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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1900
Page
6
President John Quincy Adams famously refused to pay fifty cents for all Phidias and Praxiteles works, doubting sculpture lasting. William Morris Hunt later quipped whether the sum reflected Adams stance on sculpture or the value of 50 cents.
J. J. Thornton advertises White Hickory Wagons with a guarantee of longer durability than any other wagon sold.
A vignette from the Atchison Globe notes a vagrant mixed breed dog is friendliest and most grateful, while a fancy blue ribbon dog is apt to snap at children. The author would prefer a yellow pup purchased from a boy.
An advertisement touts Dr Tichenor's Antiseptic for minor wounds offering relief and claims of effectiveness. The product is priced at 50 cents and available at drugstores.
The excerpt quotes a quip about changing a cherry tree into a chestnut, contrasting views on cultivation. Cawker asks if cultivation can alter a fruit tree, Cumso doubts it, and the line cites Harper's Bazaar humor about Washington's cherry tree becoming a chestnut.
A Happy Creek Virginia resident W E Lake proclaims DeWitt's Little Early Risers the best pills for liver and bowel obstructions. The product is praised for quick action and lack of griping. Medical distributor Dr W L Carmichael & Co backs the remedy.
A New York Sun description explains an up town store sign lit by electric bulbs that form the proprietor’s name as a vast pen writes it. The sequence starts with left bulbs, follows the pen outline, and delays the dot on the i until the final flourish, then reappears in reverse motion.
An advertisement claims Dr E Detchon’s Anti Diuretic helps children with bedwetting by arresting the trouble at once. Priced at $1, it is sold by Hirris Drug Co., Druggist, with a note that it may be worth more than $100 to those with affected children.
A reader endorses Chamberlin's Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy from the Worcester Enterprise and reports personal success using one or two doses for colic and diarrhoea. The note is signed W. A. Stroud from Popomoke City Maryland and lists Flovilla Drug Co. as the seller.
A Chicago Tribune quote contrasts a youthful exclamation over a seven dollar fifty cent book with an elder book agent’s line that nothing costs like sin. The ad cites Dr. W. L Carmichael Co. with DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve claimed to cure piles for twenty years and skin diseases, warning of dangerous counterfeits.
Hugh Pearson recalls Dean Stanley as the most absent minded man. While driving into Palermo he shivered and was urged to add a layer. They resumed reading when a loud laugh revealed Stanley riding in the streets in his nightshirt over his coat due to his absentmindedness.
Local notice reports wife relief from rheumatism using Chamberlin s Pain Balm. W J Cuyler of Red Creek recommends it as a splendid remedy and household aid. Editor W G Phippen notes Cuyler as leading village merchant and prominent resident. Care offered by Flovilla Drug Co.
A French housekeeper reveals a rule to add a tiny bit of butter and powdered sugar to coffee beans during roasting. She says a hazelnut-sized butter portion per pound and at most a teaspoon of sugar create the pleasant burned sugar flavor in French coffee.
J J Thornton reports a fresh shipment of modern buggies available for viewing. Potential buyers are urged to call for details and demonstrations.
In a brief quip from the San Francisco Examiner a mother asks why her little Emerson grieves while Waldo Smith plans to study Egyptian hieroglyphics next week. Papa, though, forbids starting before age five.
A buyer saves on freight by purchasing wagons from J. J. Thornton who procures wagons built in Georgia, reducing transportation expenses.
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes that some doctors believe a person has a fixed number of waking hours each day. Using more of those hours may shorten life, while sleeping when nothing better to do could extend longevity.
W H Shipman of Bearesley Minnesota declares enduring twenty five years of dyspepsia with little relief from doctors and dieting. He reports using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and now eats freely and feels like a new man as it digests what you eat.
A humorous exchange shows an author asking for indulgence in a new book and a critic admitting he avoided printing a candid opinion because they are friends. The cartoonish dialogue highlights friendly bias in reviews.
Grand Chancellor Otto Kord of Boonville Indiana touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as soothing for delicate kin and healing skin issues with certain and good results. Cure sites and skin diseases offered by Dr W L Carmishael & Co.
In a playful exchange Miss Fusson fears postmarriage squeezes while her fiancé promises continuing affection. He quips that they will manage on seven dollars a week after they wed, eliciting lighthearted banter.
A physician urges reducing a curious swelling over the heart and the patient quips that the swelling is his pocketbook and requests not to reduce it too much. The humorous vignette appears in Harlem Life.
A promotional note urges raising chicks this year with Barred Plymouth Rocks leading. It promotes fertile eggs from W. M. Taylor in McKibben Georgia at 15 for $1.50 and 80 for $2.50. Taylor is an agent for Young's Poultry Powders and incubator products.
Mrs Walldorf asks which ancestors belong to her and her husband. Mrs Justinn explains the decorators mixed the ancestors while fixing the gallery and the families could not tell them apart, so they lumped the whole lot as their ancestors.
James Harmon promotes Indian Spring water as a healthful, God made beverage to run through homes via Jackson at 24 cents a week. He cites a former Atlanta mayor's claim about paying millions to bring the water and asks readers to aid a young entrepreneur starting his first business.
A clergyman recalls a couple's wedding arranged with him. The groom left a heavy envelope seeming to hold a $10 gold piece, but the giver actually placed a silver quarter inside the envelope which the priest dropped into the poor box.
W. W. Mayhew of Mertoh Wis endorses One Minute Cough Cure as a quick safe remedy. It claims to cure coughs colds croup bronchitis grippe whooping cough pneumonia and all throat and lung diseases and even prevent consumption. Endorsed by Dr W L Carmichael Co.
An eastern poet shows a talent for diplomacy through verse. The sample quatrain uses imagery of goldenrod and Evadne to describe a redheaded woman, a playful nod to color and beauty in regional newspaper style.
A Boston man who married a ailing rich young woman credits Dr King's New Life Pills with restoring her health. The pills claim to cure jaundice biliousness malaria fever and ague and to aid digestion. Sold for 25 cents at Harris Drug Co.
A messenger delivers an uncertain package to Wederly, suspected birthday gift from his wife. He asks to leave the bill and promises to mail a payment soon, in a brief street-corner exchange quoted by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
A fast bicycle rider often suffers pain cuts sprains or bruises from accidents Bucklen's Amica Salve relieves pain and heals injuries It also cures chafing chapped hands sore lips burns ulcers and piles Sold by Harris Drug Co Druggist at 25 cents promising guaranteed relief
A reflective line sourced from the Gate City commentary notes that many claim heaven as theirs yet fail to make proper use of the earth. It contrasts aspirations with practical stewardship.
Friends of Mrs. 8S Pease of Lawrence Kansas report she could not leave bed for seven years due to kidney and liver trouble nervous prostration and debility. After three bottles of Electric Bitters she could walk again and felt renewed. Advertises as remedy for headaches backache nervousness sleeplessness melancholy fainting and dizziness. Harris Drug Co selling for 50 cents with satisfaction guaranteed.
A New York Ledger piece argues life can perish from excessive exposure to natural extremes. It notes whales drowning, fish exploding under pressure, and sudden air or temperature changes rupturing vessels, warning that extreme gorts endanger vulnerable organisms.
A United States naval surgeon endorses wood pulp sheets as a substitute for flaxseed meal in poultices. Soaked in hot water the pulp relaxes and holds four to five times its weight in moisture, needing no cloths, cooking, or stirring. A thin muslin layer can help retain heat, and the sheet can be reused as needed.
The document records King Ethelwolfe of Wessex granting one tenth of lands to the Church and clergy. Issued at Wilton in Anno Domini 854 during Easter, with royal and ecclesiastical witnesses and a vow for God’s blessing and the kingdom’s health.
Advertises Browns' Iron Bitters as a remedy for weakness, low ambition, and wasting tissues. Claims to restore strength, soothe nerves, and improve complexion. Promotes sale through all dealers and positions itself as a cheaper alternative to expensive medicines.
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