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Newspaper
Vidalia Advance
Location
Vidalia, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1921
Page
6
At a county board of education meeting a substantial pay raise for teachers was approved for the coming year. First and second grade licenses set pay scales. summer school attendance earns a $5 monthly bonus. A five mill county school tax will be voted in the fall to reduce debt and improve school facilities and terms.
Ohio sworn statement declares Frank J Cheney senior partner of F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio will pay 100 dollars for each case of catarrh not cured. Notices claim All’s Catarrh Medicine works through blood and mucous surfaces and offers testimonials. Includes drugstore promotions and constipation remedy mention.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic as energizing and blood purifying. It claims to strengthen appetite, brighten cheeks, and aid against malarial and grip germs, noting it is iron and quinine in syrup and appealing to children.
Vidalia’s Macon Council announces Camp Mason near Houston Factory for Macon and local Scouts from July 11 to August 22. The program includes swimming, life saving, nature study, hikes, and campfire activities with a $5 weekly fee plus transportation.
Chattanooga May 17 The Southern Baptist convention closes with executive committee to judge proposals from Jacksonville Houston Hot Springs Atlanta Kansas City St Louis and Chattanooga. Actions include the 75 million campaign evangelism plan church enrollment of hundreds of thousands new seminary and possible Southwide universities and women on committees. Total messengers reach 5340.
Vidalia Georgia hosts a July convention of singers drawing delegates from 1st and 12th congressional districts. The event promises solo, duet and quartet performances with noted writers and composers attending. Business will occur Saturday with classes from various counties enhancing the musical gathering. A program will be announced ahead of the two day event.
It warns that camping season will bring fever outbreaks as camps lack sanitation. The article notes risks of typhoid diarrhea and dysentery, and warns malaria can occur from infected mosquitoes near fishing spots.
The State Board of Health Venereal Disease Control Division reports thousands of dollars and many lives saved through ongoing treatment and free Wassermann tests. Officials urge no lapse in services to keep preventing infections.
The season of typhoid fever is near. Clean up and exclude flies. Free typhoid vaccine is provided by the State Board of Health. It offers protection for two to three years and urges prompt uptake.
A call stresses improving farm conditions and sanitation to protect people and livestock. It urges drainage of ditches and ponds and upkeep of wells, while noting the low cotton prices and boll weevil threat. The speaker argues health is paramount and that city, county, and state governments must share costs.
A. Irish, a Jesup bee grower, shipped 200 stands of bees to Branford, Canada, last Thursday for Mr. Holderman. The bees, bought from Otto Diestel, were sent by express. Irish notes he has shipped thousands of stands to Canada over the past 15 years.
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