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Newspaper
Waycross Headlight
Location
Waycross, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1887
Page
1
A groom fainted near the altar during a rural wedding. He recovered and stated he could continue, and the minister finished the ceremony. Guests laughed as the couple became husband and wife, while a local printer notes business terms and extended favors to patrons.
Pl Tobare and Adler report J G Nelson Co Savannah selling gilt edge butter at twenty five cents a pound. Smith Sharp's City Bell patent flour touted. J G Nelson Co offers sixty cents ten fine. Hardware from Black shear Mitchell's. Stationery prices cut for cash or COD. Rio Coffee eight pounds to the dollar and other goods from Blackshear Mitchell's. Wedding cards printed with neatness and dispatch.
Sunday services listed across churches with preaching at 11 o clock and afternoon sessions at 3, first and third Sundays, with Sunday School led by variousSuperintendents. Additional midweek and monthly gatherings noted with specific pastors in Caveca and Ymulee Williams circuits.
Edward Lee Harrisburg ir testifies to benefits from Electric Bitters after eight years of a running sore on his leg. He credits the remedy with healing progress and mentions Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as another trusted product. Sold at fifty cents a bottle and twenty five cents per box by Folks & Morgan’s.
Weather is pleasant for farming as Brunswick and Waycross report clear skies and mild air. Community updates include weddings, illnesses, religious services for railroad workers, a fatal lightning strike near Hazlehurst, a naval stores convention at Jesup, local court activity, dog-killer rumors, and routine notices from the Coffee county region.
Mrs. Wm. 8. Tomlinson of Du Pont dropped dead last Wednesday from heart disease. She was Feely one years old and leaves two husbands and five children to mourn her sudden demise with relatives and friends, as the publication extends sympathy. Mr. A. X. Bennett operates a New Waycross store near the Grand Central Hotel with quick sales and small profits. He sells groceries and family supplies among other goods.
The paper notes the Grand Jury's presentments praising county affairs and officers, urges artesian well placement on the Court House square, and records strong Methodist church revival activities with new members, a depot meeting for railroad workers, and broad community support.
A letter warns Waycross residents about two men claiming to run B. F. Gatwell’s photographic studio from Thomasville. They solicit advance payments for photographs, promise to return finished negatives, and fail to deliver after weeks. Readers are urged to beware and avoid sending money.
Hoboken dated April 12 87 urges ladies to call and view B Sirmans new spring goods Agricultural Furnaces at Brack Space in the Trade Edition of September. The notice predicts a press run of twelve to sixteen pages and notes free copies will reach about five thousand readers. Includes reference to Blackshear Mitchells.
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