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Newspaper
Vidalia Advance
Location
Vidalia, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1921
Page
2
City residents and banker observers urge approval of Vidalia six percent bonds for a sewer system. Railroads endorse the project for future growth, while officials promise best price and prudent sale, with May 10 as a key civic date. The piece also notes broader rural prosperity ties and calls for local merchant cooperation and farmownership initiatives.
The census department states Georgia has 310000 farms with 206000 operated by men who do not own them and hold only a tenant’s interest. Agriculturally oriented, the report notes the large share of tenant farms in the state.
Speech by W R Crites urges Georgians to buy Georgia made goods, noting widespread use of out of state products from clocks to automotives. He cites lack of locally manufactured items in stores and the Indiana limestone Capitol, urging loyal patronage of Georgia plants and a true Made in Georgia label.
Notice to Vidalia voters of an election on May 10 1921 to decide loan issuance of 60000 dollars for a sanitary sewer system. Bonds valued at 1000 each, six percent interest, due over thirty years. Polls open 8 am to 4 pm in the Council Chamber.
Notice to all property owners in Vidalia that the city tax books are open at the Clerk's office for 1921 returns. Returners must provide block and lot numbers for each real estate piece when making the returns, per city clerk J. H. Duggan.
Georgia Toombs County court issues an order for an adjourned term of the regular session set for a good cause. The notice outlines scheduling and official actions related to the adjournment.
The City Court of Toombs County Georgia orders the March term to convene on the 2nd Monday in May 1921 for criminal cases only. Jurors drawn for March term to serve at the adjourned May term. Publication in Lyons Progress and Vidalia Advance for two issues before May 2nd. Ordered April 6 1921 by Judge I H Corbitt.
A child's verse envisions gaining whiskers on the chin to defy school and church rules. The speaker imagines wearing fine shirts, entering church, joining the choir, and rejoining social life once whiskers appear, while denying vanity in wanting them.
Our prescription department is up-to-date in every particular and the best of service is given you. Oliver-Pierce Drug Co.
Chatham County commissioners agreed to loan one of their large trucks to Effingham County for speeding construction of four and a half miles of road along the Dixie Highway. Effingham officials had requested four trucks at a prior meeting, supported by Judge I E Patterson of the State Prison Commission.
A short safety notice advises Vidalia residents to seek prompt attention for back and kidney soreness. It warns that weak kidneys worsen quickly and urges timely care.
Mrs. T. R. Lee of 308 Church St Vidalia testifies she used Doan's Kidney Pills for tired dull kidneys and greatly benefited ne endorses the remedy. She notes the pills relieve fatigue from kidney disorder and urges others to use Doan's Pills priced 60 cents at all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
W E Walker & Co offers a selection of affordable graduation gifts for both boys and girls and invites customers to visit and receive personal suggestions.
Southern Storage Battery Co handles the celebrated Willard Storage Battery, linking the famed product to its regional distributor and noting its notable status in early automotive power solutions.
A wartime era patent remedy claims to stop cold and headache in one day. Each box bears E W Grove’s signature and lists price in cents. The ad promotes a quick cure using bromine quinine tablets for cold relief.
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