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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1896
Page
7
A 1895 letter from Norwich Connecticut asks for information on blood poison skin diseases and cancer. The writer seeks guidance on S S S for an elderly mother with rectal cancer and mentions doctors predicting death in agony. The request asks for bathing or injecting instructions and a copy of the company book.
A Norwich man writes that his mother, treated with S. S. S., improved from near death with cancer in the lower bowel. He says she can now eat and dress, notes hope she will recover, and offers to make the letter public.
The letter touts S. S. S. as a guaranteed purely vegetable blood remedy for diseases like blood poison scrofula eczema rheumatism and tetter claiming it cures conditions originating in the blood and offers valuable books from The Swift Specific Co Atlanta Ga.
A concise moral exhortation argues that courtesy, gentleness, and integrity define manliness and womanliness. It contrasts roughness with true strength, warns that mere factual knowledge is not wisdom, and states that effort and loyalty shape adulthood more than wealth.
An advertorial warning about insufficient heating from small stoves and inadequate fat intake, urging readers to burn better fuel and offering two coal sizes priced at 50 cents and $1.00 with a free book from Scott and Bowne, New York.
The answer outlines growing alfalfa in sandy loam with deep, well-drained subsoil, lime application of 100 to 150 bushels per acre, and a complete fertilizer rich in nitrogen, potash, and phosphoric acid. Plant in rows 20 to 24 inches apart with 20 to 25 pounds per acre, plant late September or late February, cultivate to control weeds, and mow at 16 to 18 inches, yielding 4 to 5 tons of hay by year four with good fertility and weed control.
The State Agricultural Department warns that farmers must stay alert and adopt modern methods because conditions have changed and without progress they can only expect meagre yields.
An editor replies to a farmer asking about next month’s weather saying it will be unsettled, a joke that hinges on the word unsettled and a money order payment. The exchange highlights a local paper’s humorous take on forecasting and finances.
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