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Newspaper
Vidalia Advance
Location
Vidalia, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1920
Page
2
The editor urges Vidalia residents to plan civic upgrades for the year ahead. Goals include sewers, paved business street blocks, better street lighting, and moving the freight depot from downtown to spur growth while keeping costs reasonable and bonds sold locally if needed.
The Moultrie Observer notes growing demand for South Georgia hogs and cattle for Cuba. Buyers from North and South Carolina ship feeder hogs here while Cuban packing interests seek regular supplies, requiring cattle over 700 pounds to feed their slaughterhouses. Producers face a strong market and need to boost output.
The State Department of Education granted Dry Branch school in Toombs county a $500 award recognizing progress in elementary consolidation.
The per acre value of tobacco in Georgia reached 222.00 dollars while lint cotton stood at 20.66 dollars. Tobacco outperformed cotton by a factor of ten to one as a cash crop for the state.
Swainsboro leads Vidalia in progress by expanding utilities with a new light and water system and sewers. The editorial urges embracing Swainsboro’s example and pushing forward for regional development.
The Macon Telegraph editor urges Mayor Stewart to seek testimony from a Savannah bell-boy amid a clash over police complicity in prohibition violations. The anecdote recounts a hotel party offered whiskey at high prices via "protection" fees and a spike of soda with charges echoing similar rates. Mercer requests the next witness.
The Third National Bank of Columbus Georgia urges business optimism in an advertisement titled Basis for Business Boom. It predicts liquidation near end, securities moving to investment, commodity and wage adjustments, new export corporations, potential federal tax reform, and firm confidence as the path to recovery. The message emphasizes economy, discipline, and regional thrift with a call to keep cool and stay busy.
A provocative statement argues that ten million bachelors in the United States would become victims of a single tax policy. The quote emphasizes demographic financial strain and critiques proposed wealth measures affecting unmarried men.
Vidalia expresses regret at the loss of veteran citizen Mr J W McWhorter as he departs for a new home. He is praised for integrity and progress for the town. The note sends best wishes for health happiness and prosperity from many friends.
L. Guitler, local agent for the American Railway Express, launches a Right Way Plan to boost efficiency. Aimed at all employees, the effort forms a special committee to educate workers on packing marking filing claims and proper shipment handling.
An old advertisement touts Colds and grip and influenza relief with Brozzo Quinine tablets. It highlights a single product line with E W Grove’s signature on the box and a 30 cent price.
The February term of Superior Court will convene on the fourth Monday with Toombs County drawing Grand Jurors including J. S. Alexander D. W. Branch and W. R. Salter among others and Traverse Jurors led by F. F. Goddard W. E. McLain C. J. Phillips and E. L. Brinson.
Notice announces a special examination for Lyons school on January 22 1921 for teachers lacking certificates or seeking to take the examination. T B Youmans is the County School Superintendent.
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure itching bleeding protruding piles. Instantly relieves itching and helps you sleep after the first application. Price 60 cents.
An old advertisement claims worms cause poor color and stomach upset in children. Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic is advertised to enrich blood and improve digestion as a general strengthening tonic, with a promise that Nature will expel worms. 60c per bottle.
A Chicago Journal piece notes thrift as key to lasting wealth. It cites a woman who built near 200000 from a fruit stand through careful saving and waste elimination, showing how willpower and moral stamina sustain earnings and prevent ruin.
A French economist cited by L. S. Hirtland in Leslie's estimates war added 10,000,000 smokers in France. Soldiers largely smoked to cope with trench tedium, creating crises in France and even in southern Poland where cigarette possession earned access to safe deposit vaults. An American Y M C A secretary in Krakow used one cigarette daily to secure staff care and grooming.
The piece notes new rich arriving on Long Island after the war, mocked by locals for crude social errors. It cites a Bayside buyer with a castle and factory, whose wife, new to cars, shouts to the chauffeur to fetch Mike from the shop. The story highlights social friction with the upper class missteps.
Castanets originate from the crotala of Romans and remain essential to Spanish national music. Made of ebony, boxwood, or metal, they vary little in shape from classical times. The Anda luses are the most expert in handling, attained through much practice, and they accompany dances like the Jota Malaguena and Seguidilla with rhythmic emphasis.
Winnipeg asserts a world leading status with the largest individual railway yards, the cheapest electric light, and the finest transportation facilities. The city also touts its broadest streets in North America.
In a witty exchange the speaker notes a town’s rising intellect by a simple sign of progress as every man now wears a wrist watch, suggesting modernization and social change reflected in everyday habits.
Postmaster Darby introduces a tracing and claim service at the post office starting Monday to expedite insured mail loss settlements. Tracers will locate packages upon complaint. if unresolved, settlements will be arranged. A second innovation allows special delivery letters to be left at the recipient’s home without a receipt.
Mrs. E A Dunham 63 died Tuesday night at her daughter Mrs S B Mills home in Uvalda after a long invalid spell. Funeral services were held Thursday at Mt Vernon Cemetery beside her husband. Survived by three sons E P Dunham Vidalia H H Dunham Dublin W R Dunham Milledgeville and four daughters Mrs Maggie Daniels Dublin Mrs Florence McGowan Quitman Mrs Lena Wall Eatonton Mrs Maud Mills Uvalda.
Wednesday marks General Robert E. Lee's birthday with all local banks closed and public schools giving a half day. The week also honors Stonewall Jackson born January 21, 1824 with observances planned.
Geographers pursue a global map set at one to one million scale. The USGS notes maps on uniform scale would fix students' mistaken impressions of country sizes like Australia and China. Progress has been made on US-assigned regions, showcasing relative area accuracy.
A dairy cow named Bessie leaves the farm to visit a vaudeville district in the city. She enters a showroom lobby, attracts the head usher’s ire, is escorted out, and then seized by two policemen and taken to the city pound.
Colonel Thompson says a new industrial era will begin in the Yukon with large silver deposits near Keno Hill. The camp on Mayo river 250 miles south of Dawson hosts about 500 people. Ore bodies carry galena with high lead and silver values from 80 to 250 ounces per ton, with discoveries spanning 50 miles.
A new three stamp set issued in Liechtenstein marks the eightieth birthday of Prince Johann II. The lithographed stamps depict the Madonna and Child in the heavens above Vaduz with denominations of heller green 80 heller carmine and 2 kronen blue.
Reports from Vienna indicate a woman may outlast men in hunger striking as the American relief administration feeds 166000 children daily. Ignatz Panzer of the New York Produce Exchange notes girls resist malnutrition longer than boys and require less protein while fasting.
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