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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1918
Page
3
A five hundred six acre farm near Forsyth in Monroe County offers six houses from two to six rooms, an eight farm already open and rented for 22 bales of cotton, with balance in woods and bermuda pasture. The land is well watered by three branches, strong and productive, ideal for peaches, fruit and stock farming.
Tax Collector T. W. Nelson says about $15,000 of the more than $75,000 in taxes has been paid, leaving roughly $60,000 due in ten days. If unpaid, executions will be issued after December 20 when books must be closed and reports filed with the comptroller general. Governor Dorsey recently removed Baker county’s tax official for tardy reporting.
C E Brewer of Village Springs Alabama recalls a severe kidney attack that confined him to bed for three weeks. After using Foley Kidney Pills he felt relief within days and was completely cured with no recurrence, praising the remedy as the best kidney aid. Carmichael Drug and Book Co advertises the product.
Family and church members publish resolutions honoring Mrs Hugh Mallett who died December 1 at her home. They praise her cheerful spirit and faithful church service, extend sympathy to the family, and note a copy to the family and local paper.
Mrs. W. T. Burk of Oak St Jackson suffered five years of back pain swollen kidneys blurred vision and dizziness. She used Doan's Kidney Pills as directed and reports complete relief from all symptoms. Price 60c at dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY advert.
The funeral for Lewis B. White a well known Jackson businessman was held Friday at 10 am from his home. Rev S R England Methodist pastor led the service and interment followed at Worthville cemetery with Woodmen of the World in charge at the grave.
An old advertisement urges readers to avoid calomel a mercury based laxative and to try Dodson's Liver Tone a vegetable remedy. It claims calomel sickens salivates cramps and wastes a day while Liver Tone eases biliousness and constipation without salivation and even suits children.
The piece honors United States Navy sailors for enduring hardship and discipline during World War I. It praises their silent, unheralded service, compares their crucial role to the army, and notes their deployment on transports and submarines with scant recognition. It urges the public not to forget the sailors.
There is more catarrh in this region than others and until now was viewed as incurable. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio is a constitutional remedy taken internally and targets mucous surfaces through the blood. A one hundred dollar reward is offered for any case it cannot cure with circulars and testimonials available. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills for constipation are also advertised.
Washington reports total cotton ginned prior to December 1 at 9,563,124 running bales including 134,150 round bales and regional tallies by state such as Alabama 682,893 Arkansas 717,121 California 33,228 Georgia 1,764,895 Louisiana 460,203 Mississippi 892,906 North Carolina 647,307 Oklahoma 482,441 Texas 2,317,177 Virginia 15,020 and Sea Island totals Florida 10,163 Georgia 12,044 South Carolina 3,534.
An advertiser claims Vinol boosts health for puny children and exhausted adults with ingredients like ammonium citrate and glycerophosphates. The offer promises refunds if not satisfied and cites Carmichael Drug and Book Co. plus other druggists as sellers.
Captain O L Chesnutt a Macon dentist who went to France with the Dixie division is not returning home with the troops. He cabled that he has transferred to Camp No 1 Base section No 1 St Nazaire and appears to have been promoted to lieutenant since leaving Macon. Mrs Chesnutt of Jackson was surprised by the news.
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