PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK OFFICIAL ORGAN OF DOOLY COUNTY
A long letter page reports on local industry hopes including a Montezuma knitting mill hiring 100 girls in Vienna, urging the Vienna board of trade to recruit such enterprises. It notes Congressman KE. B. Lewis’s committee assignments and praises his fiscal stewardship for the Third district. Also quoted are editorials on delinquents and a New York board of education plan for a vast 4500-student school with modern amenities in six stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montezuma
Vienna
Board of Trade
KE. B. Lewis
Lewis
Congress
Third
Board of Education of
New York
Pblic
Macon
Postmistress versus Texas Mayor Sparks Hat Shooting Tale
A frontier melodrama unfolds as a postmistress clashes with a Texas mayor over mail access. The sheriff favors armed enforcement, preferring Washington intervention, while the post office doors bar Negroes and greasers. The Albany Herald comments on gender and town reputation in a sharp, era-tinged critique.
Sheriff Complains Of Postmistress In Texas Town
A Texas sheriff reports to the Post Office Department that a local postmistress enforces blunt rules with a six shooter. She allegedly requires all men to remove hats when requesting mail and once fired a bullet through a mayor's hat crown after he entered without removing his headgear. The New Orleans paper cites unnamed officials and emphasizes prudence in reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miamnéra
Texas
United States
Prairie Buzzards
Washington
Post
New Orleans
Postoffice Department
Uncle Rectus Letter Praises Dooly County Farming and Syrup Making
In Vienna the mills run day and night as syrup and sugar are produced. Mr M. E. Rushin operates a modern syrup machine with J. W. Arnold, boasting 1004 gallons daily of bright thick syrup. Rushin farms well, grows cotton, feeds stock, and keeps laborers content. W J Harpe in Pinehurst district yields large crops, including eight bales of cotton and 240 bushels of corn. Dooly dirt is praised for turning hard work into plenty.
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Vienna
M. E. Rushin
J. W. Arnold
Rushin
Mr. Rushin
Dooly
W J Harpe
Pinehurst
Dooly County
Vera Forehand Hosts Birthday Party for Sixth Year
Vera Forehand, six, daughter of Mr and Mrs B Forehand, held a Saturday afternoon party for her sixth birthday. She received several nice presents from her young friends. The gathering was enjoyed by all, with refreshments served during the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera
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Pathfinder
Macon Shoe Co
3Rd Street
Georgia
THE
Vienna News
TA. Adkins, Jr
Forbers & Coxe Drug Company
Eet
Toffica Ab
Telephone
Dade County
Dade, County
Trenton
George F. Hughes
Albany Herald
Phe News
Florida
Purgatory
Rectus
J. L. Peavy
Gab
Prise
Superior Court
J. Frank Powell
Vierna, Ga
C.D. C. Ga
W. J. Bryant
BRO
W. T. McDonald
J. R. CauSey
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