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Newspaper

Jackson Progress Argus

Location

Jackson, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1920

Page

8

Weekend Visitors and Illness Across Jenkinsburg

Mr Thurman Bowden of Atlanta stayed with his ailing mother. Miss Lucile Aiken hosted friends from Atlanta including Georgia Owens and Iane Turner. The Bankstons and Glasses spent time with Maddox family at Fincherville. Visitors from Monticello and East Point joined gatherings and a music class plan was announced. Odelle Moore travels to Flovilla. Oliver Woodward also from Atlanta.

Thurman Bowden Atlanta Lucile Aiken Georgia Owens Iane Turner Missary Griswaell Fir W. J. Bankston B. T. Glass H. A. Maddox Fincherville Curtis Gilmore Lois and Mildred Gilmore Ina Leverette J. W. Childs Monticello Grace Bankston Ida Sue Leverette Ruth Middlebrooks Trudie Odelle Moore Georgia Owen Ione Turner Mary Griswell Marge Manning H. A. Manning East Point J. A. Bankston Messrs Gordon Dewey Bankston Flovilla Oliver Woodward

Visitor notes and social calls reported

A Monday visitor frame reports Mrs. R. W. Woodwaard and her East Point children visiting Mrs. W. T. Thurston. Miss Lucile Aiken spent Tuesday at Liberty Hill as guest of Miss Sara Barron.

R. W. Woodwaard Cildren East Point W. T. Thurston Lucile Aiken Liberty Hill Sara Barron

Production of Oil Fails to Meet Demand This Year

Washington reports end of March gasoline stocks at 80 million gallons up 14 percent from last year, while crude oil in storage fell 3.373 million barrels due to refinery capacity rising to 1,560,345 barrels per day and production lagging. Fuel oil stocks dropped 170 million gallons. Domestic gasoline consumption for the first quarter climbed 33 percent from 1919, with fuel oil up 18 percent.

Washington Bureau of Mines

Griffin Merchant Buys Plane for Business Use

H. S. Olive a Griffin merchant bought a model M4 D Curtiss aeroplane in Montgomery for commercial use. He flew home via Columbus and Atlanta in under two and a half hours and appointed ex Army pilot Douglas H. Davis to operate the plane priced at 5000 dollars.

Griffin H. S. Olive Montgomery Ala Johnson & Co Curtiss

Georgia Sunday School Convention Heads to Atlanta

The Georgia Sunday School Association holds its annual convention June 15 to 17 at Wesley Memorial church in Atlanta. Sessions are free, with delegates elected by each Sunday school. rail fare is 1 1 3 discounted with certificate receipts worth two thirds of face value. Speakers include Prof. George H. Betts and Dr. E Leroy Dakin with many Georgia figures listed. Reports promise progress in Sunday School work statewide.

Georgia Sunday School Association Atlanta Wesley Memorial Church George H. Betts Northwestern University Evanston Ill E. Leroy Dakin Temple Baptist Church Charlestown W. Va Mary E. Moxcey Cincinnati Young People’s Department The Methodist Episcopal Church Georgia J. J. Cobb Macon Joseph Broughton Marion McH. Hull W. E. McDougald Statesboro Jas. W. Morton Athens Ben S. Thompson Madison Nath Thompson Norcross H. H. Tift Tifton

Lift off Corns With Freezone Adv

An advertisement promises relief for corns and calluses using a tiny bottle of Freezone sold at drug stores. It claims painless relief by applying a few drops to the affected area, quickly stopping pain and letting the corn or callus be lifted out with no soreness.

Motor car deaths rise with increasing traffic

The piece warns that automobiles are the era’s deadliest machine, causing about half of industrial accident deaths. It cites Chicago with 420, Cleveland 136, St. Louis 97, Greater New York 677, New York City 191 children, and notes 9 million motor vehicles in use this year, asking how many thousands will be killed.

Chicago Cleveland St. Louis Greater Newa York New York City

SEE US PI PRINTING THAT EASES PROGRESS ARGUS JOB DEPT

A terse notice from the Argus job department highlights printing improvements labeled See Us Pi Printing that ease progress for local workers. The brief emphasizes efficiency, updated equipment, and faster turnaround times. It notes increased support for employers and job seekers.

ARGUS

Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Internal Cure

The ad asserts local treatments fail for catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine taken internally to affect the blood and mucous surfaces. It touts a tonic and blood purifier formula from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio and offers testimonials and free literature.

Hall F. J. Cheney & Co Props Toledo

Jamerson Called To Final Reward In Atlanta

Mr. L. P. Jamerson age 38 died after illness at his Atlanta home Friday at 2 pm. He lived in Jackson years ago, worked with his father Dr. A. M. Jamerson in the drug business, and was later with the American Pump and Tank Co. Funeral services were held in Atlanta, body sent to Jackson for grave services. Surviving: wife Lucy Watkins Jamerson, daughters Florence and Frances, mother Mrs. Nettie Jamerson, sister Mrs. Eugene Kimball, and brothers Ralph W. Jamerson, B L Jamerson, and W. W. Jamerson.

L. P. Jamerson Atlanta Jamerson Jackson A. M. Jamerson American Pump and Tank Co

World's Most Powerful Warship To Cost 50 Million

The United States plans a 1000 foot battle cruiser with twelve 16 inch guns and 50 million dollar price tag. It will steam 10 knots faster than the Lusitania but could be scrap in less than a decade and vulnerable to air attack in war.

United States

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Erries Jams Isins Les of Wirthmer Griffin Mercantile Co Griffin, GA Jenkinsburg Fletcher Castoria Griffin Merchant the Bank of Service Farmers & Merchants Bank U. S Davis Carmichael Hardware CO H. L. Jackson S. B. Kinard Jackson, Georgia Woodstown J.B. Guthrie Realty Coo Harkness Building
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