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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1895
Page
2
A local newspaper warns subscribers who owe money with blue pencil marks that unpaid balances must be settled within weeks. The Argus plans to publish names of those who pay soon and will cease delivery to late accounts.
The Augusta Chronicle urges merchants to advertise during slow times and recalls Jefferson Calhoun and Clay on banking and liberty. It cites a loan offer of over $12,000 for real estate in Butts County at 6 percent from Harmon & McDonald.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a remedy for rheumatism catarrh pimples blotches and all blood impurity diseases. It claims thousands of cures and a price of one dollar per large bottle with druggists selling it and a note to see another page for details.
A religious column urges church members to feel at home in their congregations and to participate actively. It argues worship should be a rest from worldly toil, notes varying Sunday services, and calls for more rural preachers and community engagement. The piece closes with a reflective note on Christ’s healing touch and a mother’s loving vigil at her wounded son.
A Jackson mass meeting elected C. S. Maddox as chair and N. J. Harmon as secretary. Resolutions oppose using guano this year, with amendments proposing a more representative body. A call for another meeting and a mass gathering on the fourth Saturday in January at the courthouse to protect labor and plan fertilizer purchases was issued. The Jackson Bugsy Company advertises furniture repair services nearby.
Libel by Luna B Rueves against Joseph W Rhodes filed in Butts Superior Court August term 1804. Defendant to appear February 3 to answer. default leads to justice. Also notices on guardianship proceedings for Lindsey C Woods and Washington Hay and James K Gray with February terms and guardianship questions.
Legal notice states property of J A P Woods to be sold at the Jackson courthouse on the first Tuesday in February 1895 for cash. One hundred acres in the Eighth District of Butts County described from a 1859 deed, with boundaries named and subject to a $450 mortgage to Equitable Mortgage Company Kansas City Missouri plus accrued interest. Written tenant possession notice and execution under two superior court files. Dec 12 1894. J O Beauchamp Sheaff Butts Co.
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