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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1897
Page
5
Roundabout traffic schedules and city notes include deliveries and baggage car mail details for Nos. 16 and 15 trains, local residents in and out of the city, store ads from Alten Co and Globe Store, new pupils at Jackson Institute, medical notices, eye tests offered free by Hanes, and various citizen updates.
Notice to farmers that W W Lampkin, longtime buyer for S M Inman Co now with The Planters' Supply Co at Crum's Corner Jackson Ga, offers top market cotton buying and sample evaluation across regional buyers.
Work has begun on repairing and remodeling the Covington Methodist church. Crews will install new pews, roof, and ceiling with walls left intact. The project will cost between three and four thousand dollars, aiming to make it one of Georgia’s largest and neatest churches after completion.
The Pepperton Cotton Mills promote cheap coal with year round stock and delivery on demand. Offers special close prices for bulk buyers and self drayage. The Pepperton warehouse is in Jackson with proprietor B F Watkins and manager Joseph Jolly amid local notoriety and boastful claims about expertise and character.
A. H. S. Davis informs friends he is with the Plant ers Supply Co and will be glad to serve customers. He invites them to make headquarters at the store when in town and promises cordial greetings.
The article notes a singing event at Sandy Creek church next Sunday using the old Sacred Harp and promising good old vocal music for attendees. It also mentions Spencer & Co selling extra buggies at bargain prices due to overstock from a camp meeting and a reorganization meeting of the Sharesnerean Circle led by Miss Eva Salvett to discuss the Tempest.
I have just received a car of Old Hickory and Tennessee wagons to supply my customers. They are the best wag on offer in this section, evidenced by ten years of use and concurrent positive conclusions.
A shout by Bear, a one-armed, one-eyed Black resident of J. H. Land’s house, drew help Sunday night. Neighbors chased off two would-be robbers, who slashed Bear on the neck in a bid for money. injuries deemed painful but not serious.
Jackson's telephone magnet S. B. Kinard extends Forsyth line this week. The Forsyth switch is completed, linking the isolated town with the business world. The Argus commends Kinard for the enterprise and Forsyth for joining the speaking network with Jackson.
S B Krnarp asserts readiness to supply coal this fall and winter and plans to call on customers for orders. He thanks potential patrons for future patronage.
An advertisement proclaims first class plain and ornamental painting by R H Calvert. The note claims painting can be profitable for clients and invites them to inquire about services.
Attention notes Jackson now making first class meals. Carry your corn to Mr Plunket at the Southern depot and inquire about it.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve touted as cure all for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tester chapped hands chilblains corns and skin eruptions. Promises money back if not satisfied with full refund offered. Price 25 cents per box, available from all druggists.
A Hackensack man touts a hogoscope near ex senator McPhersons abattoir in Jersey City saying shadowgraph shows hog killing motions by gaslight. He claims viewers are riveted and stay hours watching the nightly echo of slaughter and dressing in a continuous screen of shadow images.
The article explains how iron salts from ferruginous strata contaminate water from wells and springs. It describes soft water from granite or gneiss as relatively clean, while contact with rock salt or lime rocks makes water saliferous or calcareous and hard. Iron oxide causes turbidity and unsightly drinking vessels.
Preventative advice urges thorough cleansing to guard against Yellow Jack by removing germ breeding matter. Cascarets Candy Cathartic promoted as a cleanser to purify the system and kill contagious disease germs.
An old advertisement touts One Minute Cough Cure as a fast remedy for coughing. The copy emphasizes rapid results and highlights its purpose as a remedy for cough relief.
Harper's Weekly describes the central ruins at Copan Honduras with pyramidal foundations for temples, a vast stepped structure rising to about 130 feet, and extensive remains of temples palaces and noble houses. It notes inscribed tablets and widespread stone foundations suggesting wooden dwellings of poorer citizens once stood there.
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