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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1898
Page
2
A historical vignette notes President Polk in the White House chair and Doctor Ayer in Lowell, linking governance and healing. It recalls the belief that a liver-pill could influence a president’s vigor, mentioning Ayer's Pills from fifty years prior.
The pills were praised as a model purgative with ingredients tuned to bowels and liver. Popularity was instant and continued, as noted by a medal awarded at the World's Fair 1893.
The passage argues that a good name is a priceless asset arising from virtue, industry, perseverance, and trust in a higher power. It cannot be inherited or bought, but earned through rectitude, independence, benevolence, and moral conduct, shaping life regardless of birth or wealth.
The text emphasizes formation of character from ages 14 to 21, arguing that early habits become permanent. It warns that a single poor act can ruin a long-built name, while a good name arises from strong moral principles guiding actions. A good name brings esteem, protection, and lasting happiness for individuals and society.
Advertises Swift's Specific as a blood cleanser and tonic to purify the blood, strengthen the stomach, restore appetite, and prevent spring and summer illnesses. Claims it is a fully vegetable remedy with no minerals or arsenic. Encourages taking S S S to stay well throughout summer.
A reflective essay urges readers to embrace joy and kindness despite sorrow. It extols merriment, sunshine, and social warmth while cautioning against letting grief darken life, citing Emerson on seriousness and the Christian ideal of spreading cheer.
A hotel manager during the World’s Fair writes from Springfield Ohio praising M M Fenner’s Blood and Liver Remedy and Nerve Tonic. He describes initial languor and nervousness, notes his doctor’s recommendation, and credits the remedies with his full recovery. For sale by J W Crum.
Cotton seed hulls prices set on and after February 15. Loose hulls cost 20 cents per hundred weight and baled hulls 23 dollars per ton. The notice appears from Jackson Omri Co. and Lakes.
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