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Newspaper
Vidalia Advance
Location
Vidalia, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1922
Page
6
The Toombs County Home Demonstration unit discusses poisons for rats and mice. Barium carbonate is effective and tasteless, used in dough or mixed with oatmeal or bread. Strychnine is rapid and best in syrup form or with meat, while arsenic is cheap but variable in effect. A large shipment of chickens and turkeys went out before Thanksgiving under the county agent.
F C B Lyons reports hens at 22c and friers at 36c boosting farm women profits to 700 dollars. Shipments surge for Christmas as Mee fii V5 Thorpe returns from Savannah with a poultry market and orders for immediate shipment. The week promotes rat control with traps in homes and poison in outbuildings.
Mrs J E Thompson announces a limited sale offering stylish Winter Hats for one cent. Hurry as the promotion ends Saturday December 16 with hats available at low cost.
Notice lists three shares of Citizens Bank of Vidalia stock held by J H McArthur Jr of Mt Vernon Georgia dated 12 7 11x with ownership details and location.
Vidalia Lodge No. 330 F. and A. M. elects officers for the next year at a regular communication. Elected: H. L. Carter W M A F Fanning S W Chess Abernathy J W D R McArthur Treas J B Todd Secretary J H Walker Tyler H B Elijah Sr Deacon J T Steptoe Jr Deacon A C Jenkins Sr Steward I F Thompson Jr Steward.
A vintage health ad touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a regular two to three week treatment. It claims improved blood and digestion will expel worms and restore the child's health. The tonic is described as pleasant to take and priced at 60 cents per bottle.
A noted skin specialist endorses Mentho Sulphur for rapid relief of itching eczema. The sulphur preparation is claimed to destroy germs, soothe irritation, and heal the skin, leaving it clear and smooth. Sufferers are advised to obtain Rowles Mentho Sulphur from a druggist and use it like cold cream.
The lesson centers on Luke 10 25 37 with emphasis on loving thy neighbor. It explains the lawyer's trap and Jesus answer showing who is a neighbor and what it means to be one through mercy compassion giving help and personal sacrifice.
A brief excerpt cites I Thessalonians 4 16 describing Christ’s descent with a trumpet and the resurrection of the dead in Christ as a doctrinal passage. The verse emphasizes the voice of the archangel and the heavenly shout.
A compact biblical style line urges zeal and penance citing apocalyptic verse from Revelation. The fragment blends admonition with call to repentance and spiritual fervor.
A fragment references inaction related to a deal connected to Cowper and a killing. The terse wording implies halted efforts or negligence surrounding the case or agreement. No clear dates or additional parties are readable.
Rev Harmon J Eason of the Church of the Nazarene will preach at City Hall next Sunday at 11 a m and 7 30 p m The public is invited to attend these services.
The tax collector announces the final rounds for state and county taxes for 1922. Listings include Normantown on Tuesday December 12 from 2 to 4, Sharpes Chapel on Wednesday the 13th from 2 to 4, Durden's Store on Thursday the 14th from 10 to 12, Cedar Crossing on Thursday the 14th from 2 to 4, Vidalia on Fridays, and Lyons on Saturdays.
Three unfurnished rooms available with water lights sewerage and bath. Convenient location. For information call at the Bakery or see the rooms at 121 Morris Street.
Business locals urge car owners to service batteries to extend life. Southern Storage Battery Co advertises. Ainsworths promotes Portia Flour plain for cakes. Wanted to buy small safe and small cash register for Way Motor Company in Vidalia. Lost bull pup named Dick with cropped ears and bobbed tail, reward for return. For rent five room house at 105 Jackson Street, contact Mrs Inez Wiggs at post office.
Mrs Ellen Randall Willis aged 72 died Saturday night at her daughter J E Thompson's home after a heart ailment. Born in South Carolina she lived much of her life in Augusta and later in Vidalia. A devout Baptist she leaves a son H C Willis of Fort Myers Florida and a daughter Mrs J E Thompson of Vidalia. Funeral services were held in Augusta with interment at City Cemetery.
An advert for LAX FOS WITH PEPSIN syruphonic laxative promises relief within 14 to 21 days of regular use. It claims to stimulate and regulate bowel action and emphasizes pleasant taste with a 60 cent bottle price.
Pine stump wood offered for sale in twofoot lengths by T. B. Youmans in Vidalia. Call 2105 for details.
Notice to taxpayers from City Clerk J. H. Duggan urging settlement of the 1922 taxes. Taxpayers are instructed to visit City Hall to pay.
W J Peterson announces a carload of fine young Tennessee mules for sale at his Riley barn. He notes no St Louis or western stock and offers approved security for on time payment. Mules sourced directly from farmers in Moore and Bedford counties Tennessee.
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