06 Dec 1895
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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1895
Page
1
The Jackson town section notes cleaner streets and a hitting metropolitan look plus a new building opposite the Post Office. It discusses hopes for cotton factories, higher cotton prices, more mail trains, an electric line to Indian Springs, and the thriving oil mill display, with a testimonial for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy.
An antique health ad warns that borrowing fat from the body occurs when diet lacks fats needed to fuel blood. It promotes Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil with hypophosphites as a remedy, selling at 50 cents and 1 dollar, with a mention of UT & BOWNE.
An entertainment in honor of Miss Lydia Wilson of Winchester Town was given by Miss Taylor Watson on Friday evening. Guests included Miss Mary Nutt, Mr. Lawrence Crawford, Miss Nellie Cason, and others. Refreshments followed in the dining room after ten. Mayor Myers of Savannah asked state mayors to back a tax bill based on class rather than uniform rates to attract capital investment. Macon officials observed Atlanta liquor prices as a sign of heavier taxation affecting drink percentages reported by the Macon News.
A handwritten 1895 Swainsboro notice praises Castoria for children and Sanodine for horses. Letters from Meaders Strickland Macon and W B Chapman extol horse medicine and thank H. J. Lamar & Sons Macon for sale and usage endorsements.
Jackson city council declares dogs within town limits to be restrained by muzzle or killed if at large. Marshals ordered to enforce the ordinance after the date stated. Mayor Pro Tem Mills signs as clerk with authority cited.
Fragmentary item notes an 80 acre land parcel in a Florida county near Tampa with unclear ownership or sale actions. No dates or parties clearly identified due to damaged text.
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