Local Notes and Visits Highlight Vidalia Life
Savannah visitor Mr. M. Slotin calls in Vidalia. Mrs. Donovan of Sandersville stays Friday. Kemp of Swainsboro visits family. W. J. Prescott on a Florida trip. D. F. Kirkpatrick of Georgia & Florida Ry in town. J. E. Horne and son D. W. Horne host Wednesday visit. Bragg & Way Garage advertises car washing. Dr. Harry Moses from Macon guests of A. M. Moses. Meadows family returns from Tifton. Dale couple christens Mary Evelyn. L. L. Geddings of Sparks visits. Newton Swindell returns from Eastman. I. J. Harrell returns from Bainbridge. Jones and Strickland in Dublin on business. General Lee birthday holiday closes banks. R. Chester of Mt. Vernon visits. Miss Myrtis Young from Augusta visits. Milton Rosansky hosts birthday party for friends. H. G. Martin and others in city. J. F. Darby Lumber Co. seeks 50 bushels white corn. Curl and Lester from Swainsboro in town. Dale can return from Vidalia Hospital. Toyewrite, ribbons and carbon paper for office. J. L. Roberts buys Ward street McKay place. Hackels visit Brunswick and Jacksonville. R. C. Hogan of Dexter leaves after visit. Vick's Service Station promises 5 minute battery recharge. Little Charles Adams hosts sixth birthday. Bessie Smith resumes work at Estroff’s. Williams family moves. East Georgia traveling rep N. W. Swindell to J. S. Case Co. start February. Battery care urged to prolong life. 666 recommended to fend cold.
Child Hurt as Horse Dash Repairs Alley Run
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Scott suffered severe bruises and facial cuts after a spirited horse ridden by Richard Wilson bolted from the alley behind the Leader Rosansky building onto Church street. The accident, Saturday afternoon, was nearly fatal for the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Scott
Richard Wilson
Leader & Rosansky
Church Street
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promises Blood Purity and Vitality
A vintage advertisement promoting GROVE'S TASTeless Chill TONIC as a blood purifier and strength builder. It claims to contain iron and quinine, boosts energy, appetite, and color, and appeals to families with malaria history, selling at 60 cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GROVE
Quinine Patent Beneton? Product Claim Note
An advertisement extols LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE as superior to ordinary Quinine for tonic and laxative effects without causing nervousness in the head. It urges remembering the full name and to seek the signature of E W GROVE.
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E W. Grove
Harris Fights to Retain Village Mail Service
Georgia Senator Harris opposes Postmaster General Hayes's plan to end village delivery. Citizens urge continuation as offices in Douglasville Abbeville Manchester Greensborough and others would be affected. The program began in 1913 as an experiment and now costs 1.5 million dollars with over 1,100 carriers across 749 offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Hayes
U. S
Harris
Georgia
Douglasville
Abbevile
Manchester
Greensboro
National House
Thomas M. Bell
Post Office Committee
Haye
Postmaster General
Letter From the Mountains Describes Moonshine Recipe
A Cordele Dispatch fragment quotes a brother writing from the mountains to South Georgia about making liquor. The letter lists ingredients such as corn meal, lye, matches, manure, molasses, potash, nux vomitor, and a beef head, with crude instructions to simmer in water until boiling. He jokes about jail and notes belief in aging the licker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Bill
Worth County hens prove money makers in poultry trade
Worth County farmers shift view of hens from pets to cash generators as poultry shipments rise. In December J A Parish of Sylvester paid 1292.47 for eggs and poultry while multiple shippers across the county feed large urban markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worth County
Sylvester
J. A. Parish
Peas for Sale From Willbanks Vidalia Ga
Sale notice for For, Sale Iron and Brabham peas in any quantity. Contact H P Willbanks in Vidalia Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Willbanks
Vidalia, Ga
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mattie Crosswhite
Glade Spring
Cardu
Mrs. Crosswhite
W. E. Walker
Vidlaia
Chase & Sanborn’s
Seal Brand
Merita Bread
Barron W.godbee
Mr. M. Slotin
Savannah
City
Theodosia Donovan of
Sandersville
Mr. Kemp
Swainsboro
Mr. W. J. Prescott
Florida
D. F. Kirkpatrick
Georgia & Florida Ry
J. E. Horne
Mt. Vernon
D. W. Horne
Bragg & Way Garage
Vidalia
Harry Moses
Macon
A. M. Moses
Mrs. J. W. Dale
Mary Evelyn
L. L. Geddings of
Sparks
J. W. Dale
Newton Swindell
Eastman
I. J. Harrell
Bainbridge
Messrs
W. A. Jones
J.L. Strickland
Dublin
General Lee
R. Chester
Myrtis Young of
Augusta
T. C. Thompson
Milton Rosansky
H. G. Martin
Mobley
Uvalda
Hogan
Dexter
J. F. Darby Lumber Co
Milo Curl
Jule Lester
Vidalia Hospital
Advance
J. L. Roberts
McKay Place
Ward Street
Joe Hackel
Brunswick
Jacksonville
R. C. Hogan
Vick
Charles Adams
Bessie Smith
Estroff’s
E. M. Williams
Southern Storage Battery Co
N. W. Swindell
J. S. Case Co
Southeast
Ligaseives
Virginia
Unas
Mrs. Chess Abernathy
Patch
Worth County Hens
Ies
Company the Home OF
Real Bargains
Vidalia and Vicinity
American Laundry CO. OF
Vidalia Bus
American Laundry CO
E. C. Barss
MO. T. Ragan & Company
Mcintosh Street
W. T. Rouse
Macon, Dublin
C. J. Acosta
Trat
Mgr
Macon, Ga
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