Farmers Start Cream Shipment from Lyons Territory
Cream shipments from the Lyons area began last week with J. L. Sutton and G. T. Kitchens handling the first consignments. Several farmers are ready to ship but delays in milk cans hinder progress. Six separators have been sold and dairying is seen as a potential local boom with cash returns and lower feed costs. Local business leaders forecast farmers running on a cash basis and building land while crops become largely profit.
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Lyons
J. L. Sutton
G. T. Kitchens
Vidalia Man Credits Doan's Kidney Pills for Cure
F M Rabin barber shop owner of 608 Durdentree Vidalia reports his kidneys and rheumatic pains improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He bought two boxes at Warthen Drug Co and, after part of the second box, was entirely cured with no relapse. Price 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Vidalia
F. M. Rabin
Durdentreet
Dean
Warthen Drug Co
Doan
Miss Lennon Hosts Piano Pupils in Thanksgiving Music Night
Miss Eliza Lennon hosted Mrs Giles piano pupils Friday evening at her home. The program featured Morning Song, A sketch of Gurlitt, Water Sprites Barcarole, A history of the piano, The Fair, and The Flying Dutchman. Hubert Darby won the scale contest. Mabel Stith's group had the month’s best average and guests included Maurine Darby and Sara Murchison.
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Eliza Lennon
Hubert Darby
Maurine Darby
Sara Murchison
Miss Jenkins
Robert Safford
Miss Lennon
Mabel Stith
Tax Collector Announces Third and Last Round Dates
Tax records will be collected in Blue Ridge on December 5 from 10 to 12 and 2 to 4. Spring Head on December 6 from 1 to 12. Harden's Chapel on December 6 from 2 to 4. Hardy's Store on December 7 from 10 to 12. Cedar Crossing on December 7 from 2 to 4. Normantown on December 8 from 2 to 4. Vidalia on December 9 from 9 to 4. Lyons daily through December 20 when books close and executions issued.
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Blue Ridge
Spring Head
Harden’s Chapel
Hardy’s Store
Cedar Crossing
Normantown
Vidalia
Lyons
Provincial Travel Tales and a Camel in a Cafe
In Harper's Magazine Wilbur Daniel Steele recalls travel fatigue and provincial sensibilities. The narrator, a seasoned voyager, chafes at exoticism and notes how even a camel with a cactus load in a cafe triggers his provincial reflexes.
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Upper
Caucasus
Kiloluon
Paumotus
New England
Wilbur Daniel Steele
Harper's Magazine
Queen Libussa Story Shapes Bohemian National Spirit
Bohemian folklore highlights Princess Libussa the seeress who counsels that the people choose their king. They find a peasant plowman who becomes king and with Libussa found Prague, with the queen prophesying the city’s future fame. The ruler’s furrow defines Prague’s bounds and kings wear the peasant king’s shoes as a pledge to peasant interests.
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Czechoslovakia
Libussa
Krok
Prague
Praha
Panama Hats From Ecuador and Their Craft
Most Panama hats are made in Ecuador from paja tequilla palm leaves. Leaves are prepared by unfolding, veins removed, and fibers boiled with lemon for bleaching. Each leaf yields about 30 strands of 55 cm, best grades reach 80 cm. Hats woven in humid times. production takes six hours daily for six to seven days to make an ordinary hat and up to six weeks for finer pieces, with Monte Cristi hats praised for fineness and lightness.
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Ecuador
Monte Cristi
Advance With the Years and Right Habits
The piece urges developing automatic productive habits and right attitudes to ease labor as age advances. It argues the joy of surpassing competitors, and notes aging is natural. Rise to leadership to avoid heavy tasks, letting youth handle the physical work while you direct.
American Poisonous Snakes and Their Traits
The piece lists four poisonous snake groups within the United States and describes distinguishing features such as large broad heads, deep black eyes, small necks, bulky bodies, and short tails. It notes the mocce sin as possibly the most dangerous, often resting on low branches and striking when irritated, but generally avoiding unprovoked strikes.
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United States
Mine Boss Says He Was Helpless
Harry E. Scott a prominent mine boss from Box 683 Tomby stone Arizona explains he was bedridden by rheumatism for months. He credits Tanlag with restoring his health and strength noting he gained eighteen pounds and returned to work. Vidalia druggists carry Tanlac.
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Harry E. Scott
Tombystone
Arizona
Tanlac
Vidalia
City authorities refuse carnival company bid in Vidalia
City officials on Saturday rejected a carnival company’s plan to operate in Vidalia for two weeks. They declined to grant a tax concession, arguing the town could not lose revenue, prompting the company to withdraw its bid to show.
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Vidalia
To Cure a Cold in One Day Remedy Ad
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets claimed to cure a cold in one day. The copy notes the product is endorsed with E W Grove’s signature on each box and references the Cong and Hendarbe and a 33. label.
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E.W. Grove
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Square Deal
Gould
Gould Storage Battery Company
Gould Fieet
Uid Gaul
Owners’ Records
Brewton Motor GO
City Hall
Vidalia, Ga
G. T. Eppchens
Ashburn Creamery
Pughsley
T. Ce
Bohemia
Durden-Hart
Joe A. Durden
Graymont
Bertha Durden
Stancel A. Hart
Birmingham
T. E. McLemore
McLemore
Walter Hendricks
Madell Durden
Delco
Ala
Carnival Company
THE
Citizens Bank
Georgia
Vidalia Installment Co
Vidalia Installmeat
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