Local Happenings Highlight Jackson County Life
The Argus reports a string of community notes from Jackson: a woman injured by a hot sweet potato incident, engagements and local marriages, and progress on the new post office and Crawford Co. buildings. Reports on circuses, Masons elections, and a lively social scene accompany forecasts of a rich harvest and ongoing business prospects for Butts county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon
Kansas
Mise Ola Anderson
Jas. M. McClellan
Path of
Macon
Tom McClellan
Argus
Homer Carmichael
Georgia Military Academy
College Park
THE
Homer
L. M. Crawford & Co
Southern Express Co
Second Street
Jackson
Ben Brown
Butts County
Tallaoosa
Jim McKibben
McKibben Co
Juliette F
Jim
J. C. Thomas
Phi Delta Society
Mercer University
Thomas
Jackson Institute
Teet
Georgia Grand Lodge of Masons
Max Meyerhardt
Rome
Thomas H. Jeffries
Henry Banks
LaGrange
George M. Napier
Monroe
J. M. Ruskin
Boston
W. A. Walihan
J. M. Crawford
Ethel Goodman
LeVerte Pope
Lenora Nutt
Bessie Bryans
Jeffie Jordan
Saide Hitchins
Annie
Lottie Crawford
Walker Minter
Jim Etheridge
Roe Tamplin
Roy Daughtry
Earl Hooten
Troy Willis
Bob Crawford
London Chronicle
Gulf of Mexico
Poe
Aoe
Chronicle
Ian Steamship
Bosthe
Atlanta
Argus Ael
John R. Carmichie
First National Bank
Ackir
Cheapest in Town Fresh Groceries at Low Prices
A local grocer boasts unbeatable prices on evaporated peaches 10c or 3 lbs for 25c tomatoes 2 lb cans 10c or 3 for 25c canned corn 10c or 3 for 25c 3 lb cans of hominy 10c force soap life buoy 5c roast beef and more. The ad urges customers to try the shop and promises repeat purchases if satisfied.
Halloween party caps a busy Argus issue
The Argus notes names of local residents and guests at a Miss Taylor Watson Halloween event. It also recounts a Decatur insurance case, advertiser endorsements, and new business ventures in Jackson including Newton Carmichael Hardware Company and Carmichael Co. promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
D. J. Crawley
Waycross
Argus
W. A. Newton
Robert J. Carmichael
The
Carmichael Co
Newton-Carmichael Hardware Company
Jackson
Baltimore
John H. McCallum
Monticello
McDonough
High Falls
Griffin
Capt. McCallum
Local South Africa style store serves wide rural radius
O. R. Larson of Bay Villa Sun days River Cape Colony runs a general store nine miles from rail and twenty five miles from town. He reports farmers within thirty miles rely on Chamberlain's remedies for coughs and household needs with fourteen of sixty nearby residents cured in the past year. Harris Drug Co. sells it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. R. Larson
Bay Villa
Sundays River
Cape Colony
South Africa
Larson
Chamberlain
Harris Drug Co
Dr King's New Life Pills Save Life In Durham
P Muse of Durham North Carolina writes that after years of severe stomach and liver trouble death seemed near. He credits Dr King s New Life Pills with saving his life and restoring perfect health. Harris Drug Co sells the pills for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Muse
Durham, N. C
Dr. King
Harris Drug Co
Trusted man or woman wanted to manage business
Wanted in every county is a trustworthy person to run an old established house. A weekly cash salary of 1490 dollars paid by check every Wednesday with all fees remitted from headquarters. Send inquiries to Manager, 340 Caxton Ridge, Chicago.
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Caxton Ridg
Chicago
Stops the Cough and Works Off the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets claim to cure a cold in one day with no cure no pay and price of 25 cents. This vintage ad highlights a medicinal promise and low cost.
Arion Male Quartette to Perform in Jackson
The Arion Male Quartette, praised by the Columbia Herald, will appear in Jackson on Tuesday November 11. Proceeds from the show support Jackson Public School. The ensemble is lauded for refined voices and stage presence, with soloists Glenn Juelson and Craig drawing strong praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arion
Chicago Glee Club
Schubert
Ottumwns
Jackson
Theackson Public School
Columis
S. C
Columbia Herald
Wilkins
Lyceum
Columbia
Mr. Juelson
Lucky Jim
Mr. Craig
Oliver
National Lyceum of
Memphis
Alkahest
Second Round Tax Collector Schedule for 1902
J M Gaston acting tax collector lists locations and dates in Butts county for state and county tax collection in November and December 1902. Readable sites include Lamar's Mill Dodson's Store Stark Texassee Mt Vernon Beeselhe Elgin Fincherville Worthville Indian Spring Flovilla Jenkinsburg Towaliga and Jackson Saturdays and first Tuesday after October 7 until December 20. Office location is upstairs in Grand Jury room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butts County
Lamar
Dodson ’S
Stark
Worthville
Indian Spring
Jenkinsburg
Bell’s
Towaliga
Jackson
Grand Jury Room
J. M. Gaston
One Minute Cough Cure Reassures Amid Winter Colds
Mothers fear winter as children catch cold easily and croup proves deadly before doctors arrive. One Minute Cough Cure liquefies mucus eases inflammation and removes danger offering rapid relief for coughs colds grip bronchitis and other lung troubles. Testimonials from F B McMehon of Hampton Ga claim voice restoration before a contest. Laxative Chocolates promise relief for chronic constipation and liver troubles and are advertised as purely vegetable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMehon
Hampton
Harris Drag Co
Cheap Westward Homeseeker Tickets From Two Railroads
The Wabash and Atlantic Railroad and the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway offer round trip homeseeker tickets to Oklahoma and Indian Territory on October 15 November 5 19 December 8 and 17. Tickets are valid twenty one days from sale with fifteen day stopovers in Arkansas Texas Oklahoma and Indian Territory. For rates and details contact John L. Edmondson. Also a remady for diarrhoea from Chamberlains is advertised by Harris Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W N& Atlantic Railroad
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Arkansas
Texas
John L. Edmondson
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve Claims 40 Year Cure
C Haney of Geneva Ohio says DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cured him of piles after forty years of suffering. The advertisement notes it also cures cuts burns wounds and skin diseases and warns to beware of counterfeits from W L Car michael & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
C. Haney
Geneva
W. L. Carmichael & Co
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Carmi
Butts
Peeks
Curry
Enoch Haotenee
Ida Hendrick
Indian Spring Street
Ralph McCord
Blakely
Hi Son
Mina Myrthce McMichael
Eugene Boyd
Supt
Mears
Pepperton Mills
Darlington
John R. Shannon
Cabaniss
Monroe County
Georgia
Shaver
Hotel Aragon
Beauchamp
F. 8
Eberge
Jackson Banking Co
Etheridge
Iitheridge
Butts County Bat
John Wanamaker
Mare Watts
Flavilla Drug Company
A. F. White
Southern Railway
Post Office Department
Daughters of the Confederacy
Annie Crawley
Dempsey Avenue
Misses LeVert Pope
Jessie Jordan
Sadie Hitchins
Nannie May Ham
Alice Maddox
Dollie McKibben
Nettie Ray Pittman
Annie May Thornton
Tallie Jolly
James Etheridge
Clarence Henry
Wade Watkins
Olin Bar
Kinard & Clark
PHONE
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