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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1908
Page
4
City Court met this morning. Many locals and visitors from Kerns, Montezuma, Unadilla, Cordele, Pinehurst, Byromville, and Atlanta were seen on various business and social rounds. Community notes include church services, holiday shopping tips, new restaurant plans, and upcoming newspaper vacation closure.
Col Tom Taylor and Col W H Tasseter visited on business while G C Smith of the A B and A rode in from Cordele. Mrs Cleo Carmack and Mrs White of Pineview joined Mrs W F Newby in the city. A Pinehurst auditorium performance of The Deacon features local talent with 25 cent admission to aid the school library. Rev J M Skelton of Fitzgerald will pastor Mars Hill Baptist Church and preached What think ye of Christ. Vienna to welcome Rev J J Ansley as the new Methodist pastor. Vienna council bans dogs at large. incident with E E Lews buggy injures a negro passenger but none seriously.
Poem fragment by Joel B. Fort contrasts urban bustle and festive cheer with stark poverty. It laments wealth's comforts for the rich while the poor and needy cry, reminding readers of the struggling laborer and the woman in rags.
Resp t W Turton announces candidacy for alderman in Vienna city primary. Meanwhile an ad notes a five room house with garden and half acre patch for sale or rent with possession January 1 1909 and invites inquiries at The News Office. Vienna Cotton Oil Co offers to buy remnants of seed cotton at highest cash price.
X O Turner offers for cash at his home on December 22 1908 a sale of horses wagon buggy cows farming implements hay corn and other farm goods. Also notices highest cash price paid for hides furs tallow beeswax and a prompt reminder to bring seed cotton to Vienna Cotton Oil Co for the best price.
Share cropper wanted for year 1909 on well cultivated land with good stock and a comfortable house located one mile from Vienna Georgia. White family preferred with strong labor force.
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