March 29, 1876

YAZOO, Mississippi

Health/Death, War

In a March edition of The Weekly Clarion in 1876, there was an advertisement for artificial limbs. Chas M. Evans was the supposed manufacturer of artificial limbs of the best quality. He had just recently lowered the prices of the limbs along with other enticements to show his southern patronage to former Confederate soldiers and citizens. Evans claimed that he would allow each customer to have the...