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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1896
Page
1
Weekly sale notice lists 28 inch wool Charlies at 12 1-2 cents, new Persian figures and stripes fabrics, tulle chatelaine, corded Swiss mull, percale and dimities. Monday bargains include 4-4 Fruit of Loom, calicoes, Zephyr chambray, organ dies, Swiss Muslin, fans, belts, leather goods, and large Parasol selection with steel rods and Dresden handles.
The article notes city printers mocked country rivals who could match urban production. It cites Cosmopolitan and major magazines moving rural to build vast publishing, arguing cheap rent and skilled labor in country towns enable strong operations and loyal workers.
The Southern Railway issues a glossy Summer Home and Resort Book offering low excursion return rates through October 31. The 32 page volume outlines routes distances hotels boarding houses proprietor names and rates by day week and month with practical travel details.
The commencement exercises closed Thursday marking the most complete program in the college's history.
Advertising claim promotes Chamberlain's remedy for bowel complaints as a preventive insurance against serious illness. It asserts one or two doses cure ordinary cases and that 25 cents buys coverage for a year, urging readers to buy from Dr. W. L. Carmichael.
An advertisement touts Simmons Liver Regulator as the best spring medicine and liver regulator with a red Z mark on packaging. A separate item reports Tom Harrison, a Black man, accused of attempting to assault Winnie Thorn, an orphaned white girl, near Pendergrass. he is jailed after waiving examination amid reported lynching threats. The column then offers a series of moral observations on folly and virtue.
An asterisk filled notice offers a medical reference book for men and women perturbed by sex related errors youth contagion and contagious diseases. The ad claims top specialists in the country and provides a street address 22% South Reese Street Atlanta Georgia for orders.
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