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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1921
Page
8
Hastings Seeds offers a free 1921 catalog with 116 illustrated pages of popular vegetables and flowers. The catalog includes color photos and planning tips, promoting Hastings Seeds as the standard of the South with the largest mail order seed house behind them.
The Jackson Progress Argus urges farmers and business leaders to grow more potatoes and less cotton. Citing Hart county figures from 1914, the piece highlights profits from stored sweet potatoes, notes soil and weed quality importance, and recommends crop rotation and manure use to boost yields and market potential.
Mrs Perkins of 122 Riverside says she could barely walk before using Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery with Pleasant Pellets. She reports being able to work all day without fatigue after treatment and notes these products are sold by all druggists.
J. W. Hodges of North Carolina State College urges improved sweet potato handling, curing, and marketing. He notes fertilizer use, soil mus, and proper storage buildings as keys to higher prices, with peak demand December through March and potential for other farm products. He expresses interest in stock and project success.
Buttrill Brothers announce immediate car deliveries as demand surges for spring. The move aims to secure orders now before peak season, signaling strong consumer interest and rapid fulfillment expectations.
Warning about Bayer name on packaging. Do not use aspirin unless the Bayer name appears on the package or tab. Claims aspirin safe for twenty one years and effective for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago. Mentions small tin boxes of twelve tablets and larger packages sold by druggists. Bayer is tradem ar k of Bayer.
Georgia Experiment Station reports 1920 corn variety yields from twenty one tests planted May 11 with 300 pounds per acre fertilizer. Several Marlboro, Gold Standard, Blounts Prolific and other varieties yield around 14 to 16.5 bushels per acre, while conditions like spring weather, corn borer, and army worm reduced results leading to omission of several low yielding varieties.
Winter brings rheumatism cases from a blood born germ, local remedies fail. S.S.S. marketed as a long standing blood remedy claims to drive out the germ from blood and provide relief. Send your case history to the Chief Medical Adviser at 151 Swift Laboratory Atlanta Ga for free advice.
Professor Albert Snider of Griffin predicts a February with mixed weather and multiple shifts between warm and cold conditions. He lists days of fair and cold, warmer spells, and rain with cold winds, foreseeing generally rough weather throughout the month.
A collage of 1921 notices and ads including Wanted Liberty Bonds for Warren Furlow, a sheriff sale in Butts County for a Jackson house and lot, guardianship for O J Martin children, a probate notice for Mrs M P Saunders heirs, a non-resident heirs notice, trespass bans on Joseph Jolly land, a charter application for Georgia Farm Products Company, and legal actions from J Foster clerk. The items show local government, business filings, and public notices.
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