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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1918
Page
4
A reader argues for three county commissioners to boost rural road work. He recalls Dr. Mays and notes many nonvoters in recent elections, claiming the legislature should expand the commission for better county projects. He invites others to visit his home to verify the claim.
The notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio as a constitutional remedy and offers one hundred dollars to any case it fails to cure. It notes selling through druggists at 75 cents and mentions accompanying Hall's Family Pills. The Progress-Argus expresses wartime support by following local soldiers from Mexican border mobilization to France and Berlin, singing the Star Spangled Banner.
Lieut Col E J Williams chief of staff of the 36th Division has been promoted to colonel. He is popular at Camp Bowie Fort Worth Texas where Major John P Hasson was advanced to lieutenant colonel. Both officers will keep their posts with the 36th Division, Williams marking twenty years in service next Sunday.
The first cotton bloom of the season was brought in by M. W. Gunn of Worthville district on Tuesday afternoon followed by blooms from J. J. Compton Guthrie and Redman later the same day. The report notes the weather has been favorable for early growth.
Eighty five colored selectmen depart Butts County for Camp Gordon as heavy draft on county manpower takes effect. A large turnout at the depot followed the group of men listed including Edgar Stodghill Jimmie Hunter Jim Marks and many others. Next Wednesday 47 white men will leave for Camp Gordon.
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine as a solution for dandruff and thinning hair. It claims immediate dandruff dissolution and substantial cosmetic benefits, urging purchase at drug stores for a small price. The piece also notes wartime women’s registrations and urges investing in W S S.
A barn belonging to Mr. A Freeman near the Monroe county line burned Saturday night with loss estimated in the thousands. Fire origin unknown. The barn held 150 bushels of corn 5000 bundles of fodder 200 bushels of oats two wagons a buggy and implements plus two mules and a horse. Investigators Officers Lavender and Thornton examined the scene. It is unclear if the fire was arson.
Thousands of women report relief from nervousness bearing down and stretching pains during maternity using Mother's Friend. The remedy softens abdominal muscles aiding expansion and reduces pain at birth. external use product is claimed safe with a century of use. Bradfield Regulator Co offers a book and bottles via drugstores in Atlanta Georgia.
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