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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1908
Page
1
Ellen Brownlee shopped. C Whitehurst in Dublin. many residents, visitors, and travels noted around Macon, Flovilla, Indian Spring, Monroe, Forsyth, Jenkinsburg, and Forsyth. Mentions of Rev. Dunaway meeting, Judge Ham officiating a wedding, and local improvements and illnesses among residents.
Mr William Pope died at his home in Worthville last Wednesday after a lingering illness. He was among the county’s oldest citizens and a former Confederate soldier who returned home to farm and build a good life. He was honest and upright, with many friends and a loving family who will miss him. Funeral services were held Thursday morning and he was laid to rest in Worthville cemetery.
Last Wednesday Mr J C Maddox a highly esteemed Flovilla citizen and Confederate veteran died after two weeks illness at his home surrounded by his wife and children. His life was marked by devoted husband and community service.
Two story brick building at Oak and Second streets available for occupancy September first. Inquiries through Homer Carmichael at First National Bank Jackson Georgia.
Advertisement from F. J. Cheney & Co. touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal treatment that reaches the blood and mucous surfaces. It claims non quack status, lists tonic and blood purifier ingredients, and notes testimonials, Toledo Ohio origin, and 75 cent price. Also recommends Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Slaton Drug Co announces a better and fresher line of goods and guarantees every purchase, signaling improved inventory and customer assurance.
A Carbon Hill Alabama father reports his four year old son survived a severe dysentery attack after two doctors failed. He credits Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving the boy's life and urges using it with castor oil per directions. Jamerson Drug Co. sells it.
Mr and Mrs W T Powers traveled to New York. Dr J H Eakes to fill Methodist church pulpit. Sheriff Wilson and Searcy Giles return from El Paso. Adamses welcome new grandson in Atlanta. McCord hosts for Katherine Smith guest Ossie McCord. McCord family picnic at High Falls. Presbyterian services next Sunday. Sunbeams meet at Miss Clara Nolen’s. Stodghill peaches and grapes from Worthville. Hanna Orchestra to Hogansville with recitation by Lillie McClure. Camp meeting Aug 6 with leaders Ruth and Brasher. Unoccupied tents readied for crowd. Etheridges host Indian Spring picnic with bowling and spread. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society meets with Mrs Gunter and Miss Young. Hanna chaperones at Pittman's Ferry. Bert Barnes marries Beatrice Nelson Eatonton. Barnes party at home on Covington Street. to Dakota later. Maddox and Miss Barnes attend wedding.
Local lumber yard advertises the best coal on earth for sale at Jackson Lumber Company. Details on price or quantities are not provided in the available text.
A fragment notes Kennedy’s L cough syrup blocks advertised for kindling and shavings for horse stalls at Jackson Lumber Company. The text is incomplete but indicates a product sale or listing tied to the lumber yard. No dates or prices are readable.
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