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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1897
Page
3
Scott Tennant curates a shoe line noted as honest wear in Jackson. The shop emphasizes quality and experience, offering the Old Reliable Bay State and Krippendoorf Dittman Shoes as a special focus.
Balance on hand as of the quarter reported by J. L. Lyons Clerk and Treasurer. Approved and ordered published by H. L. Daughtry Chairman Finance Committee.
A dialogue between Mrs. and Mr. Nagg reveals a tense marital quarrel about leaving home and vows of harsh talk. The item shifts to a testimonial from Gaars Mill Li reader praising Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for chronic diarrhoea after war injuries, noting 25 and 50 cent sizes.
Electrician W H Preece recalls a playful early telephone stunt linking Osborne Portsmouth and London. A band was arranged to play for the queen distant at the other end, but vanished before she arrived. He then hums God Save the Queen into the line and asks if she recognizes it, to which she replies it is the national anthem but very badly played.
An old newspaper item explains that decline means wasting from poor digestion and undigested food causing toxins. It advocates using the Shaker Digestive Cordial as a pre-digested aid to restore stomach function and health, urging readers to read a druggist's book. It also notes a California chemist improving castor oil flavor with Laxol.
Henry Smith Williams notes Humphry Davy’s arrival in London in 1801 to lead chemical philosophy at the Royal Institution. Under his direction a colossal voltaic battery produced a potash metal that floated on water and burst into flames when quenched, an extraordinary sign of early chemistry. He also cites perilous sea routes off Cape Ushant and Cape Finisterre as dangerous for shipping.
A study notes Ireland averages 208 rainy days per year, England about 150, Kazan roughly 90, and Siberia around 60. The figures illustrate wide regional differences in precipitation and climate patterns across the regions cited.
The Rome cemetery is described as the world's largest with more than 600000 human remains buried there.
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