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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1921
Page
8
A newspaper ad advises buyers to look for the name Payer on aspirin tablets to ensure genuine Bayer Aspirin. It states aspirin relieves colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and other pains with Bayer’s trademark in the monoacetic ester of salicylic acid. It notes small 12 tablet tins cost a few cents and larger packages are sold by druggists.
The Southern Methodist church seeks 2000 more preachers and hundreds of volunteers to train missionaries and church workers to meet local and mission-field needs. The drive aims to raise 38 million dollars May 29 to June 5 to fund 91 schools, permanent foundations, and a million dollar aid fund for students entering ministry and Christian service.
Ford at Detroit reports output near 4000 daily by May 1 with May plans at 101125 vehicles. Through May 12 production hit 4092 the year’s high, and April 1921 volumes exceed 1920 by about 34514. About 43000 workers on site. six days, three shifts. Henry Ford says the company is in best condition.
Cork resident Roxie Smith left Friday to visit sister Mrs J W Capel in Molena. Mrs J G Moore returns from Dublin. Torbet family and friends tour Griffin Milner Barnesville Forsyth and Monticello. A W Tucker family son recovers from illness. two Torbet sisters head to Atlanta to see Sentimental Tommy.
An advertisement warns painters about kidney strain from turpentine and white lead and urges Doran's Kidney Pills as a remedy. It includes a Jackson testimonial from J. W. McDaniel, a grocer and painter, who credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing back pain and urinary issues after turpentine exposure. Pills priced 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. manufactures in Buffalo NY.
An article touts internal blood remedies for teens 14 to 20 with facial eruptions. It claims impurities in the blood cause disfigurement during puberty and urges using S.S.S. to cleanse the bloodstream, advising readers to contact a Chief Medical Advisor in Atlanta for guidance.
Griffin visitors include Mr and Mrs J L Washington and groups with the Turners Akins and Greers plus several Pritchetts and Hammonds. Other notes cover a Carmichael Buggy Co corporate meeting in 1921 with name change to Carmichael Investment Co and charter extension for twenty years per a court petition filed by officers and witnessed by county officials.
County commissioners warn that all county purchases must be made by the superior court judge or the county commissioner or the ordinary in charge of roads and revenues. Any bills paid outside this legal framework will not be honored. recipients are urged to comply. Signed J. O. Gaston and J. T. Moore.
The Jackson Colored School under Prof. N. B. Belcher held its grand commencement with Rev. H. F. Bailey delivering the baccalaureate sermon. The event ran May 15 to 19, drawing many white supporters, before Belcher’s farewell on Saturday morning.
Petition from Carmichael Buggy Company to amend its charter name to Carmichael Investment Co and renew for twenty years from May 2, 1921. Stockholders on April 9, 1921 approved the name change and renewal with a proper resolution. Abstract of minutes recorded in Charter Book No. 1 page 159 of Butts County Clerk.
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