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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1921
Page
5
An advertising note extols Prince Albert tobacco highlighting its flavor coolness and freedom from bite. It urges producers to roll homemade cigarettes and pipes praising the product as a smoke revelation and a revolution in pipe smoking.
The Kim bell Association will meet at Mt Vernon church on May 25 and 26 with Rev C C Heard as clerk inviting all churches and Sunday Schools to send messengers. The program includes devotional sessions, discussions on revival preparations, church weaknesses, Sunday School discipline and missions, education, teacher training, evangelism, and a planned Sunday School Convention.
Miss Elizabeth Towles spent Monday in Atlanta shopping. Several residents including Emmett Torbet and Ridley Torbet, Joe and Floyd Moore and Noah Powell traveled to Fitzgerald. A large party visited the Smith home Saturday evening.
State of Ohio Toledo Lucas County affidavit sworn December 6 1886 by Frank J Cheney senior partner of F J Cheney Co promising one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Claims medicine acts through the blood on mucous surfaces. Druggists price 75 cents. Testimonials free. F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
At the Chattanooga Tennessee convention the Southern Baptist reports show an increase of 237657 church members in the past year. Total contributions to Southern Baptist churches reached 34881032 dollars and four new hospitals were erected, bringing the church to seventeen hospitals operated.
Columbus motorists en route to Kansas City joke about gas and oil requests at a local filling station. Lew McCall recounts a Cadillac driver asking distance then asking for gas and oil, followed by a Buick driver seeking less fuel with more oil, and a flivver driver demanding water and a three-in-one while delaying the other driver.
Bailey and Settle advertise several cows fresh in milk or willing to exchange for dry cattle.
Butts County Sunday School Association passes resolutions honoring J Matt McMichael for years as president. They note his service to Sunday Schools, aid to the poor, support of law and education, and extend sympathy to his family. Committee signs express condolences and request minutes record.
John D. Mell laments the loss of the old time Southern Christian gentleman. He praises his courtesy, reverence, honesty, and protection of women, arguing modern descendants have abandoned his self control and grace and yearn for a reincarnation of that ideal to curb inhumanity and improve life.
The Atlanta Journal announces full twenty four hour Associated Press and United Press leased wire service. Readers are offered subscription rates: daily and Sunday one year nine dollars fifty cents, six months five dollars, one month ninety cents. The Daily Journal annual rate seven fifty, six months four dollars, one month seventy cents. The Sunday Journal yearly five dollars, six months two fifty.
A figure pledges to restore the nation’s standing and moral compass by reestablishing the rule of law and teaching a fuller Christian path, describing the claimant as the First Gentleman of the Universe.
Experts from the U.S. Department of Agriculture advise eating ample fruit to maintain health and prevent constipation. They note many fruits are in season year round and suggest fresh and dried options like apples pears plums peaches cherries oranges grapes bananas avocados berries and prunes.
A brief note promotes adding dates figs or raisins to breakfast cereals ten minutes before removing from heat to enhance flavor. It emphasizes the fruit addition as a recommended step for serving.
A light dialogue depicts a farmer waking at 4 am to cut oats and a hired hand joking about sneaking up on them in the dark. The exchange plays on wordplay about wild oats.
A fragment suggests domestic strain with a mother on the jury and a father upset over meals. The text hints at a courtroom or family scene but provides limited context and no clear event or names.
A terse classified item urges readers to contact The News via phone for advertising or notices. It presents a brief call to action without listing specifics or dates.
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