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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1921
Page
5
Mrs. J W Dysart of Cartersville Georgia testifies Ziron Iron Tonic revived her fatigue and faint spells after poor rest and weakness. She credits better energy and housework ability to the tonic and recommends it with a money back guarantee at the druggist.
The 1920 census shows 54,318,032 people live in cities and towns over 2,500, up 5.6 percent since 1910, while rural residents number 51,390,739. Urban share rose to 51.4 percent, with Michigan and several states showing large gains and shifts attributed largely to World War I effects.
Hastings Seeds offers a free 1921 catalog of 116 illustrated pages. It promises the most valuable seed book yet, with twenty color vegetable and flower plates and photographic catalog pages. Request via postcard. Hastings Seeds claims to be the standard of the South and the world’s largest seed house.
An advertisement urges readers to swap calomel for Dodson's Liver Tone a vegetable tonic that claims to start the liver and bowels without griping or salivation. It promises quick relief from biliousness and fatigue and notes the product is safe for children while offering a money back guarantee.
The new mayor and council of Jackson will be sworn in Thursday night, with audit of last year completed earlier in the week. Voters expect appointment of clerk and treasurer, two policemen, water and light superintendent, sexton, bond commissioners, tax assessors, and tax receiver and collector.
Suburban gatherings and visits chronicle social life. W A Elder visits daughter in Macon while Mrs T P Clay and Mrs W O Brown entertain and recoveries are noted. Mrs J E Cornell hosts and Dr Robert Van Deventer preaches at the Baptist church Sunday.</s>
A promotional testimonial from Raphine Virginia highlights Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription aiding women before during and after pregnancy. Mrs J I Haliburton claims rapid relief after taking the remedy during expectancy and notes she is mother of seven children. The ad urges a ten cent trial package sent to Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York.
The program for national Thrift Week lists daily observances from January 17 to January 23 focusing on budgeting banking home ownership and financial planning. A Ten Point Financial Creed mandates earning budgeting recording expenditures banking life insurance home ownership wills timely bill payments investments and sharing with others.
The list shows state level figures with two numeric values per state. States include Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming with population totals and a second metric likely share or rank.
Neighbor Mrs J H Smith of Jackson says Doan's Kidney Pills cured years of backache nervous spells and kidney trouble after a sharp attack. She bought them at Carmichael Drug and Book Co. at 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y manufactures.
A motivational verse urges resilience after hardship. It stresses that true friends judge by effort to rebound, not past slips, and invites the reader to act, improve, and reclaim standing with others. The author, Percy W Reynolds, references a poem from Success.
John Hardwick, a colored farmer near the county farm, suffered heavy loss when his barn and three mules burned at 2 o clock Sunday morning. The origin was unknown, the flames prevented saving contents, one male was away from home and survived.
An old line insurer promotes Guthrie & Company claiming they sell only the best coverage and specializes in traditional policies. The ad emphasizes quality service and legacy expertise in insurance offerings.
The notice cautions that aspirin is genuine only when Bayer appears on the package or tablets and warns physicians have prescribed it for twenty one years. It lists uses from colds to headaches and other pains, notes small tin boxes of twelve cost a few cents, and mentions larger sizes sold by druggists.
Jackson Milling Co seeks five thousand bushels of corn. Farmers offered market price and prompt payment.
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