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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1920
Page
2
A 1615 tax on playing cards in England shows long standing fiscal quirks. Researchers note powdered shark hide can cut diamonds. In China the bride elects sends wedding clothes to her future husband. The text ends with vodka exceeding in strength the……
Article blends health tips and odd facts including Capatone as a remedy for headaches and rheumatic pain. It notes English flavor industry employment, weekly schoolhouse and college fires in America, teak wood oil properties, piano wood seasoning, and ends with a feature on a Japanese wedding.
A collage of curious facts from the era covers oil waste in the United States, 25 000 tractors in Canada, chaplains for British subjects in India, vast salvage from European battlefields, and a New Jersey spank ing in a town hall. It notes milk consumption in New York, telegraph and telephone lines in Finland, the Imperator’s banking, papal secretaries, and other arcane trivia.
Middleweight wrestler Kid Dixon announces a challenge at the Central States Exposition promising one dollar per minute to any man who can keep the challenger from his shoulders regardless of weight or reputation. All comers welcome during the athletic shows.
Citizens sought change and achieved it but the result may differ from expectations. Analysts warn the shift could have unintended consequences domestically and for policy moving forward.
Opinion piece contrasts fat stigma between men and women, noting fashion pressures on women to slim down, while men may adapt with clothing. It argues fat harms health and social life, criticizes corporate power and congressional patterns, and laments agricultural and constitutional issues underlying societal troubles.
After long exposure people learn from experience that government aid won't lift them from hardship. An ounce of cooperation and personal effort is valued higher than a pound of government assistance.
Claiming impurities in blood cause rheumatism eczema and other diseases the ad promotes S S S as a fifty year old blood remedy. It urges readers to write for free medical advice to a Chief Medical Adviser at a Atlanta Georgia address.
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