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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1902
Page
1
Special to the News reports a gin house owned by Vinton Bros four miles northeast of Pinehurst burned along with part of a bale of cotton and cotton seed. The blaze likely started from a dropped match in the gin. No insurance covered the building or its contents. The ginning cotton belonged to Mr. Gus Davis.
Unadilla Georgia residents report visitors from Watkinsville to Mrs. C G Pow and Mrs Dr R H Pate with relatives in town. Judge D L Ivey injures his foot from falling timber. C W Smith purchases Haig Davis residence and plans move soon. A gin house four miles southeast burned with twelve hundred pounds seed cotton. four mules powering the gin were saved.
Vienna promotes its hotel and sidewalks as drawing cards for visitors and new business. A local party including C. M. Heard Col. George R Whitehead G B Haslam returned from a duck hunting trip near the Florida border with Macon sportsmen, reporting a successful, if nongettable, hunt and noting no alligators slain.
City registration books are open as required by law. Citizens are urged to register if they wish to vote in the upcoming primary and general elections. Clerk and Treasurer Alon B. Woop oversees the process.
Local notes record visits among Gamble Ward Johnson and Huggins families. A wedding at Judge Carlisle's home unites Pat Ward and Ruby Schofill. Mildred Self, three, dies leaving grieving parents. Santa Claus looms as Christmas approaches with children eager for gifts.
Teisserene de Bort reports a new record low of 72 degrees Celsius or 97.6 degrees Fahrenheit during a trial balloon flight. The instrument reached 88 000 feet in altitude, recording the frigid conditions of near space.
The Wayne county commissioners awarded Jeff Darling the contract to build depots and section houses for the Atlantic and Birmingham railroad between Cordele and Montezuma. Darling is praised as an honest, modest Christian gentleman whose proven integrity convinced officials to choose him despite lower bids. He is brother of Mrs. H. P. Myers of Waycross.
An employee questions a five dollar deduction labeled voluntary for campaign purposes. The superintendent insists it is mandatory, stating the worker must pay or lose employment, while the employee protests that it was not part of the bargain. The exchange is captured from the Chicago Tribune.
True sympathy greets Jack after Miss Jones rejects him, while Tom urges him to move on. Jack laments the girl’s decision but accepts there are others, in a brief Chicago News moment.
In Indianapolis News a quote asks if a father forgave a daughter who ran off to marry. The old man reportedly said he would forgive and forget. The piece notes a dressmaker who can cure bed fits shows notable patience despite limited medical knowledge.
The advertisement claims Kodol cures all digestive ailments and restores health by purifying and strengthening the stomach. Gov. G W Atkinson of West Virginia says he used several bottles and found it very effective for stomach issues. Vienna Drug Co.
Walton Brothers offer Sauer’s extracts in lemon vanilla banana peppermed strawberry orange cinnamon and other flavors. Also advertise Lowney’s Cooking Chocolate in assorted varieties.
A local column reflects on the season with reflections on Vienna Georgia noting sunshine rich days and moral earnestness. It praises community leaders such as postmaster R. Middleton and cashier K. R. Lewis while praising school work and local farmers and church life amid social observations and mild humor.
A weather influenced health warning urges keeping One Minute Cough Cure at home. Madison Ga resident EH Wise credits the remedy for improved health and possibly saving his life. The advertisement claims it cures coughs colds lagrippe bronchitis pneumonia and all throat and lung troubles. Vieona Drug Co
Advertisement urges customers to telephone Egleston and McDonald for cotton seed hulls and meal delivered within city limits with prompt attention.
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