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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1909
Page
3
A brief notice announces a newly installed market stall behind a grocery store. The vendor pledges to serve customers with a selection of fresh meats at short notice and invites patrons to purchase.
For sale are two farms: one 56 acre farm and one 101 1 4 acre farm. Also multiple residences in Worth and Cordele Georgia including 2 room, 4 room, 6 room, and 7 room houses. Can sell separately or as larger parcels. James R. Kelly Cordele Ga. December 9.
Open head cotton king harrows in solid and lent finishes with adjustable disks in 16 18 and 20 inch sizes priced to move. The ad lists multiple Georgia towns and dates from October through December including Pinehurst Byromville Unadilla Drayton Vienna and others, with merchants such as F. M. Barfield and C. R. Morgan promoting seasonal book closings and store events.
Personal property of H D Wood estate to be sold at his home in Dooly County on December 16 1909 for cash. Items include horses mules cows hogs buggies wagons tools corn oats fodder cotton seed cane syrup and other plantation goods. Sale starts 10 oclock and runs daily until completed under order of Judge J D Hartgrove. This Feb 30 1909.
Property sale offer from Alec Cold Drink of Vienna Georgia. Describes land suitable for eight more houses, listed as in good condition on a top street. Includes confusing Old-Style contact lines and reference to holiday rail rates by Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad with travel validity from Dec 17 1909 to Jan 6 1910.
Hints for Xmas stocking items describe a yellow satin sewing case with pockets shelves and hooks, a three panel screen top table, and needle holders. Also suggested are green corn servers with silver daggers, jabots for fronts, an embroidered bean bag for children, a college robe novelty, linen desk sets, white glove ponçipers, and a bee embroidered linen sewing apron with the line How doth the little busy bee improve each shining hour.
A car load of Pittsburgh Perfect Hog Field and Poultry fencing list received with prices right in Pinehurst Georgia.
David Collander and Bartocci, both under 30, paid 80 cents to hear Caruso at the Metropolitan Opera House. A mysterious man aided their entry via a fire escape, but police halted them as they reached a fourth floor window. They were charged with entering the building and stealing the melody without tickets.
On December 1 the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway will remove local sleepers and parlor cars between Macon and Jacksonville and replace them with modern Pullman equipment. Night trains 8 and 4 will carry Pullman 12 section drawing room buffet sleeping cars and day trains 1 and 2 will run Pullman broiler buffet chair cars between Macon and Jacksonville. The new service will be strictly up to date.
Advertises best selected seed with a slogan about sowing oats at this time of year. Encourages readers to see the seller for the best seed selection and timing advice.
Advertising snippet from Vienna Georgia listing a 108 acre farm partly inside North Vienna limits suitable for a dairy operation. Contact G R Mathews for details. Also offers 1000 bushels of Woodward Seed Oats at 75 cents per bushel F.O.B. Dinahineette Pancullby. Other items include a wanted work ox or cart and ox from J B Ryner and a subscription collector job for Success Magazine in Vienna with complete outfit provided.
In Dooly County Georgia the firm of Wilson and Porter dissolves by mutual consent. W R Porter retires. C L Wilson remains as sole member and assumes all liabilities and collects all accounts and notes due. Dated November 17, 1909. C L Wilson W P Porter
Fragmentary report notes oats yield and farming priorities. Mentions Hastings oats at several hundred bushels per acre and a sale of Fengin vats. Cites preference for oats over cotton and references hay and pan vine hay as valuable.
The Vienna News states it will purge subscribers in arrears on December 3 to comply with U S Postal Laws and urges payment to avoid loss. Also advertises New Wilson sewing machines and hay wire sold by Vienna Hardware Co at $1 per bunch.
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