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Newspaper
Vidalia Advance
Location
Vidalia, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1921
Page
3
The Vidalia Girl Scouts left Tuesday for an eight day camp with the Watkinsville group at a camp near Watkinsville. They traveled to Macon with Mrs H P Willbanks and will be met there by Mr Downs in Macon before continuing to the Wat kin area.
The group features Miss Es telle Walker and Miss Mary Downs joining Kinsville. In the party list are Juanita Carr Ruby Sutton Evelyn Meadows Mabel Stith Elizabeth Poindexter Annie Rogansky Lucile Courson Elizabeth Schufflebarger Estelle Stith Poindexter Mary Thomas Frankie Davis Bessie Davis Lucy Poe Geraldine Burkhalter Victoria Cromartie Eula Lee Peterson Juanita Thompson Dorthy Huie Kathleen Strickland Adel Hackel.
The agricultural section notes farmers finishing corn laying. Mr Watson and Hoke Harden attended preaching Sunday. Mrs M M Toole visited her daughter. Mrs Thelma Ganey returned from a visit to Mrs Calvin Pye. Mrs Frances Moore visits her mother. Miss Bertie Harden improving. Miss Lyda Toole staying with Mrs O O Ganey. Gold Eyes.
A number of Vidalians attended the Bible Conference at Macon with services for soul and body at Mercer University. The event featured spiritual feeding described as "without money and without price" and highlighted God's able min.
The writer recalls a great gathering ending with Dr. Loyd Darby alighting at Jeffersonville, buying peaches, sharing them in an open basket, and inviting the group to enjoy. The scribe notes future orchard harvests and invites Dr. Darby to partake again.
Lyons officials report a called county board session focused on finances as tax delinquencies strain payments. Commissioners consider road repair squad options but take no definite action due to money scarcity and reluctance to levy.
An advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a blood purifier and energizer. It claims the tonic, a syrup of iron and quinine, strengthens the blood, improves appetite, and brightens complexions, with a claim to destroy malarial germs and grip.
A critical parable on bunglers who overpromise and underperform. The tale contrasts their boastful plans with real harm done, as George and a companion ruin a Middle West estate project and end up sidelined by a hospital stay. It urges caution against rash, half formed schemes and false claims.
French astronomer Emile Belot imagines hitching a ride along a light ray at 186000 miles per second. He calculates lunar distance in a second, Mars in 4 minutes 20 seconds, Jupiter in 35 minutes, Saturn 79 minutes, Uranus in 2 1/2 hours, Neptune in 4 hours, and Alpha Centauri a bit over four years with 24 billion miles covered.
A brutal rite in the Philippines features two nude men playing slapping. The winner is decided by a blood blister under the skin on the slapped thigh, assessed by a judge, with the loser unable to retaliate if blistered.
A miscellany notes notable figures in hats from Mark Twain to Theodore Roosevelt and Lincoln while quoting era descriptions. It then cites height averages for men and women and hair color statistics among French people with comparisons to Mediterranean patterns.
A dialogue notes a painter named Blank with high prices for his works, contrasting opinions on his artistic merit and commercial success.
City Clerk J. H. Duggan announces that real estate owners must return property for taxation for 1921. Taxpayers should provide block and lot numbers for each parcel when filing.
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