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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1900
Page
5
Pet Flint, a humble friend of Dr. Johnson, faced a theft charge for a counterpane at the Old Bailey. Chief Justice Willes summed up in her favor and she was acquitted, after which she quipped she would make a petticoat of the recovered fabric.
Relief in six hours for kidney and bladder disease claimed by the advertisement. It promises fast relief for bladder, kidneys and back pain in men and women and immediate reduction of water retention. Sold by Harris Drug Co. Druggists Jackson Georgia.
A Cincinnati Enquirer quote has a sociologist ask a man if his great ability would have brought equal success in an honest life. The man answers, there is less competition in an honest life, implying crime is easier.
An old ad touts Dr E Detchon’s Anti Diuretic for bedwetting in children and cites rapid relief. The product is offered for $1 and sold at Hawks Drug Co. and other druggists.
Anecdote recounts Campbell and Leyden debating a line from Hohenlinden. Leyden reportedly says he hates Scott but acknowledges the finest verses published in fifty years. Scott conveys the quip to Leyden, noting his respect for critical approval.
When buying a wagon from J. J. Thornton a buyer secures a five dollar freight advantage as the wagon is manufactured in Georgia, reducing overall transportation costs.
The Atchison Globe notes people tell lies casually in daily life. It cites examples such as praising a friend’s hat, complimenting a hostess’s cooking, and bidding farewell, suggesting one may lie or offend a hundred times daily. The piece argues lies have serious, though less visible, effects.
W. E. Lake of Happy Creek Virginia hails DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as the best pills in the world for quick relief without griping. Dr W L Carmichael & Co. markets the product and endorses its use for liver and bowel obstructions.
A playful exchange cited by the Cincinnati Tribune ends with a wedding prank. A fond father offers a block of business houses to the chosen suitor who replies that it would be a mighty square thing to do, and the bon mot wins the day as the houses are laughed into the wedding.
4 Clare Chauncey in Georgia reports twenty years of piles cured by DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve. Promoted as a fast remedy for skin diseases, the product warns against dangerous counterfeits by Dr. W L Carmichael & Co.
A humorous exchange hints at odd menu items and a shopper debates what to order. An advertising line promotes Dr. Tichenor's antiseptic touting its value and price of 59 cents at druggists.
An editorial argues that building grand high school complexes harms the school playgrounds and recess. It condemns vanity architecture, centralized planning, and the loss of the 5 to 15 year olds’ outdoor time in favor of ostentatious stone and brick structures.
W M Terry of Elkton Kentucky, a longtime druggist, testifies Chamberlin's Cough Remedy gives better satisfaction than any other cough medicine. He has sold hundreds of bottles and endorses Chamberlin's as the most satisfactory to the people. For sale by Flovilla Drug Company.
A strict colonel inspects trooprooms and spots a cobweb in the corner. He expects fault finding, but the witty officer explains they keep a cobweb “in case a man cuts his finger,” revealing clever morale humor.
An advertisement from Sterling Run Pennsylvania proclaims No family can afford to be without One Minute Cough Cure. It claims to stop a cough cure a cold faster than any medicine and to cure croup bronchitis throat and lung troubles while being pleasant and harmless. Dr W L Carmichael & Co.
A State Agricultural Department note refutes the belief that lightning scars permanently sterilize land. It says injured cotton plants die from current while the soil may be briefly barren, but fertility returns by the next growing season as natural forces heal the ground.
Otto Korb Grand Chancellor of K P Boonville Indiana praises DeWitts Witch Hazel Saive for soothing delicate skin and healing stubborn cases with certain and good results. Cure sites and skin diseases. Dr W L Carmichael & Co promotes the remedy.
Southern Railway announces Pullman sleeping cars between Brunswick and Atlanta Jacksonville to Cincinnati via Chattanooga Memphis to Cincinnati and Atlanta to Chattanooga with connections at Union Depot Atlanta Jesup for Jacksonville Tampa Savannah Columbia Washington and the East. Frank Gannon J McUlpp managers. W A Ture S H Hardwick Gen Agents.
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