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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1896
Page
7
A French student in Paris writes to his father after three years away asking whether his goal was law or medicine. The note, cited by Le Figaro, reflects hesitation about his field of study in the foreign capital.
An array of historical ads tout tonics and remedies including Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for dyspepsia biliousness and nerve calmness, Brown’s Bronchial Traches urged for quick relief, and Kilmer’s Swan-Peak-Root for kidney and bladder issues. A village humorist adds a motto for a grocery claiming Honest tea is the best policy.
A political melee unfolds in Kentucky as Kaufman is unseated amid a tense scene in both house and senate. Democrats clash with Republicans as gunmen loom while joint sessions race to settle who holds the seat.
The Washington Post interview quotes Governor Atkinson saying Georgia will stay Democratic despite talk of fusion with populists and Republicans. He argues silver is favored, expects many silver delegates, and notes a gold setback after the last bond issue. He doubts a Chicago platform will satisfy Georgia. Anti gold contract bill advances in Mississippi.
Anna Burns of 838 Plano Street Newark recounts severe head and hip pain and tremors while working at her candy store. She credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with relief after trying many treatments. reports weight gain and regained mobility and endorses the medicine.
A German report describes heated freight cars on the Cologne to Berlin routes to protect perishables during a severe 1894 95 winter. A central stove and exterior thermometer guide inspectors to adjust heat with fuel as needed, with a small surcharge. The system is hailed as successful by shippers. The piece also notes Rev Lorimer Fison a Melbourne editor minister who smoked a plug of tobacco before ordination and kept it as a joke with the examiners.
A mixed excerpt discusses gold hoarding and a bank sighting, then shifts to medical ads. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo claims a constitutional cure with a money-back offer and circulating testimonials. Piso’s Cure is praised as a wonderful cough remedy.
General Sewell of New Jersey remains the lone genuine Irish senator in the United States Senate born in Mayo Ireland who came to America in 1851 at sixteen as a penniless orphan. The Duke of York’s stamp collection, recently sold to a Rothschild, carried a six hundred thousand dollar insurance. The widow of Alexander Campbell, founder of the Christian Church, is ninety four and living in Bethany West Virginia with daughter Mrs W B Thompson former Louisville postmistress. Rain-in-the-Face, once a Custer massacre leader, is now a Standing Rock police officer. George Vanderbilt bought 125 Jersey cattle from Pittsford Farm near Rochester for his Biltmore Farm at Asheville North Carolina. The herd sale by Frank W Hawley is tied to state health action on cattle tuberculosis and upheld by the court of appeals.
An advertisement touts hardy grasses clovers and fodder plants to transform barren land in about a year. It promises big crops and lists teosinte giant bourry sacaline and lathyrus plants, urging readers to request a free mammoth catalogue plus ten sample seeds by sending 10 cents to John A Salter Seed Co La Crosse Wisconsin.
Chas E Currier of the Atlanta National Bank commends Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy for acute indigestion saying it gives instantaneous relief. The Atlanta banker notes his belief in the medicine and its high merit and mentions it is sold by all druggists at 50 cents per bottle.
The passage extols Syrup of Figs as a gentle, effective laxative that supports overall health by promoting internal cleanliness without weakening the system. It stresses purchasing only the California Fig Syrup Co. product and notes its wide use and satisfaction among families.
In Atlanta the fence dealer Shellaberger 7 markets cheap fencing and asserts the best quality. The short pitch highlights value and local availability for homeowners and builders seeking affordable barriers.
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