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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1897
Page
8
A verse recalling a half century ago creation of a healing remedy that sparked a philanthropic idea. The speaker likens himself to a sarsaparilla formula devised long ago by Ly Ayer for the relief of widespread pain and illness.
The ad extols Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a growing colossus, boasting cures as its secret and a flawless record. It notes imitators but asserts none can match its acclaimed 1893 World’s Fair medal and proven results.
A Southern Field column notes that Northern readers repeatedly request exchanges of farms or businesses for Southern properties. Southern owners prefer selling or dividing holdings rather than relocating north or west. They offer favorable terms to homeseekers ready to develop the land, inviting readers to abandon northern farms if needed and buy locally instead of exchanging.
James Rowland of Fairhaven New York reports his wife suffered rheumatism for 25 years. After a single use of Chamberlain Pain Balm she slept within an hour and now applies it for aches with relief. Available in 25 and 50 cent sizes at druggists.
Six new woolen mills were built in the South in 1896, one of the worst years for the woolen industry. Seventeen knitting mills were started in the same year, marking substantial growth in an industry only recently established in the region.
Send your address to H. E. Bucklen & Co Chicago for a free sample. A trial will prove their virtue in treating constipation sick headache malaria and liver troubles. Pills are vegetable safe and non diluting, aid stomach and bowels and boost the system. Regular size 25c.
The Clearwater Bleaching and Manufacturing Co of Augusta Ga applies for a 150000 dollar charter. Under way enlargements and improvements for 1897 include Atlanta Cotton Mills Macon and Manchester Manufacturing Co with 6000 spindles Concord N C Paterson Manufacturing Co Edna Cotton Mill 5090 spindles and 250 looms Salem N C Arista Mills Blacksburg S C Cherokee Falls Lexington S C Lexington Manufacturing Co Wellford S C Tucapan Mills Co Richmond Va Marshall Manufacturing Co Charlotte N C Gold Crown Hosiery Mills adding 16000 spindles Durham Hosiery Co adding 25 knitting machines Mascot Knitting Mills Sweetwater Tenn doubling capacity Danville Va Knitting Mill Norfolk Chicora Knitting Mill.
An advertisement promotes the Shaker Digestive Cordial as a cure for indigestion by providing ready digested foods that ease the stomach’s tired muscles. It claims broad success, offers a 10 cent trial bottle, and notes Laxol as the preferred child medicine recommended by doctors instead of Castor Oil.
The article urges investment in Southern real estate noting undervalued prices for both small and large investors. It highlights profits for ambitious savers in the North and presents avenues for large capitalists to place funds in safe, profitable returns.
The editor of The True Remedy praises Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds calling it the true remedy after trying many others. It is guaranteed and never fails to satisfy with trial bottles free at drug stores.
The piece argues North tenants pay $3.50 to $5.00 per acre while southern farms can be bought. It invites tenant farmers to move South to see better options, claiming independence comes with owning land and offering guidance on how to achieve it.
A testimonial letter states Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh at all stages by a constitutional internal treatment. The publishers offer a one hundred dollar reward for any case it fails to cure and invite testimonials. Address F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. price 75 cents.
Saturday crowds fill the town as dry goods merchants rush to meet demand and dressmakers expect a surge in spring frocks. The notice promotes Simmons Liver Regulator for indigestion and dyspepsia with testimonial quotes from S S Perkins of Sharon Georgia and J J Black of Duncan Arizona.
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