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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1894
Page
5
An old time sale notice touts low prices on mens brogans and kin, women’s and children’s shoes, and dry goods. It markets Brown Shoe Co lines, Blue Ribbon school shoes, and a range of garments with bold claims of prices well below rivals. The ad also features Miss Mattie Paul selling dresses and tailoring services, urging readers to visit for deals and fabrics.
An old ad boasts men’s suits from 2.25 to 20.00 with values listed, including all wool and serve fabrics. It also promotes boys and children garments with discounted prices like 99c and 1.25, claiming bargains on multiple suit styles and sizes.
Local grocer Red headed Thompson advertises cheap groceries and hardware, claiming to undercut rivals. He promises cheap tobacco at 25 cents a pound and urges customers to visit for the best prices and a wide selection.
Advert shows fur hats priced from 17 cents to 4 dollars with lines promising underselling by large job lot. It claims 4 fur hats for 74 cents valued at 200 dollars and a fur hat for 79 cents worth 1.50, inviting customers to visit and be convinced.
Ad copy promising happiness at the Blue Store with new goods and special inducements for country merchants. The tone is promotional, urging readers to visit and be satisfied with purchases.
A Jackson Ga sheet compiles varied items from ads to endorsements and local notices. It touts inventions, sale offers, politics, moral exhortations, and farm land listings with names like J. R. Carmichael and Ayer's Sarsaparilla featured amid community events and travel anecdotes.
A. M. Ramsey of Comanche County Texas testifies to the curative effects of P P P medicine after using nearly four bottles. He reports relief from breathing difficulties heart palpitations and pain with improved sleep and breathing through a blocked nostril. Ramsey swears to the statement before J. M. Lambert N P on August 4 1891.
The New York Weekly World becomes a twice weekly paper, now bundled with the New York World for the same price of 1.00 per year. Jackson Argus announces a special rate of 1.75 yearly for both papers, delivering local news alongside the syndicated edition at a notably low cost.
A Chicago Tribune snippet recalls a train conversation where a skullcap traveler asks if the other is traveling for a house. The reply: I am a Universalist preacher. The respondent laughs and reveals he is an agent for a fire extinguisher.
W. T. Bell describes a Thursday gathering at Rev. J. S. Askew's Jenkinsburg parsonage where churchwomen stoked a heartfelt hospitality. Two quilts were made for the pastor and wife, and a lavish dinner fed a dozen or more guests. Bell thanks Bro. W. M. Mallet for conveyance and asks God's blessings on the Jenkinsburg group.
Notice offers first class stone and brick work by a veteran of 20 years including dam work blasting and rock piers. Call G. W. Warkins in Jackson Georgia for quotations. The second item describes a racially charged assault incident in Jasper County near Mechanicsville involving a white woman and a black suspect with a warning to act violently if seen.
Mr. B W Collier died quietly at his Indian Spring home on Saturday night October 18. Funeral services were held with Masonry honors and were led by Rev Hurst of the Indian Spring Baptist church. He left a large family, six sons and three daughters, and was famed as the former proprietor of the McIntosh House.
New opening announces Springer Bros Branch House offerings in second hand and new goods across clothing furnishing items furniture pianos organs sewing machines trunks clocks carpets and more. The sale promises lowest prices and invites customers to visit on Second Street facing Armand Moon Co.
Ordinary J. F. Carmichael and many county official names listed with roles such as Sheriff J. O. Beauchamp Deputy J. W. Crawford Treasurer L. Williams Tax Collector T. J. Cole Coroner Simon Hardy Clerk Joe Jolly and court dates. Also lists road commissioners board of education and city officials. Church services and secret societies noted. Legal notice describes sale of fifty acres in Butts County on first Tuesday in November 1894 by sheriff levy.
Lora B Runopgs files libel for divorce against Joseph W Rhodes in Butts Superior Court August term 1894. Defendant urged to appear personally or by attorney at next session on the 38th Monday in February to answer the complaint. default may lead to judgment. Witness Judge John J Hunt. Clerk Joseph Jolly. September 3 1894.
The sale will occur before the courthouse door on the first Tuesday in November 1894 for cash. Described property includes a two story six-room house with attached dining and store rooms on six acres, a well supplied lot, and 12 undivided shares in the McCord grist mill two miles northeast of Jackson on Yellow Water Creek with 5000 bushels yearly patronage. Sold for distribution among heirs. Executors J.R. McCord and T. W. McCord note date October 1 1894.
By order of the Butts County Ordinary the estate of Mary J Bearden is sold at public auction on the first Tuesday in November 1894 at the county court house. The property includes fifty acres adjoining Mollie Bearden and C A Garr and Amos estate lands, plus twenty five acres adjoining Mollie Bearden on the east. Proceeds go to pay debts and distribution. sale is cash. Adair r. of M J Bearden.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in November next within legal hours at the courthouse in Jackson Butts County Georgia. One hundred acres more or less bounded east by the estate of A Mc Watkins deceased north west and south by the estate of B F Watkins ten acres of original woodland one tenant house well watered by a running stream sold as the property of B H Darden Sr deceased for distribution among heirs and payment of debts. B F Watkins Admr
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