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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1916
Page
3
Hastings 1916 catalogue is a 100 page seed guide for farm and garden use. It promises free five packets of easily grown flowers with every order and positions Hastings as the South’s largest seed firm. A postal card request will bring the catalog.
The people of Locust Grove are invited to attend a Friday night Mission Study Class conducted by Prof. Smally. The class meets at 7 o'clock in Central Hall. An enthusiastic missionary rally occurred Monday night with speakers Mr Cates and Rev Horace Smith.
A compact ad lists Fletcher's Castoria for children and seed prices. It promotes Wanamaker's Cleveland Big Boll Cotton Seed at 2 dollars per bushel, Hastings Prolific Corn at 2 dollars per bushel, and Patricks Prolific Corn at 2 dollars per bushel. J. H. Patrick of Jenkinsburg, Georgia signs as seller.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick, gentle remedy for sour, gassy stomachs. It claims the product digests food in minutes, relieves indigestion, and prevents distress from eating, available for fifty cents per large case at drug stores.
Rev. J E Dear from Atlanta spoke at chapel at the Institute in Locust Grove while guests Mr Fleming visited. L G S girls defeated Sixth District Agricultural school 9 to 1 in Barnesville. visitors include Mrs G S Jones and Mrs W M Connor from Miltown and Mr Robert Tomlinson of McDonough visiting Mrs Stuart Combs.
L. L. Greer, Receiver Tax Returns for Butts County, announces books are open for the return of state and county taxes for the year 1916. Dated February 11.
Mrs A G Wells of Rocky Mount North Carolina reports relief from aches pains and stiff joints after using Foley Kidney Pills. She endorses the medicine highly and credits it with quick benefits.
An Owl Pharmacy advertisement touts CitroLax as the best remedy for constipation sour stomach lazy liver and sluggish bowels. It claims quick headache relief thorough flushing with no pain or nausea and promotes a cleansed wholesome system.
Assessments levied on each county primary candidate to cover election costs must be paid to the secretary of the executive committee by noon March 18 1916. Names appear with amounts in the notice, including treasury, tax receiver, school superintendent, and committee officials A H Ogletree chair and J D Jones secretary.
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