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Newspaper
Waycross Headlight
Location
Waycross, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1887
Page
1
An advertising medium serving Coffee, Charlton, Clinch and Ware counties. Its circulation reaches far into Florida and across Southern Georgia, published to advance and benefit the public and found in nearly every household in these counties.
We offer the largest assortment of new and attractive job types in this section. Past work guarantees future performance. Send in your orders for any job printing. We warrant satisfaction. Large and small posters checks cards note and letter heads a specialty.
An 19th century style notice urges readers to spread the word about Boachee Genman German Syrup for consumption coughs croup asthma pneumonia and lung diseases. It promises quick relief after three doses and urges druggists to recommend it to the poor consumptive with sample bottles sold for a penny and regular size at 75 cents. Eleven thousand bottles were reportedly sold last year with no failures reported.
Tax receiver schedules visits to Braganza Denton Waltertown Millwood Braganss Glenmore Waycross Waresboro and Denton's locations with 3rd and last day dates in June and a final closing date of July 1. Public reads to bring tax returns and to submit promptly at Mr McCall's New Waycross store.
Advertisements from Illinois and Georgia claim Spirit of Oil cures itch disease and mange. J A Carp and Tompkins Med Co promote medicines and family remedies. Savannah merchants advertise sugar, tobacco, stationery, pearl meal and grit, and cash on delivery discounts.
A compact listing of local churches with pastors and service details including M E Curren Soorm Rev E J Burch preaching Sundays at 11 and 7 30 PM Sacrament on first Sunday Prayer meetings Thursday and Wednesday weekly Sunday School times and superintendents noted. Includes Barnst Crorci Rev W Scruggs preaching first and third Sundays with morning and evening services and midweek prayer meetings. Also notes Erscorat Cuvncu Rev H B Stewart Martin services on second Sunday at 10 30 and 7 15 PM with additional Friday or Wednesday observances and Sunday School 3 PM, plus Alta mass details and J C ie street church entries. Also features a testimonial about Eletric Billers from Mrs Phiebe Chesley Peterson Clay Co Iowa praising relief from kidney pain after use.
A late nineteenth century notice announces a bill in the July session to address county government business. It references the county authority and a transfer of county business powers for various purposes, filed during June 1887.
The issue reports Lanier Youmans stainless silverware arrivals, Crawley stores cutting lawn prices, and Smith Sharp selling soap. It covers Waycross market prices for bacon coffee flour butter sugar and country produce, plus community notes on prayer for a Macon murder case, Masonic celebration, and local letters, notices, and a pastor’s educational plan.
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