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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1897
Page
5
Hon J. G. Carlisle argues in Forum that the electoral system is inherently inconsistent with the theory of government and with itself. He warns that lack of uniform rules in electing electors undermines state equality and risks injustice, urging uniform procedures nationwide to ensure fair presidential selection.
W H Norton of Sutter Creek California says a severe cold with constant coughing was cured by Chamberlains Cough Remedy. He recommends it to friends and notes it is sold by druggists.
A playful New York Journal item notes Miss Topnotch carries many rocks and has a heart of stone, described with humor as a mounting collection and a stubborn nature.
A Bradford Regulator Co advertisement promotes Ed's Female Regulator as a tonic for menstrual disorders, urging girls and women to use it to restore health. It cites a testimony from Water Valley Mississippi and claims relief after a single bottle. Sold by druggists at one dollar per bottle.
A feature on Brian Bordhmne’s harp, Ireland’s oldest known instrument, its legendary ties to Brian Boromhe and Teague, and the scholarly debunking by George Petrie. The piece notes its small size, devotional use, Gothic HS initials, oak pillar, red sallow soundboard, silver capping, and later gifting to Trinity College by William Conyngham.
A Washington Star writer recalls a Boston traveler who after six years of globetrotting chose Rome as her favorite city. She said Rome appeals not to religion but to cuisine, praising calf brains prepared in numerous ways unavailable elsewhere.
An advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure. It includes endorsements from West & Traux and Walding, Kinnan & Marvin in Toledo, Ohio, noting F J Cheney's 15 years of honorable business conduct.
A New York chemist T. A. Slocum offers three free bottles of his claimed cure for consumption and bronchial diseases to readers of The Jackson Argus. He asserts universal curability, cites letters of gratitude, and asks sufferers to write to 98 Pine Street New York for delivery.
A Chicago Record quip notes a new clergy member who attends funerals on a wheel while asserting progressiveness. The remark underscores the era's humor about evolving church practices.
The sale takes place at the courthouse door in Jackson on the first Tuesday in December 1897 within legal sale hours. It includes a 25 undivided interest in a Fincher ville store and lot of about 12 acres and a Pigeon Roost land tract in Worthville district. The property is levied to satisfy a Butts superior court execution in favor of W T Roberts and J M Burker against O B Knowles J N Knowles and J J Buffington endorsee. Tenant in possession given written notice.
In Butts County Georgia the court cites all heirs and creditors to show cause why S. M. Mathews administratrix of F. M. Weaver should not be discharged from administration and receive letters of dismission on the first Monday in February 1898. This notice is dated November 10 1897. James F. Carmichael Ordinary.
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