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Newspaper
Vidalia Advance
Location
Vidalia, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1922
Page
6
A local gas station advertises a Saturday offer: with every purchase of five gallons of gasoline, customers receive a half gallon of Polarine Motor Oil free. The ad urges readers to take advantage of the deal on that day.
The county’s home demonstration program reports progress in canning vegetables and meats, bread demos, garment making, and school and club visits. It notes 3,500 miles traveled and 1,000 people trained, with prizes from fairs and scholarships to Athens. Mrs. L. V. Thorpe leads the effort in Lyons and Vidalia.
Mrs. J. M. Fields of Vidalia reports kidney weakness and back pain improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She says the remedy regulated her kidneys, stopped dizzy spells, and she now uses it preventively. Price 60c at dealers. manufactured by Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo NY.
Mrs J E Thompson promotes a Christmas shop offering toys of all kinds. The ad highlights dolls carts stoves and mechanical toys along with a range of children's books from 10 cents to 2 dollars and suggests pieces as appealing gifts.
The Georgia State Board of Entomology announced in a Wednesday meeting that current white arsenic market prices for calcium arsenate lack justification and are driven by market manipulation aimed at Southern farmers. The board will not purchase calcium arsenate at prevailing prices and aims to secure a fair contract for 1923, or decline to contract if fairness is not achieved.
This tonic claims to purify blood with iron and quinine, improving color, appetite, and energy. It is advertised as a pleasant syrup suitable for children and said to destroy malarial and grip germs by its strengthening effect, priced at 60c.
The tax collector announces final rounds for 1922 in Normantown Sharpes Chapel Durden's Store and Cedar Crossing with stated times. He adds weekly visits to Vidalia on Fridays and Lyons on Saturdays.
Promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a cure for gray or faded hair. Claims quick, natural darkening and a youthful appearance after one or two applications, urging readers to buy at the drug store. Mentions millions sold and endorsements by druggists.
Dr Chas W Daniel of Atlanta was elected president of the executive committee of the Georgia Baptist Convention at the annual gathering in Atlanta Judge Andrew J Cobb of Athens and Dr Carl W Minor of Americus were named vice presidents The board approved a 100000 state missions budget covering Sunday school S W M U B Y P U enlistment evangelistic work church building and pastoral aid
Pine stump wood offered in two foot lengths. Contact T. B. Youmans at Vidalia phone 2105. Rub My Tism antiseptic also mentioned.
An advertisement asserts that children with worms show poor color and stomach issues. Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic is promoted to enrich blood, aid digestion, and strengthen the system, with worms expelled and health restored after two to three weeks. Priced 60 cents per bottle.
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