Close Call as Train Hits Mail Car in Depot Incident
Mr. G. H. White, a city mail carrier, escaped injury when his car was struck by a southbound Southern freight train near the depot. He had started back toward town after delivering mail and stopped only as the train neared, with the bell and whistle allegedly not rung. Friends praised his luck after the near-fatal collision. Also advertised is a livestock sale listing several breeding hogs and sows in Jenkinsburg, Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. White
Southern
White
Building Up Our Womanhood and Health Message
A public health ad urges women to protect wellbeing, promoting Peruna as a remedy. It cites Miss Clara Lohr of Grand Rapids who reports recovery after six bottles, noting weight gain and restored appetite. The ad claims Peruna comes in liquid or tablet form and touts Dr Hartman’s materials and a free health book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Lohr
N. Gold St
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Peru
Dent
Columbus
Hartman
Flovilla Chautauqua Set for June 25 26 27
Flovilla to host its annual Chautauqua from June 25 to 27 with Radcliffe Chautauqua Association handling the assembly. The event will feature lectures and Red Cross demonstrations on home care and postwar topics, funded by local business leaders and advertised across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flovilla
Radcliffe Chautauqua Association
Butts
Mr. Carson Keeps 47 Years of Cash Subscriptions
Mr. T. J. Carson of Flovilla has paid cash in advance for his Progress-Argus subscription for 47 years. He visited Jackson on Tuesday to renew for another year. A prominent Confederate veteran, he served in Co D Sixth Georgia and was wounded at Cold Harbor. He notes only two old comrades remain alive, Charles Dupree and Obe Hendrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Carson
Flovilla
Progress-Argus
Indian Springs
Edge
Carson
Jackson
Co D
Georgia
Butts County
Cold Harbor
Charles Dupree
Luella
Obe Hendrick
Forest Park
Unclear remedy ad offers $10 treatment with administration
An advertisement offers a genuine remedy for ten dollars including administration but notes you may pay more yet cannot obtain better treatment. The text presents a simple sales pitch with no further details about the product or provider.
Masgiants for Prohibition Pa Hesitant Brother Unclear
A fragmented item notes a family stance on prohibition with mixed signals from a mother supportive stance, a father undecided, a brother uncertain, and a baby mentioned in damp context.
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Brother
Melville comedians praised by Georgia cities
Mayors from Milledgeville Monticello and Madison commend the Melville comedians for a one week engagement. They call the troupe clean affable and above average, credit to their cities and well patronized by locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milledgeville, Ga
Melville Comedians Theatre
Miller S. Beil
Monticello
Covington
Melville
Madison
District Manager Wanted by Southern Life Insurance Company
A progressive Southern Life Insurance Company seeks a capable man in the locality for the post of District Manager. The firm has operated sixteen years with $35,000,000 of Old Line Life Insurance in force. Liberal contract. For details apply to Minor Morton Vice-President and Agency Manager Volunteer State Life Insurance Company Chattanooga Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Life Insurance Company
Old Line Life
Liberal
Morton
Volunteer State Life Insurance Company
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Making 100 Bushels of Corn Per Acre
The Progressive Farmer questions the practicality of reaching 100 bushels per acre. It suggests 50 to 60 bushels is safely profitable and outlines intensive measures for aiming at 100, including heavy manuring and fertilizer, with careful tillage and good seed.
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Thoorough
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Adison and Livingston
Miss Grace Brock
Horn
V. Canares
DeArmond Trio
Little Red Riding Hood
Star Store
Bert Melville and Company of Thirty
Bert Melville
Lillian de Armond
Carmichael Drug & Book CO
Mission Ticket
DUROC
Girts
Happy Creek Dixie
Hill King
Hampshire
Poland
China
E. R. Merritt
Jenkinsburg
Greve
Domino Sugar
Domino
Carmichael, Mallet CO
Gog
Salvarsan
Second St
Macon, Ga
Roller Monthly
Baby
Dalton Citizen
Paul Nolen & Co
Washington, Ga
Melville Show
O. K
L. A. Wilheit
H. B. Kelly
Alamo
Mr. Farmer
Irgepercent
Plumb
ING & Electric
Ron W. Reaves
W. J. Thursten
Presbyterian Church
W. E. Watkins
H. M. Fletcher Jackson
J. Threatt Moore
Crum
the Farmers Co-Operative Fire Insurance Company OF
S. B. Kinard
J. H. Pope
Jackson, Ga
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