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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
1
At about 8 o'clock this morning citizens awoke to the fire consuming the N. & Son general merchandise building in Pinehurst. The two story wood structure housed a $5,000 stock. about $2,000 of insurance was noted. Origin of the blaze is not yet known.
Jake Moore allegedly drew forty dollars per month more than entitled from the estate treasury for years under four governors. The excess payments continued until his February resignation, claims tied to J D Kilpatrick and Attorney General J M Terrell.
Mrs Annie E Lynch of Pittsburg area, reputedly the world's heaviest woman, died after a 19 year struggle with elephantiasis. She weighed about 700 pounds. The National Casket Company will craft the largest casket ever made to hold her body, with burial planned at Versailles cemetery in an open wagon and fifteen pallbearers arranged.
A light satirical piece about romantic conventions and marriage. It notes faith in men, teaching suitors to propose, and compares old and young fools by experience. The text also hints at widows and memory of past relationships in a playful, moralizing tone.
Georgia reports total tax returns rising by 3.82 million across 81 counties led by Gordon county. Fulton Chatham Bibb Richmond and Muscogee counties awaited data while De Kalb and Cobb showed losses. Georgia withstood the panic better than other states, though 65 counties remained unheard from.
Beginning Thursday evening and through Sunday August 18 16 the Epworth Leagues of Cordele District will meet for their Annual District Conference. South Georgia conference officers will participate and the program aims to develop the young in League work. Delegates from district towns are expected and locals will welcome guests. a complete program will appear in Tuesday’s issue.
The Fulton County Medical Association will stop practicing for those who do not pay. A law firm will handle accounts and maintain a record of every patient who fails to pay, meaning uninsured or nonpayers will be refused medical help when illness arises.
In Anniston Alabama on August 5 the ownership dispute over a 50 cent goat in Justice Newman s court ended with a win for the plaintiff A Y Graves over G L Formwall. Twenty witnesses testified or qualified at the trial opening and costs reached 20 dollars with 20 dollars in attorney fees.
Philadelphia reports from multiple counties describe bizarre plant hybrids and food innovations. Stories include a succotash plant from sugar corn and beans, a rye highball cross, noise-making corn stopped at night, a buttered potato from Irish potato crossed with butter bean, oats cooked via a burning bush cross, and plans to graft milk into cereal.
Rome Georgia August 5 doctors in Rome puzzled by a mystery case as Miss Pearl Hendrix at Lyndale has slept for several days since last Thursday opening her eyes only once on Saturday. This is her second episode with a sleep lasting nine days previously.
A quirky health note describes Foley's Kidney Curse as a remedy that purportedly balances kidneys and bladder. The piece treats the claim with typical newspaper skepticism while noting reader interest in alternative cures.
Atlanta Ga Aug 5 rumors say Col Yancey Carter of Hartwell will be Hearst’s pick to run for Georgia governor against Joseph M Brown. Rumors also say John Temple Graves may return from the national ticket to run for governor. Eugene Chafin and A S Watkins prohibition candidates plan October visits in Atlanta for a few speeches.
A Georgia preacher recalls visiting the Orphan's Home in Macon and organizing a church funded excursion from Valdosta August 19 to raise money for a Baby Cottage annex. The effort drew baskets, a baggage car, and strong appeals for repeat visits to bless homeless children.
In Eatonton Georgia A W Couch of Floyds Cotton Mills was struck and killed instantly by lightning as he walked with his brother near Judge Joe Sid Turners home. The 25 year old Edgefield South Carolina native was highly esteemed and died amid great excitement.
John Temple Graves and David Carvalho, top Hearst executives, expected in Atlanta next week to set up a new morning paper linked to the Hearst press. A mass Independence League meeting will nominate a governor candidate. Graves may serve as editor in chief. Possible contenders include Yancey Carter, FE Reagan, J Pope Brown, and J K Hines. The Independence Leaguers prepare a vigorous Georgia campaign.
A mix of wry maxims on truth time and fame. An announcement notes a Home visit with street cars to the depot and a rail excursion schedule. Train departs Valdosta at 6:00 am with round trips priced at the listed southern towns. child fare stated.
Reports across several states detail a Confederate veterans camp election in Dalton with Judge J. B. Felker re-elected commander. Other items note a Cordele residence fire, a Mississippi lynching aftermath, a fatal train strike in Jonesboro, an Alabama killing near Russell County, a Buchannan barn lightning death, a court martial in Atlanta, and a suicide attempt in Milledgeville with prior asylum history.
Atlanta August 4 notice says John D Rockefeller declined election as vice president of the Chandler Harris Memorial Association, but his $1000 check will be forwarded to the association at once.
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