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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1918
Page
5
The notice lists one year at 1.50 three months 40c six months 75c and single copies 5c in advance. It notes second class mailing in Jackson Georgia and charges 50 cents minimum for 50 words or less with 1 cent per word over 50. Cash must accompany copy in all cases.
Red Cross campaign runs May 20 to 27 inviting readers to join the honor roll and support coal supply orders. Georgia politics features numerous senatorial candidates though voter excitement remains low. Reports say peach shipments from Fort Valley and nearby areas have begun as the crop outlook improves. Authorities lament war bond advertising in weekly papers while criticizing Washington red tape and praising labor needs. Red Cross Drive May 20 27.
A speaker extols the flag as the fairest vision seen abroad and the symbol of power and honor for over 100 million Americans, comparing it to beauty and monsters depending on love or hate.
The city of Baltimore offered a $1,000 prize for the creed selected as best from hundreds of entries. The piece asserts belief in a government of the people, consent of the governed, and the duties of citizens to love defend and obey the nation and its laws.
The Georgia General Assembly, meeting for a fifty day session, should pass legislation to regulate driving on public roads. With autos multiplying and fatalities rising from speeding, existing laws go unenforced. A reasonable speed limit and licensing could reduce accidents and protect all road users.
Campaign year call urging voters to assess candidates by character ability and policy. The Progressive Farmer suggests a scoring system with character at 33 percent, ability at 34 percent, sound policies at 33 percent total 100, emphasizing trust and effectiveness.
After the Liberty Loan drive ends, the Red Cross launches a campaign urging every citizen to donate. The Y M C A aids soldiers in camp, while the Red Cross provides care for wounded and bleeding on the battlefield, and urges any remaining dollars to be given.
The London Economist places Britain’s gross public debt at 5.67 billion pounds. France’s 1918 budget estimates debt at 115.17 billion francs. Italy’s 1917 end-year debt is about 35 billion lire. Central Powers debts total Germany 25.41, Austria 18.31, Hungary 5.70 billion dollars. US public debt near 8 billion, with over half owed to Allies. fiscal 1918 tax funding expected to cover most expenditures.
A Swainsboro Forest-Blade editorial argues newspaper advertising outperforms posters for liberty bond campaigns, praising citizen funding of ad space and urging exclusive newsprint ads to boost bond sales. It urges Red Cross support and notes government grain reports show wheat and corn crops strong, with Georgians ready to feed themselves again.
Poem urging farmers to continue work on the land as a patriotic duty. Emphasizes crops feeding a nation and liberty, with repeated calls for the “Old faithful plow” to turn on and toil from dawn to dusk.
An old advertisement claims catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated constitutionally. It asserts the Bustechina Tube condition causes deafness and promotes Ball's Catarrh Cure for mucous surfaces, offering one hundred dollars for a confirmed case. Circulare F. J. Ya CO., Toledo, O.
The Marine Corps launches a new drive to fill the authorized strength increase after a lull since August when recruitment slowed following previous growth.
The article notes wartime enlistments rising sharply with over 2,000 men in April and totals exceeding 40,000 in the Marine Corps Reserves and National Naval Volunteers. It also includes an advertisement for LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE claiming no head effects or nervousness, signed KE W GROVE.
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