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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1901
Page
7
The 1901 annual meeting adopts a rate scale for all advertising. Rates are seven and a half cents per inch per insertion for 500 circulation, plus one cent per inch for each additional 100 newspapers. 10 percent discount with electrotypes. Members must publish the resolution at the top of the editorial column and send marked copies to applicants.
A satirical and opinion packed passage notes SCREVIN county rejecting a dispensary, contrasts bar rooms, praises the Hawkinsville Dispatch trade edition, mocks several firms, and comments on Atlanta politics, Schley inquiry, and presidential ancestry with regional tone.
The piece rails at Southern papers for sentiment after McKinley’s death and contrasts it with Northern editing. It urges Grady’s peace gospel, critiques liquor policy debates, and favors local option as the Georgia path to temperance while seeking stronger statewide reform.
The Argus urges Jackson and Butts County residents to donate to rebuild the Confederate Soldier's Home burned in Atlanta. The appeal praises veterans of the grey and asks immediate liberal contributions to provide shelter for their declining years.
The Argus reports Fleming G. duBignon remains healthful and will not quit as chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee. it vows opposition to his retirement unless he becomes Governor or U.S. Senator. Commander Hodgson writes to the New York Herald defending Schley against the Sun's attacks. Hodgson condemns the Sun as scurrilous and vows to aid in exposing its editor as a blackguard. Hodgson claims familiarity with the Sun’s worst critics on Admiral Schley.
Testimony before the Board of Inquiry portrays the Navy as loosely run under Long with charts and dispatches altered to Schley’s detriment. Allegations of conspiracy between department heads to withhold information from Schley and delay dispatches point to a broader critique of incompetence and internal rivalries within the service.
A 50 pound shoat, cross Berkshire and Poland China, black with white feet and facial white hairs, strayed Wednesday afternoon. A reward is offered for information. S. C. McCanness.
A millionaire appetite with a scant income has caused indigestion. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is advertised as a cure for dyspepsia and is sold by Harris Drug Co.
Be Sure to Call and see my new fall stock of Clothing Dry Goods Shoes and Hats. They are just 10 and are the prettiest and cheapé bargains in all this section. Remember when you can't st it elsewhere cheap enough I've got it. Ben F Moor. 9 Ifs0d0 Dr W L Michael Co advertises Witt's Witch Hazel Salve as a quicker and cheaper relief for piles avoiding surgery.
Notice from J. H. Layp dated September 16, 1901 offers cotton weighing at the Railroad Warehouse and invites local farmers to patronize with assurance of correct weights and satisfaction. The brief public notice seeks support from farmers in Butts and adjoining counties.
A Scammon Kansas reader from November shows a complaint about a constipation remedy. The note mentions Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin and a past three month usage with a positive view of the medicine and business dealings with the Monticello Illinois firm. Harris Dros is noted as seller.
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