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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1896
Page
4
A circular is being distributed nationwide claiming extremely low prices on an all line of goods. The notice urges recipients to obtain a copy and post it, warning that prices will hold only until stock is reduced and that missing out would be a mistake.
Satin fabrics offered for independent skirts feature beautiful patterns at popular prices, emphasizing affordable styling options for home sewers and small fashion makers seeking versatile, elegant materials.
Exerx Georgia letter from May 1896 advocates farmers electing Hardy Ogletree over Col. Wright. Author cites Ogletree as a sound, free silver supporter and notes Wright’s prior pension vote against Confederate widows. Agricultural report adds cotton acreage figures for 1894 and 1895, projecting 27,198,766 acres to be planted.
Columbus Enquirer Sun notes that National Republican convention seating at St Louis is advertised at $40 each, a price not high compared with Corbett Sullivan match tickets which fetched as much as $50.
The ad extols Electric Bitters as a year round remedy for liver sluggishness and bilious fevers with claims of quick system cleansing. It notes the price of 50 cents and 1.00 at W L Carmichael's drug store and warns against inferior substitutes. It also reports a $500,000 fundraising effort in New York to influence party delegates and urges loyal use of Simmon's Liver Regulator with the Red Z label.
Notices request advertisers to inform the paper of changes as soon as possible after each Thursday, promising courtesy and reducing the editor's workload.
Mrs. M L Rawls as transferee pursues foreclosure against Mrs. K E Kelley in Butts County court. The petition details a December 10 1894 mortgage on a Flovilla lot with eight room two story house to secure three notes totaling 698 and 4 100 dollars with 8 percent interest and 10 percent attorney fees. Kelley must pay by the next term or the mortgage will be foreclosed and the sale surplus applied to the lien. Marcus W Beck presiding.
Libel for divorce filed by Ida Edmonson against James Edmonson in Butts Superior Court February Term 1896. Non-resident defendant. publication of service ordered and cause to be shown at August Term. Also notice to creditors of Henry B Fletcher estate and executor Rh M Fletcher dates April 29 1896.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and council of the town of Jackson any person who keeps a cow within corporate limits shall not tie the animal in the streets for grazing. Violators on conviction before the Mayor may be fined one to ten dollars or jailed one to twenty days or both. B. P. Bailey, Mayor. Joseph Jolly, Clerk and Treasurer.
An election is ordered to fill the 4th ward council seat in Jackson following J W Crum's resignation. The vote will be held at the court house on Tuesday April 28 1896 to choose a new councilman for the 4th ward. Mayor B B. P. Baty orders the election.
The town council enacts that no person shall drive or keep any hack to meet trains at the depot or solicit patrons, with enforcement from the northwest corner of the depot eastward. This ordinance aims to regulate travel and curb unauthorized hack activity near the depot.
A northwest to southeast line by a fence and a Spanish oak defines where vehicles may stop near the street crossing north of the depot. Porters or drummers loitering for hotel or livery patronage are barred from approaching trains beyond the west side track. Violators may be fined up to twenty dollars or jailed up to thirty days. Repeals conflicting ordinances. Signed by Mayor B. P. Bailey and Clerk Joseph Jolly on April 16 1896.
Jas F Carmichael Ordinary orders a bond election for funding a courthouse in Butts County. Registration closes before the vote, with polling on a Saturday in May at designated voting places, to be publicized for 30 days in the Jackson Argus.
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