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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
2
Fragmentary note references a second class entry in Ge and mentions the March timeframe under a wait mall act. No clear names, locations, or outcomes are readable.
The Albany Herald notes New York newspapers largely oppose Bryan except Staats Zeitung. It cites the New York Tribune as warning Republicans that Bryan is a strong vote getter and that the 1908 campaign will not be a walkover.
A busy week redefined politics and exploration with Bryan's nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Peary's polar expedition departure, Watson named by populists, Harris mourned as a Southern storyteller, the Dieppe Grand Prix, Bat Nelson defeating Joe Gans, the Lusitania breaking westward voyage records, and Joseph M. Brown notified of Georgia governor nomination. Frank Hitchcock was named as
The Savannah News surveys a week of major events including the Republican Committee chairmanship, an airship race from Chicago toward the Atlantic, a London marriage of Princé de Sagan and Anas Gould, Philadelphia mayors snubbing an Austrian princess, Georgia’s anti-pass law defiance, President Roosevelt chopping a tree and cooking breakfast in the woods, and Venezuela severing relations. It notes stage business and plays that filled gaps between headline events and promises for the future.
A malformed verse recalls Mary losing a lamb and her brother John running a village store. The sheriff closes him out as customers pass and Mary laments the missed sale while merchants elsewhere prosper from active trade.
A Washington Post essay recounts a Georgia wedding clash where a bridegroom faced his future father in law’s shotgun warning. The tale reflects old fashioned views on obedience and support in marriage and hints the man’s “new thought” plans would have faltered.
Obituary notice for Thomas Wilbur Walton born April 17 1904 died July 4 1908. The notice prays for the family to endure loss and to live in faith to reunite in heaven with angels and the great white throne.
The Byromville Epworth League hosted Mrs. W. J. Page for a delightful evening. A 9 o'clock candy scramble winner J. L. Stephena received a prize. Refreshments followed as Mrs. Page provided music. The group plans further charitable work as it grows stronger and promises future notable deeds.
John Barrett of Middletown Connecticut and Washington offers his body for $50 after being deserted by fortune. The Washington hospital officials refused the offer but Barrett keeps it open. He believes hospitals pay for dissecting cadavers and sees the plan as a temporary relief from poverty.
Notice states that the book for receiving city ad valorem tax returns for the year 1908 will be opened July 1 1908 and remain open for thirty days.
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