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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1902
Page
2
A column of whimsical vignettes from a Butts County writer includes a preacher's family prayer interrupted by a baby shouting boo serve as a springboard for reflections on honesty, love, and social mores. The piece lampoons arithmetic aversions, gender norms, and local quirks with humor and satire.
Builder's Hardware promotes a full line of locks hinges sash fasteners sash lifts blind hinges night latches and more available locally. The catalog highlights carpenter's tools from nail sets to hand saws and directs customers to J. S. Johnson & Co. for complete selection.
A lighthearted column recounts school pranks and romances, with a wedding, local mischief, and sketches of residents. Vignettes include a teacher outwitted by a pupil, marriage plans, crop notes, a disputed inheritance, whispered prayers, and a moonshiner tale from Bluestone Gap.
A deceased man dies before service and is interred on a mountain side beneath a modest headstone bearing a humorous inscription. The piece shifts to social commentary with comic and religious remarks, including Native author Col Wright, local figures, and Biblical discussion about Eve, Cain, and the serpent. The Devin closes noting the discussion's spirit.
A nostalgic verse celebrates September and autumn harvests while a separate ad seeks a trustworthy manager for an old Chicago house offering $18 weekly salary, with expenses advanced from 840 Caxton Building.
We are prepared to negotiate loans on improved farms in Butts county on long time at low rates. No commission charged. A reasonable fee for inspecting land and making abstract of titles. Apply to Cabaniss & Willingham Forsyth Ga.
An old advertisement promotes Smith's Nerve Restorer as a true nerve tonic that cures nervous prostration without opium. Sold by Harris Drug Co.
Notice directs customers to J A Plunkett for coal lumber and building materials with office located at the mill.
Purported cure for chronic constipation and liver troubles described as pleasant to take and purely vegetable. Guaranteed by Harris Drug.
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