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Newspaper
Waycross Headlight
Location
Waycross, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1886
Page
5
Advertises property on Church Street for sale or rent and political candidate J A Wilson for Ware County representative. Mentions doctors promotions, local crime notes, church notices, and upcoming excursions to Brunswick Cumberland with varied town news and shop offerings.
A garbled item notes a weekly inducement of 150 dollars per day at the Harnett House in Savannah and compares hotel patronage with others in the city. It mentions severe weather in Lindos, a patent salve sold by Folks & Morgan at 25 cents, and Grant’s monument fund at 150,000 dollars after one year since Grant’s death, with critical judgments on public works.
A faded old column extols Hunnicutt's Rheumatic Cure as a remedy for rheumatism and kidney troubles. Testimony from Samuel Denlad of Atlanta touts relief after two bottles. Mentions post offices, police chief praise, and local notices amid scattered ad text and obituaries.
Citizens of Waycross met at the courthouse on July 24 1886 to plan securing a site and erecting a school building. A five member committee was named to locate a site and renew subscriptions, with a half upfront payment and half upon completion. The adjourned meeting set for August 9 to hear the committee report as subscriptions continued to come in. Our circulation and local prices noted.
Delegates from Clinch Coffee and Ware met under a rotation based compact to nominate Clinch's choice for Senator Hon H D Mattox by a four-fifths majority. The convention violated the rotation pledge, FRAUD vitiates everything, and Sirmans is not the rightful nominee. Clinch's rights were broken, and McDonald of Ware is urged for support. July 26 1886.
A historical note praises a reform away from powerful alkaloids for malaria. It highlights broader adoption among professionals and the safety of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a botanical substitute. The piece argues prior tonics cured only temporarily and warns that not following a course left patients only partially improved or with renewed fever.
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