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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1921
Page
8
An advertisement warns consumers to buy only aspirin bearing Bayer on packaging or tablets. It notes aspirin is proven safe by physicians for twenty one years and lists uses such as colds, headache, neuralgia, rheumatism, earache, toothache, and pain. Small tin boxes of twelve Bayer tablets cost a few cents. larger packs are sold by druggists.
The Sixth District Masonic Association met in Griffin with large attendance and prominent Masons including grand lodge officers. A Griffin lodge barbecue welcomed visitors, and a Fulton lodge Atlanta degree team presented an impressive demonstration. Local attendees included J. C. Newton C. M. Compton H. M. Moore S. P. Nichols Paul Lemon and others.
Debtors and creditors of John A. Dodson, deceased in Butts County Georgia are instructed to present demands to the administrator and all debts to be paid promptly. The notice also covers local legislation changes and a teacher examination schedule with reading course details for certificate renewals.
The 1921 peach crop in Upson county is valued at 350000 and about 350 cars of peaches shipped to northern and eastern markets. Each car averages 500 crates at $2 per crate, with profits modest but substantial impact on wages and local economy. The report lists leading growers and predicts growth to 500 cars within two years.
The Georgia Farm Bureau Federation through its marketing exchange will launch a cooperative marketing plan for sweet potatoes next week. An organized sweet potato body is being formed to handle the crop statewide and cooperate with Southern States Produce Distributors at Valdosta to move early arrivals. P. H. Sanders says new crop arrivals are starting and the arrangement should boost prices and market quality for growers nationwide.
The Atlanta Journal announces full twenty four hour leased wire service from the Associated Press and United Press to deliver world news daily. Subscriptions offered include Daily and Sunday plans with annual and short term rates. The notice appears in The Atlanta Journal from Atlanta Georgia dated 7 8 6t.
Georgia's first bale of the 1921 crop was ginned in Moultrie by A. B. Rogers. The bale was sent by express to Savannah to be sold at auction, marking the first Moultrie July bale in seven years as the local crop runs two to three weeks earlier than last year.
A census report shows farm expenses rising across the nation in 1919 with labor costs at 1,363,554,580 and fertilizer expenditures at 329,189,912. South Carolina tops states for fertilizer spend at 46,196,434, followed by North Carolina and Georgia, while New York leads feed expenditures. The note urges farmers to raise more feed at home and hints at printing services.
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