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Newspaper
Vidalia Advance
Location
Vidalia, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1920
Page
6
Christmas gatherings include the Sharpe family visiting Lyons with the Lewises, McIntyres visiting Kibbee, and numerous locals at Hughes Chapel. Births are announced for a Wheeler son and a Sharpe daughter, with social visits noted among Sharpe and related families in Lyons, Lumber City, Collins, Union, and Vidalia.
Mr and Mrs Hilton Williamson spent the holidays with the latter s parents near Odom Ga Misses Ruby and Mattie Kate Walker were in Vidalia Friday Mrs J C Banks and sister Miss Johnnie Halligan were in Vidalia on Friday afternoon Mrs M J Peterson has returned from a visit to her mother Mrs Cutler at Cordele Messrs C H and J H Halligan were business visitors to Vidalia on Friday morning Mrs J J Campbell spent Friday night and Saturday with Mrs C H Halligan
Bethel notes the death of Mrs Goodman at home last Friday and her burial on Saturday in Mt Vernon cemetery with services by D E Palmer. Sympathies are extended to the bereaved family. Various local residents are mentioned visiting Vidalia and nearby towns for shopping and events.
Col A H Odom of Palatka Florida visits relatives here Mr and Mrs Matthew Wheele announce the birth of a boy on December 23 Eugene Gibson of Savannah spends last Thursday night at his uncle J L Gibson Eason Smith of South Carolina visits relatives here Little Miss Catherine Coleman of Vidalia visits her sister Mrs D E Odom Archibald McQueen of Folkston spent last week end with relatives here and in Vidalia Miss Thelma Gibson visits Miss Annie Powers in Rome B T Osborne on the sink list this week Sunday school here every Sunday afternoon at 3 30.
Advertisement states that worms in children cause pale unhealthy color and stomach issues. It promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic taken for two to three weeks to enrich blood improve digestion and strengthen the system. It claims worms will be dispelled and health restored with a 60 cent bottle.
The document reports the bank's financial condition with figures for capital stock surplus profits and various liabilities as sworn by J B Brewton, cashier, on December 24, 1920. It includes a narrative on New Year timing and the history of midnight signals from Washington's naval observatory leading to coordinated time signals across the United States.
A meditation on self discipline and time as a moral measure. The author cites Stevenson Thoreau Longfellow Beecher Scott and Morris to urge humility, resolve, and moral progress as the year turns.
The article notes instant New Year greetings via rapid signals linking Washington with global observatories. It cites subsecond to Manila and Lick, 2.25 seconds to Alaska, and four seconds to Wellington, illustrating the speed of communications across continents and colonies.
The verse casts the approaching year as a chance for joy and renewal. It urges boys and girls to welcome a time to be glad to strive, give, and thrive under divine blessing, framing the New Year as a period for positive effort and growth.
A compact survey of New Year rituals and superstitions across literature and culture. The passage notes writers from Chaucer to Milton and modern magazines reflecting on the day as a peak on which two oceans of emotion meet, one of sadness and one of hope.
A folk test uses 12 onions cut in half and salted to predict weather. Halves where the salt dissolves indicate wetter months ahead.
The JR B Y P U program centers on the Herald Friend with a scripture reading from Isaiah. It notes the birth of Herald Emory Herring, training under Elizabeth Hudson, mission from Claude Horton, humility with Mildred Herring, and bravery and death associated with Kathryn.
Mae Darthy group leader. Reading and discussion led by Prentiss Courson as part of a Bible history series featuring John’s place in early Christian tradition.
An advertisement promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine as better than ordinary quinine with no nervousness or head ringing. It urges readers to remember the full name and look for E. W. Grove’s signature on the 30c product and to pay subscriptions now.
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