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Newspaper
Vidalia Advance
Location
Vidalia, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1921
Page
3
A witty serial scene depicts Mella using wit and social maneuvering to engineer marriages. The Major grows jealous as Mella maneuvers Billy Beverley toward Joey Dancy while hinting at a future with the Major. Amid flirtation and banter, Mella reveals her plans and sentiment.
Editorial urges both spouses to adopt Ruskin’s idea of household administration guiding saving and spending. It warns against extreme thrift or reckless expenditure and praises balanced, practical stewardship of income and time for lasting prosperity.
The method uses thumbs touching and extended forefingers to cast shadows. The shadow alignment marks twelve oclock at the thumbs junction and six oclock at finger tips, with earlier or later times inferred from sun position and season changes.
A crew on the whaling ship Diana found a exhausted crow that refused to leave. The bird rode the voyage, roosting in the rigging nightly, and returned to the ship after being sent ashore near the Shetland Islands, delighting the crew with its loyalty.
The article describes a long evolutionary tale where snakes trace back to lizards. A semi sea monster left the water and, by flattening its body and using rib leverage, evolved into a legless crawler. Over time natural selection favored longer bodies and loss of limbs. A separate aquatic line produced a sea serpent, about 45 to 50 feet long, now extinct.
A persuasive call urges mental house cleaning to combat degraded mentality. It argues big problems require collective effort and reforming past wrongs through right thinking and actions. The message champions a clean life, patient progress, and leadership to elevate the nation.
A discussion on educators sending questionnaires to hundreds of school children to gauge public taste. One California survey of 1 214 kids found most collected typical items, except a boy who claimed to collect "bits of advice" provoking curiosity from Agnes Repplier in Atlantic Monthly.
The vaudeville manager laments a prima donna chorus act refusing to sing saying she won't follow the acro bats. He jokes that she would trade years of her life for a handspring, reflecting stage life humor.
A playful exchange discusses whether to wed in spring or autumn. Miss Mugg asks about the best time while Miss Keen says if she were in her position she would marry at the first available date.
Vidalia Girl Scout troop plans a week to ten day camp in North Georgia with Wat kinsville troop. Eight college women supervise along with a local scoutmaster. The program runs daily from reveille to taps with swimming hiking and study. Funding comes from rummage sales ice cream and film profits plus local business support.
Judge Hardeman announces no contested cases will be tried at the May term of Toombs Superior Court with only default verdicts and judgments possible. No court on Monday due to his absence. he will attend Tuesday by 11 oclock. Judge Lewis to publish notice and summon twenty four jurors for Tuesday morning after the fourth Monday.
F M Rabin of 608 Durden Street claims Doan's Kidney Pills cured his disordered kidneys. He suffered rheumatic pains, uric acid in blood, and joint stiffness before using the remedy. He bought two boxes at Warthen Drug Co and reports no return of trouble. Price 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY advertises the product.
An old box advertises LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE with the claim it removes the cause. It notes there is only one Bromo Quinine and bears E. W. Grove’s signature on the box priced at 30c.
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