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Newspaper
Jackson Progress Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1918
Page
7
In a packed wartime column readers are urged to buy Liberty Bonds and back price fixing for cotton while political talk shifts from campaigns to November elections. The piece defends President Wilson, mocks Germans, and calls for decisive action as influenza fears rise and fairs face upheaval.
A vigorous plea for buying Liberty Bonds as safe savings and war effort. The piece argues prosperity will fade and a correction will come, urging thrift and investment now to protect families. It frames the war as a fight against German aggression and calls citizens to suppress and punish criminals by supporting Liberty Bonds.
The Columbia Record notes large Liberty Loan figures with first and second loans reaching 2.0 and 3.0 billion dollars, oversubscription, and a fourth loan of 6.0 billion dollars. It compares American wealth and debt to Germany, citing bank resources and annual earnings.
A military audience pleads for frequent cheerful letters from home to soldiers in France. It emphasizes home newspapers, steady communication, and avoiding burdensome troubles, noting government provisions and the soldiers’ good care, urging immediate correspondence.
Georgia reports progress against illiteracy with 1913 to 1918 reductions in white and negro illiteracy and increased school attendance. It urges stricter compulsory education enforcement and truancy penalties. The piece also highlights Georgia women serving in the United War Work Campaign abroad providing aid, sewing, hot meals, and ambulances.
Jackson residents report relief from kidney and back pain using Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. J. H. Smith of E. 3rd St. says three years ago kidney trouble caused sharp back pains and nervous spells, but Dean's Kidney Pills cured her. 60 cents at Carmichael Drug and Book Co. Adv. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
A letter from Mrs. John W. Christensen of Brigham City Utah promotes Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin as the perfect laxative. The ad emphasizes relief and reliability, typical of early 20th century patent medicine notices.
Washington reports 1,840,000 American troops have been sent overseas to date. War department conference notes indicate 234 De Havilland planes in service and Liberty motor production totaling 8,216 for the week, lifting total output to 1,694. Spanish influenza may delay shipments as exposed or symptomatic troops are withheld.
Washington reports Surgeon General Blue argues the Spanish flu requires closing churches schools theaters and public institutions only at the community level. He notes no national closing order is possible and urges authorities to act where threats loom.
Claims of relief from itching and bleeding piles in 6 to 14 days. Promises refund if not cured after the first application. Mentions Liberty Bonds and pricing.
A Paoli Indiana man reports severe nightly coughing from a fall cold and says Foley's Honey and Tar relieved and cured his cough. The ad credits the product with soothing irritated membranes loosening phlegm and clearing air passages from Carmichael Drug and Book Company.
The article notes African Americans in Georgia forming a strong United War Work Campaign in support of the national crisis. It claims many plantation workers have become soldiers abroad and emphasizes the campaign as a focus of American effort and patriotism.
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