Polished weekly publication details from Jackson Georgia
Barmond McDonald editors and publishers publish a Friday edition dated July 26 1895. It notes post office classification second class yet reads as first class in all respects. Advertising rates include local reading notices at 5 cents per line per insertion and obituaries at 1.0 each. Full schedule available on request. Remittance guidelines specify bank draft money order or registered letter only.
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Jackson, Ga
United States urged to declare date for free coinage resumption
A column argues that the United States should announce a specific date to resume free coinage, with or without international cooperation. It contends such a declaration would force a global monetary reassessment, demonstrate leadership, and elevate U S influence and respect.
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N. C
United States
Republic
Oil Pioneer’s Secret Telegram Sparks Leaks and Loss
A Pittsburgh oil producer guarding a new territory secret planned to secure leases if a well hit. Two days before expected oil, a telegraph misread tipped rivals, sending the message Pine trees grow tall. She’s squirting clean over the derrick, ending his exclusive edge.
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Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Seases
Sheriff Sale of Property in Butts County Georgia
The sheriff advertises the sale of property in Jackson Butts County Georgia to satisfy a mortgage execution. Items include a 115 Horse Stationary Cole Engine and Boiler a 50 saw Loomis Gin a 50 saw Smith Gin a Cole Power Press a 50 saw Pratt Gin. Sale held first Tuesday in August 1895 at the courthouse door for cash. W.C. Woods J. A. Woods and C. B. Knowles liable. July 4 1895.
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Georgia
Butts County
Court House
Jackson
Said County
W.C
J. A. Woods
C. B. Knowles
Superior Court
Russell and Company
J. A. P. Woods
W.C. ‘Woods
J.C. Beauchamp
Sheriff Butts Co
Baptist Church Refuses Woman Preacher in Jackson
A woman who sought to preach at the local Baptist church in Jackson left town the following day without paying her hotel bill. The article condemns women preaching from pulpits and urges churches to restrict travel preachers of either sex, ending with a prayer for God’s deliverance.
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Jackson
Baptists
Thread of love saves man on Brooklyn scaffold
A worker atop a tall chimney slips into danger as rope and mortal thread rescue him. A crowd cheers as the man descends to safety and repents, then a temperance poem recalls the danger of alcohol and condemns liquor dealers for wrecking families.
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Mary
Bottomless Pit in France Explored to 593 Feet
The Jean Nouveau pit near Vaucluse France drops 540 feet with a 12 foot shaft widening to four hundred seventy five feet before opening to a cave. Bones in clay beneath the shaft suggest historic executions though no human visitation is evident. Water surge occurs during storms but no water fills the cave.
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Jean Nouveau
Vaucluse
France
Uses for old rails and their varied fates on major lines
A Railway Reviewer notes old rails have a nine to eleven year life on Pennsylvania lines due to heavy traffic. Rails yield twelve dollars per ton scrap, eighteen dollars to factories, and twenty-two to twenty four dollars per ton for current use. Old rails support barb wire fencing foundations, and even the Chicago Masonic temple rests on stacked steel rails six feet deep.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Masonic Temple
Chicago
World's Costly Bridges Tops List The Brooklyn Bridge Leads
An official tally shows the Brooklyn Bridge at 17,489,855 dollars, far above its original 10,800,000 estimate. Early quotes by John A. Reabling in 1867 placed the bridge at 7,009,000 with 3,800,000 for approaches, yet total expenditures rose due to new approaches and structural improvements over sixteen years. Other major bridges cited include Forth 14,000,000 and Victoria 12,000,000, while London 10,000,000 and Westminster 2,500,000. The rise of rail duct work pushed steel and iron use, reshaping bridge construction costs.
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New York
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge
John A. Reabling
Forth
Sceotland
Victoria Bridge
Canada
Volga
Caratov
Russia
London Bridge
Waterloo Bridge
Westminster Bridge
United States
Unused Railway Tickets Redeemed At Small Cost
Men with unused railway tickets can recover value by writing to the general passenger agent of the issuing line. Include the ticket, a brief explanation, and a stamped return envelope. The company typically acknowledges, verifies the ticket, and mails a check for the amount due, ending the matter with no loss to either side.
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New York Sun
France’s War Death Toll Totals About Six Million in Century
Dr Lageneau of the French academy of medicine estimates war deaths in France over the past century at about six million, with heavy losses in the civil wars of the late 1700s and 1800s, and substantial tolls in Crimea Italy China Mexico and Prussia campaigns. He notes varying fatality rates across eras and nations.
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Lageneau
French Academy of Medicine
France
New York Sun
Republic
Waterloo
Europe
Louis Phillipe
Spain
Greece
Algiers
Crimea
Italy
China
Mexico
Prussia
Remembering Tea With the Turkish Minister in Washington
A tale in The Show in Washington recalls Mavroyeni Bey the Turkish minister who asked to be invited to a five o'clock tea. At the White House the hostess-to-be could not recall the engagement and directed him to ask his secretary.
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Bat
Washington
Mavroyeni Bey
Monsieur Effendi
Mademoiselle
White House
Malagasy Cookery Shows Simple Yet Distinct Native Techniques
The London Telegraph notes Malagasy cooking as an art with unique methods. Rice is prepared with water until swollen yet whole, manioc appears boiled or as a cold porridge, and native coffee is praised while tea remains problematic. Poultry and game are fresh, plucked via boiling water, and cooking occurs on earthen hearths using big iron pots with aromatic bunch grass fuel.
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London Telegraph
England
Parrot named Chimmie Fadden causes carful of laughter
A small boy boards a Third Avenue L train with a large cage and parrot. A man with a white tie asks if the bird talks. The parrot shouts phrases to the amusement of passengers as the boy pretends the bird is his uncle's.
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Fourteenth Street
The
New York World
Chimmie Fadden
Chimmie
Why women write postscripts in London weeklies
A London women's weekly debate on why women add postscripts reveals self awareness and humor. Contributors cite seeking last words, correcting afterthoughts, writing before thought, and lack of organized thought as reasons. Some defend PS as a needed N. B. note while others joke that woman embodies the PS in creation.
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London
Notice of Election for County Surveyor Vacancy in Butts County
Ordinary of Butts County orders an election to fill the death vacancy of County Surveyor B. J. Jinks. Election set for Tuesday August 6, 1895, at the usual voting places and with the usual electors. Publication to be in the Jackson Argus. Signed July 17, 1895.
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State OF Georgia
Butts County
Chambers
B. J. Jinks
Jackson Argus
Cheney Firm Offers Catarrh Cure Reward in Toledo
Frank J. Cheney a senior partner of F J Cheney Co of Toledo pledges one hundred dollars for every uncured catarrh case with Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gueason witnesses the oath dated December 6 1886. The ad promotes testimonials and the cure as a blood and mucous system remedy.
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City of
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
F. J. Coentry & Co
Cricket fighting in China a gambling spectacle
The piece explains Chinese cricket fighting as a regulated betting sport. Crickets are bred fed and weighed before fights with honey chestnuts and mosquitoes as needed. Each cricket’s record is posted on the fighting house door and the winner’s owner gains ten percent of the bets.
Electric Bitters touted for elderly bowel and kidney relief
Old people needing medicine to regulate bowels and kidneys are advised Electric Bitters. The tonic acts mildly on the stomach and bowels, builds strength, tones organs, and aids digestion without whiskey or stimulants. Sold at W. L. Carmichael's drugstore for fifty cents per bottle.
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W.L. Carmichael
Wanted Dry and Green Hides for Highest Price
Notice from Co. R. Gresham seeking dry and green hides in Jackson Georgia. Advertisement invites calls, describes location next door to the Postoffice, and promises payment at top market price.
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Postoffice. Co
Households Endorse Dr King S New Discovery
D W Fuller of Canajoharie New York and G A Dyke a Catskill druggist praise Dr King S New Discovery as the best cough remedy. They say it delivers reliable results over years of use and recommend trying it with trial bottles free at all drug stores. Regular sizes 60c and 1.00.
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D. W. Fuller
Canajoharie
N. Y
Dr. King
G. A. Dykeman
Catskill
Lord Cockburn and a Narrow Moment of Justice
A historical anecdote cites Lord Cockburn as a defender of prisoners who failed to win acquittal for a murderer. After the sentence set for the 20th, the culprit remained on the dock and was seized by his counsel who quipped that justice would come on the 20th.
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Lord Cockburn
Crook James
Cockburn
New Discovery Cures Stubborn Coughs in Lincolns Family
State Commander F W Stevens of the Knights of the Maccabees reports that Dr King s New Discovery cured a stubborn cough in two children after other medicines failed. He endorses the remedy and notes trial bottles are free at Dr W L Carmichael s drug store with regular sizes priced at 50 cents and 1 dollar.
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Lincoln
Neb
The Largest Lens At Clark Factory Breakthrough
The Clarks produce a perfect forty one and a half inch lens surpassing European attempts, a crowning work of Alvan Clark. The lens enables greater light gathering but may not yield sharper vision due to atmospheric distortions. It targets the Yerkes telescope at Chicago University and may renew interest in double star studies and Mars canal observations.
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Clarks
Naval Observatory
Washington
Hall
Mars
Lick
California
New York Commercial Advertiser
Alvan Clark
Chicago University Observatory
Tyndall
Curious trees and a shipboard fiddle tale
An array of tree curiosities describes massive specimens from Louisiana to Britain and Jamaica. A Cunard liner captain rebukes a Scotsengineer with a violin tale about engines and speed aboard the ship.
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Cunard
Mae
Mr. Mae
Liverpool
Ministers and Parishioners Quip Over Kirk Visits
A Scottish preacher questions a parishioner who says he visited another kirk on Sunday. The reply notes no fault with Dunlop’s kirk yet mocks straying to strange pastures. An anecdote about Bishop Bathurst recalls his whist habit and a sharp outburst on a new appointment.
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Mr. Dunlop
Bathurst
Free Life Pills Advertisement From H. E. Bucklen Co
Free sample offer for Dr. King s New Life Pills sent to an address in Chicago. The pills are promoted as effective for constipation sick headache malaria and liver troubles. Guaranteed to be free from deleterious substances and purely vegetable. Regular size 25 cents per box sold by W. L. Carmichael druggist.
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H. E. Bucklen & Co
Chicago
Dr. King
W. L. Carmichael Druggist
Third U S League Building Loan Convention Opens in Cleveland
About 1000 delegates attend the third annual convention of the United States League of Building and Loan Associations in Cleveland. The event covers investments of roughly 2,000,000 people and nearly 500,000 dollars in assets. Papers include fiscal roles of building associations and future of cooperative banking. The president calls for tax relief on homesteads up to 2000 dollars and a central information bureau. Evening talks address state legislation and lending to members.
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Cleveland
United States League of Building and Loan Associations
Building Association
Juling Stone
Chicago
Seymour Dexter
Elmira
N. Y
Future of Co
Philadelphia
Association
Jas. H. Paine
Deadly decoy letters prompt Louisville mail robbery arrest
W F Clarke of New Harmony Indiana, a railway mail clerk on the L S and E line, was arrested at the Louisville post office by Inspector Salmon. Two decoy letters led to a money theft pattern. money from one letter was found on Clarke and money from the other in a satchel. Clarke, 28, denies guilt claiming he won the funds in St Louis poker.
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Louisvillle
W. F Clarke
New Harmony
Ind
Louisville
Salmon
Cincinnati
Clarke
Louisville, St. Louis and
Evansville
St. Louis
Louisville and St. Louis
Salmon and Vickery
Pistol Fatality in Kentucky Workhouse Incident
Brandenburg Kentucky July 26 George Robinson keeper of the workhouse was shot and killed yesterday morning by Bland Shacklett a commissioner of the institution. Shacklett and another man rode into town in a buggy when Robinson rode out of a crossroad cursing Shacklett. Robinson fired wounding Shacklett who then wrested the pistol and shot Robinson in the right breast causing immediate death.
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Brandenburg
George Robinson
Bland Shacklett
Shacklett
Robinson
Robingson
Buncombe editor to answer contempt charge after Sumner case move
The Citizen editor in Asheville faces a contempt hearing after the paper criticized the transfer of Jesse Sumner’s murder case to Henderson county. Judge Ewert ordered the editor to appear Saturday. the editor will attend. Urquhart surrender in Virginia murder case leads to jail without bail. Alabama coal output data through mid-1895 indicates a sharp rise, with projections predicting a record annual total if trend holds.
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Asaville
N. C
The
Citizen
Jesse Sumner
Henderson County
Buncombe County
Ewert
Bramrsenam
Ala
J. D. Hillhouse
Alabama
Cotton market closes steady amid mixed daily movements
In New York on July 26 cotton prices fluctuated with declines and partial recoveries. Spot cotton sales were light at 669 bales, while the Liverpool market remained unchanged. Separately, the Congregational church voted to extend a call to Rev. W. H. Hoppins to pastor its Jacksonville, Florida resigned vacancy.
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New York
Liverpool
Polgnkefpsi
N. Y
Congregational Church
W. H. Hoppins
Jacksonville
Fla
Rv. Warland Spalding
Two Lives Saved by Dr King's New Discovery
Mrs. Phoebe Thomas of Junction City and Mr. Thos Eggers of San Francisco credit Dr King's New Discovery with curing severe colds and preventing consumption. Each man recovered within two weeks after starting treatment. Free trials at Dr W L Carmichael's store. Regular sizes 50c and 1.
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Phoebe Thomas
Junction City
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Yehe Jackson Argus
Barmond McDonald
Editors and Publishers
IIM
Sherife
J. €. Pittman
Sarah F. Turner
J. F. Carmichael
Religious Department
the Woman Evangelist
Board of Education
Hell
Said
Feanx J. Cuenty
A. W. Gueason
Knights OF the Maccabees
Terre Bonne Parish
Louisiana
Britain
Clipstone Park
New York State
Wilson
Florida
Jamaica
United States League
Tina
W. F. Clarke
Indiana
Loui‘sville
Kentucky
North Carolina
Virginia
Ricamont
Philip Norman Nichols
Wilkinson
Mills
Henrico County
Court House Yard
Court
Urquhbart
SupFro
William J. Urquhart
John E. Gay
Brewer
Urquharton
San’s Cotton Review
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