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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1897
Page
8
News from Henry County reports the death of Mrs Mollie Stallworth a widow living above Sandy Ridge. She killed herself by cutting her throat with a razor after suffering intense family troubles and grief.
Boston newspaper signals a change in the tenor of coverage as the bishop references the "Hm" story and frames the debate with cautious wording.
Worthville Georgia December 20 1897 editor Argus reports on Christmas anticipation in the town. notes about Rev Cornwall a blind graduate and musician at the Baptist seminary in Louisville, hints of social life marriages and cotton prices, a playful road joke, and praise for the Jackson Student as a noble educational start. The note closes with Christmas wishes to readers.
Miss Carrie McCallum entertained a charming and popular social gathering at her home on Tuesday evening. The Argus notes guests were delighted and will remember the occasion with pleasure.
Jackson's boys and girls return from various colleges to their homes for the holidays. Miss Mary Carmichal comes home from College Park with her companion Miss Teddy Gardner.
Allen & Co sells fresh Dove hams straight from the packing house offering quality meat for local buyers and restaurants.
Dr Hubbard Windsor Mitchell reports tuberculosis in wild baboons of west Africa and domestic animals. He links phthisis to confinement and close contact with humans, noting coughing emaciated baboons and chest illness. He observes pulmonary tuberculosis in dogs cats and domestic fowl and calls for inspection in abattoirs. Curtis Fleck of Anaheim praises Chamberlain’s remedy after using it for cramps and diarrhea.
A testimonial announces Botanic Blood Balm B B B as a universal cure for rheumatism pimples blotches and diseases from impure blood. A physician named C H Montgomery M D Jacksonville Ala claims rapid improvement in his mother after twenty four days. Available from a druggist at one dollar per large bottle.
The notice sets December 5, 1897 as the schedule start for connections at Union Depot Atlanta to all outward routes east and west. Signature lines show J M Culp as General Superintendent and traffic manager, with Washington as location, and H Wardwick as Assistant General Passenger Agent in Atlanta.
For sale on the first Tuesday in February 1898 at the courthouse door in Jackson Butts county Ga I will sell to the highest bidder two hundred three acres more or less in 615th District G M bounded north and east by Dr T F Laing south by Mrs E J Henley west by D J Henley the farm where I now live terms one half cash balance in one and two years at percent per annum Dec 21 1897 W S Henley
The anecdote recalls Dr Johnson criticizing books not rooted in philosophy or literature as he ransacked Samuel Foote's shelves. He rejects frivolous dramas while maintaining respect for true works, insisting he sees no fools. Foote endures the spectacle as Johnson quips about his tastes.
R. H. Calvert advertises painting services as seasonable and profitable. He promises plain and ornamental work and urges potential clients to contact him for quality results.
Har mon and Co. real estate agents report daily calls seeking house room for new residents, highlighting housing scarcity as a key restraint on Jackson's growth.
Scientist J A Ryder argues that shaking pike eggs can produce Guubie like monsters. He claims double goldfish varieties from Japan, some with two heads or two tails, originated this way and were shaped by artificial selection.
Advertisement for a lavish single volume titled The Confederate Soldier in the Civil War claiming it covers battle scenes portraits and maps with DOD pages 12x16 inches. Tempting agents with earnings from 100 to 200 dollars monthly and requesting veterans and descendants to request a free illustrated circular and terms from Courier-Journal Job Printing Co Louisville Mississippi seems misdated and promotional.
Planters Ubian Tea claims to cure dyspepsia constipation and indigestion and regulate the liver. Priced at 25 cents.
The Jackson Argus prints an offer from T A Slocum M D of New York promising three free bottles of his cure for consumption and bronchial diseases to afflicted readers. He claims thousands cured worldwide and urges sufferers to write for the trial, noting letters of gratitude in his labs.
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