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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1919
Page
6
Cartoon style dialogue from Cartoons Magazine about a man nicknamed Rastus who avoids church by claiming Brothah Green got the collection basket job after returning from Ovah Thai-ah and losing a hand. The piece satirizes church roles and race in a comic frame.
A fragment from Cartoons Magazine features a self referential line by a former kaiser claiming to have started the flu in a joking fashion. The text presents a satirical pose rather than a factual report.
An early advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as purifying and enriching the blood to restore vitality. It claims the tonic delivers strengthening and invigorating effects and lists a price of 0c.
The article outlines lawn care practices for year round beauty. It emphasizes a strong grassy ground work with grass and trees, suggests Kentucky bluegrass and Bermuda blends by region, and advises mowing weekly, leaving clippings to enrich soil, and monthly nitrate top dressing in summer. It also recommends fall Bermuda mowing, bluegrass sowing at 1.5 pounds per 400 square feet, and well rotted manure topdressing, with contact at the Georgia State College of Agriculture for more details.
Public health advisory warns to insist on genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin bearing the Bayer Cross. Fraudulent tablets found sold by a Brooklyn dealer were mostly talcum powder. Always seek the Bayer Cross on package and tablets and follow proper dosage directions.
Georgia State College of Agriculture and the U S Department of Agriculture partner to cut stored grain losses from corn weevils. Fumigation with carbon bisulfide uses one to several pounds per thousand cubic feet, depending on infestation and crib tightness. Farmers should seal cribs and contact the college or county agent for guidance this season.
Hard soap used with water improves spray spread and sticking quality for soft bodied pests like plant lice. Rates vary from one pound per six to eight gallons up to one to two pounds per fifty gallons. Soap enhances even coverage and adherence without reacting chemically with spray materials. For more details contact Georgia State College of Agriculture, Athens, Ga.
An advert offers to purchase Liberty Bonds for the next 30 days, with both papers priced at 1.50 and 0.50 per issue and a combined 2.00 option for the period.
A cartoons magazine quotes a pun about a painful wisdom tooth. The joke hinges on a rival line suggesting extraction as wisdom, illustrating light humor around dental pain. Strong entities are cartoons magazine and wisdom tooth joke.
Mrs A Waldman of Fresno says a winter cough from a fever thirty two years ago improved with Foley's Honey and Tar which she still uses and finds effective for bronchial and lingering coughs and colds. It helps children for croup and whooping cough and contains no opiates. Carmichael Drug and Book Co advertises road bonds as a wise investment.
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