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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1908
Page
3
Local residents and visitors frequent Vienna on Monday and Sunday including Tom Butler J M Roberts A E Walton and Judge D L Ivey The county school commissioner exam is underway with incumbent E G Greane seeking re election The Marietta Journal quotes a closing verse from a country man lamenting jelly life and pantry abundance
Opening services at the handsome new brick Methodist church were held Sunday at 11 o'clock with Rev. T. D. Ellis of Macon delivering the sermon. A collection followed to ease the church indebtedness, about $2,600 raised in subscriptions. Ellis also preached the night service to appreciative listeners.
A. E. Shealy & Bro. of Oglethorpe Georgia advertise 150 to 200 pounds of Tom Watson watermelon seed harvested from observed melons. They claim the seed produced a good elze crop and ripe melons that sold well, with netting $100 to $150 per car last year.
Pure breed for sale. rooster and 9 hens American Dominiques perdid inyers. $1.25 each or $12 the lot. J. M. Warp Route 4 Vienna Ga. FOR SALE A good gentle mare Apply to G. R. Mathews.
An excerpt recalls a departure moment where the speaker notes foreign phrases and the comfort of a mother at parting. The mother’s quiet embrace, restrained grief, and blessing gaze capture enduring maternal love and spiritual farewell.
For sale a 2000 pound park with an average weight about 100 pounds. Contact JAS.M WOODWARD at 127 It.
Advertises the Haynie Cotton Chopper for sale for 1908 with claims of saving hoeing costs and increasing cotton by fifty percent when used as directed. Notes improvements since last season, price unchanged at 12.50, inviting buyers to inquire for prices and terms. Includes a humorous anecdote from Booker T. Washington and a report on prisoners reading in jail.
Local ads list various farm goods and services including seeds lime and hulls from Vienna Cotton Oil Co, dressed lumber from J A Wood, and sale of cotton seed. Notices cover rental, livestock, two horse wagons, and a hereford bull with contact details in Vienna and surrounding Georgia towns.
For rent a three horse farm on the Angelly place six miles west of Vienna. Previously rented by Mr Henry Howard. Includes four room house barn and tenant housing. Price twenty thousand dollars per year. Apply to M E Rushin. Found a lady’s white kid glove at the post office. owner may claim by paying 16 cents. Foley's Kidney Cure advertises a remedy for kidneys and bladder.
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