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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1897
Page
6
Ayer's Cathartic Pills were designed as a purgative for those harmed by griping medicines. Carefully prepared with ingredients suited to bowels and liver, the pills gained instantaneous popularity and maintained it, evidenced by the medal awarded at the World's Fair 1893.
A Century article by Miss Anna L. Bicknell recounts the royal execution journey. Jacques Louis XVI resists restraint as priests and gendarmes guide him toward the scaffold amid a tense crowd, with spectators and soldiers darkly watching.
The Constitution closes on the Guerriere after a 30 minute duel as both ships exchange broadsides. The American ship suffers casualties including Lieutenant Morris wounded and Lieutenant Bush killed, while the Guerriere loses masts and becomes a helpless hulk before the British captain is wounded.
The passage recalls the 1793 execution of Louis XVI and the British victory over the Guerrière off the US frigate Constitution. It notes the king's last words and the crowd's silence, then describes Constitution and Guerrière combat, Hull’s mercy toward Dacres, and the birth of the ship’s lore "Old Ironsides" alongside memorable exchanges and the captured Bible.
In a small Ohio town a struggling attorney charged a farmer $3 for legal advice. The client paid with a $5 bill, and the lawyer, flustered, searched his desk before offering to add two more dollars worth of counsel.
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