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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1898
Page
8
S F Boyce of Duluth Minnesota a wholesale and retail druggist reports twenty five years of sales of Ayer's Sarsaparilla with only praise from customers. He calls it the best blood purifier and urges readers to request the Curebook from J C Ay er Co Lowell Massachusetts.
A wry reflection notes that thieves end in prison when they fail to steal enough to hire a top lawyer. It says many men need skilled legal help and that talk is cheap. It also jokes that even a quartet singer can see flaws in an organization.
An Atlanta physician claims to cure severe piles bleeding or blind within eight to twenty days using an electric battery and electrolysis without cutting clamps or chloroform. The offer includes a 25 dollar upfront fee with a money back guarantee if no complete cure after discharge, and references to Banks in Atlanta, Congressman L Livingst on, and Chamberlin & Co. Cor respondence is promised with prompt replies.
Local notice promoting Mitchell Wagons Old Hickory Tennessee White Hickory and Chatanooga models with pricing and service. Also an employment ad seeking trustworthy persons to manage business offering a $3900 annual salary plus expenses and monthly $75 with references to Herbert E Hess president Bept Chicago.
Notes from Sandy Plains describe drought concerns for cotton, visits by J S Collins and Pinehurst resident Joe Folds, Rev W J Hardy at Liberty, Levi Moore and Leroy Weaver in Hampton, Carnival of Macon attendance, Young Men's Prayer Meeting at Towaliga to be led by Levi Carter, Eloise Spencer visiting J W Fletcher, Will Carter hunting an opossum dog, Oscar Pettigrew visiting near Cabaniss, Crocker and Garrison of Milledgeville in Atlanta Medicine Company work, Ida Bethel and Clyde Bell visiting Griffin, and various trips to Camp Northern and relatives near Blount and Spalding counties.
An advertisement asserts rheumatism is worsened by mercury and potash in doctors' remedies. It promotes a blood medicine said to cure even severe rheumatism, citing a Texas railroad employee who recovered after taking the product.
An advertisement touts S S S blood remedy as entirely vegetable with no potash mercury or dangerous minerals and promises a permanent cure. Swift Specific Co of Atlanta offers free books. Also a local notice announces a move by Jackson Furniture Co now at Hitchins old stand and invites customers to visit for prices.
A letter from pack-train No. 8 in Santiago de Cuba on July 23 credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with keeping troops supplied amid diarrhoea and danger. The author, P. E. Burler, recalls buying stock in Tampa and calling the medicine an indirect savior of the army. Sale advertised by Flovilla Drug Co. and dealers.
Real estate advertises Harmon and Co offering full information on titles at no charge. Call N J Harmon to view attractive properties in town or county and secure lands on favorable terms, asserting you cannot do better on price.
A vintage health advert claims Browns' Iron Bitters keeps the liver in order and cures disease if developed. The copy urges regular use to gain strength and vitality and notes the product is sold by all dealers.
On Tuesday November 8 at the courthouse I will offer for sale my 50 acre farm two miles south of Jackson known as Dingle Dell. Improvements include two one room houses, a good well, out buildings, eight to ten acres of grape vines, 100 apple trees, 75 pear trees, and many other fruits and nuts. Land is well improved and desirable. Terms: half cash, balance in 12 months at 8 percent interest. Owner Jos L Wagner.
A Tennessee hotel advertises Edwards House offering clean beds and simple meals with quips about value. In Georgia, the John F Giles estate in Butts county Iron Spring district, 84 acres, dower lands of Mary B Giles, is advertised for sale on the first Tuesday in November 1898 for cash or private sale in the interim.
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