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Jackson Progress Argus

Location

Jackson, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1919

Page

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Patience as a Power to Ease Daily Troubles

The excerpt urges keeping outward calm to curb inward impulse and avoid sputtering guilt. It argues impatience stems from a long chain of circumstances and that patience allows solving many problems, with less fuss and greater comfort after tensions fade.

Quarantine Advice in Scarlet Fever Case

A physician visits a house with a scarlet fever case and warns to keep the patient away from the children. The mother confirms strict separation, allowing only meals with the rest of the household.

Boston Evening Transcript

Inside Bathing With Limestone Phosphate Remedy

Morning health tip promotes drinking a hot water limestone phosphate mix to flush stomach liver kidneys and bowels. Advocates daily inside bathing to cleanse purify and improve digestion and overall vitality for constipated bilious or headachy individuals.

Narcolepsy Triggered by Digestive Trouble Described

A Rocky Mountain News excerpt explains narcolepsy that follows moderate or heavy meals and digestive disorders. It notes abrupt sleep onset without collapse, brief attacks, and rapid recovery after a few minutes of dozing. Relief of stomach issues may lead to full recovery.

Rocky Mountain News

Gull Had Good Appetite At Smelt Runs

A Portland Oregon Journal note describes gulls as reliable indicators of smelt runs in the Cowlitz and Lewis rivers. A Kelso observer tracked a single gull for an hour and counted fifteen smelt swallowed in flight, suggesting exceptional skill or luck.

Cowlitz Lewis Kelso Portland Ore

Obituary of Granny the jellyfish in Scotsman

A famed jellyfish named Granny lived sixty seven years under five guardians in scholarly circles and was posthumously honored by the Scotsman. Sir John Graham Dalyell cared for her feeding her mussels and she produced 600 offspring. After his death she passed to an Arctic explorer and then to another scientist. She died due to neglect by a botanist.

Scotsman John Graham Dalyell John Granny Sir John

How Much Is Enough to Eat for a 12 Year Old

The piece argues appetite varies with age size and activity and that growing children need ample bread milk fruit and energy. It cautions against weighing children by adult standards and stresses watching weight as a key. It notes boys may need more due to activity and that a bookish father may require less.

Bobbie

Center of Sponge Industry in Nassau Bahama Lands

Nassau the Bahama capital thrives on sponge trade with sponge market at its heart. Bay street sees sponge carts and sponge boats moving in harbor and along the sponge wharf. Sponge brokers display signs while yards overflow with sponges and workers, mainly negresses, sing and call out as they sort and cry sponges.

Nassau Bahamale Lands Bay Street

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DR. O. Lee Chesnutt Rattray Dental Infirmary Cor Capital and Fair Sts Atlanta, GA J. R. Strickland Jackson Georgia Mays Guthrie & Company Mary Jarrell Ham & Carter's W. E. Watkins H. M. Fletcher Jackson J. Threatt Moore Drum C. L. Redman New Commercial Jackson, Georgia THE FARMERS CO-OPERATIVE FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY _OF GEORGIA Ss. B. Kinard J. H. Pope O. B. Howell Harkness GULL Bird A. B. Kirschbaum Kirschbaum Ethadge-Smith & Co
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