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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1894
Page
8
Nesbitt urged farmers to cut cotton acreage and grow more food and stock. He argued for home manufacturing near fields to create a market for crops, reduce dependence on foreign trade, and boost rural prosperity. The commissioner advised December farm tasks, including proper plowing, manure saving, shed maintenance, composting, and transplanting.
Department of Agriculture guidance from Atlanta dated December 1 1894 answers reader queries on feeding six month old calves, adjusting diet with age, and proportions of hay per 100 pounds live weight. It covers fertilizing orchards with potash nitrate of soda and stable manure, composting formulas, and evaluation of soft phosphate versus acid phosphate with soil organic matter considerations. It also discusses muck use, mulching, grape pruning, raspberry cuttings, asparagus beds, and cautions against patent compost formulas.
A historical note describes Chinese troops receiving monthly wages in silver, tallied and weighed by officers, then distributed to each soldier. Soldiers cash their pay the next day at local shops, exchanging silver for small perforated coins known as cash stringable on a thread.
The passage notes a private sailor receiving three and a half taels monthly, with basic needs covered, while a Chinese sailor subsists on little more than rice. It also outlines canal routes to connect Erie to the Ohio River, highlighting a proposed Lake Erie to Ohio River ship canal with Pittsburgh origin and a cost estimate of twenty five million dollars.
Georgia Butts County guardianship notice states the Clerk of the Superior Court may be vested with custody of the lunatic Jas B Hoard property. Objections must be made after publication, dated December 3 1894, by J F Carmichael Ordinary.
The ordinary cites creditors and next of kin of James M. Lindsey to appear at the office by law to show cause why permanent administration should not be granted to Sarah C. Lindsey on the estate. Dated December 3, 1894. J. F. Carmichael Ordinary.
Luta B. Rnopis files libel for divorce against Joseph W. Rhodes in Butts County Superior Court August term 1894. Rhodes is required to appear personally or by attorney at the next February term on the third Monday to answer the complaint, or judgment by default will be entered. Witness Judge John J. Hunt, dated September 3, 1894. Joseph Jolly, Clerk.
A legal notice states Ray and Ray attorneys for applicant plan to apply to Jackson city council after 30 days to lay out and open a fifty foot wide street from the claimant's land north to Third Street. Names M W Beck B P Bailey James Harkness Mrs A D Catchings appear among the potential landowners. Dated November 13 1894. Oak.
August A Klages of 810 St Charles street Baltimore says he suffered from a poisonous taint in his blood with eruptions and sores over his face and body. At forty two, treated in Germany and America, Botanic Blood Balm cured him, leaving skin deep and smooth. One dollar per large bottle, for sale by druggists.
Butts county tax collector T J Cots lists collection sites and dates for 1894 at Iron Springs Worthville Jenkinsburg Iro Towaliga Elgin Dublin Flovilla Indian Spring and Jackson with deadlines on the 20th. He urges settlement to avoid filing against delinquent accounts.
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