midnight rattling chains, eerie voices, and spectral presences while Delk remains unfazed and claims only that something lurks, possibly a family legacy of spirits.
An advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh cures with Hall's Catarrh Cure. It cites endorsements from West Truax Kinnan Marvin in Toledo and asserts the remedy (price 75 cents per bottle) treats catarrh internally and affects blood and mucous surfaces.
Sam, a young recruit, earns trust on picket by handling a test from a commanding officer. The officer seizes Sam’s musket and plans a court martial, but Sam uses a fence rail to subdue him and arrests the officer, returning to headquarters with the weapon. The incident cements Sam as a fearless, reliable picket man.
Old people needing medicine for bowel and kidney regulation can find relief with Electric Bitters. The tonic and alterative aids digestion, strengthens the stomach and bowels, and supports natural function without stimulants or alcohol. Priced at fifty cents and one dollar per bottle at drug stores.
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