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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1897
Page
4
A 22 year old Washington clerk dies bitterly after a Halloween incident in 1895. A coffin apparition in a fireman's house appeared to her and a friend during a seance, leaving the survivor traumatized and the victim later buried with the inscription And there shall be no night there.
Truman H Johnson writes from Busti in Chautauqua County about a long illness that left him a skeleton. He credits Dr Fenner's Kidney and Bacillus Cure with improving digestion and reducing soreness, noting his father died of the same disease years earlier.
A former burglar describes a second floor chase and attic escape in a Chicago area house. He lifts via a roof scuttle and slides down a sloped roof to a grassy terrace, evading two pursuers who watch in disbelief. The tale closes with his quip on appetite and a brief ad for eye tests and spices.
J R Carmichael announces receipt of a car of Old Hickory and Tennessee wagons for sale to satisfy numerous customers. He claims the wagons are the best offered in the section and supported by ten years of use by others.
The ad argues vitality as life force and body strength. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as best for low vitality, claiming it supplies nourishing elements from food in easily digested form and strengthens the system against disease like consumption. Scott & Bowne, New York.
Mr Ferris reviews Austin Corbin’s Blue Mountain Forest Park near Newport New Hampshire describing its vast size twice Boston and Central Park, its Croydon shoulder and Camelback skyline, diverse second growth, wild hogs, and a high barbed wire fence with 9 substations.
Journal notes that ivory had little value before Arabs came. Natives killed elephants for meat, then hunted for ivory later when Arabs offered beads or metal. Ki bongo reportedly bought large ivory stores after Stanley's passage, but spent all. Locals joined Tippu Tib toward Stanley falls, engaging in raids and battles.
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