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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1895
Page
6
The Jackson Argus lists local reading notices at five cents per line per insertion and obituaries at one dollar each. The paper notes subscription at one dollar per year and offers full schedules on request. Remittances should be made by bank draft, post office money order, or registered letter.
Our special holiday edition will publish on the 20th instant, reaching every home in Butts County via tax digest mailings. Jackson businesses are urged to place ads to seize holiday trade exposure and ensure inclusion in the issue.
A public critique condemns intercollegiate football as a barbaric practice that distracts students from study. The writer urges universities to focus on intellectual development and cites Mercer University and Emory College as models for valuing scholarship over sport. The piece references a Minneapolis execution and questions moral sensibilities.
The text argues the Republicans will run the next campaign on narrow party lines and widen the split in the Democratic party. It accuses Reid of pursuing bossism and notes a mock reference to Georgia convicts and Jerry Simpson.
A legislative committee report condemns Georgia convict camps as inhumane with scant clothing, scarce meat, inadequate footwear, and brutal punishment. The piece calls for abolition of the system and road labor for convicts, while also noting political clashes over Ambassador Bayard and other national issues.
Sudden darting pains in joints or muscles recur with cold and appear in new places. Send five dollars to the Drummond Medicine Co. for a month of Dr. Drummond's Lightning Remedy for Reumatism. They will send two large bottles by return express. Delay is dangerous with Rheumatism and the ad seeks agents.
When Baby was sick we gave Castoria. When she was a Child she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss she clung to Castoria. When she had Children she gave them Castoria. Please pay your City Tax at once as my books will close Dec 20. J. L. Lyons CT See offer to those securing largest subscriber list for The Arcus.
A small cafe advertises hot chocolate, hot beef tea, hot cocoa, hot lemon, and hot ginger for five cents a cup. Dr W L Carinichae is listed as the contact.
Patient from Allegheny Pa reports relief from nervous prostration after using Hood s Sarsaparilla. Sleep return and appetite improve after first bottle, with continued benefits after a second. Also includes a probate notice from J M Barnes estate and administration concerns.
The last issue overstated deaths at Mr. Thorntons stables. Only one horse died and it arrived sick, having caught a cold in transit. No contagious or infectious disease affected the remaining stock, and the stables are free from disease. The correction protects Mr. Thornton’s trade.
A city tax notice urges timely payment with a closing date of December 20. J L Lyon Co issues the reminder emphasizing urgency for taxpayers to settle before the cutoff.
The wife of prominent Hartwick lumberman Mr 9. Robin was sick with rheumatism five months. Robinson reports Chamberlain's Pain Balm as the only relief that gave rest from pain and cites many cures. Sold by Dr. W L Carmichael for 50 cents per bottle.
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