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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
3
Popular Mechanics reports a grain farmer rescue by an improvised fire truck last summer. An automobile equipped with buckets shovels and a thirty gallon tank of fire extinguishing chemicals answered calls from farmers in a small western town, proving effective as each farmer could summon the vehicle by telephone at the first sign of fire in a grain field.
A Busy Corner notice from Flovilla Georgia dated December 11 1920 advertises beautiful ladies suits priced at 22.50. The page also includes a Christmas message from four year old Leslie Preston requesting a wagon harness and frontier groceries.
A writer and an economist discuss price cuts failing to reach consumers as manufacturers lower costs but retailers hold goods at old prices. They warn that as winter nears, buyers will deplete old stock, forcing purchases in larger quantities and allowing manufacturers to push prices up, harming farmers selling raw cotton. Yet overall employment and wages promise eventual demand for cotton and clothing, including less silk use, and the world must pay adequate cotton prices to ensure acreage.
The Progressive Farmer suggests that planting next spring would require about 30 cents per pound before the new crop is marketed. The implied price expectation reflects a cautious outlook on future market conditions and grower returns.
The European Relief Council led by Herbert Hoover plans to raise 33 million dollars to aid 3.5 million European children facing starvation this winter. Funds will fund basic food and medical services with strict controls to prevent waste and pauperization, leveraging American donations with double local support.
A roseless advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a blood medicine and stomach alterative that clears pimples and improves complexion. It claims the tonic beautifies skin, increases circulation, and removes eruptions, urging readers to buy tablets by mailing 10 cents or contact an Buffalo, New York hotel.
A Georgia Experiment Station bulletin explains curing sweet potatoes in storage. It notes ideal curing at 85 degrees for 10 days to two weeks, then cooling to 55 degrees, and warns that temperatures above 86 hasten curing and cause sprouting. Use thermometers to monitor daily highs and lows.
A December 11 1920 note from Flovilla Georgia by a six year old girl Rebecca Preston asks Santa Claus not to forget her at Christmas. She requests a doll cradle doll carriage and fruit and candies for all.
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