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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1908
Page
3
City court met this morning. Numerous local residents and visitors are listed, with multiple social and business appointments across Vienna. Several Oak County figures, including Col Jule Felton and Rev Metz Joy, are mentioned along with farm and family visits. A late-added item notes an umbrella lost at the Opera House during the Old Maid's convention.
All persons are warned under penalty of the law against cutting white oak hunting fishing or trespassing on the premises of W E Trippe.
Miss Essa Mae Hamilton hosted a lively leap year party for visitors Miss Mary Edwards of Eastman and Miss Jewel Jacobs of Macon. A mock wedding crowned Miss Jacobs to Mr James Hammond with Mendelssohn’s march leading the bridal procession. Guests and escorts enjoyed lawn refreshments as Col Lucius Woodward officiated.
A shoe store promotes a discount of 109 percent on all low cut shoes for cash. The sale begins July 15th and runs today to clear space for fall and winter arrivals. Attend this large discount sale before items sell out.
Bargain offer from F. M. Barfield in Pinehurst Georgia. Several second hand mowers and rakes available for purchase.
A survey of odd legal missteps from history including material erasures and misspelled words in deeds. It recounts cases such as a missing final e in justice and a hedge dispute described as in the high road, leading to a defendant’s judgment, with a note on Cardigan’s 1841 duel indictment.
An unnamed famous actor demonstrated quick wit when a stagehand accidentally stuck his head through gauze on a faux sea. The actor, portraying a pirate chief, shouted a man overboard, prompting rescuers to haul the surprised extra aboard as the audience gasped in disbelief.
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