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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1920
Page
2
John M McMichael expresses gratitude to the voters of Butts County for support in the March 5 primary. He pledges to serve the public faithfully and impartially, prioritizing taxpayers’ best interests and recalling the loyal backing received.
An advertisement promotes Rexall "93" Hair Tonic with guaranteed quality at Carmichael Drug Store, highlighting availability and pharmacy storefront details.
Mrs T C Hudson died at her Jenkinsburg area home after a lengthy illness. She is survived by her husband and six children. The funeral was held Wednesday at 1 PM at her home with Rev E C Wilson of Jenkinsburg Methodist church officiating. Interment followed in Jenkinsburg Cemetery.
A speaker argues that there is widespread ignorance about milk and dairy in diets. He says milk has value beyond protein and energy, acting as a protective food that improves overall health and efficiency for both adults and children. Milk is described as our greatest protective food.
We extend heartfelt thanks to everyone who showed kindness to our dear brother and uncle. May God bless each one of you. His brothers A. G. Stephens, J. M. Stephens, T. J. Stephens and his niece Desmond Stephens.
Washington reports a severe fuel oil shortage for the Shipping Board as bids failed to cover even a fraction of needed oil for the year starting April 1. Officials warn of possible federal control restoration and note bids on 1.5 million barrels of 24 million requested, with contracts expiring in three weeks and only days of reserves left. Unrest in Tampico, Mexico is cited as a contributing factor.
Mrs. Elizabeth St. John aged 80 died Tuesday at her daughter Mrs. J C Jinks home. Old age and debility given as cause. A longtime New Hope Church member, she died after the funeral held Wednesday conducted by Rev S R England, burial in the church cemetery. Survived by one daughter Mrs J C Jinks.
The 1919 wheat crop is the second largest on record in Kansas, surpassed only by 1914, and is the largest harvest of any state this year with rival states producing only about 43 percent as much. Kansas leads in overall wheat production for the year.
E I Rooks and family express heartfelt thanks to neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy during the sickness and death of their uncle, Mr. F C Stephens.
Genuine Aspirin says Bayer insist on Bayer tablets in Bayer package with directions for headache cold pain neuralgia lumbago rheumatism. Bayer means genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for nineteen years. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets cost just a few cents. Aspirin is trade mark of Bayer.
A poem recalls a loving mother as soldiers prepare to charge. The speaker watches a cold white star in night light and the dawn reveals a German wire as cannons roar. The verse blends tenderness with the brutal onset of battle and a hopeful, fragile light.
An ad promotes Free Zone as a cheap drugstore remedy to lift corns and calluses from feet. It promises painless removal with a few drops applied to corns and hard skin, leaving skin pink and healthy without soreness.
In Leo E. Miller’s account a supposed South American champion condor hunter killed more than sixteen thousand birds over ten years. He used nets, a fat burro, and a club, exporting long-wing feathers to France. Feathers’ price collapse left him penniless, prompting a dramatic refusal to kill more for ten pesos.
The article explains how some male butterflies emit aromatic secretions from wing scales and hairs to attract females. It notes humans may smell musk mint vanilla or honey while other scents resemble mice or bats, and that absent odors may occur when volatile compounds lie outside human detection.
The piece highlights Emily Dickinson born 1830 in Amherst Massachusetts and died there in 1886. It notes her solitary life and says she wrote some of modern literature’s most passionate verse. Thomas Wentworth Higginson praises her bold, rule defying expression.
The article notes lingering belief in Kaffir bone magic in the Transvaal. White men consult the Kaffir doctor oracle, using bones and joints to foretell the future and seek cures for fevers toothache and other ills.
American critic Jay Hambidge argues Greek sculpture architecture and vases embody rigid geometric proportion he terms dynamic symmetry The theory has earned attention from British Museum officials and its portrayal filled two columns in the London Times educational supplement.
Report comments on a scene portraying a storm where actors struggled to convey the elemental aspects. Dialogue notes the difficulty in expressing wind, rain, and danger through performance.
Call Day phone 136 or night phone 39 for up-to-date jitney service. Prices reasonable and service prompt and reliable provided by Stodghill Welch and Company.
Poem contrasts winning and losing in election cycles. It reflects on inevitability of both sides, the duty of a victor to feel for the defeated, and the shared fate of those involved in political contests. The piece emphasizes empathy across turning points of success and loss.
An excess of acid in the stomach sours the food and starts fermentation. Distressing gases form. Your meals feel heavy and uncomfortable with heart burn, flatulence, belching, and headache. A few tablets of Pape's Diapep sin bring relief almost immediately once in the stomach. It costs little at drug stores.
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