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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1919
Page
5
The piece urges fair planning for Butts County with talks of a gas plant ice factory and steam laundry. It critiques politics, politics in Macon and national issues while advocating industry and thrift and praising Theodore Roosevelt and local civic projects.
In a warning to Georgia farmers the article urges preparation for the boll weevil in 1920. It argues skeptics misjudge the pest, warns it will reach northern cotton and devastate unprepared fields, and advises growing food crops and livestock while limiting cotton. It stresses action for Butts county and asks how growers will respond.
The Macon News notes a farm centered remedy to high living costs urging workers to match farmers hours. The New York World features Albany Chicago and Washington reports on cost accounting wages, labor and prices with farmer rent and mortgage concerns.
The text argues that regulation of packing prices hinges on labor returning to work. It stresses mutual dependence between farmers and industrial labor, praising division of labor as essential to civilization and warning against overemphasis on farmers at the expense of workers.
The column laments hard times and inflation, urges frugality and self reliance, and argues Georgia must focus on local growth. It notes the boll weevil threat, praises road bond votes, urges restraint on federal road aid, and highlights the upcoming Atlanta Confederate Veterans reunion.
An advertisement touts Cascarets as a gentle laxative that removes liver and bowel poison causing head dizziness coated tongue and sour stomach. It claims Cascarets never gripe unlike salts oils calomel or harsh pills and works while you sleep.
The article notes housing scarcity results from limited wartime construction and people leaving rural areas for towns and cities. It highlights booming college attendance, postwar education revival, and government waste concerns while predicting ratification of the peace treaty and normalization of conditions.
The speaker questions why imported foods shipped across oceans can be cheaper than domestic goods. He invites explanations from the wise to resolve the apparent contradiction in supply and demand as it affects prices.
The article argues the League is tainted by mean politics and that its true value cannot be judged until tested. It notes two polarized sides have muddied the issue and calls for Washington leaders to be removed from office.
The steel industry walkout enters a new phase with unions signaling expanded action. Officials warn of possible supply disruptions as the public faces higher prices and potential shortages in key goods.
The Dalton Citizen argues that radical labor leaders cause harm and warn that aggressive strikes, spurred by I. W. W. influence, threaten the labor movement despite Samuel Gompers's warnings against the steel strike.
An old advertisement promotes S. S. S. as a blood cleanser to cure rheumatism. It argues local applications fail and urges cleansing the blood to remove the disease. It offers medical contact at Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
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