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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1905
Page
2
Editor W Greer of the Waycross Journal mediated a conciliation ending a labor strike. Engineers receive pay advances from 9.56 to 4 per day and firemen rise from 1.50 to 2.00. Workers gain standard duties and a future range of range-based seniority with improved conditions.
Captain John W. Lindsey of Wilkin son County was re appointed by Vernor Terrell for a three year term starting December 16. This marks the beginning of Lindsey’s third term as pension commissioner amid earlier opposition that was withdrawn. His duties demand diplomacy and he has managed the office with broad public support from pensioners and the state.
An author from Harper Washington claims seven years of bitter fighting with stomach and liver trouble ended with Tectric Bitters curing his diseases. He urges others to try the medicine, noting its strong results and recommending a 60 cent bottle.
Americus Georgia December 18 Meig Powell a 92 year old farmer shot and instantly killed his brother Thomas Powell at their country home near Americus The homicide stems from a former dispute in which Thomas Powell was wounded in the arm Coroner Duckworth conducts inquiry at the Powell home with few facts known Thomas Powell leaves a family both men regarded highly in their community
Manager Earnest Cooke presents Humpty Dumpty at Heard's Opera House on the 20th with George Adams in the title role. The program blends comedy opera vaudeville and pantomime with a grand ballet and over 20 participants. The vaudeville highlight is the “Eve” act depicting creation and occult themes in a acclaimed showcase.
Rev. O. D. Moore, pastor of the Baptist church in Harpersville New York, describes agonizing suffering from a persistent cough caused by the grip. He credits Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds with curing his cough and preventing consumption. The Vienna Drug Co price one dollar guarantee trial bottle free.
C J Krzo offers to supply local customers with custom sawed lumber and shingles for sixty days. Mill located four and a half miles southeast of Vienna Georgia. R F D No 3 Vienna Ga.
Albany Ga November 21 1906 letter notes cotton market history and grim outlook tallies Ten and one quarter million as crop maximum. writer laments labor scarcity and farming prospects while previewing price setting by producers and buyers Clark & Co.
Dr J B Edge a leading Georgia physician died in his Perry apartment after a brief illness. The body will be sent to Perry for burial this afternoon with Masonic honors. A Shrine delegation escorted the casket to the station and to Perry. His wife died recently and was buried in Perry. both were natives of North Georgia.
Pinehurst resident L. M. Mashburn informs the News he has decided not to run for tax collector at the coming meeting next Tuesday. He has many friends and would have made a strong race if he had entered.
Norton Cox of Seneca D C seeks information on Walter Lumpkin last heard to be in the county shingle mill business. Cox holds money owed to Lumpkin and asks anyone with information to notify him at the Seneca address.
In Jesboro Georgia on December 18 George Glissom 25 shot his father W C Glissom after a drunken quarrel. He broke in twice wounding the elder man who died within an hour. George fled to his younger brother firing at him wounding his arm. He has not been arrested.
Voters are reminded of a mass meeting set for Tuesday at 10 o clock a m in the courthouse to nominate a candidate for tax collector to fill the unexpired term of John Fennies. Two candidates, C R Morgan and L Ellis, both from this district, will attend the meeting. Also notes urging attendance at local precinct elections on December 2 and a Kennedy’s Laxative Honey and Tar cough remedy advertisement.
Notice to the public from Josrin Burne stating dissolution of Mayer Watts & Co. and purchase of the business. Burne invites continued patronage for a full line of supplies and urges all debts to be settled promptly.
Notice for all teachers to meet in Vienna on Saturday January 6 1906 to arrange contracts with Dooly County Public Schools. Schools start Monday January 8 1906 and run for four months. Signed E Gruen C S C Dooly Co December 18 1905.
A professor asserts laziness results from a germ and touts Rydales Liver Tablets as microbe killers. The ad promises relief from fatigue and liver disorders, claims constipation cures, and guarantees customer satisfaction with chocolate cone tablets sold by Vienss Drug Qo.
A fragmented OCR snippet describes a grandiose exhibit titled Moral Museume of Mirvels and a museum of wonders. The garbled lines reference vast exhibits and a promised feature set, portraying an inflated, ambiguous spectacle without clear dates or participants.
A 25 000 dollar feature showcases the largest living hyeroporae in captivity weighing about 6 000 pounds. Among the specimens is a blood sweating behemoth described as a holy writ creature captured from the Nile morasss and river regions. The Liptides and family of young Cuba are noted as part of the display of unusual zoological specimens.
A traveling zoo and performances arrive featuring The Humay Eor and Thy LaPearl Family of Sensational Aerialists with Hagihar's Japan troupe. Carless presents a dramatic perpendicular ladder act as part of the show.
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