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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1918
Page
9
Red Cross urges all available ladies to work daily at the Red Cross Rooms except Saturdays and Mondays until 1116 oak pad units are completed. Mr. J D Jones donates 1600 shipping tags to aid the effort.
The Progress-Argus notes labels used for small packages sent to France. Committees named include Cutting with Pauline Mallet chair. Hattie But trill, J. W. Crum, J. L. Watson, Walter Wilson, Mary Newton. Housekeeping lists Bluma Carmichael, Helen Carmichael, Sam Foster, Annie Kate Ham. Supervisors schedule different Tuesdays to Fridays. Packing committee chaired by R N Etheridge with L L O Kelley and Park Newton. Rosa Newton supervisor. J B Settle assistant supervisor.
The Dlder house and McIntosh feature a splendid string band with sweet music daily as the sun sets. W H Middlebrooks of Jasper reports threshing 9100 bushels of wheat and oats. Col Albert Lamar and Evins Howell were arrested for a duel attempt at West Point with buckshot weapons. Hack lines from hotels to depots are crowded as the season opens. Joe Greer earns praise as an expert stage driver for M J Penn. R J Lawson ships 100 bales of cotton on the new road, noting first shipment via the line. East End grading crews advance work, and Hiram Bryant of Jasper begins building a store there with a September finish target.
Dr Bell of San Marcos Texas promotes Baby Percy as a reliable remedy for bowel troubles in children and urges readers to buy a bottle in an advertisement for a foal product.
A severe storm Monday night in Butts and Henry counties caused major damage. H J Maddox reported a mule killed by lightning and Will Woods of Henry county lost his barn to a bolt of lightning. Losses described as considerable.
An old advertisement claims GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC purifies and enriches the blood to strengthen the aged and the weak against summer heat. It promises a strengthening, invigorating effect and lists a 60 cent price.
Mrs. I. J. Slaughter loses a four room tenant house on a farm near Indian Springs Sunday afternoon. Tink Head, colored, occupied the house and his family were at church. A small amount of insurance was carried.
Fifty cent bottle of LAX FOS WITH PEPSIIN advertised as a liquid digestive laxative for indigestion constipation and biliousness. Made and recommended by Paris Medicine Co., makers of Laxative Bromo Quinine and Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic.
Prepared by the Federal Food Administration for Georgia merchants may require customers to sign a Sugar Application. The form certifies home use purchases not exceeding three pounds per person per month and a 30 day supply, with merchant on file for inspection. It sets purchaser signature date and place.
The Hicks hotel in Savannah is banned from serving beef in any form until January 1, 1919. Cited violations of beef conservation rules led to a $500 payment to the Savannah Red Cross and a pledge to serve no beef prior to next January, with corn replacing wheat and victory over defeat as a slogan.
The Food Administration outlines measures to guide trade in essential commodities, curb speculation and waste, stabilize staple prices, protect exports while preserving domestic supplies, cooperate with the Allies to prevent inflation, and stimulate production and saving to boost exports for provisioning Allied forces and their populations.
The food administration calls for greatly reducing beef consumption this summer due to supply limits for the army allies and civilians. It promotes pork as a substitute, urges use of abundant milk cream butter cheese and homegrown vegetables, and says every meal should be a garden party to free staple foods for soldiers.
The piece proposes practical gifts for friends such as a block of ice or a scuttle of coal, reflecting a frugal, utilitarian stance on presents. It frames these items as useful and memorable tokens.
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