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Newspaper
Waycross Headlight
Location
Waycross, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1887
Page
4
In a public notice addressed to People of Waycross and surrounding counties, the Heap Licnt announces pending adoption of an improved cylinder press to speed up printing. The editor notes past delinquencies cut and aims to raise quality, with hope of boosting readership and local commerce while stressing balanced editorial duty.
Blackshear and Mitchell advertise as carrying the largest hardware stock in the country with a ware-room for buggies wagons bells and related items They claim they can compete with any Southern Georgia house on quality and price They invite readers to write for prices and note new goods arriving daily and the latest winter clothing stock in town.
On Broughton Street Savannah Mr Parker resisted a furniture dealer who pushed a cheaply priced bath tub, offering steadily lower prices and free depot delivery while insisting the tub was a fine, large item with good material. Parker declined, despite persistent bargaining and a shove toward purchasing.
On the streets every other day a neat fish oyster and crab cart, run by Richard Cannon, powers a large fish trade. He repacks and ships fifty or sixty barrels weekly to towns on the two railroads centering here, demonstrating notable energy and ambition. At B Sirmans a new stock includes red blue and pink flan nels, crockery glassware, a lively neckwear line, and colored shirts.
In a Savannah Local letter readers condemn Sunday liquor sales and side-door beer access at Montgomery Street groceries. The writer cites beer smuggling, a man carrying a pitcher in shirt sleeves, and multiple congregated crowds, urging citizens to act to purge such establishments and uphold the Sunday law.
Summer clothing offered at cost by B Sirmans includes velvets and a range of Chambray. Pocket and table cutlery shown by B E W and collars and cuffs offered at B Sirmans.
Mr W H Morgan of Lake City Florida suffered a severe cough that progressed toward consumption. After trying various remedies he found relief with Dr King's New Discovery, using about six bottles to fully recover and avoid a relapse. Trial bottle offered free at Folks & Morgan's Drug Store.
Waycross merchants quote current retail prices for bacon coffee flour lard butter sugar and tobacco with steady markets and potential price shifts. Wheat and coffee have fallen since last report while wholesale country produce offers wool hides eggs chickens beeswax with defined cent ranges.
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