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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1916
Page
3
A collection of editorial thoughts from Georgia papers urges changes in governance and policy. It references electing a governor, biennial sessions, woman suffrage, county treasurer abolition, and critique of politicians and rhetoric, with regional quips about Savannah and other towns.
The piece praises front line soldiers as patriots and calls on Jackson residents to fund and sustain families left behind. It cites Dallas at $8,000 for 104 dependents and stresses for employers to keep jobs and pay, urging local initiative to prevent suffering.
A brief opinion asserts Mexico is not the United States in scale and that opposing a weaker nation harms national pride, while insisting action is needed to preserve self respect. Only the core point is conveyed.
A brief says the Fifth regiment would supposedly clear Mexico, but the Second regiment with the Jackson company led mobilization first.
The Forsyth Advertiser notes most staff serve in the national guard. Capt Bloodworth is credited as a resourceful genius and the paper is expected to be issued in the same old way.
A Greensboro Herald Journal item censures the Greasers and endorses stern action, warning of spankings across public areas such as verandas rotundas vestibules and other key spots.
The Jackson Progress-Argus notes prices must climb for papers to survive. The Griffin News and Sun attributes higher subscription and ad costs to rising newspaper supply prices, warning some papers may cease operations if rates do not increase.
Macon risks heavy spending as talk turns to creating a state capital there. Editors note a new capital building would run to several million dollars, while Griffin and other outlets say Macon possesses the means. The debate fixes on cost and feasibility.
A vintage health ad urges mothers to ignore aches and silent suffering. It promotes Scott’s Emulsion as a concentrated aid to invigorate blood, strengthen tissues, nourish nerves, and build strength, claiming it helps tired nursing mothers.
Next Tuesday the store will be closed for the Glo rious Old 4th holiday. Lookout Mountain Seed Potatoes offered by Paul Nolen & Company. Typhoid fever death rate in the U S has been cut in half since 1900.
The total number of cotton bales ginned in Butts county during 1915 was 11 677. This compares with 17 015 bales in 1914 and places Georgia's statewide total at 1 937 730 bales for the year.
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