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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1894
Page
2
For Tax Receiver J. H. Ham. For Tax Collector W. L. Carter. For Treasurer T. L. Williams. For Surveyor B. J. Jinks. For Coroner Jesse McKleroy.
A noisy Jackson opinion piece touts cotton prices and cheap goods, claims local merchants offer the lowest prices, and promotes Jackson as superior. It analyzes the governor race with Atkinson leading and Hines challenging, mocks figures like John Temple Graves and Thomas E. Watson, and satirizes China-Japan tensions and naval buildup.
An unsigned letter from the Observer argues the United States topples toward financial ruin due to Republican policy since 1866. The writer calls for silver money restoration, repeal of a ten percent bank tax, and tariff reduction to curb centralization and empower honest money.
An advertisement from the Blood Balm Co of Atlanta Ga promotes Botanic Blood Balm a cure-all for skin and blood diseases rheumatism ulcers and debility. A book of cures is offered free by sending a postal card and a large bottle costs one dollar with druggists carrying the product.
Lord Aberdeen recounts a London to North trip in a sleeping car. A stranger questions his wealth and, after learning he is "tolerably well-to-do" with "several hundred thousand pounds," quips that if he were as rich and snored loudly he would fill a whole car to avoid disturbing others.
The Sixth district Democrats at Indian Spring enthusiastically nominated Charles L. Bartlett for congress with Judge Gib Wright praising his integrity. The story recalls a courtroom quip by Judge Wright about calling a colleague Charlie, and predicts Bartlett’s swift election to Congress. Also noted is a local sale of a good milk cow by Gilmore and Hencely.
An old item notes a woman or child, far sighted or near sighted or half blind, seeking bargains at the Blue Front Store of Gunn Potts & Co on Third Street.
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