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Newspaper
Vidalia Advance
Location
Vidalia, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1926
Page
7
Local ad fragment lists cedar shingles promising longevity from John T. Ragan & Company. W. E. Walker promotes frames and mountings. Mrs. W. M. Lewis offers cut flowers by phone 197. Jewelry by W. E. Walker jeweler and optometrist. Four rooms for rent. light housekeeping. Loans for residence or store property offered by B. P. Jackson.
A local wash and press service advertises restoring last year’s felt hats to a like new condition at the Sanitary Cleaners and Pressers.
Real estate notice offers one third acre lot on Jackson Street East front for sale. Apply at Advance office. Also an advertisement for overcoat cleaning promises to refurbish coats to like new condition.
Rooms for rent suitable for a sleep room or light housekeeping. May also take a few boarders. See Mrs. J. R. Stith or call 168.tf.
A short classified notice seeking a ready house to rent. It asks interested renters to contact Mr. Phil Lips at Phillips Market for arrangements. The wording emphasizes immediate availability and the contact point.
Savannah Georgia merchants Isaac D Hirsch Co advertise cordial varieties in assorted flavors with low cash prices for bulk purchase and quick sale. Buy in all sizes for wholesale or retail use.
A gardener recently married at Edinburgh chose an arch of hoes rakes and garden tools instead of swords to honor old army marching custom. The improvised arch reflected his horticultural passion and playful spin on tradition.
Meat production shows two thirds of livestock raised west of the Mississippi while two thirds of consumers live east of the river. This imbalance underpins 1300 packing houses that convert livestock into meat and move products to markets.
An old drug ad advises giving White's Cream Vermifuge to children suffering intestinal worms to destroy and expel parasites without harming health. The copy promotes a 35-cent dose and lists Page's Drug Store as the seller.
The text notes that Damascus origined damask linens and silks, first produced there, with the craft later introduced to the region around 1571 by Dutch and Flemish refugees fleeing Alva's persecutions.
The 18 colonies total about 2 690 000 people. Principal colonies include Massachusetts 335 000, Pennsylvania 300 000, New York 190 000, North Carolina over 265 000, and Virginia 450 000.
Wooden trays suffer wear from dishes but can be restored by gentle rubbing with warm linseed oil. Apply the oil with cotton wool or an equivalent soft material, ensuring even coverage for a renewed finish.
A promotion offers eight pages of county news with a subscription to the Advance and includes a complimentary pen. The offer highlights local reporting and a desk accessory valued to attract readers to sign up.
A London Weekly Telegraph excerpt recounts a landlady scolding a lodger for late returns with a sharp quip about three to five o clock in the morning. The dialogue highlights tense domestic friction in a late night setting.
An anecdote from Capper's Weekly describes a Rotary dinner where a speaker states he follows the medical profession after being asked about his business. The tale humorously contrasts practical roles with a formal title.
Los Angeles has installed its 300000th telephone making it the fifth U S city to reach this mark and the seventh worldwide. The 360000th line went to a tire factory on South Central Avenue installed by John Klein, the company’s longest serving installer.
The Hartford telephones survey shows 1878 figures with one bank connected, fourteen livery stables, two lawyers, fourteen physicians and seventeen druggists. Today 132 lawyers, 287 physicians, 132 druggists, and 584 grocers and markets are listed, reflecting rapid growth despite few horse stables.
A vivid tour of Lanai Hawaii describes its shift from barren cattle range to a pristine pineapple plantation empire. It highlights orderly roads, a spotless Lanai City, diverse workers in clean uniforms, and a cannery where pineapple is processed under strict sanitary rules.
Barom Tanetaro Megata recalls 1876 Harvard experiments with Japanese and an American friend using Bell's telephone. Bell, then a professor at Bastar University, pursued the invention between lectures. The Japanese students tested cross language transmission, making Japanese the first foreign language spoken over telephone wires.
A large telephone central office has 2 500 000 soldered connections and New York City telephone numbers rise about 15 percent in two years. Canada shows over 100 percent growth in a decade. The average American makes 191 calls yearly versus 23 in Britain. In 1925 Bell System spending on plant and replacements equaled Panama Canal construction cost. Berlin officials report German women talk twice as long as men.
A fragment shows a man asking for a couple of cigars from a Dartmouth Jack Lantern publication line in a humorous request. The scene suggests a casual social exchange about sharing cigars before parting ways.
A Duluth Herald item notes a quip on silence and thrift, praising patience and frugality while implying women avoid costly choices. The remark reflects social attitudes of the era.
Investigators uncovered a seal believed to belong to Artaxerxes the Great, ruler from 465 to 425 BC, while rummaging through a Russian museum's vanity. The artifact will be exhibited at the Fine Arts Museum in Moscow, bearing the inscription I am Artaxerzem the Great King.
A compact note extols reason as the needed guide in misform tunes, likening its aid to a physician's. The fragment suggests applying logical judgment to correct errors and improve harmony in musical or textual work.
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