Sept. 1, 1875 – Agent for Newspapers

Date:  1 Sept., 1875

Location:  Athens, Clarke Co., Georgia USA

Source:  Newspaper Northeast Georgian

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Summary: As the Agent for the Northeast Georgian, Jerry would have been responsible for managing payments due: subscriptions and advertising space.  The business model for 19th century publishing was not too different from today’s, and was blissfully unaffected with free fake news and saturation disrupting the model now.

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