Local and Personal News From Vidalia Area
Community notes record visits and travels across Swainsboro Savannah Douglas Vidalia and nearby towns. Names include Homer Kitchens Will McMillan J B Jones Luther Dent C T Darley Cliff Thompson Dr Chandler W A Jones W T Willets F C Omberg and others with family ties and illness updates. One item notes Maurice Zbar preparing to move to Odum to open a mercantile business.
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Maurice Zbar
N. A Eosansky
Baltimore
Odum
Sutton-Jones Wedding Conducted by Rev Williams
Idus Jones wed Alice Sutton Tuesday evening at Rev O O Williams residence. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J S Sutton. The groom is an agent for the Georgia and Florida Railway at Uvalda and a son of Mr J B Jones of Cedar Crossing. They left for a wedding trip to Savannah and Tybee.
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O. O. Williams
Idus Jones
Alice ‘Sutton
Mr. Williams
J. S. Sutton
Georgia & Florida Railway
Uvalda
J. B. Jones
Cedar Crossing
Entre Nous Club Hosts Miss Beth Anders on Wednesday
The Entre-Nous Club was delightfully entertained by Miss Beth Anders on Wednesday afternoon. Guests included Misses Eva Floyd Bainbridge Lola Strickland Tallahassee Nettie Smith Perry and Margaret Patton LaFayette. After a game of Rook nectar and sandwiches were served.
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Entre-Nous Club
Beth Anndders
Eva Floyd
Bainbridge
Lola Strickland
Tallahassee
Nettie Smith
Perry
Margaret Patton
LaFayette
Green Way Wedding Plans
The wedding of Miss Nina Green and Mr. Fred H Way will be solemnized on Wednesday the 22nd at the bride's parents home in Sparks. Rev Pharr will officiate. After the ceremony the couple will take a motor trip to Asheville and then reside at Mr M W Mathews residence.
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Nina Green
Fred H. Way
Sparks
Pharr
Way
Asheville
M. W. Mathews
Entertains for College Set Honors Miss Patton and Miss Smith
On Thursday evening Mrs. N C Napier hosted a gathering for the college set in honor of Miss Margaret Patton and Miss Net tie Smith. The porch featured ferns and yellow daisies with college pennants as decorations. Punch was served by Mrs. O D Warthen and a bed dessert followed after games of Prom or Rook. Hostesses included Mrs. H P Willbanks, Mrs. T B Youmans and Mrs. L C Cutler.
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N. C
Napier
Margaret Patton
Nettie Smith
O. D. Warthen
H. P. Willbanks
T. B. Youmans
L. C. Cutler
Sol Smith Loses Home in Night Fire at Oconee Heights
A dwelling owned by Sol Smith in Oconee Heights burned Sunday night about 2 am. Fire destroyed the structure and most personal goods, with only a few furniture pieces saved. Insurance covered part of the loss as there was no chance to save the building.
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Sol Smith
Oconee Heights
Rub My Tism Pain Killer Claim Card
An old drug claim notes Rub My Tism as a pain killer for pain soreness rheumatism neuralgia sprains and similar ailments. The item emphasizes its wide use for relief.
Cure a Cold in One Day Patent Remedy Ad
An old advertisement promotes CARATS Be BROMO ee as a one day cure for a cold cough and worms. The claim highlights a tabiet form and feature roved effectiveness with a 30 cent price.
Figures in Polish history and a famed noble couple
The Countess Potocka, born 1766 to a Greek shoemaker in Constantinople, journeys through marriage and misfortune across Poland and Berlin before dying in 1822. Count Stanislaw Felix Potocka, a powerful but imprudent Polish noble, amasses vast estates and elopes with a cousin amid public scandal.
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Countess Potocka
Poland
Constantinople
Boscamp
Stanislaw Felix Potocka
Europe
Berlin
Count Potocka
Rockefeller
Ukraine
Felix
Methodist Church Sits At Vidalia’s Highest City Point
A profile map of Vidalia shows the Methodist church on the city’s highest point at 500 feet above sea level. The map marks two other high spots on McIntosh Street and on Church Street.
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Methodist
Vidalia
McIntosh Street
Church
Fragments Describe Rising Ground Near Church Lot
Readable pieces note street hill and McCol s key heights three locations five to ten feet lower than the Methodist church lot. The text references uneven elevations and nearby landmarks without a full context.
666 Cures Malaria and Fevers Claims
An old advertisement touts 666 as a remedy for malaria chills fever bilious fever colds and la grippe and promises money refunds. It also claims rapid relief for constipation biliousness loss of appetite and headaches caused by torpid liver.
Poor Rest in Yuste Bed Ends in Bedlam
An American traveler visits Yuste Spain seeking rest after a dusty mule ride. He collapses on a bed in a local inn public room to sleep. The innkeeper’s wife erupts in alarm upon discovering the bed is filled with rising biscuits flattened by his weight.
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Yuste
Spain
Pumice and Its Use in Industry on Lipari Works
Pumice forms from lava foam as gases escape. It is cellular with a very low specific gravity and can float in water. Lipari, off Sicily, is the center of the pumice industry. In six months of 1920 a Lipari firm shipped 8,800,000 pounds to the United States for automotive, marble, lithography, plating, patent leather, enamel, and polishing uses.
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Lapri
Sicily
United States
Lipari
Vast iron deposits found in the Philippines
Government experts reported to the United States bureau that the Philippines hold the finest unworked iron fields in the world. Mindanao deposits near harbors total 275,000,000 tons with 130,000,000 more accessible from Darkin Bay. Overall surveys indicate more than 500,000,000 tons, promising long term U S steel production.
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Philippines
United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Washington Post
United States
Mindanao
Darkin Bay
The Defiling Hand of Man Reflection
Katherine Tynan laments in The Defiling Hand of Man how humans scar rural beauty with littered orange peels torn newspapers and broken goods. She mourns man made housing and paths marring fields where moles toil and larks ascend to heaven.
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Katherine Tynan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Homer Kitchens
Swainsboro
R E. Page
Will McMillan
City
Luther Dent
Savannah
Ben D. Patrick
Normantown
Willie Peterson
Mt. Vernon
Alice Wilson
Joel
Ruby Darby
Eloise Darby
C. T. Darley of
Douglass
F. T. Darley
Capt
Cliff Thompson
Dr Chandler
T. W. Willets
Jeff Davis County
W. A. Jones
Church Street
J. E. Forbes of
Ocilla
Mrs. Macon
F. C. Omberg
Newberry, S. C
A. E. Barnes
J. P. Knies
Swainsboro Forest Blade
L. E. Tillman
Douglas
A. & M. School
W. J. Hendricks
Fitzgerald
Mims
Cordele
Vidalia Primitive Baptist Church
Geo. Allmond
Kibbee
M. F. Davis
Bessie Williamson
Sutton-Jones
Miss Anderson
Lyons
Toombs County
Lyons Progress
Potocka
Methodist Church
Libby McNeil
Libby
Dickerson & Holton
Vidalia Cash & Carry Store
Palmer
THE
House OF Small Profits
Vidalia @ceécza Bottling
Coca Cola
Orange Crush
Sanitary Bottling Plant
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