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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1909
Page
4
Obituary notice and editorial comment discuss Taft’s anticipated federal appointments, northern and southern race dynamics, and a Boston uproar over a black official. The piece juxtaposes a brief obituary ad with provocative national discourse on race and office holders, citing Savannah News and imagining future implications for northern postings.
Editor Earle KE Martin recounts his first test driving a small gasolineless bug wagon. He notes fear and trembling as he handles the device, aided by a demonstrator who ultimately leaves him with an 86 page manual. Twenty four pages warn of trouble, heightening his nervousness.
Sixth District notes report L B E Barfield and spouse visiting Pinehurst on Monday. C Thompson visited Vienna Wednesday. B Lupo visits Frazieur with parents. Rens Bush week end with B Bush. Carrie Peavy guest of Mamie and Ola Peavy weekend. Walter Wilson and Pete McKinney went to Pinehurst on business. Carrie Mamie Ola Peavy at Pineridge preaching Sunday. Rev J A Nelson guest of W G Peavy Saturday night. J B Holt spent Sunday with Carlton McKinney Messia. Shell Peavy and John Bush at St Paul Sunday. Brown Eyes late for Friday paper.
A critical review of Rev Dr Linscott's International Newspaper Bible Study Club program dated December 19 1909. It lists eleven prior lessons with Pauline prison histories and Golden Texts from Acts Romans and II Timothy, plus questions on each lesson and a final Christmas lesson on the birth of Christ.
A Washington Herald writer recalls Colonel William R. Morrison who died in Illinois after Civil War service and as congressman and civil service commissioner. In a snowbound hotel fire drill he urged calm and careful dressing, assuring safety, while Mrs Morrison quipped about clothes and crowns.
Advertisement notes no case on record of pneumonia after using Foley's Honey and Tar to stop coughs and break up colds. It warns to refuse imitations and promotes the genuine yellow package, claiming no opiates and safety.
A fragment notes H Orovits Removal Sale offers baby caps priced at $1 760 and 80c reduced to 48c 890 and 230 at Vienna Drug Co with Weal woolford sanitary lotion claim it cures in thirty minutes and “Never fails.”
A Macon appeal organized by J A Harris invites local residents to pledge at least one dollar for the Georgia Industrial Home orphans between now and January 1, 1910. Signers receive a card noting sixty dollar annual support and may win gold prizes for larger contributions.
Misa Alma Ward of Shiloh spent the week end with Miss Mae Sangster. Ada Reynolds attended Sunday school at St. Paul. Lige Bridges and family were guests of Henry Walden. Jack Adame and Mamie McKinney attended Sunday school at St. Paul. W. W. Wood made a business trip to Vienna. Riley Walden attended Lady’s school at Sandy Mount. W. T. Hendley made a business trip to Vienna. Brown Eyes.
Two six room residences on Sixth street or will exchange for desirable farm property. Also 250 bushels of Apple seed oats no smut nor fast and 250 bushels Woodward oats. One fine Jersey bull three years old. J. M. Woodward. Have your car examined by a competent man. A stitch in time saver nine Vienna Garage Co.
A well dressed young woman asked a branch library for Shakespeare volumes and spent over fifteen minutes searching. She misheard a play title and asked for Just as You Wish later corrected to As You Like It. She then read from the correct play in a quiet corner.
A collage of light newspaper snippets shows humor and gossip. Licenses to marry spark laughter as an editor notes 1,800 issued this season while a poodle’s death prompts a mock pallbearer scare. A clerk touts customer attention, and a housekeeper quips about a summer thermometer. The Frederick the Great history excerpt satirizes cavalry mismanagement with a nested joke about officers dodging duties.
An early 20th century style ad promises Foley’s Honey and Tar for coughs and pneumonia with a money-back guarantee if it fails. The piece blends medical claims with a whimsical bedtime song about Santa Claus, sleep, and make believe, ending with a stray constitutional reference.
Dr Holston Ells will visit The New Southern Hotel on Third Monday each month to offer eye examinations and discuss prescription glasses. He highlights trial cases of lenses and frames, measurement for proper fit, and guarantees money back if not full satisfaction.
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