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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1896
Page
3
A slice of local life from Georgia growers and merchants. The column, with poems and humor, notes Allen & Co grocers and the Jackson buggy dealer J. R. Carmichael, visits by Dr. Butner and local youths, plus political sentiment and farm scenes as melons mature and crowds prepare for holiday activities.
The column notes Walter G. Cooper will publish a republican paper in Savannah advocating the gold standard, while Allen Co. grocers advertises sales and subscription reminders. Local happenings include visits by Smith Clayton, street improvements, farm life notes, lectures by Prof Chas Lane, and community social events.
Legal notices from Butts and Botris counties dated 1895 1896 cite M L Harris and J W Childs seeking letters of administration for Jas R Gray with heirs and creditors summoned to the June term. also Geo R Ridgeway seeks discharge as administrator for F T Ridgeway. county bond election results declare against a county courthouse and a sheriff sale postponed for August with property description and mortgage details.
18 lbs New York granulated sugar priced at 1.00. 20 lbs New York clarified sugars 1.00. 6 lbs best coffee 1.00. 7 lbs good coffee 1.00. Straight flour 3.25 per bag. Ice cream salt and rock salt offered cheap at The Globe Store.
Jenkinsburg ball team visited Tuesday evening and defeated our boys by a ratio of 16 to 1 in a lopsided game. The report notes it may embarrass the home team, comparing the contest to a free silver fight.
A shipment arrives featuring one and two horse wagons. J J Thornton announces the delivery and availability for buyers.
Prof. C R Lane of Atlanta will lecture on Talk and Talkers next Tuesday night July 28 at Jackson Institute. Admission 25 cents, children 15. Also an advertisement touts Chamberlain's Colic Diarrhoea remedy at 25 cents a bottle and its life saving value for bowel complaints, sold by Dr W L Carmichael.
Notice to all creditors of the estate of Henry B Fletcher late of Butts county deceased to render demands to R M Fletcher Admr and all debtors to the estate to pay. This April 29 1896. Also a testimonial for Chamberlains Pain Balm by James Perdue an old soldier in Monroe Mic and a sales note for Dr W L Carmichael druggist.
Jenette S reports sending ten 2 cent stamps to Miss A M Fritz of Station A St Louis Mo to receive an elegant plated hook spoon. She says the spoon is useful and non slip and that she earned 13 dollars in two hours taking orders around her home as a sample offer promotes household necessity.
An advertisement touts Bo tanic Blood Balm as a forty year expert concoction claimed to cure skin and blood diseases including rheumatism. Rex King, Jackson Institute pupil, returned from Cumberland Island where he competed for a Georgia Teachers Association gold medal for best speech by a public school student. one judge declared him champion while another voted for a rival.
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