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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1898
Page
6
The Monroe Advertiser notes a single negro cavalryman rode with a splendid Kentucky charger through Forsyth en route to Cuba after transfer. The story questions cruel treatment in a closed freight car in hot climate and calls for scrutiny by animal cruelty observers.
Advertises Electric Bitters as a universal remedy for back problems kidneys malaria and nervous troubles. Claims to tone liver and kidneys purify blood relieve constipation headaches fainting insomnia and melancholy. Describes product as vegetable mild laxative restores vigor and guarantees satisfaction at 50 cents per bottle.
W A Pledger of Atlanta funded a Clayton county relative and Confederate veteran Joseph Pledger to attend the reunion. He furnished travel money, a Confederate uniform, boarded him, and covered entertainment costs, meeting him on arrival and sending him home. The gesture stood as a touching example of former slaves’ affection for their former owners.
Advertises Botanic Blood Balm B B B as a blood purifier and skin cure. Claims internal treatment clears pimples and improves health, with testimonials and price of one large bottle. Requests stamps and lists Atlanta Georgia as company location. Sold by druggists in Texas.
An advertisement discusses women’s hard labor in homes and factories and links overwork to menstral and nervous disorders. It promotes Bradfield's Female Regulator as a quick, permanent cure for chronic female ailments and notes it costs one dollar per bottle with free books mailed from the Bradfield Regulator Co in Atlanta Georgia.
In Parliament First Lord Goschen announced plans to add 20 ships 4 battleships 4 cruisers and 12 torpedo boat destroyers at a cost of £8,000,000 within 3.5 years to strengthen the navy to rival two leading powers. The move follows Russia expanding its navy by four extra cruisers late in 1898.
The article praises the Shakers of Mount Lebanon New York for a century of study on digestion and endorses their Digestive Cordial as a safe effective indigestion remedy. It notes a trial bottle costs 10 cents and claims the tonic aids digestion by supplying pre-digested food and easing symptoms. It also mentions LAXOL as best for children and cites a Spanish official on fighting the Rough Riders.
The incident marks a symbolic end to the war era as Ponce surrenders to the cruiser Dixie and the battleship Massa chusetts arrives with a Dixie themed band. A Pulaski Ky stock dealer touts Chamberlain's remedy after a weeklong flux. A local ad urges cautious political risk taking with roundness and concealment.
Disease gripped a woman for seven years with organ undermining illness and a three month cough. After trying King’s New Discovery for Consumption she slept well after the first dose and, with two bottles, was cured. Mrs. Luther Luiz from Shelby, N.C. endorses the remedy. Free trial bottles at drug stores. regular sizes 50 cents and 1.00. guaranteed to help.
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