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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1907
Page
2
The column surveys national politics with references to Vardaman, Cortelyou, Foraker, Taft and Roosevelt era figures. It comments on Ohio politics, Pittsburgh water quality, Ramesses II, St. Louis lighting, and tariff debates. Local taunts mix with regional observations on crops, wages, and Texas heat.
Commissioner H Knox Smith attacks the Oil Trust as K Mountain Landis faced a setback. A Chicago woman assaulted her husband after he filed for divorce without consent. A Kentucky traveler fined in Texas for whiskey on a train may appeal Col Watterson on state governance. The Spartansburg Journal laments a battered era of bat breaking players and rising strikeouts.
The Brooklyn Printers' Ink owner William Johnson, a longtime advertising leader, was recalled by an ad writer who said he kept a shelf of stories ready for young solicitors. One favorite tale involved two children playing store and promising not to advertise loudly while the baby slept.
The Farmer's Union of Dooly county gathered at the court house Saturday for a large, orderly meeting. A noon dinner in the grove near the school was enjoyed by members and families as Geo. Smith of Houston County and S. E. Leigh of Grantville spoke. Short talks followed and attendees praised the day’s entertainment and arrangements.
A survey of odd legal mishaps from distortions in deeds to clerical blots and misdescriptions. It recalls Warrens fiction of material erasure and cites cases such as Dovaston versus Payne and a 1841 duel indictment error, with judges calling out oddities in pleading and naming.
An actor playing a pirate chief on stage improvised when a super accidentally emerged through gauze as part of the set. He shouted a man overboard, and the crew hauled the startled extra aboard to the applause of the audience, who believed it part of the performance.
The article traces the spread of hand fans from Portugal to Italy France and Spain from the fourteenth century onward. It notes Catherine de Medici introducing fans to France and records Queen Elizabeth’s vast fan collection and court use, with a coded signaling system for flirtation.
The article traces auction origins from Roman times to modern practice, noting royal spoils auctions and the use of a marked stake to designate sale sites. It then describes old English candle bidding, where bids ended as a candle burned down, prompting strategic delays.
W M Lewis administrator of Elijah Butts estate applies in Georgia Dooly County for permission to sell land lots Nos 71 72 73 in the 10th district and 1n lot section of Appling now Chattam County for distribution among heirs. If no good cause is shown the application will be granted on the first Monday in September 1907. August 5 1907 J D Hargrove D D
Administrators of Mrs E L Patrick seek leave to sell real estate in Dooling and Dooly County Georgia to pay debts and distribute assets. Lands include house and lot No 1 block 9 and lot No 4 block 9 in Dooling, plus assorted lots and acreage in the 2nd district. Hearing set for the 1st Monday in September 1907. August 5, 1907.
Whereas Jos H Thompson has in due form applied to the undersigned for permanent administration on the estate of Newtham M Wodn late of said county deceased I will pass on his application on 1st Monday in tember next This August 5th 1907 J D HARGROVE O D G
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