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Newspaper
Vidalia Advance
Location
Vidalia, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1920
Page
4
I announce the purchase of the grocery business formerly run by J C Austin at 140 Railroad Ave. I solicit a share of your patronage and invite customers to visit the shop under new ownership.
To our many friends who were so kind and thoughtful to us during the illness of our little boy and who did what they could to lighten the sorrow of his going away we express our deep gratitude. We appreciate the friendship prompting the many flowers sent. May Gods richest blessing rest upon you all. MR. & MRS CLAUDE CHRISTIAN
The Mills express gratitude to friends for kindnesses shown during the sickness and death of their mother Mrs. E A Dunham and pray God blesses each one.
An old advertisement touts Rub My Tism as a cure for bruises cuts burns sores and tetter. The terse claim highlights topical relief and traditional wartime style medicine.
A fisher man linked to Chief Homer Stuckey was captured ninety miles away and brought back as crowds gathered. He confessed in a rambling statement that he witnessed the killing of Wilcox and saw the body dumped in the Oconee river after Thompson allegedly murdered the youth. He claimed Thompson threatened him to stay quiet.
In Alamo Georgia on January 26 Jake Thompson confesses to shooting Robert Wilcox after a night of drinking with John Buchanan. He claims Wilcox loaned a gun and Thompson killed him, then Buchanan helped drag the body to the river and both men disposed of evidence. Thompson pleads for protection from lynching.
The program features students and staff presenting messages from abroad. J C Austin sends cheer to China while Mae Darby brightens Japan and Jesse Lee answers Africa. Marie Price invites Italians and Marjorie White moves Mexico with others.
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