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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1897
Page
8
Rose B. Thornton signs a reflective poem from Jackson Georgia dated November 8 1897 praising autumn hues and the enduring lessons of nature. It invites looking forward to future joys as the year wanes.
A 1897 column critiques Puritans on religious liberty and slavery while praising the South’s prosperity. It contrasts past oppression with present abundance and urges gratitude for a year marked by growth and material plenty. The piece closes with a moral about charity beyond mere abundance.
Calibrated guidance promotes cleanliness to resist yellow fever and germ spread. Cascarets Candy Cathartic is advertised as cleansing the system and killing disease germs.
The piece weighs school as sweet peace or pain and urges effort for knowledge. It envisions happy memories despite duress, urges embracing each day, and recalls OsstE McCorp as author or subject in a nostalgic verse.
Alumni listed with class years pursue advanced study or hold notable positions. Douglas Watson 94 is a professor of Greek and science at Holbrook Normal College. Thomas Slaughter 94 studies medicine in Atlanta. Junie Duke 95 chairs mathematics at a Tennessee college. Eloise Pound 95 teaches in Butts county. Jesse Jolly 96 graduates with honors from Mercer. Yallie Garr 96 pursues a post graduate course at Cox College. Taylor Watson 96 studies at Holbrook Normal. Beman McKleroy 96 leads a Crawford county high school. William Wright 96 manages Star store in McDonough. Myrtice McMichael Rex King Levi Carter 97 attend Holbrook Normal College. Robert Lee Mays Ernest Watkins 97 at the University.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets and Candy Catharties as preventing yellow fever by killing germs in the bowels. It claims regular use reduces danger, listing 10c 25c and 50c prices for the drugs.
A 19th century meditation praising Southern resilience after the Civil War. It extols Confederate soldiers as patriots who accepted emancipation, rebuilt homelands, and restored Southern prosperity. The passage lauds Southern women as symbols of virtue alongside industrial growth and abundant resources.
Warns to kill germs in the bowels to prevent Yellow Jack. Claims Cascarets destroy germs throughout the system and prevent new ones from forming. Presents Cascarets as a reliable safeguard for all ages. Mentions prices 10c 25c 50c and druggists.
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