Jackson Local News Notes and Business Updates
Albert Whitney claims it is a peniten tiary offense to touch him on the left arm and notes vaccination. Photographs strictly cash by J B Guthrie. Pitts Newton seen with peanuts. touted as sheriff candidate. G F Gilmore resigns as manager of W M Mallet farming, replaced by J A Moore for the year. Fertilizers recommended by B F Moon. Kinard preparing Jackson telephone exchange for April 1. Dr Cliff Carmichael and J L Hooten invest in a trotting horse in Atlanta. Carmichael's Sarsaparilla advertised. John Stone and wife reside at D F Thaxton's on Oak. Stone supervising new courthouse construction for Architect Bruce. R L Daughtry returns from East promising new dry goods line at Star Store. College entertainment praised. W L Shelton to Newnan for life insurance work. W E Harp retains postmaster appointments as Jackson office shifts class. Smallpox rumors denied by The Argus. no cases in Jackson city. exposure patients taken to detention camp from nearby areas. Authorities continue vigilance to prevent outbreak.
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Jackson
Argus
Incorporate
Richard Watkins
McKibben’s Row
Narrow Escape After Buggy Rolls Near Stark
Robert Lee and family narrowly avoided serious injury when a spirited horse shied, overturning their buggy on the roadside near Stark Sunday evening. Mr Lee, his wife, and infant were thrown into a cotton patch but escaped harm.
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Robert Lee
Stark
Mr. Lee
Hall's Catarrh Cure Proclaimed Effective
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal treatment for catarrh, claiming it reaches the disease at its source. It markets the product as not a quack remedy, endorsed by a top physician, with testimonials available and priced at 75 cents.
Carmichaels Bed Bug Poison Ad Promises Sleep
An advertisement touts Carmichaels Bed Bug Poison as a solution for undisturbed sleep. The copy emphasizes relief from bed bug disturbances and positions the product as the key to a peaceful night.
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Carmichaels
Board of Health Organizes in Butts county
The Butts county Board of Health met in Jackson on March 15 1898 with J T Goodman elected chairman and Van Fletcher secretary. They praised the ordinary for steps to curb smallpox and pledged cooperation in vaccination and disinfection. They advised vaccination points and instructed disinfection of affected houses subject to chairman calls.
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Jackson
Board of Health
Butts County
Said
J.T. Goodman
van Fletcher
Carmichael
W. C. Bryant
Lafayette's portrait pose joke from Washington era
Edith Sichel recounts a 1825 anecdote about Lafayette. He describes posing with a hat and cane, saying his other hand is in his pocket, a quip to keep his pose modest and his political image secure.
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Edith Sichel
Washington
America
Lafayette
Mme. de Montagu
Springtime Health Hint Promotes Swift's Specific
An 19th century advertisement urges readers to take a purifying tonic during spring changes. It claims spring strains bodies and risks breakdown, recommending a thorough course of Swift's Specific to ensure health through summer.
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Swift
Swift's Specific Promoted as Spring Blood Cleanser
An advertisement extols Swift's Specific as a thorough blood purifier for spring, claiming it strengthens the body, helps resist summer diseases, and is the only pure vegetable remedy free from potash mercury and minerals. It asserts the product cleanses and builds the system with guaranteed purity.
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Swift
Circulars and Banking Circles in a Modest Life
A man of moderate means recalls receiving bank circulars that claim strength and resources and invite his account. He compares this to a cabman’s greeting, pleased to be seen as a man of substance by such small signals.
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New York Sun
Capital City Laundry Advertisement
One of the state’s popular laundries offers absolute garment cleanliness. Garments are collected at Star Store office every Tuesday. Agent T. H. Buttrit invites customers to leave items at the Star Store for processing.
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Star Store
T. H. Butttrit
Cotton Seed Hulls Price Schedule Effective Feb Fifteenth
Prices for cotton seed hulls set by Jackson Oil Co. effective February 15. Loose hulls per hundredweight quoted with net bale and weight details, listing unit prices for different bale sizes and hull types.
Plant stock and sale notice at Dingle Dell
Notice seeks visitors to view the plant stock at Dingle Dell until 9 30 am and at McDonough Street from 10 am to 8 pm. Moving to finish by April 1 and offering flowering decorative and vegetable plants with listed prices for cabbage tomatoes and peppers by the dozen or 100 seeds.
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Dingle Dell
McDonough Street
Say Boys Pure King Cotton Seed Offered by Agent
An agent named Harmon promotes the King cotton seed saying it yields high volumes, noting bales can reach 500 to 1300 pounds of seed cotton. He offers select seed directly from the owner's farm in small or large lots at reasonable prices and invites trials this year.
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NrEwt Harmon
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Butts
Albert Whitney
J. B. Guthri
Pitts Newton
Pitts
G. F. Gilmore
W. M. Mallet
J. A. Moore
Mallet
B. F. Moon
Kinard
Cliff Carmichael
J. L. Hooten
Atlanta
Cliff
Jim Hooten
John Stone
D. F. Thaxton
Oak Street
Stone
Court House
Bruce
R.L. Daughtry
Star
Mr. Daughtry
W. L. Shelton
Life Insurance Fame
Newnan, Ga
W. E. Harp
McKinley
Hall
F. J. Cheney &Co
Props
Toledo
J.T. Goopman
Simmons Liver Regulator
R. R. Strange
Lake City, Fla
Nyci
Anna Adams
Portland
N. Y
M. M. Fenner
Fredonia
Skelleton
J. W. Crum
Professional Corpus Lawyers
M. P. Hall
Bank Hall
Georgia
T. J. Detipsey
Dempsey Building
No. Mulberry Street
Jackson, Georgia
J.w.preston,sk
Malcolmh. Ayer
North Triangular Block
Macon
L. L. Ray
Claude C. Ray
Ray & Ray
Planter’s Supply Co
McDonough
J. B. Guthrie
Capital City Laundry
Edwards & Co
Pepperton Cotton Mills
A. H. Smith
Treas
Jackson Oil
ANDY
Sterling
Chicaco
Montreal
New York
W. Anderson
E.m.smith
E.A. Stephen
Anderson, Smith & Stephens
M. M. Mills
Jackson, GA
Duke
Flovilla
W. A. Starnes, Jr
OFFIC
A. H. Cantrell
Third and Mulberry Streets
J. A. Jarrell
Algernon Blair
G. W. Kinsnan
Jackson. Ga
India Spring Ga
Indian Sprin Baptist
B. A. Collver
S Wilson
W. A. Elder
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