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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1920
Page
9
Local weekly notes urge registration for the bond election and discuss issues from a new hotel in Jackson to sugar prices and peanut crops in South Georgia. The column quips about suffrage, finance, clean up campaigns, labor shortages, and state politics ahead of the March convention.
The Carrolton Free Press laments that about 2000 papers died in 1919 as paper ink and labor costs nearly doubled while subscription and ad rates stayed flat. The piece argues editors failed as business people since firms raise prices when costs rise, and retailers pass costs to consumers.
The article notes that the federal government spent 5 028 176 000 in nine months with an estimated full year cost of 6 750 000 006, excluding a soldiers bonus of about a billion, and clarifies that this equates to nearly 20 million dollars daily or over 2 million per hour on an eight hour day.
The Georgia association and Commissioner H M Stanley urge establishing a vocational training school to train boys for life and work. They cite the Georgia Normal and Industrial College as a successful model for women and argue for a hands joined to mind approach in the state’s reconstruction period.
A Nineteenth Century editorial argues freight rates raise the cost of living as the cotton belt relies on northern meat, lard, hay and grain. It urges South farmers to grow more food and livestock for home use to end burdensome freight charges and make the region self sustaining.
A bemused reader implores Georgia to purge politics amid perceived idle campaigning and partisan fights. The letter criticizes North Georgia politicians and warns of wider harm if reform is delayed.
A columnist critiques newspaper industry trends as regulators examine paper shortages. He blames major papers like the New York Times for profit and circulation wars amid rising prices and depleted supply, predicting investigations will yield volume but little change. Mr Mooney of the Memphis Com
The Macon Telegraph argues for limiting newspapers to day’s news and ads to curb paper waste. It cites six teen pages daily and thirty six pages Sunday as a remedy, noting publishers lack will to self regulate and urging Congress to act to prevent paper shortages.
An advertising notice promotes Gude's Pepto Mangan as a pleasant tonic to aid pale thin children with poor blood. It claims quick benefits like brighter eyes and more vigor and states liquid and tablet forms are identical in quality. It warns to ask druggists for Gude's and to look for the brand name on the package.
A satirical item lists insults and labels assigned to citizens with quoted phrases and prices. It mocks terms like relic of antiquity legal light progressive citizen talented and refined lady and a deceased citizen whose place will long remain unfilled, noting varying charges and extra rates for well known individuals.
An advertisement touts Diamond Dye as a guaranteed color for wool silk linen cotton or blends. It includes a directions book, a color card, and appeals to match any material. The page also features Whittier quotes and a section labeled A Good Investment Classified Ads.
Mrs J B Settle president of the Woman's Club urges Jackson voters to approve a bond increase from 15 000 to 35 000 to fund a modern comfortable well equipped school building. She argues crowded facilities hinder learning and attracting teachers and calls on parents to inspect schools and support better education for children.
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