Calcium arsenate sold to Georgia farmers at 9 cents a pound
Georgia officials announce a 1922 contract with Sherwin-Williams to supply calcium arsenate at 9 cents per pound, down from 18 to 22 cents, funded by a $10,000 revolving fund and backed by a $25,000 bond to ensure quality. The deal follows a Georgia Farmers Union meeting in Macon where state entomology officials were present.
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Macon
Georgia
Sherwin-Williams Co
State Board of Entomology
Georgia Farmer’s Union
State Board of Entomol
Stomach Remedies Cited In Ashland Letter
Mrs. M A Brown of Ashland writes that Dr Pierse's Golden Medical Discovery helped her mother and family after other doctors failed. She endorses the remedy and notes it is available in tablets or liquid with a trial package offer for 10 cents and free medical advice from Dr Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York.
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Ashland
Pierse
M. A. Brown
Carter Ave
Bayer Aspirin ad warns only genuine Bayer name on package
An advertisement urges buyers to ensure the Bayer name appears on aspirin to guarantee authenticity and safety. It lists uses for colds headache neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and general pain. It notes aspirin is Bayer trade mark and that small boxes cost a few cents with larger packages sold by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayer
Maddox Family Welcome Weekend Guests and Parties
Adeal and Charles Samuel Maddox visited from Atlanta and stayed with relatives. J. T. Maddox hosted rock party for Margaret and Sarah Maddox, and Martha Maddox led singing Sunday night. G. W. Brooks served oyster stew Thursday, with Hattie Lee Cooper Mary Lee Nannie Kate Flynt and Forest Maddox among guests. Winter buggy and auto rope sale advertised by McKibben Buggy and Auto Co.
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J. T. Maddox
Margaret
Sarah Maddox
Martha Maddox
G. W. Brooks
Hattie Lee Cooper
Mary Lee
Nannie Kate Flynt
Lime Use For Soils Of The Cotton Belt In Georgia
Georgia Experiment Station outlines lime use for cotton soils noting most cotton lands are within tolerance range but crops like legumes need lime. Benefits appear after several harvests. liming suits green manuring and acid-soil areas. Types of lime vary. burnt lime discouraged. gypsum and phosphate rock considered. limit booms and tailor for local soil conditions.
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Cotton
Georgia Experiment Station
Wedding Draws Four Thousand Guests in Slidell
Slidell Louisiana hosted the wedding of Ella Rose Salem and Colonel William H. Sullivan before more than 4,000 attendees from New Orleans Bogalusa and Picayune. A catered banquet followed in a canvas tent with a Bogalusa brass band. 125 waiters from New Orleans served 2500 loaves of bread 500 pounds of turkey and 500 pounds of smoked ham.
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Slidell
Lake Pontchartrain
New Orleans
Ella Rose Salem
Fritz Salem
Louisiana
William H. Sullivan
Bogalusa
Great Southern Lumber Company
Picayune
Miss
Second Hand Buggies and Harness Prices Right
A local company advertises affordable second hand buggies and harnesses with clear price points as a standing sales offer. The notice emphasizes value and quick availability for buyers.
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McKibben Buggy & Auto Company
Sullivan wedding feast marks lavish reception and California honeymoon
The event lists 850 pounds prime ribs and ox tongue, 150 pounds butter and cheese, 2,500 gallons coffee, 800 gallons fruit punch, 4,000 bizques, and 10,000 assorted cakes. The three foot by five foot wedding cake stood as a focal point. Gifts totaled several hundred thousand dollars as the couple plans a California honeymoon departing tomorrow.
Tanlac gains claimed by Buffalo family
George L. Tessey a Buffalo mechanic says he has gained twelve pounds his wife twenty six pounds and his daughter is gaining daily by taking Tanlac Carmichael Drug and Book Co advertisement.
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George L. Tessey
Buffalo
Tanlac, Carmichael Drug and Book Co
Adv
Robison Crusoe The Persistent Advertiser
A historical vignette portrays Robison Crusoe as a steadfast advertiser who sought a ship with a simple pole sign and evolving copy. Despite initial silence, he persisted, changing his message garment by garment until he secured what he wanted. The tale asks what would have happened if he gave up on advertising.
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Robison Crusoe
Crusoe
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Farmers & Merchants Bank
State Department
Ogy
Messrs
Adeal
Charles Samuel Maddox
Atlanta
Messrs. Forest Maddox, D
Washington
J. B. Cooper
Eret Proctor
Frances Seymour
Dr. King
Ular
Albert Gregory
Bluford
Iil
Cardus
Grocery
McClelland
Carmichael-Mallet CO
Jackson, Georgia
Mr. and
Mrs. Sullivan
California
Vertising
Ss. H. Thornton
Jackson, GA
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