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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1901
Page
2
Charley Redman recounts a graphic dog story in a courthouse crowd while jokes, humorous scraps, and light gossip flow in a Town Topics style. The column, featuring Col. Watkins, Fouche, and various quips, spins a collage of anecdotes and satirical snippets across regions and characters.
Social notes from Butts County list visits and trips by many residents including W A Harris in Macon, J T Jolly at Mercer Commencement, and Miss Lizzie Slaughter with Joe Watson in Monticello. The column records callers, travels, weddings, and church events across Stark Locust Grove and surrounding towns.
A Kirkman Iowa resident reports a gasoline stove explosion burned a lady badly but Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured the resulting sore. The salve is praised for cuts sores boils bruises skin diseases and piles and costs 25 cents at Harris Drug Co.
A bystander accuses a player of dealing himself four aces after he pockets the cards from the bottom of the deck. The captain denies noticing the trick, and the bluffed observer is unable to confirm the deception.
Certification states the petition for incorporation was filed in the superior court clerk’s office under the name The Jackson Chautauqua and Industrial Association. Dated May 15, 1901, by A H Davis and C 8 C 5 U Ga.
A group led by C O Beauchamp and others seeks incorporation of The Indian Springs Chautauqua Association in Butts County Georgia for twenty years with a capital stock of two thousand dollars, rights to increase to ten thousand, and authority to establish a police force, bylaws, and corporate powers. The principal office is Georgia Springs with officers to be elected yearly on the third Wednesday in March.
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