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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1918
Page
3
The document shows a financial snippet with numbers for totals and rediscounts. It lists amounts such as 299 95 9,246 74 29,859 09 286,855 48 17,148 24 and a total of 518,721 56. It notes liabilities for rediscounts including those with the Federal Reserve Bank totaling 36,748 20.
Claude Spencer, a former Emory University student, will leave next month for France to join the Emory hospital unit. Emory has organized a foreign service hospital corps and expects mobilization in February. Spencer is well known among Jackson friends who wish him luck in his overseas service.
Hon J T Moore of Jackson has been appointed attorney for the Farmers Union of Georgia by State President J H Mills of Jenkinsburg. He will consult with union heads on legal matters and matters will be submitted to him for ratification. The appointment is viewed as a welcome addition to the state organization.
An ad claims 95 percent cures for hog cholera using B A Thomas Hog Powder. It advises regular dosing of hogs twice weekly and emphasizes early treatment to save 90 percent, promising money-back if unsatisfied. Carmichael Hardware Co. distributes the product.
The Butts County Educational Association will convene at Jackson High School at 10 o clock Saturday January 18. Program items include organizing a county Educational Athletic Association and talks on engaging parents and school work. Speakers include Miss Par rish and Prof Hughes with fifteen minute speeches.
Hon. J. H. Mills state president of the Georgia Farmers' Union is in New Orleans this week attending a meeting of presidents from southern state Farmers' Unions. The conference will discuss agriculture during the war, marketing issues, and related concerns for Southern farmers. Mills plans to return early next week.
A home remedy advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as the quickest safe fix for stomach distress. It claims rapid relief from indigestion, heartburn, belching, and gas with no harm, urging readers to stock a fifty cent case for family use and enjoy meals again.
All wooden Christmas boxes for soldiers of the expeditionary forces received too late for shipment will be returned to the senders if return postage is mailed to the superintendent Railway Mail Service New York New York.
Mr O L Parnell of Worthville died suddenly at his home in the past week. He was 23 and survived by his wife and two children. Funeral services were held at Worthville Baptist Church Friday at 11 AM with Rev Fincher presiding.
A fragment from a Macon Georgia classified section lists items for sale and notices including lost goats near an oil mill, a milk demand ad from Macon Creamery offering 40 cents per gallon, wanted to buy a used car via Crawford & Co, selling or swapping milk cows, a gentle mare for children, and a house and lot for sale or rent at Jenkinsburg with barn and garden details.
Classified item offers a three burner burner oil stove with shelf and a coil stove for heating tank in first class condition. Apply at this office. 1-11-1te.
Two houses available for rent, one with five rooms and one with eight rooms, located near the depot. Apply to Mrs. J W McCord. 1-11-the.
A promotional notice for Mother’s Friend from the Bradfield Regulator Co appeals to expectant mothers. It claims the product eases muscle strain, soothes breast inflammation, reduces morning sickness, and promotes a smoother labor. It invites readers to obtain the product and a free booklet, Motherhood and the Baby.
The Butts County Farmers' Union will hold its first meeting of the year in Jackson Saturday at 10 o clock. Officers will be elected and other business matters disposed of.
Somerset Virginia resident Louis Buckner says kidney pills made him feel like a new man after fatigue backache and pains. The ad promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a remedy for backache rheumatic pains stiff joints sore muscles and swollen ankles. An embargo blocks butter exports except to nations allied with the United States in wartime.
Ad claims Faz ointment cures itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days with refund if unsuccessful. First application promises ease and rest. price listed at 50 cents.
A lost black short weighs roughly 75 pounds and is to be reported to Stodghill Crawford & Co. for recovery. Transgressions or bidder details are not provided.
A right hand kid glove lost in or near the post office or on the court square is reported. The Progress-Argus office offers a reward for its return.
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