Education Dialogue in Jenkinsburg School News
Herschell Harris argues education is vital for national strength especially during war. He warns educated leaders necessary after conflict and urges parents to keep children in school despite cotton prices. Marge Manning notes local chapel visit and lists students and staff, welcoming new learners Mayson and Annie Mae Smith.
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Herschell Harris
England
France
Marge Manning
Taylor
Locust Grove
Annie
Sarah
Mildred
John D. Heard
Herschel Harris
Doyal Coker
Edward Glass
Orian Vandigriff
Mary Johnson
Johnson
Fairburn
Nelle Ingram
Atlanta
S. M. Rea
Ralph Coker
Xmas
Griffin
Edna Leverette
Ewell Leverette
Monticello
Henry Gilmore
Curtis Gilmore
Mayson
Annie Mae Smith
German Paper Reveals Soldier Wife’s Hardship
The Committee on Public Information translates a Leipziger Volkszeitung report from October 15, 1917. It recounts a bailiff evicting a farm wife with eight children as of January 1, 1918 while her husband serves at the front, noting the farm’s insistence the duties can’t be met.
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Committee On
Leipziger Volkszeitung
Upper Langenau
Silesia
Mueller
California Syrup of Figs Adverts Child Health Tip
A vintage ad urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for sick children with stomach upset and constipation. It promotes a gentle liver and bowel cleansing, claims quick relief, notes baby and adult use, and instructs to demand the genuine product by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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California
California Syrup of
California Fig Syrup Co
Advt
Tax Paying Man Proudly Meets His Duty
A man who can pay income tax should take pride and settle the obligation with a smile as a civic duty.
Foley Cathartic Tablets Ad in McAlester Ad
A reader from McAlester Oklahoma praises Foley Cathartic Tablets as mild and fast acting. The advertisement claims the tablets empty the stomach and bowels and promote healthy digestive organ action. The Owl Pharmacy is cited as the source.
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J. E. Haynes
McAlester
Okla
Owl Pharmacy
Ady
Federal farm loan program reaches near thirty million dollars
By December 1, 1924 the farm loan system paid 29,824,655 dollars on 5 percent long time loans. Total approved loans stood at 105,136,529 dollars. Interest on new applications rose to 5.5 percent. Cooperative associations of 10 or more farmers formed 1,839 chartered groups, each borrowing at least 20,000 dollars.
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Farm Loan Board
Ice factories may halt next summer hints of shortages
Article notes ice factories may not operate next summer. Advises readers to stock up with a supply of ice, urging preparedness for potential disruptions and stressing the need for timely action.
One Hog Sells for 74.75 on Moultrie Market
Moultrie reports a single hog sale for 74.75 dollars. The animal weighed 575 pounds at two years old and brought 13 cents per pound. Owner expects over 50 dollars in profit from the sale.
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Moultrie
Prevent Hog Cholera with B A Thomas Hog Powder
An ad proclaims B A Thomas Hog Powder cures hog cholera with 95 percent success and promises refunds if not satisfied. It urges dosing twice weekly and close attention to each hog, noting Carmichael Hardware Co. as dealers and guaranteeing satisfaction.
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B. A. Thomas
My Tuesdays are meatless and my days grow lean
A wartime poem in which the speaker laments rationing and shortages during the Kaiser era, noting meatless Tuesdays and general deprivation while sending a jab at the Kaiser and praising the YMCA as a refuge.
Croup at Midnight Well in Morning
M. T. Davis of Bearsville West Virginia reports a child with croup was treated at a store with Foley's Honey and Tar and fully recovered before morning. The Owl Pharmacy advertises Foley's for coughs colds croup and grip.
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Croup
M. T. Davis
Bearsville
W. Va
Foley’s
Owl Pharmacy
Butts County Cotton Ginned Up By 1171 Bales In 1917
Butts County had ginned 13 012 bales of cotton by January 1, 1918, compared with 11 841 bales on January 1, 1917, marking a gain of 1 171 bales over the previous year.
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Butts County
BAELS
Jenkinsburg Bank Reports Prosperous Year and Board Additions
The Farmers Bank of Jenkinsburg held its annual stockorders meeting on Friday the 11th. It posted one of its best years, declared a 7 percent dividend, and added J. M. Bankston to the board. Officers remained Dr. B. F. Akin, President. J. W. Benson, VP. H. C. Childs, Cashier. F. W. Childs, Assistant Cashier.
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Farmers Bank of Jenkinsburg
J. M. Bankston
Messrs
L. O. Benton
B. F. Akin
J. W. Benson
H. G. Asbury
S. D. Thurston
J F. Whitaker
H. C. Childs
F. W. Childs
B. F.akin
Notice to correspondents seeks county wide activity
The Progress Argus calls for local news from Butts county and asks for a correspondent in every post office district. Regular writers should mail weekly letters to reach the office by Tuesday, and those willing to serve can call at the office to receive stationery and supplies.
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Butts County
Progress-Argus
Regiar
Quinine Advertisement Claims Safe Head Relief
An old advertisement touts LAXA BOO4O QUINTIVE as a gentler quinine product with laxative effects and no nervousness. It urges remembering the full name for E. W. GROVE's signature, implying endorsement and authenticity in a period medical notice.
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E. W. Grove
Macon Telegraph Editor George Long Struck By Illness
Macon Telegraph managing editor George Long, renowned pro ally voice, has German measles, a reminder that life continues with one thing after another.
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George Long
Macon
Teleraph
Does Backache Worry You Then Kidney Pills Help
An advertisement urges to suspect kidneys with backache and related symptoms. It promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a remedy endorsed by Jackson residents including Mrs. B. B. Kelley. Claims relief from back pain dizziness and fatigue with a 60 cent price at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Jackson
B. B. Kelley
Brookwood Ave
Butts County enters 1918 with improving farm and business fortunes
The new year finds farmers and businessmen in Butts county in better financial condition than in recent memory, signaling a hopeful economic start for 1918.
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Butts County
Banks hold deposits over a million in Butts County
The article notes more than one million dollars in deposits across Butts County banks. It hints at opportunities if part of that money were channeled into fecal enterprises.
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Butts County
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