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Newspaper
Waycross Headlight
Location
Waycross, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1885
Page
1
The document lists mail box rental prices and payment rules for the United States Post Office, with charges and advance payments. It also records court calendar entries for Brunswick Circuit districts, detailing monthly and bimonthly court dates across Clinch Appling Wayne Pierce Ware Coffee Chariton Camden Glynn counties and duration.
Local congregations list service times and pastors for Presbyterian Baptist M E Episcopal and A M E churches. Services include Sunday worship at 10:30 a m and 7:30 p m and Sabbath schedule, with prayer meetings on Wednesdays and Thursdays and Sunday School at 4 p m or after.
In Jasper Mississippi Druggist T Albert Jennings announces Jennings' Fever Tonic as a cure for fever, ague, and chills with a money back guarantee if no cure is achieved. the tonic has been marketed since spring and tested by physicians. Also included are assorted short items on editors, Florida advertising, flour corn, and local incidents.
A series of 1885 letters from Jasper Florida and nearby towns praise Jennings Fever Tonic as a cure for fever and chills. Conductors, surveyors, farmers, and wives report rapid recoveries and repeated success after trying the tonic on multiple patients.
The Philadelphia Republican notes no Democrat seeks an injunction against Logan's book, arguing Democrats want its release to disrupt harmony. It claims the book will disgust the nation with bogus Republican histories and cites a train run from Valdosta to Waycross at 61 miles in 90 minutes with four stops.
A long, affectionate letter from a parent recounts travel on a sleeper car, sociables at home, and efforts to guide a son toward duty. He jokes about fashion, schooling, and language while urging calm, thrift, and balance between study and life, warning against drink and urging virtue.
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