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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1923
Page
3
A household tale portrays Bill transforming a run down pen into a well ventilated modern coop. He purchases a range of breed stock including Anconas Plymouth Rocks Leghorns Rhode Island Reds and Rhode Island Whites. The piece blends farm advice from Southern Ruralist on feeding eight hens with one pound scratch and one pound mash plus buttermilk or beef scrap, and notes hens in laying condition need more feed.
Mrs C J Childs aged 37 died at her parents D F and B A Pulliam home in Barnesville Georgia while visiting. She lived in Smarts Monroe county and is survived by her husband three sons and five daughters. Funeral services were held at Jenkinsburg with interment in the church cemetery. Farmers in about 1200 counties kept farming expense and profit records for 1922 per USDA reports to study net income gains with help from county extension agents.
Berlin reports 1.804 billion people worldwide with roughly 7 percent in cities over 100000. New York leads with 5.62 million, London 4.48 million, Berlin 3.80 million. Europe has six millionplus cities and 193 over 100000.
Mr and Mrs Claude L Thurston mourn the death of their seventeen months old daughter Frances who died Tuesday at 6 30 pm after a ten day illness of cholera infantum Funeral services were held at County Line Wednesday conducted by Rev E C Thurston
Three freshmen at college debate their fathers earnings with one claiming his father writes a song and sells it for 25 dollars the next day. The second student counters with a rival example as the conversation continues.
Lost Saturday a silver mesh bag with initials L H lost near post office or courthouse square. Reward for Lucile Ham. Also multiple farm for sale notices, cattle breeding ads, and employment offer from Rawleigh Co. plus home and land for sale by T B Conner. Contains livestock breed names and business addresses.
A. O. Jordan announces a business sale in Jackson Georgia. He invites interested buyers to visit Jordan's to view a good business, offering contact by phone 28. The ad notes highest cash price for hens and fryers and mentions potato plants on hand. E. O. Huson signs the notice.
A Cedartown Standard quip contrasts a frugal man with a newspaper debtor who renews a subscription for years and then refuses to settle. It notes various penny‑pinching acts as humor while labeling the longtime nonpayer as a worse fellow.
In a humorous exchange three figures debate value of work. One sells a story for fifty dollars while another claims a father earned more through a half hour sermon, noting it takes twelve men to transport the money. The exchange ends with a punchy Judge remark.
The department of agriculture reports the United States spends about one billion dollars annually on tobacco including smoking chewing and snuff. Per capita use has more than doubled since the Civil War with 60 billion cigarettes manufactured yearly and 8.5 pounds per person consumed. Census data show 10 291 tobacco manufacturing establishments in 1919 employing 183 000 people. Internal revenue from tobacco nears 300 million dollars.
Growers should apply Bordeaux mixture once yearly when vines reach six to ten inches. If weather is favorable, additional spraying may not be needed. A proven mix uses 4 lb copper sulfate 4 lb lime and 50 gal water. Higher concentrations offer no benefit and may harm foliage. Apply under at least 150 psi pressure.
A woman asked a street sweeper in Columbus for a good restaurant. He pointed with his broom, prompting her scornful remark about a one horse town. He replied that she wouldn’t think so if she had his job.
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