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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1921
Page
8
Beware of fake aspirin packages that miss the Bayer name. The ad warns that genuine aspirin doctors prescribe for twenty one years and cites uses from colds to rheumatism. It notes small tin boxes of twelve Bayer tablets cost a few cents and that druggists sell larger packs.
Lamar C. Farrar of Jenkinsburg has applied for his Victory Medal and will receive it soon. Soldiers are urged to file for medals at once with the Victory Medal officer in the 204 Journal Building Atlanta. Send discharge and address to expedite processing.
Washington reports a decline in per capita circulation from 57.42 to 55.43 dollars between June 1 1920 and June 1 1921. Total money in circulation fell from 6,102,162,144 dollars to 5,983,258,293 dollars in the period.
Misses Sarah Allen and Evelyn Linch return from the State Normal School where Allen is a graduate. The commencement featured a piano recital, alumni reception, baccalaureate address, commencement sermon, vespers, a play A Midsummer Night's Dream, and senior chorus. The school emphasizes religious training, friendship and Christian influence shaping future Georgia citizens.
The eighteenth annual convention of the Georgia Rural Letter Carriers Association will be held in Savannah on July 4 and 5. Hon. J. H. Mills of Jenkinsburg will speak. C. C. Wall of Ellaville is the association president. A large attendance is expected amid heightened interest from Washington administration changes.
Joel Smith Watkins of Jackson earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Georgia at the June 15 commencement. The 1921 class of 140 graduates supported a War Memorial fund goal of one million dollars to aid the university and its Agricultural College facilities, targeting October 11 to November 11 for fundraising and honoring World War II veterans. The ceremonies included a monument unveiling for Dr Crawford W Long, a baccalaureate sermon by Dr Rufus Weaver, and the address by Hon William M Howard of Augusta.
Early spring cutworms damage young plants. The recommended remedy is poisoned bait made with white arsenate of lead or Paris green mixed into bran, water, and sorghum or molasses. Apply at dusk for nighttime feeding.
A humorous, unnamed reader tale from the Poketo Gazette recounts a wedding and auction published as fiction. The couple wed with hay rope and farm gear as the setting, then planned a delayed homecoming with a baby buggy and household items after ten months, amid farmyard details and sheriff-like humor.
Georgia’s livestock shifts show 1910 to 1920 goats rising from 5 257 to 4 214 and horses falling from 31 528 to 15 653 as mules, dairy cattle, cattle, swine and other animals rise or fall.
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