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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1909
Page
3
Local ads promote Vienna businesses including Vienna Hardware Co for stoves and Ranger products, C J Wright horseshoeing in Pinehurst, removal sales at Orovitz, coffin offerings by Ridley Furniture, and E C Taylor Christmas goods. Car checkups, stock hogs for sale, and veterinary lotion are also advertised along with Vienna Garage Co services.
A historical sketch recounts the harsh early days for midshipmen including meager pay and sparse rations for Midshipman Macdonough, 16 when he joined. It covers uniform details, naval discipline, and the evolving pay and ration reforms. The piece closes with a note on activated charcoal as antiseptic and preservative aid for food and health.
A city man asked a horticultural paper what plants fit winter dried grasses. The editor answered with Latin names Acroclinium Gomrena Globosa and Groseum gle a carnea. The reader angrily canceled his subscription, calling the editor’s language unworthy.
Local Pinehurst ads promote furniture stock at C A Thompson Vienna Hardware and Thompson’s Pinehurst store. Goods listed include furniture, beds and springs, mattresses, wire fencing, butter, Oliver plows, tires, and sewing machines. Also offered are oats seed, cotton seed payments, roosters eggs, buggies and wagons, stock dogs, and garden supplies with notices of prices and delivery options.
MJOW announces subscription twice weekly and advertises first class commercial printing services including font, blankes, notes, and bill heads for homes and businesses.
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