Vidalia Advance Classified as Second Class Mail
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Vidalia
Act of Congress
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Newspaper
Vidalia Advance
Location
Vidalia, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1926
Page
4
Quotation Snippets Reflecting Social Power and Ironies
A collage of wry lines and quips ranging from show business ethics to political pretensions. Notable references include Czar Landis, Cobb and Speaker, Mussolini, and a satirical nod to modern rail and road tensions. The passage also notes a Louisville mathematics death and a Kansas City restaurant menu from 1897.
Red tape slows sale of old war material for museum
A gun collector sought to acquire obsolete war material for a museum. Parts traced to the Civil War were offered for sale but officials took long to negotiate, highlighting bureaucratic delays in handling such orders.
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Ieint
Farming by the Moon Ridiculed as Superstition
The Agriculture Department dismisses lunar farming beliefs as relics of the Dark Ages noting no scientific basis for moon phases influencing sowing, breeding, or weather. It cites outdated French laws and widespread superstition that science will eventually erase.
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France
The Wage Earners and Building Costs
Secretary Hoover reports wage gains curb prices over six years showing rising home builder earnings. Building material costs fall while union wages rise since 1920 and 1923, with wholesale building material prices dropping from 1923 to 1926.
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Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Fual
Bargain Telephone Service Expands Cross-Continent Line
The third continental telephone relay will soon link Seattle and New York. It cost millions to build and needed upgrades for public use. Each extension requires better equipment and offices, but expands value and service nationwide for business. The American telephone is a bargain compared with other countries.
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Seattle
New York
American industry drives efficiency and wages in tariff balance
The piece notes U.S. industry leads global efficiency and wages. It argues tariffs should equalize production costs with abroad after shipping. It highlights electrical manufacturing as copper’s largest user and cites the U.S. Chamber of Commerce urging using treasury surplus, up to 500 million, for early tax cuts under the Coolidge plan.
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U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Treasury
Coolidge
A Dream Coming True in Rural Electrification
A Creed editorial asserts U S efforts to electrify farms are advancing with private ownership and state regulation. It credits American business and invention for overcoming rural power barriers and envisions 1,500,000 electrified farms, urging continued energy-driven progress.
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United States
America
W. E. Creed
Pres
Pac. Gds & Elec. Co
Graves Claims State Ownership in Muscle Shoals Site
Governor-elect Graves proposes a legislative inquiry into Alabama's riverbed ownership of the Wilson Dam site to gain a voice in federal disposal. Senate action on the Muscle Shoals bill faces competing bids from Associated Power Companies and American Cyanamid, with Norris-backed delays likely to push for government operation or committee reversion.
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Graves
Alabama
Wilson Dam
Congress
Deneen
Norris
Patronize Home Industry and Buy Local Messages
A fragmented local advertisement urges residents to patronize home merchants, stressing buying where you live supports the community, roads, schools, and local taxes. It argues for seeing goods before purchase and timely delivery, praising neighbors and local businesses while criticizing mail order houses.
Fear as a Cure All Says New York Professor
Dr. Shaw of New York University criticizes antiseptic advertising that frightens people into using unneeded remedies. He argues real science dispels old myths while fear campaigns create new dangers by turning homes into clinics and making everyone feel ill. He cautions that dread harms more than dandruff or halitosis.
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Shaw
New York University
Domestic Art and Real Culture in School Values
The Vidalia School Tattler argues domestic art is essential to real culture and daily life. Three reasons for indifference are ignorance superficial knowledge and belief one is meant for grander pursuits. Emphasizes service in everyday domestic roles as essential art in society.
Round Table and Scout News Round Table meets January 13
The December Round Table is set for the school auditorium Thursday at eight with Riley Guest and Stanton presenting America’s writers of Heart Songs. Girl Scouts at Scout House last Saturday staged a motion picture skit Wild Belle of the Prairie and awarded prizes. Elizabeth Meadows won as Freckles and received a good luck pin.
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Riley, Guest
Stanton
America
Writers of Heart Songs
Wilbanks
Podex
Purple Pansy Patrol
Elizabeth Meadows
New York
Nellie Rattray
Chevrolet reaches 3 000 000th car milestone at Flint plant
W S Knudsen president guides the 3 000 000th Chevrolet off the line as C F Barth, VP production, secures the first passenger. The milestone coach, finished in St James gray and Fistache green, signals rapid growth with capacity for 1,000,000 yearly units and hints at the 4,000,000th Chevrolet soon.
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Chevrolet Motor Company
Flint
W. S. Knudsen
C. F. Barth
St. James Gray Duco
Fisher
Chevrolet
Knudsen
First Grade to Eleventh Grade Names Listed in Round Table
A long roster lists students across grades from First through Eleventh, including multiple family names and community figures. The December Round Table section enumerates numerous individuals such as Maurine Darby Marie Hilton Chess Abernathy Louise Yeomans and others spanning grades and a central round table group.
December Music Honor Roll Names Reflect Local Talent
The December Music Honor Roll lists Helen Wilson, Dorothy Brewton, Rebecca Darby, Hampton Reeves, Sarah Darby, Mae Dee Pattillo, Mir iam Darby, Martha Sue Williams, Virginia Rountree, Virginia Joiner, Louise Benton, Margaret Carter, Syl via Hackel, Frances Darby, Ala Jo Brewton, Elizabeth Reeves, Mildred Reeves, Margaret Mathews, Lucy Poe, Alice Abernathy, Kathryn Joiner, Mary Hazel Carter, Nellie Rattray, Flossie Lassiter, Eula Hatcher, Margie Hackel, Janie V Brewer.
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Nylene Askew
Harold Benton
Oreta Brinson
Anne Darby
Robert Darby
Janet Davis
Tuitte Elkins
Irma Glisson
Yulssus Holmes
Evelyn Helms
Lloyd Smith
Blanche Rattray
Christine Rountree
Gertrude Reddick
Ruby Sharpe
Anne Yeomans
Frances Schwalls
Ernest Abernathy
Jack Harrell
Grace Anderson
Meg
Nellie Gibbs
Melba Harris
Evelyn Gunter
Margaret Brice
Lorene Hail, Barrs
Hazel Williams
Dorothy Rountree
Frank Safford
Myrl Patrick
Mary Grace Price
Garrett Jones
Relzie Thompson
Glenna Walker
Claire Willets
J. L. Phillips
C. M. Phillips
Evelyn Martindale
Louise Davidson
H. A. Deen
Natalie Hackel
Cornelia Jones
Maurice Saunders
J. C. Meadows
Gredy Thompson
Isma Thompson
Helen Threlkeld
Marion Brinson
Lamar Brown
Crystelle Darby
Sarah Darby
Clyde Faulk
Christine Meadows
Wallace Kitchens
Maxine Woodward
Jeanette Willets
Vera Mae Webb
Mary Willard Shaw
Virginia Page
Jack Mosley
Margaret Mathews
Charles Lee
Alex Hilton
James Harris
J. E. Harrell
Hudson Fulmer
J. B. Soles
Howard Threlkeld
Martha Sue Williams
Willolah Bush
Aris Smith
Bill Wilbanks
James Blount
Douglas Martindale
Arthur Walker
Lora Walker
Lillian Agee
Elizabeth Meadows
Virginia Joiner
Virginia Rountree
Nellie Rattray
Ala Jo Brewton
Chester Hall
Harry Moses
John Patrick
George Perry
John A. Smith
Vera Clements
Eula Hatcher
Virginia Hudson
Alice Abernathy
Annie Belle Black
Sylvia Hackel
George Blount
Maurine Darby
Marie Hilton
Walter Jenkins
Kathryn Joiner
Katherine Jones
Lucy Poe
Annie Safford
Margaret Taylor
Ethel Walker
Chess Abernathy
Esthere Hackel
Janie V. Brewer
Margie Hackel
Dorothy Huie
Oscar Joiner
Helen Jones
Sara Murchison
Leonard Powell
Edith Quick
Louise Yeomans
Beneah Beastey
Miriam Darby
Claude Hatcher
Julia Odom
Mildred Mathews
George Rountree
William Shaw
Alice Adams
Herman Abernathy
Edna Harris
Edith Harrell
Willie Mae Lord
Inez McIntyre
Esehel Smith
Bessie Walker
Joyce Claxton
Mary Elijah
Margaret Perry
Mary George Rayford
Kate Williams
Helen Wilson
Dorothy Brewton
Rebecca Darby
Hampton Reeves
Mae Dee Pattillo
Louise Benton
Margaret Carter
Frances Darby
Elizabeth Reeves
Mildred Reeves
Mary Hazel Carter
Flossie Lassiter
Domestic Art Plays First Violin in Home Education
The article argues that cooking and domestic work are valued as essential skills for modern homemakers. It asserts that study improves food quality, not as drudgery but as a stepping stone to broader education, elevating Domestic Art beyond simple chores.
Timely warning obituary notice spoof from Altoona Kans Tribune
The Altoona Kansas Tribune warns readers with a satirical tone that frequent fainting spells chills cramps coins bunions epilepses and jaundice mean impending death. It urges prepaying subscriptions to secure a robust obituary notice.
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Altoona
Kans
Finish Off Hog With Corn Feed Ratio Suggestion
The text advises shifting hogs from peanuts and soybeans to a diet of three parts corn and one part cottonseed meal a few weeks before slaughter. Corn softens meat less than peanuts or soybeans, but feeding corn four weeks prior helps, and pork is cheaper when hogs harvest their own feed.
Under the Southern Sun Winter Delicacies Ad
Southern Railway System promotes winter produce in a January ad illustrated by a Southern orchard scene. The piece notes that soils and climate aid farmers, Southern crops supply a large share of America's fruit and vegetables, and that demand and carload volumes rose, with 67,000 carloads hauled last year.
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Atlanta
Southern Sun
Southern Railway System
Southern
South
America
Ohio
Potomac
Congress weighs coal bill amid strike and shortage fears
The lower House debates a bill to end coal strikes and shield the government and public from coal shortages. In off years with no local labor trouble such measures seldom pass, reflecting ongoing concern over energy reliability.
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Congress
Time They Are to Be Slaughtered Feed Strategy
A Progressive Farmer note states corn as the best feed for a short period before slaughter to harden the flesh, increasing profitability. The guidance emphasizes corn’s strategic value for finishing livestock efficiently.
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Czar Landis
Cobb
Speaker
Siberia
Frank
Jesse James
Mussolini
Los Angeles Times
Louisville
Manus McFadden
Popular Science Monthly
McClintock’s Restaurant
Kansas City
Bargain Telephone Service
THE
Vidalia School
Tattler
Girl Scout
Chevrolet Motor Co
Home Economics
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