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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1918
Page
12
After age two a child may have six food groups including fish lamb and tender beef, chicken parts, cookies and simple cake, homemade ice cream, and dates and nuts if chewed. The Progressive Farmer notes these items as suitable for developing digestive tolerance.
An advertisement-style note promotes LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine as a quick cure for colds and headaches. It promises a refund if relief fails and features HB W. GROVE’S signature on each box, priced at 3 cents.
Soldiers may publish in newspapers and magazines with restrictions. They cannot be paid for their material and all letters must go through officers who delete sensitive content. Regular correspondents are not required to submit to censorship, but secrecy requests may revoke camp privileges. France troops follow general Expeditionary Forces regulations.
A medical pitch claims germs in skin pores cause corns bunions ingrown nails and inflammation. Eucapine is described as a bath time salve that destroys germs reduces swelling and clears up symptoms by morning. The ad promotes a twenty five cent family jar from Carmichael Drug and Book Co and ends with a political note on W J Harris resigning as FTC chair to run for US Senate.
In Cedar Rock School notes dated February 17, 1918 the teacher A B Culberson signs a wartime appeal urging county clubs to work toward victory in the war and improving national conditions. It lists corn pig poultry canning and calf clubs with student participants and ends with a push to avoid overproduction fears as food will fetch good prices.
A vintage ad urges dyspeptics to try Pape's Diapepsin, claiming fast, safe relief from acid indigestion. It promises neutralizing acidity within five minutes, erasing sour stomach and gas, with noticeable head-clearing effects and permission to eat favorite foods again.
Calendar for the February term of the Butts Superior Court lists docket items for Monday through Thursday with numerous cases filed against Central Georgia Power Co. and others. The entries include civil actions, guardianship notes, and various claimants such as Bailey & Jones Co. and J. L. Edwards, among many named parties and institutions.
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