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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1902
Page
9
A column urges Butts county schoolboys to enter a contest from The Argus with prizes from The Argus and American Farmer. It notes reactions from readers about habits, court cases, and social quirks, including remarks on friends, marriage, and a judge jailing a slang user.
A parade of wagging tongues and social quips recounts political unseriousness and ethnic slurs, war reminiscences, marriage quirks, misprints, and a printer’s nerve. Contributors share jokes, observations, and the Devil column’s cheeky reflections on readers and editors alike.
A Georgia editor laments sensationalism and praises balanced reporting. The column ridicules campaign liars and notes a St Louis man who married in Arkansas after a trip to buy mules. It highlights local figures like Ernest Smith and W. E. Smith praising honesty, while criticizing mudslinging and unjust character attacks in elections.
Purported medical pill advert claims Dr King’s New Life Pills cure constipation sick head ache dizziness jaundice malaria fever and ague and all liver and stomach troubles. Describes the remedy as purely vegetable with no griping and priced at 25 cents at Harris Drug Co.
A vintage advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as stopping a cough and curing a cold in one day with a no cure no pay promise. The ad notes a price of 25 cents.
A flood washed down a telegraph line forcing Chas G C Ellis of Lisbon Indiana to repair in waist deep icy water. He suffered a severe cough and cold until using Dr Kings New Discovery, which cured him after six bottles. Harris Drug Co sells the remedy for 50c and 1.00 with a guarantee for coughs colds and throat and lung troubles.
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