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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1895
Page
5
The Southern Cultivator lauds material growth but urges equal emphasis on education for country youth. It argues country schools mold leaders better than cities and calls for putting “factories for making citizens” in rural areas. Cotton prices and crop prospects in Middle Georgia are analyzed with caution about surplus versus market prices.
The 1895 96 cotton season opens amid deep concern across the South as record last year’s crop and depressed prices push planters to reduce acreage and fertilizer use. Experts warn the current crop could be the cheapest in memory, with profits squeezed by potential 4.5 to 5 cent levels and uncertainty over better prices.
Excerpt from Stillwater Prison Mirror describes a convict’s arrival as relief and a sense of end, then the monotony, strain, and eventual countdown to discharge. It notes the watchful regime, required labor, rigid diet, and periodic medical inspection during the long confinement.
One hundred dollar reward offered for a catarrh cure that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. F J Cuengzy Co Toledo proprietors. Cheneys honesty affirmed by Waller & Truax Varpine Kinnan Marvin Toledo druggists. Cure taken internally acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free.
The piece cites E. S. Martin via Harper's Weekly, noting Americans push principles to their logical limit in business, politics, and sports. It argues intense competition drives growth and national development, creating wars of effort, coalitions, and trusts, seen as essential evolution rather than weakness.
The article compares Japan’s legal system to France, noting a minister of justice, procurators representing public welfare, and life-tenured judges. Lawyers have limited role, few evidentiary rules, and judges control trials. Salaries range from 350 to 4000 dollars yearly.
Article from the Atlanta Journal argues for stronger forest protection. It notes a drastic loss of U S forest acreage from 760 million to 375 million acres over twenty years, cites costly western fires, and calls for federal laws and state cooperation to curb deforestation.
An 19th century patent medicine claims Electric Bitters aid bowels kidneys and digestion without stimulants or alcohol. It is described as a tonic and alterative that strengthens organs and supports natural function and appetite. Sold for fifty cents at W L Carmichael's drugstore.
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