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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1921
Page
8
Genuine Bayer Aspirin is sold only with the Bayer name on packaging or tabs. The ad claims twenty one years of physician use and safety, advising usage per the Bayer package for various pains. It notes aspirin tablets come in small tins and larger packages from druggists. Bayer is the trademark of Bayer.
A teacher asks Helen what a myth is, and Helen answers that a myth is a woman who has not any husband. The quip reflects childlike humor in a classroom exchange.
Debtors and creditors of John A. Dodson, deceased, must present demands. payment required from those indebted. Also notice of a 1921 General Assembly bill to create a three member county commission in Butts County to take office after current term. Sheriff sale announced for Walter S. White property on Lyons street, Jackson, to satisfy 1920 taxes. Includes teacher examination schedule and reading course listings by Southern School Book Depository.
Griffin GeorgiaFriday last Gay Jack Kelley was hanged for the murder of Leroy Trexler an Atlanta taxi driver killed in September 1920. The execution marked Spalding countys first hanging since 1870 with Sheriff W JD Pope observing. The trap released at 1041 p m and the body was cut down at 1106 p m. Burial followed Saturday at Oak Hill Cemetery.
Georgia has shipped 10 218 cars of watermelons this season, over three times last year. Middle Georgia will drive peak movement after Friday with about 800 cars daily for ten days. Rain threatens potential losses if it continues, though crop value remains strong. Georgia leads nationwide melon shipments as South Carolina begins to influence markets by August 1.
Twenty five baby Indian Runner ducks shipped from Pennsylvania arrived in Jackson Friday for Dr. R. A. Franklin. Only one duckling died on the long trip. 24 remained in good condition and were to be placed on a poultry farm in South Georgia. The birds swam eagerly once uncrated, indicating healthy spirits.
At Cairo Georgia on July 19 Neil L Chamberless 56 dies after drinking moonshine laced with potash at a gathering near Hurst Mall Pond where watermelons were shared. Six others are reported in precarious condition and improving slowly officials note the moonshine possibly tainted.
The Atlanta Journal announces full twenty four hour leased wire service from the Associated Press and United Press. Subscriptions for daily and Sunday editions shown: one year nine dollars forty cents, six months five dollars, one month ninety cents. The Daily Journal prices are listed as seven fifty per year, four dollars for six months, seventy cents monthly.
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