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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1896
Page
2
An editorial discusses Democratic and populist strategy for 1896, weighing Bryan, Watson, and Sewall as candidates. It argues for pairing Bryan with Watson, critiques Buck and Atkinson, and proposes using convict labor for road building while noting Georgia cotton harvests will begin late summer.
Jackson aims for at least 15000 bales this season to sustain its reputation as a premier middle Georgia cotton market. A strong local producing region nearby and factory demand will push prices higher as buyers gather to secure the crop.
An Atlanta inventor sells a puncture repair device for 10000 to a Chicago buyer within six weeks. The piece recalls bicycle history from hobby horse days to modern racing feats, cites a Medora millionaire using a railway bicycle, Jacksonville amateur records, London sprint marks, and a Toronto match where copper beats sanger by two feet in 1 58 2 5.
A house owned by Ida Foster and inhabited by her family was set on fire last Saturday night near Pepperton. The parents left the children inside and the blaze was started by the children in some way. The structure was not fully burnt but contents suffered extensive water and rough handling during efforts to save them.
A promotion at the market offers a free one year Argus subscription to the farmer delivering the first bale of new cotton. The prize highlights the opening season incentives for local growers and readers alike.
Mr. Jon Manley died at one o clock Tuesday morning at the home of Miss Abbie McCord after about three weeks of illness. He had come from Dalton for a brief vacation and contracted fever leading to his death. He worked as an operator for the Southern. His funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at the cemetery with masonic honors.
Jackson will host the Macon Mandolin Club Friday night August 7 at the Jackson Institute Chapel. The renowned group, praised by the press, features Dan Holt the comedian jig and clog dancer. Admission is worth the time and money. Complete arrangements will be announced next week.
Readers air complaints about large African American crowds at Indian Spring on Sundays. The note says ladies cannot approach the spring without escorts, calling for a remedy. It also singles out young Black men around Jackson as idle and vagrant, urging action.
Four room house for rent in a good location with water and garden. Apply to Dr Mapp in Jackson Georgia. A note on reading habits asks husbands to share the paper with their wives or expect a separate copy with a bill.
The account recalls Eskimo visitors who filled a warm house with questions about pictures while enjoying coffee, biscuits, and pemmican. Women mend sealskin boots, and both genders carve ivory and draw in pencil, with As-sey-e-yeh showing aStylized steamer from memory.
Anonymous quotation from Rochefoucauld on true ability lying in understanding the real value and genius of the era we live in.
Poem of a wife addressing a husband about guilt and forgiveness after death. The speaker imagines death and grave calm, asking whether the living would condemn past misdeeds or still forgive. Cited as from Pearson's Weekly.
The San Juan and Mancos cliff ruins attract scientific interest as possibly the oldest dwellings in the region. Prospector views, gold fever, and a 1892 dash by hundreds of claimants are recounted beside dramatic walls, river chasms, and cliff paintings of warriors and antelope carved high above inaccessible ledges. Denver Field and Farm notes the remarkable canyon scenery and artist’s perilous lowering to inscribe the images.
A New York Ledger note explains two edge padding recipes for making tablets. The first uses glue four pounds glycerin two pounds linseed oil half a pound sugar one quarter pound and aniline dyes. the mixture is heated used hot after dyeing. The second combines glue one pound glycerin four ounces glucose syrup about two tablespoonfuls and tannin. Allow about an hour to set before cutting.
Two eminent physicians walk on the boulevard. One jokes about a patient with a pimple on her nose. He mentions forbidding piano playing. He then reveals his rooms are just below hers, wryly linking the case to proximity.
A Chicago Tribune quote asserts anyone can learn shorthand and read their notes after practice. The piece notes many women in New York earn by writing and cites Leeuwenhoek and Humboldt on spider web reach.
The Georgia Experiment Station assesses fodder pulling its costs and yields. Data from 1890 and 1891 show varying results with net gains on fresh land but not as a general rule. Recommendations favor mowing hay grass or pea vines when fodder pulling is chosen.
The article explains building a rain gauge AB with a scale of one inch to four inches using materials like heavy tin galvanized iron or sheet copper. The funnel mouth is four inches wide with a one inch rim, and the lower well is two inches in diameter. Depth options are ten twelve or fourteen inches, with a twelve inch well holding three inches of rainfall. Each inch on the scale corresponds to four inches in the well.
Mayor and city council praised for street improvements as terra cotta piping replaces costly wooden bridges in Jackson. County ordinaries urged to adopt piping statewide, with Stevens Pottery Georgia and A. G. Hitchins selling the piping to reduce bridge repairs.
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