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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1920
Page
12
Fragmented text references Slater and Dealers linked to illicit activities. Mentions of items and prices appear garbled, with unclear identities and no coherent events or dates to anchor a factual report.
Senator Hoke Smith has filed to run for president in the Georgia preferential primary set for April 20. He will compete against Palmer Reed and other candidates, a move noted as significant in political circles. Cashier A H Patrick of Cochran’s Citizens Bank has disappeared amid a large shortage.
A reported shortage of 30000 is alleged but the loss has been fully recovered. The bank continues operations as usual with no withdrawals drawn.
An inmate at the Springfield state hospital for the insane in Baltimore survived after ingesting 1,290 metal items. Dr J C Clark, the superintendent, reported a hard mass found in the stomach when she refused to eat. The items included 1059 pins 45 safety pins 138 hair pins 36 pieces of wire 6 buttons an iron hook a nail a paper clamp and a garter buckle.
American school children are urged to give one cent and upward for a Statue of Liberty memorial to France by Frederick MacMonnies. The $250000 monument will be built at Meaux on the Marne with MacMonnies donating his services.
Fire swept Locust Grove Drug Store destroying the storefronts including the drug shop telephone exchange Redmen's Hall and two other stores with offices above. Firefighters saved the warehouse and other buildings. Dr R L Crawford lost his office and equipment in the blaze. A dynamite request aided rapid response drawing many county residents to Locust Grove.
An advertisement claims Freezone lifts corns and calluses with a few drops on the affected skin. It markets quick, painless results with the skin remaining pink and healthy afterward.
Friends of Mr. Ben Cleveland of Indian Springs were glad to see him in town Wednesday as he recovers from a long pneumonia illness and expects to return to work soon.
A humor piece from Oil Cloth Talks argues advertising dominates daily life and is seen in actions and prints from birth to old age. It asserts advertising everywhere and always has shaped choices, economies, and social behavior through both good and poor products.
Jackson Chapter No 54 Royal Arch Masons to hold a Monday night meeting where several candidates will receive degrees reinforced by work.
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