Cedar Shingles and Florist Ads Highlight Vidalia Notices
Local notices offer All Heart Cedar Shingles from John T. Ragan & Company with lifetime claims. W R Walker promotes eye examinations and frame fittings. Mrs W M Lewis handles cut flowers by phone 197. Jewelry by W E Walker. Rentals advertise three furnished rooms near McIntosh Street. B P Jackson offers home and store property loans in Vidalia. Sanitary Cleaners & Pressers revives old felt hats.
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John T. Ragan & Company
For Sale and Rentals on Jackson Street East
One lot on Jackson Street East, one third acre, best neighborhood. Apply at Advance office. Also a room with sanitary amenities for rent to sleep two or light housekeeping, with boarders possible. Contact Mrs J R Stith or call 168. Wanted a nice house to rent. call Mr Philip at Phillips Market. Fishing products note mentions a Detroit judge on fishing and calm thinking. Milwaukee Journal reference.
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Jackson Street
East Front
J. R. Stith
Quinine Tonic Laxative Tablets Mentioned on Box
A label for LAXA VE BROMO QUININE TABLETS notes tonic and laxative effects with no head nervousness. It includes E W GROVE signature on the box.
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E.w.grove
Care of Wooden Trays Through Oil Rubdown
Wooden trays save labor by not needing washing but often marred by carried dishes. Restore a marked tray by gentle rubbing with warm linseed oil using absorbent material such as cotton wool.
No Wormmss in a Healthy Child
Ad promotes Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic for two to three weeks to enrich the blood aid digestion and strengthen the system to dispel worms. Pleasant to take, 60c per bottle. Includes a London Weekly Telegraph quote about a lodger returning late and being told to let himself in.
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Grove
London Weekly Telegraph
Hayes Healing Honey with Open-Trate Chest Salve for Coughs
A cough remedy pair offers Hayes Healing Honey with Grove Open-Trate Salve for chest and throat rubs. The packaging promises cough relief by soothing irritated tissues and using the salve’s healing effect through the skin.
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Hayes
Grove
Akin
Dartmouth Jack Lantern Exchange Cigar Plea
An exchange quotes the Dartmouth Jack Lantern asking a man who is fleeing with his overcoat for permission to take a couple of cigars from the pocket. The line shows a humorous social interaction centered on a petty theft.
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Londer
Dartmouth Jack
Sassafras in Medicine in Early American History
Sassafras roots emerged as an important medicine early in American history. Known as the ague tree, its bark decoction was believed to cure fever. Sassafras tea from young shoots and roots served as a cold remedy and tonic, noted as a sudorific and stimulant.
Everest Stands Tall Compared to Regional Peaks
The article notes Mount Everest nearly equals the combined heights of Mount Cook in New Zealand Fuji Yama the highest in Japan and Ben Nevis the highest in the British Isles.
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New Zealand
Japan
Ben Nevis
British Isles
That Setties It Silence is Golden and Thrifty Women
A terse quotation highlights prudence in spending and the value of restraint. The remark, attributed to the Duluth Herald, emphasizes thrift and a preference for simplicity over luxury.
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Duluth Herald
Pencil Scrip Promises Pleasurable Writing in Advance
Renew your Advance subscription to receive Scrip a new pencil touted to make writing a pleasure. The notice highlights the novelty of the product as a subscriber incentive.
Wilson Foundation Offers Two 2500 Dollar Essay Prizes
The Woodrow Wilson foundation in New York announces two 2500 dollar awards for essays of up to 2500 words on What Woodrow Wilson Means to Me. Open to US residents ages 21 to 34, one for young men and one for young women. Essays must be sent to 17 East 42nd Street, New York, by October 1, 1927. regulations available on request.
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Woodrow Wilson Foundation
New York
Woodrow Wilson
Atlanta
United States
East Forty-second Street
Ancient couriers traced from Cyrus to Charlemagne
The Greek soldier Xenophon links early couriers to Cyrus the Persian king. Rome lacked regular couriers until Augustus. France reportedly adopted courier posts under Charlemagne around AD 809.
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Xenophon
Cyrus
Augustus
France
Charlemagne
Elephant Vaulter Tale Sparks Gentlemanly Retort
A London daily quips about a Munchausen fish climbing trees tale told by Athletic Elephant and Captain Long chalk. The story recounts a wounded elephant fleeing into a lake as the captain snares with a net, only for the elephant to vault away by uprooting a palm tree and leaping in a series of high jumps.
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Longchalk
London
Africa
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Review
Purports to purify the blood and increase vigor by iron and quinine. Advertises as a pleasant syrup that strengthens against malaria and grip germs, claiming tasteless formula liked by children.
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Grove
Artaxerxes Seal Found In Moscow Vault Display Planned
Investigators in a Russian museum vault uncovered what is believed to be Artaxerxes seal, the Achaemenid king who reigned 465 to 425 BC. The artifact will be exhibited at the Fine Arts museum in Moscow. The inscription proclaims I am Artaxerxes the Great King.
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Artaxerxes
Fine Arts Museum
Moscow
Connecticut Had Dual Capitals In Early Republic Era
The state of Connecticut used two capitals, Hartford and New Haven, during 1701 to 1873, alternating placement for government functions and sessions. This arrangement reflected regional balance between central and coastal interests in the colonial and early state period.
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Connecticut
Hartford
New Haven
PAZO OINTMENT Piles Relief Claim Ad
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles. Instantly relieves itching piles and helps you sleep after first application.
Loans At 6 Or 7 Percent In Vidalia Firms Offer
Money available for loans on residence or store property in Vidalia for five years at 6 or 7 percent interest. Borrower may repay any portion in $100 installments without obligation. Also advertising Allheart Cedar Shingles for sale by John T. Ragan & Company.
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Vidalia
B. P. Jackson
Barrower
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W. RB. Walker
W. M. Lewis
W. E. Walker
C. W.sparks
McIntosh St
The
Sanitary Cleaners & Pressers
Seabe
Detroit
Milwaukee Journal
KODA
Sam Doyle C.knicht
King of
John. T. Ragan & CO
Georgia
Chas. D. Williams
M.D
Deens Pharmacy Res
L. H. Darby
M. L. Currie
Darby
J. E. Mercer
M. D. Vidalia
State Bank
First “Postal Service
Veryone
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co., Mfg. Chem
Buffalo, N. Y
Booker
Mrs. Craft
C. J. Moffett CO
Columbus, GA
Teethina
D. C
F. L. Huie
Boadicea
Britain
Macon
Dublin
Savannah
Vidalia, Georgia
G. H. Whitaker
Traf. Mgr
W. E. Walker, JR
J. C. Johnson
Longpond
Montgomery County
J. Wade Johnson
Mt. Vernon
J. B. Brewton
Vidalia, Ca
Shuman-Harris Motor Co
Chevrolet
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