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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1909
Page
1
Jake Proctor, three, son of Mr and Mrs W H Proctor of Asinaboro, died at his grandmother J W Roberts home in Zonday about 12 80 after illness of 86 hours. He arrived with his mother from Swarmboro shortly before. interment was in the city cemetery yesterday afternoon. The News extends sympathy to the family.
The office will not issue a paper this Friday to allow staff a brief holiday break. Subscriptions are asked to bear with the pause and to enjoy Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Christmas tree event at Richwood Church set for 8 Velock p m on Saturday December 5. Includes Sunday School program and public service with Santa Claus handing out presents to attendees. All friends and Sunday School members invited.
A note to property owners and voters in Vienna expresses gratitude for the chance to fill a position and asks for votes. The writer frames the role as representing the tribe and pledges service to the community.
The sale lists four mules, one horse, two horses, wagons, harrow, cotton cutter, plow tools and more at Pinehurst. Bidders pay cash to Mrs J H Folds, with the event handled by Folds estate and Orovitz's Removal offering grade checks as payment options.
Price quotes for Vienna cotton today from Union Warehouse show values around 24 1 4 to 1 8 in the midday session. Trade notes indicate variations likely linked to market demand and spot availability in Vienna.
Col. M. P. Hall of Macon completed a large land deal acquiring the Gus Morgan place on the Flint River near Drayton in Dooly County. The 1800 acres fetched about 200000 dollars and includes roughly 4000 dollars in improvements. The sale highlights rising land values in the area.
Seven prisoners tunneled from the Jackson Georgia county jail after one inmate feigned illness. Charles Smith hid atop his cell as others fled, jailers secured keys and closed cells, two suspects were captured, bloodhounds failed in cold weather, authorities believe the others are still at large. Three escapees faced capital charges.
A poem about the Lookout Man watching children to ensure they behave for Santa Claus. Naughty kids receive nothing and good kids earn gifts. a cautionary tale told in simple rhymes for Christmas.
Mr and Mrs O P Churchwell mourn the death of their fourteen month old daughter Lola after a four day illness. The family recalls her bright presence and faith in Heaven while expressing sorrow and hope in reunion around God’s throne.
A man named Johnson plans a honeymoon to a town famed for honey at meals. At the hotel there is no honey, causing confusion until a waiter recalls a former bar maid, noting she no longer works there.
Bright Bits surveys speculative thoughts on future inventions and devices likely to emerge in the coming decade. References to aviation prizes and aeronautics hint at evolving tech. A humorous aside contrasts old jokes with modern disruption.
The entire Phillips family six children and both parents, cotton mill workers, are stricken with hookworm, believed contracted in the country. Illness of a child led to the discovery. Medical treatment offers hope for recovery.
W G Glisson of Macon Georgia sues Joseph M Napier a wholesale grocer and merchant for slander claiming Napier stated in public that Glisson stole a diamond ring and planned to have the couple watched by Pinkerton men seeking twenty thousand dollars in damages through attorney O C Hancock.
A man braves flames to save a fellow, climbing to the seventy seventh floor. He escapes with the life he saved as the building collapses, spectators hail him as a hero, and he recalls a debt of two dollars.
A curious claim about a Rocky Mountain rat that enters homes to steal items and replace them with chips or stones. Miners report the creature trades a shoe, wheel, or other objects, leaving a marker in place of each stolen article.
Dorothy, a farm family child, runs to tell her mother of an outburst during work. She says she called a cow an elf brute after an incident near a cornfield, revealing a moment of rural farm life and emotion.
J H Burbage, recently arrived from Birmingham, was arrested in Atlanta on suspicion of writing three blackmail letters to A G Candler demanding 20000 dollars and threatening the Candler family. Private detectives tracked him after he followed Candler to the building, though Burbage denies the charge.
Meigs Georgia December 20 Special. In a street duel this afternoon Ben Lowie Sr and Ben Lewis Jr faced H Dennard Charles Dennard and Lewis Dennard. Charlie Dennard suffered a thigh flesh wound and Lewis Dennard a left shoulder wound. Other participants were uninjured. Crowds watched as old family trouble likely sparked the incident.
Local report notes C J Wright of Pinehurst involved in early horseshoeing work. ASupiday Shirts collar attachment sale is advertised and Orovite Removal Bale priced at 48 cents.
Medical texts describe hexamethylenetetramine as a uric acid solvent and antiseptic for urine. Take Foley's Kidney Remedy at first sign of irregularity to avoid serious malady. sold by jal droggiste.
A city resident named B. Tayler reports buying a large assortment of fireworks including dynamite crackers Roman candles sky rockets and torpedoes to fund a “carge quantity” for children. The note suggests payment by mail and direct purchasing.
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