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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1918
Page
4
Professor Hayes spent Wednesday and Thursday in Atlanta on business. Miss Annie J. Fincher and Miss Annie L. Barnes visited with Corene Horton and Cebelle Horton on Saturday afternoon. Mr. W. R. Kitchens was a visitor.
Mrs. Frederick Sommers says Vinol restored her weak son’s health and weight. Vinci, a cod liver and iron tonic, is touted as a constitutional remedy for delicate children with a formula on every bottle. Carmichael Drug & Book Company of Jackson, Georgia promotes it.
The Atlanta Constitution quotes a stern Thom asville Times-Enterprise observer claiming the old Confederacy did little for three years yet fought on, while some descendants complain about coal and sugar shortages. The remark frames Civil War memories amid later economic grievances.
Worthville residents share weekend visits with relatives and friends. Ira Fincher from Locust Grove Institute stayed home over the weekend. Deanie Buckalew Ethel Allen and Lillie Wilson hosted and attended gatherings with Corene Cebelle Horton. Curtis Cowan came from Camp Wheeler for the weekend. Marvin and Curtis King visited from Jackson. Ada Myrtice Buckalew were surprised with a party. L. L. Washington and family visited J. E. Kitchens. J. E. Kitchens stayed with his ill son Wood Kitchens in Stark. Eva George Maddox spent the weekend at home. There is another freeze in the area at present.
The St Johns lodge of Masons held an oyster supper at Conner's restaurant Monday night. Despite freezing weather attendance was small yet all who attended enjoyed the event and praised Mr A R Conner for his elegant service and attention.
An advertisement urges readers to try a 50 cent bottle of LAX-FOS WITH PEPSI as a liquid digestive laxative for indigestion constipation or biliousness. It notes Paris Medicine Co. as the manufacturer behind Laxative Bromo Quinine and Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic.
The next meeting of the Butts County Educational Association will be on February 16. The program includes ventilation lighting and heating by Miss Delphia Maddox and Mr. W H C Goodman. discipline for high school by Mr. Hughes and Miss Fannie Myrt Biles. current history teaching plans by Miss Ruby Thompson and Miss Anne Hale. and thrift stamps and war economy by Mr. R P Sasnett and Miss Ethel Hill.
John Forbes, returning from Liverpool, says England is sending dogs away as famine threatens. He notes royalty with large kennels gave up dogs and reports crew bought fine dogs including Pomeranians, while he could have bought a blooded Irish setter for five dollars if transport were arranged.
A vintage advertisement touts Danderine as an easy inexpensive solution for lustrous soft hair. It claims rapid gloss and fullness within minutes and dramatic new hair growth after two weeks, with instructions to test on a strand for quick results.
A jumble of ads notes sale of one iron gray mule and a Ford truck from Jackson Coca Cola Bottling Co. A lost article requests return to Miss Marie McMichael near Star Store and Indian Springs Street. Macon Creamery seeks delivery of 500 gallons of sweet milk daily in Macon at 40 cents per gallon for 5 per cent butterfat.
Rental notice for a five room and an eight room house near the depot. Apply to Mrs. J. W. McCord.
An old newspaper advertisement urges parents to mail five cents to Foley & Co for a trial package of remedies. It promotes Foley products including Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Kidney Pills, and Cathartic Pills, and lists The Owl Pharmacy as a point of sale.
The 16 cantonments built for soldier training cost 134000000 dollars with a net profit to contractors of 2.98 percent.
Somerset Virginia resident Louis Buckner reports fatigue backache and pains improved after using Foley Kidney Pills. The Owl Pharmacy promotes the remedy for backache rheumatic pains stiff joints sore muscles swollen ankles and sleep disturbances with a time tested formula.
In the Columbus Journal an item notes the vegetable wagon acts as a social leveler. Morning arrivals draw neighbor women who observe that households with husbands earning $3,500 a year converse pleasantly with those where husbands earn about $100 a month.
Advertises a patent medicine claiming to cure a cold in one day with LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. Promises to stop cough and headache and end the cold. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure, with BH. W. Grove’s signature on each box and price 30 cents.
The 1917 Italian wheat crop fell short by thirty percent compared with the average harvest, signaling tight food supplies and potential price effects for the country.
A local advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining and cannot be cured by local applications. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood-based treatment and offers one hundred dollars for any uncured case, with circulars free in Toledo, Ohio.
Eczema and skin eruptions are said to stem from impure blood and can be cured by cleansing the blood. The ad touts S. S. S. as an old, effective blood purifier sold for fifty years and invites readers to write for full treatment advice from the Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta Georgia.
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