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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1916
Page
6
Indian Spring March 22. The county road force blasts the rock bed on Mill hill to ease travel. The improvement aids the new road to the Camp Ground built last year but concerns rise about possible effects on the spring water and county mineral water reputation.
A historic advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh through the blood and mucous surfaces. It promises a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure and invites readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. Sold by all druggists for 75 cents.
Mrs. M. J. Wilson aged 74 died Wednesday at the home of her daughter Mrs. B. F. Moon in Jackson after a two week illness. She was a Luella Baptist Church member and a respected community figure. Surviving are daughter Mrs. Moon of Jackson, son G. R. Wilson of Locust Grove, grandchildren including W. W. Fretwell, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral held Thursday at Luella old family cemetery with Rev. J. A. Drewry officiating.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast safe remedy for indigestion gas heartburn and acidity. It claims quick relief when tablets contact the stomach and urges readers to keep a fifty cent case at home for meals that disagree with them.
Smith & Co offers a large sale of mill end towels and toweling at attractive prices. If you need a roast in a hurry, call 114 and it will be delivered at once.
The advertisement promotes Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil as a remedy for old sores and many other ailments. It claims the oil relieves pain and heals simultaneously and notes a price of 25 cents to a dollar.
State superintendent G W Andrews graded the Locust Grove Baptist Sunday School this week and will remain until Sunday. Miss Evie Campbell lectures tonight to Institute girls and heads the Georgia Woman's Baptist Missionary Union. Rev E P Eubanks preaches at the Methodist meeting for two weeks. Locust Grove Institute prepares for the April first track meet with two literary societies. Local residents Newsome Brown Mahone Pace Huckerby Wilson noted in visiting and illness events.
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