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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1918
Page
5
A Georgia newspaper urges spring planning and farm production to aid the war effort. It promotes hog raising and food 생산, Liberty Bonds, War Savings Stamps, and cash markets while urging efficient marketing and avoiding overproduction fears.
The piece argues hunger could decide the war, urging the South to boost food and feed crops. It stresses the farmer as the decisive figure, warns against cotton overproduction, and notes a letter from Clarence Ousley, assistant secretary of agriculture, urging more food production for allies.
Clarence Ousley urges the South to grow food and feed at home to avoid privation and help allies in Europe. He cites 48 agricultural colleges and 18,000 department reps, warns of transport shortages in 1918, and stresses patriotic farming over speculative cotton or tobacco farming. He emphasizes self-sufficiency and urges widespread public knowledge of the crisis.
A newspaper column urges city leaders to pass an ordinance requiring chickens to be penned and kept off streets. It argues robust war gardens demand measures to curb chicken depredations and clarifies the domestic status of chickens in town.
Butts County funds a Farm Agent and a Home Economics agent to aid residents in farming, live stock, poultry, and club work. The county led Georgia last year in canning, Boys Pig Club, and Boys Corn Club achievements, and seeks stronger citizen cooperation to extend agent support for safe farming.
An ad note touts LAXA RMOMO QUINTIE as superior to ordinary tonics. It claims no nervousness or caging effects and promotes a calm, steady sensation. Signature attributed to BE. W. GROVE. Soc.
The American Tobacco Company reports toasting Burley tobacco greatly improves flavor and wholesomeness. They toasted the tobacco like bread, unmoistened it, made cigarettes called Lucky Strike, and released them to the public, creating unprecedented demand.
The article notes candidates at various training camps to defeat Hardwick. Cooper seeks a new trial at Camp Appeal while Upshaw works at Bessie Tift and Harris at Camp Administration. Endorsements are discussed and Dorsey is mentioned for Camp Frank, but voter influence wanes.
The article argues farmers must sell wood and crops fairly, while citizens should save food and endure shortages. It condemns profiteers and urges patriotism, rationing, and wartime discipline, noting the need for storage facilities and systems to preserve the potato and wheat crops amid war measures.
The speaker urges harsh action against spies and traitors by backing them against a wall and firing squad. The statement condemns government leniency toward certain individuals described as cattle.
An advertisement boasts Adler-ika as a fast acting bowel cleanser using buckthorn bark glycerine and similar ingredients. It claims one spoonful flushes the entire bowel and relieves sour stomach gas or constipation and even prevents appendicitis with instant pleasant action, endorsed by J. H. Turner, druggist.
A Southern planter warns that reliance on cotton amid labor shortages railroad congestion and global food shortage risks a grave mistake if food and feed crops are neglected. The message emphasizes balancing crops to sustain the country and avoid shortages.
The 1917 American Newspaper Directory reports 560 U S papers closed due to high paper ink and printing costs. Despite wartime burdens, the government plans higher postage for newspapers starting July, while free government work to papers remains unvalued in specifics.
For indigestion constipation and biliousness a single 50 cent bottle of LA WITH PEPSIN is advertised as a pleasant liquid laxative. It claims public recommendation by Paris cine Co, makers of Laxative Py Quinine and Grove’s Tasteless. The ad plays on consumer complaints and urges trying the product.
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