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Newspaper
Waycross Headlight
Location
Waycross, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1887
Page
1
Mr M A fy Hees born ill for three years with heart affliction unable to walk sleep or eat well. Severe liver distress and facial swelling. After taking Boots' SuxswerEn TC Pills, improvement followed.
An old ad copy touts Benelev’e Geren Syrup as a wonderful remedy for throat pains and general health. It claims immediate relief and wide distribution in the United States and Canada, urging readers to try the product and share it with friends.
A fragmented advertisement from Oxvinee Illinois listing multiple suppliers and items. It urges Spirit of Oil as a cure and requests previous order replication, mentions J A Carpenter, and includes various goods such as sugar, hardware, stationery, and stoves with prices and cash terms.
Local notices list religious services at multiple churches. Pastor names, sermon times, sacrament dates, prayer meetings, Sunday School, and schedulers are provided with times largely in the morning and evening across various weeks. A fragment mentions a resident story about debt and aid.
Fragmentary OCR lists jurors and names including Joo f i la felisbury mA Tash Janek Haale Bertt Fa Clanghh URA Edward H Crawl Th H Dagley Geosee Dad bs Henry Kia Martin J Inman Andrew J Mosic John E Wilson Danel Smith Wm K Booth 3 c sotnaaa weat s SB VanDyke Trumn Super Wm F Titen 4 Grinstor T Turner Bennett jiwr Widader dr Sain Drendereon RT Cotinzham John P Lanier Ben W James JT Berney 5ott o tricklahd Swe 18011 James M Spell, minutes of Ware in 1887.
The notice outlines a revised B and W schedule with May 26 outbound and May 27 return. It lists round trip rail rates to Brunswick from multiple origins, boat tickets to Fernandina and Cumberland, and mentions no special St Simons rate. It also promotes collars, cuffs, saws, and flour at local merchants.
garbled OCR text lists names and roles with unclear context. core entities include Rav E Breil and French Kidé Slipners suggesting a community event or meeting. readable fragments mention replacement in a standing order and a list of participants.
Patchy notes from town include visitors and social events at Krom's hall and Grand Central Hotel. Local business ads urge purchases from J G Nelson Co Savannah and Smith & Sharp grocers. A switch engine accident at S F&O W Ry depot and school exhibition fund drive are reported with names like Lizzy Lockwood and Miss Minnie Buchanan.
The May 20 87 program at KROMS WALL Paarl includes a lengthy lineup with performers such as Miss Alice Mallon Nora Te Smith A. Bailey Jno Smith and Hon W G Brantley plus a matinee for Deaf and Stammering audiences and a Children’s Day feature at the Methodist church describing sermons and moral lessons. The piece notes a Friday night graduation style program by Prof Settles school with Brantley as speaker and proceeds toward a school house fund. It also covers a critical notice about a vandalism incident targeting a Young Men’s Christian Association notice and defends proper event notices while condemning the mischief.
In Sumter county a child’s reckless game with a dead black snake near Americus led to a fatal accident. A twelve year old girl was struck by the snake’s writhing tail, suffered convulsions, and died within hours. Relatives from Webster county helped carry her home as mourners wept at dusk.
The Waycross community is summoned to a Thursday evening meeting at the courthouse to discuss matters of public interest affecting citizens, merchants and business men urged to attend. A pistol incident last Thursday harmed a youth, with doctors unable to locate the wound while prayers and parental concern hope for his recovery. A malicious act targeted the Grand Central Hotel card in a railroad and business guide, exposing rivalism and petty vandalism in town.
Miss Jenni Smith was greeted by many friends last Monday evening upon arrival and the Meth odist church drew an attentive congregation. Her earnest Christian work has earned a warm place in Waycross hearts, and locals hope for her safe voyage heavenward, cherishing her pleadings for sinners.
Coffee County residents circulate a petition to move the courthouse from Douglas to Pearson. Supporters argue the new site would better serve the northern, sparsely populated region and ease access via the E T V & G railroad, while farmers blame drought for crop hardships and court attendance burdens.
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