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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1918
Page
3
An advertisement warns against calomel and touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless vegetable substitute. It claims calomel causes cramping, nausea, and salivation, while Liver Tone cleanses the liver, boosts energy, and is safe for children.
Atlanta's Asa G. Candler directs a Southeast drive for a million dollar fund to aid Salvation Army efforts for American troops. Contributions, including Dr. W C Linville's, support 168 huts in France and cantonments at home, with two thirds for France and one third for U S. relief. General Pershing endorses the work.
Advertises Hastings Seeds offering a free 1918 Seed Catalogue upon request. Promotes varieties of vegetables, farm grasses, clover, and flowers and claims Hastings seeds are reliable. Encourages writing to Hastings Seeds, Atlanta, Georgia, for free catalog and five bonus flower varieties.
A vintage advertisement touts Ziron as a tonic to treat fatigue indigestion and general malaise by correcting iron deficiency. It promotes tongue checks as a sign of anemia and offers a money back refund on first trial bottle through druggists.
The Progressive Farmer recommends adding brood sows if needed for profit, raking leaves and straw for stable and field use, buying fertilizers with neighbors to save money, building an inexpensive implement shed to prevent rust, and making tenants business partners next year through fair dealing.
Mrs. E. J. Bedard of Cowichan Wash praises Foley's Honey and Tar as the best remedy for coughs and colds. She keeps a bottle for children and says it quickly cures coughs, heals raw surfaces, loosens phlegm, and eases hoarseness and breathing. The Owl Pharmacy advertises it.
The piece argues that rain reveals road quality and underscores the need for better highways as wartime traffic boosts road use. It predicts increased public road use and probable growth in truck lines linking major trading centers.
Advertises Vinol as a proven formula with liver and beef peptones claimed to restore strength for weak run-down nervous women and others. Offers money-back if fair trial fails and cites Carmichael Drug and Book Company in Jackson Georgia as seller.
Rev. T. J. Webb offers a $5 prize to the girl under 15 who sells the most Sunday eggs by Sept. 25 to benefit the Red Cross. Eligible girls or younger boys may join. all eggs must be sold on Sundays and reports sent to treasurer R. P. Lasnett twice monthly. Entries due by March 15.
Billy Sunday opened a congressional session with a rapid fire prayer, delivering about 147 words per minute. The stenographers struggled to keep up as the evangelist spoke well above the average pace of 120 words per minute.
A resident of Elmira New York writes of kidney trouble and long illness saying after starting Foley's Kidney Pills he soon recovered and was up from bed. The note also recommends the pills for rheumatic pains backache biliousness sore muscles and stiff joints and a tired feeling.
The United States seeks ship builders with enrollments through the local Council of Defense. Hon J D Weaver of Dawson directs Georgia U S Shipyard Volunteers. Georgia needs eleven thousand men. Submarine losses push faster ship production to outpace enemy tonnage. J D Jones chairs the Butts County Council of Defense. enrollment at The Progress Argus office.
The piece argues daily school attendance is valuable, worth more with proper outerwear. It urges investing in a good overcoat raincoat rubber boots or overshoes and loggins to keep feet dry so a child can brave bad weather without harm.
Time to start the spring clean-up drive as war costs rise and sickness threatens. The note urges every citizen to cooperate and make the campaign a success through collective effort.
A vivid description explains pressing a button to trigger a shock from a live wire that hurts. It then promotes Freezone from a drugstore as a cheap remedy to remove hard or soft corns or calluses without trimming. The product allegedly stops soreness instantly and shrivels the corn without inflammation.
Plans and contracts are completed for the construction of two smokeless powder plants each costing about 50 million dollars. Each plant will have a capacity of 500000 pounds per day and employ 10000 to 16 men.
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