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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1919
Page
3
Bank records reveal the December 2 1919 statements for The Bank of Flovilla and The Jackson Banking Co with assets and liabilities detailed. Bank officers W O Ham and C T Beauchamp certify the figures as true balances from their books, with notes on deposits loans and capital.
Bank snapshot from December 8 1919 shows assets totaling 163 609 82 including cash items 14 etc and negative entries for due to banks 11 453 68 and notes payable 703 17. W D Compton Jr cashier attests the statement's accuracy before W T Thurston C N P Butts County.
The city clerk closes registration Friday Dec 12. By Monday noon 85 voters had qualified for the city primary later this month. last year 192 registered. Many voters are expected to add their names before Friday.
The piece explains long term solar cooling and its impact on Earth temperatures. It projects in 160000 years equatorial temps near 26 C and Paris below freezing, with Earth freezing by 850000 years as solar output drops. It notes biological evolution may extend similarly into the future and humans could harvest solar energy longer.
The 1919 Georgia act mandates six months of annual public school attendance for children aged eight to fourteen. Penalties include fines up to twenty dollars per offense, with possible suspension if the child promptly returns to school. It assigns duties to boards of education, principals, and attendance officers to monitor and enforce attendance and report monthly.
A court ordered sale of 17 acres 49 acres and 73 acres in Monroe and adjacent to Butts County Georgia will be conducted in Jackson on the first Tuesday in January 1920 with cash terms. Separate probate and dissolution notices for the Georgia Florida Land Company and related corporate actions are also filed with the Butts County Superior Court, with hearings set for January 6 1920.
Court of Ordinary of Butts county Georgia orders a public sale on the first Tuesday in January 1920 at the courthouse door. It will include 365 acres in 9th district plus 120 6 10 acres in the McIntosh Reserve and 190 acres in the 614th district. Bounded by multiple lands and creeks in Butts county.
An American aviator shot a whale with a machine gun from a plane off the Pacific coast near San Diego, suggesting future whaling by air with aviators and gunners scouting the seas. The piece notes industrial revolutions in other fields over the past decades, implying dramatic changes ahead.
A short dialogue contrasts careful suitors with the idea of being fooled. One speaker notes her husband pondered long before proposing, while the other cheekily suggests careful people are prone to being taken in.
A bragging hunter on a bear expedition boasts about bear steak and then spots a huge grizzly atop a rock. He yells and escapes into the woods, while his companion catches up and asks why he liked bear if the one on the rock wasn’t done enough. The tale ends with a sober note on prosperity and tides turning.
A Cincinnati inventor unveils Freezone as a quick remedy for hard and soft corns. The ad claims a few drops stop pain instantly and allow lifting the corn without soreness, with a tiny bottle selling for a few cents at drug stores.
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