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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1897
Page
2
Parry Lee Epictor lists advertising rates for local notices obituaries and full schedules. Remittance options include bank draft post office money order or registered letter with risk on unregistered currency. Entered at the Jackson Georgia post office as second class mail matter.
Dalton Argus lauds Parry Lee and Raleigh Harper who took over the Jackson Argus from A. A. Rose. The letter praises their newsy, tiptop paper and credits a top southern newspaper man for the compliment.
The Dalton Argus quotes Dr Warren Candler saying hell is a state not a place and defends his view against misreporting. The paper then urges readers to support building a new county courthouse citing safety for records, finances, and public convenience with grand jury action before adjournment.
Gov Atkinson appoints W B Merritt Henry R Goethus J C Beauchamp and T D Tinsley to a commission to devise a plan for uniformity in public school textbooks. The Argus lauds Dr J C Beauchamp as eminently fitted for the post and a credit to Georgia education.
A Savannah Press editor notes a merchant asking to have an advertisement sent to his home so he can read it without hunting street corners. The exchange highlights reader convenience and the habit of reading newspapers.
Judge J S Boynton of Griffin visited the city for superior court. He is praised as brave and kind with a steady mind. Though he moved from Jackson before the war, Butts County still honors him and wishes him long, happy days.
An advertisement links sudden illness to prior weakness and poor blood. It urges readers to strengthen the whole system with Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil, claiming it nourishes without nausea and replaces what disease takes away. A free information book is offered by Scott & Bowne of New York.
Miss Daisy Thompson is quite sick. W M Oneal is better. John Oneal lives with Mrs Gray. A sociable at C H Redman’s. Road overseers making good progress on roads. Farmer composting cotton seed for land. Large crowd attended services at Maconía. Mr and Mrs F P Dorton visited from Steart. BRONCHO.
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