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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1908
Page
2
A teacher asks about zones and Johnny replies with a playful quip naming two kinds: masculine zones are temperate and intemperate while feminine zones are both horrid and frigid. The remark illustrates a child’s humorous misreading of climate terms.
A Jackson Georgia advertisement promotes cod liver oil extract Vinol as a blood-building remedy for anaemia. It claims Vinol combines iron peptonate with cod liver elements, promises restoration of health, and offers money-back if Vinci fails, urging readers to buy from Hanna Drug Co.
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup is advertised as a cough remedy that tastes like maple syrup and appeals to children. It claims to ease cold symptoms without causing constipation and to act gently on the bowels to expel the cold. Sold by Hanua Drug Company.
Rent notice for a residence on N Oak Street near the Presbyterian church. Apply to R. P. Lasnett at Jackson Banking Co. J. G. Thompson.
A fragment of a button found on a windowsill led a constable to arrest a burglar later wearing the exact waistcoat with the broken button. The same button clue connected to the murder of Mr. Delarue in Belsize Lane Hempstead, aiding a hangman’s outcome.
Postmaster Thomas Stenton of Pontypool Ontario reports eight years of rheumatic pains and says Chamberlain's Pain Balm gave more relief than any prior remedy. He recommends it to others. Available for sale by Jamerson Drug Co. in Jackson Georgia.
A New York editor narrates a tale from the Philadelphia Ledger about a man who fathered twelve children all rocked to sleep by the same toe in the same cradle. The cradle wears out after the 12th child, the wife fears its end, and the husband slides her a ten-dollar bill for a sturdier cradle on the next city trip.
An advertisement cites E. O. DeWitt & Co. of Chicago and a Georgia reader C N Cornell from Roding praising Kodol For Dyspepsia. The letter claims relief for stomach and bowel disease after using the product since 1902 and notes its blood purifying and tonic effects. Sold by Hanna Drug Co. in Jackson Georgia.
Jackson Soda and Fruit Company lists Jackson local post cards sold exclusively through its outlets.
In 1862 at Vicksburg Mississippi Confederate telegraph operators Philip Fall and Daniel Lve 8 saved the city by alerting General Smith that a large Union gunboat and transport fleet had passed Lake Providence. The revelation halted a planned Yankee attack and inspired a swift Confederate response, ending in a battle near Chickasaw Bayou and preserving Vicksburg for months.
State of Ohio records show Frank J Cheney sworn as senior partner of F J Cheney and Co Toledo offering one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Claim states internal remedy, testimonials sent, price 75 cents, pills for constipation.
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