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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1920
Page
7
Federal Prohibition Director James A Fort extends holiday greetings to Sheriff W F Lavender and staff praising their wartime cooperation and duty to enforce the national prohibition law. Fort looks forward to closer cooperation among state and federal agencies in the new year.
The piece muses on how daily sleep and work hours shape yearly time totals. It notes Sundays and vacations trim the year and ends with the adage Figures do not lie but liars figure, leaving judgment to readers.
After Christmas comes the New Year urging readers to pay up and be ready to begin 1921 on a strong footing.
Barnsville News Gazette editor B. H. Hardy has been elected ordinary of Lamar county. A well known Georgia publisher, Hardy is expected to bring sane and progressive administration, much to the delight of his friends. The piece warns against overplanting cotton, urging restraint after the 1920 crop to avoid widening the boll weevil problem.
Edsel B. Ford announced continuation of the regular December 31, 1919 style cash bonus for 1920. Bonuses exceed 7 million dollars for about 75 000 employees in Detroit River Rouge and all US and foreign Ford plants. Additional 3 percent for six months ends December 31 plus guaranteed 6 percent investment certificates make a 14 percent total for 1920.
A letters column item shows Bert Carmichael seeking pint and quart milk bottles for purchase. It ends with a line urging payment to make the other fellow smile and a call for gumption over grumbling.
Eleven prisoners confined in the Butts county jail nearly escaped when outside bars were pried open. Sheriff W F Lavender arrived Sunday morning to feed the inmates and acted quickly to prevent what would have been one of the largest jail deliveries in county history.
The navy department tests guiding craft into harbor using a cable and wireless system show promising results. Earlier cable breakage has been solved and the technique is being refined. It may soon make harbor entry as orderly as city driving in traffic patterns.
An Anderson department store clerk misinterprets a shopper asking for a mosquito bar and guesses where to find Miss Keta Barr. Realizing the error she apologizes and explains the item is in the basement.
Figures from the National City Bank of New York show a sharp rise in crude rubber imports for the year ended June 30 1920 totaling 600 million pounds, up from 122 million in 1919. About two thirds of the import was used for tire duty uses.
A U S holiday booklet style list of recipes including Boil rice with tomato juice color, Cranberry Orange Jelly, Salted Pecans with egg white, Cabbage with white sauce bake, Grapefruit Cocktail with Malaga grapes, Marguerites cookies with nuts.
Edwards Jewelry Store announces reduced prices on watches, highlighting new sale prices and limited stock. The advertisement emphasizes affordable timepieces for shoppers seeking bargains this season.
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