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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1895
Page
3
Local items report visiting notables C. G. Fennell T. Childs Crenshaw and Lamar Pound in Jackson. Announcements include a Jackson Institute recital, Prof. Hall lecture, Arcus pricing, and a Globe Store millinery opening with a prize watch drawing. Community updates cover farming, cotton prices, and street conditions.
Atlanta's Wire Fence Man offers the best and cheapest fencing for all uses. He emphasizes affordability and wide availability of sturdy fences for home and business needs.
Citizens who supported the anti barroom bill are asked to finish gathering names and send the petitions to Clement C Cary in Jackson Georgia at the earliest opportunity. The note stresses immediate return of the documents dated October 3 1895.
For weeks we offered a one year Argus subscription to the biggest weekly cash buyer from any Argus advertiser. This week Mr. W. B. J. Ingram of Winn's Mill wins the prize with a $77.82 purchase made last week at the New York Store. The sale was handled by salesman Robi N. Etheridge.
Mesdames S C Paul and J C Butner consolidate their dress making business and announce they will do ladies dresses with special attention to fine and elegant costumes. They promise the very best neat work at low figures with dresses made and fitted to suit fastidious tastes, Bon ton styles and up-to-date work guaranteed.
Notice recalls the death of Eloise Mahone from typhoid fever in Jackson. She is praised for beauty, manners, and Christian character, with details of conversion in Lochapoka Alabama and a prayer for her family’s comfort. The article emphasizes faith, heaven, and the spiritual home awaiting the departed.
The Star Store hosted two days of events on October 2 and October 8 drawing many ladies to view a refined millinery display. Local shoppers flocked to Jackson to find a wide selection of goods, praising the countywide opening and urging purchases at Jackson merchants.
Ganajoharie resident D W Fuller praises Dr King’s New Discovery saying it always gives best results and the family would not be without it. Catskill druggist G A Dyke confirms it as the best cough remedy after eight years of use with no failure. Available at all drug stores in regular and bottles sizes.
Dr W H H Peek died suddenly at his Locust Grove home last Tuesday evening at 7. He was about 55, leaves a wife and daughter, and served Henry county in the 1890 and 1891 general assembly. He was master of the Locust Grove Masonic lodge and was buried Thursday in Locust Grove cemetery. w C B.
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