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Newspaper
Waycross Headlight
Location
Waycross, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1887
Page
3
A damaged OCR item lists mail routes and delivery windows from 7:30 to 12 15 pm, with references to Metic vil Western Yin Atlanta and Jackson ye 19 Onell Cha't. It notes General Delivery windows opened at 7 30 am to 12 15 pm and Morey Order processing from 9 00 am to 12 00 pm. Names mentioned include A TL Mosnaw Port Masier.
A collage of colorful shop notices, promotions, and notices from Folkston area merchants and residents. Advertisers include Smith & Sharp, Young & Taylor, Parker’s JoJo, and the Ruby Barker Shop offering goods from butter to stationery. Public notices reference lodge meetings and holiday excursion fares, with local praise for fair dealing and community support.
A damaged OCR piece details diet reform, health warnings, and ads from a Southern Georgia paper. It notes Green's Adstadt Flowers improving appetite and digestion, a large local circulation, and a push to advertise to merchants. It includes names like L Munnas, H Vickers, and references to electric bitters and Lanier gallery promotions.
In Waycross and nearby, items include commercial notices, pastor updates, and shop announcements. A key public notice details a December 17, 1887 vote on ratifying a town tax act, with mayoral and council proceedings noted, and various local business and personal notices interspersed.
The principal will conduct a closing examination of the colored high school on November 3 for three days at the Methodist church. A well-prepared program will follow the exam, promising an entertaining exhibition. The notice invites all to attend.
Mattox will sell on a Tuesday in December at the Homerville courthouse door a dark mare about seven years old. The sale is of property of James T. Touchstone, in Clinch County, in favor of D. J. Shunmasd& Bro.
Facts claim that the largest tobacco factory in the world sits in Jersey City New Jersey producing Climax Plug chewing tobacco. It allegedly began around 1860 and in 1886 sold about 27 902 230 pounds of tobacco. The firm supposedly supplied over four million dollars in U S internal revenue tax revenue and employed about 3 900 workers while promoting its product against imitators.
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