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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1898
Page
5
A Confederate veteran portrait incident in Atlanta ends with a threat to smear mud, stopped by veterans and a northern-born speaker pledging to defend Lee’s memory. An Atlanta pastor credits Chamberlain’s Cholera remedy for saving his life after cholera morbus. An elderly reader admires a carving scene and recalls a child’s diarrheal illness cured by Chamberlain’s remedy. Farmers anticipate two harvest moons this month and ponder the harvest.
Hananuma Masakichi of Tokio carved a two thousand piece wooden figure so lifelike that observers cannot distinguish it from the artist. The sculpture features identical scars veins and wrinkles with glass eyes and eyelash details.
A fable from the Danville Breeze notes a donkey entering a shop seeking the proprietor who questions why a donkey is there. The beast explains he saw the advert on the fence around its pasture and thought the owner a donkey too for not advertising in a live newspaper.
Pulaski Kentucky stock dealer Mr John Mathias reports suffering from flux for over a week. After a physician could not help, he used Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and says half a bottle cured. Sold by Flovilla Drug Co.
John R. Straton, Mercer University student for two years, won the medal at the Southern Oratorical Contest in Monteagle on July 26. The event included Tulane, Ole Miss, Millsaps, Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, and Mercer, and led to the formation of the Southern Intercollegiate Oratorical Association with Straton named president.
An advertisement claims Electric Bitters cure Lame Back, Weak Kidneys, Malaria, and nervous troubles. It says the vegetable tonic tones the liver and kidneys, unifies blood, relieves constipation and headaches, and restores vigor. Sold for 5c a bottle with a guarantee at all drug stores.
Dalton Argus recalls Rev Simon Peter Richardson who described a Peedee river revival that yielded no converts but led to seventeen expulsions from the church. The preacher of open doors argues ministers serve God by trimming the flock and removing goats, not merely adding numbers.
In a western town a revival preacher asked all who had read a passage in Hezekiah to rise. About a dozen stood, then he joked that there is no such book in the Bible, causing a roseate flush to spread on faces. De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve advertised for skin ailments.
A patient claims mercurial and potash treatments fail for blood poison. The testimonial advocates a product labeled 5.5.8. as the sole cure that reaches the disease cause and removes it from the body. The account, dated years ago, cites dramatic health restoration and a lasting cure.
The Jackson Argus publishes a notice from T. A. Slocum M D of New York offering three free bottles of his claimed cure for consumption and related lung diseases to readers. He cites testimonials and promises prompt delivery from 98 Pine Street. Readers are urged to write and mention the Argus.
Notice to all persons indebted to the estate of Thomas FR Bailey deceased to settle immediately and all claims against the estate to be presented as required by law. Dated July 6 1898 William Saunders Administrator T R Bailey deceased. Georgia Butts county Mrs Tommie W Barfield administratrix seeks discharge from the estate of M G Barfield deceased show cause at the September 1898 ordinary court.
The sheriff will sell on the first Tuesday in September 1898 at Jackson courthouse doors one acre and a three room dwelling. Property bounded north by Jim Hunter lot, south by Mrs. R. E. Carmichael lands, east by J. T. Ellis lands, west by public road. Levy to satisfy an execution from the Justice Court 612th district G M in favor of Jackson Mercantile Co. against Charley Woodward. Property turned over for advertisement. July 28, 1898. J O Beauchamp Sheriff.
The sale will be held in Jackson on the first Tuesday in September at public sale hours. The north half of lot 231 in the first district originally Henry now Butts County, containing 101 1/4 acres, known as the M A Roberts place, home of J A P Woods, levied as property of A P Woods to satisfy a Butts Superior Court execution issued in favor of Equitable Mortgage Company. Tenant in possession has written notice. Dated July 28 1898.
Governor William Watkins Atkinson proclaims submission to voters of amendments to Georgia Constitution in 1868. It outlines electing Superior Court judges and Solicitor General by statewide vote, timelines for vacancies, publication rules, and ballot wording for ratification at the next general election on October 5, 1868.
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