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Newspaper

Jackson Progress Argus

Location

Jackson, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Apr 02, 1920

Page

5

Danderine Ad Claims Hair Restoration Benefits

A vintage advertisement touts Danderine as a hair treatment that prevents hair loss and dandruff. It claims hair appears livelier, thicker and more vibrant after use with visible new growth and color.

Wisconsin Auto Purchases of 1919 Size of Investment

Wisconsin folks bought 36 110 autos and 4 028 motor trucks in 1919. At 1000 dollars per auto the auto investment totals 36 110 000 dollars. Assuming trucks cost 1506 dollars each the truck investment is 6 042 000 dollars, yielding a grand total of 42 152 000 dollars.

Wisconsin

Death calls to Mrs. Mary E. Ham

Mrs. Mary E. Ham died Saturday at her son S. O. Ham's home in the city after a long illness. She was eighty six, widowed from John Ham, with lifelong local ties and notable family survivors including daughter Mrs. W. P. Nutt and sons Rev. V. A. Ham and Judge J. H. Ham. Funeral services were held Sunday at the Baptist church with burial Monday in Jackson cemetery. pallbearers named.

Mary E. Ham S. O. Ham Ham John Ham Vicksburg Miss Wilkinson Nancy Duke Lucia Harbin Martha Dumble Alex Wilkinson M. B. Wilkinson Houston Texas Jackson Cemetery Messrs J. H. Carmichael J. M. Gaston A. T. Buttrill Hugh Mallet R. L. Carter H. L. Daughtry

More Money Crops for Southern States

The article argues cotton will remain the South's main money crop but urges diversification. Citing 1919 USDA crop reports, it shows per acre gross returns: cotton $70.87, peanuts $70.93, tobacco $285.37, sweet potatoes $134.19, and sugar cane syrup $203.00, highlighting several crops that pay as well or better than cotton.

United States Department of Agriculture

Has Winter Worn You Down Get Back Your Strength

An old advertisement urges relief from fatigue with Pepto Mangan a blood tonic. It claims the remedy builds rich red blood adds vigor and restores appetite and energy. It promotes Gude's Pepto Mangan in liquid or tablet form and advises asking the pharmacist for the full name.

Gude Adv

Idle Texas land blamed on farm labor shortage

Forty million acres of tillable land in Texas will lie idle this season due to a shortage of farm labor, according to estimates from the Texas Department of Agriculture.

Texas

Sparks Circus to Feature Bears and Many Acts Tuesday

Sparks Three Ring Circus heads to Jackson for a Tuesday show on April 6 with performing bears set as a leading feature alongside Guice and Cornallas riders, Flying Earls, Aerial Yorks, Conners on a thread, Ezuma Royal Japanese troupe, dancing horses led by Minnie Thompson, Caesar the high jumping horse, elephants, and a 10:30 morning parade of open cages.

Sparks Three Ring Circus Jackson Jungle Sparks Sparks Circus Guice Hollis Cornallas Flying Earls Yorks Marvelous Conners Ezuma Royal Troupe Minnie Thompson Lady Riders Caesar

Bayer Aspirin Brand Claims in Cold Relief Packaging

The Bayer name guarantees genuine aspirin with directions for colds pain headache neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism. Bayer tablets sold in tins of 12 cost a few cents and are marketed as Bayer tablets of aspirin in a Bayer package.

Bayer

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