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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
4
The Telfair Enterprise calls for one hundred men of intelligence to start and push a movement to develop both town and country, offering advancement opportunities if seekers can be brought face to face. This excerpt cites endorsement from The London Times and notes public support for political leaders and reforms.
A bootlegger used a wooden leg as a demijohn to transport whiskey for troopers in New Mexico. The inventive contraption served a lucrative illicit trade until a provost marshal shut it down. The account notes many drink to excess but calls this the first instance a body part stored liquor.
The Dawson News reports on Judge George delivering the commencement Baccalaureate address and receiving a Gatinet compliment for the speech, noting the positive impression made on the audience and speakers during the ceremonies.
The Moultrie Observer presents a list of questions for candidates to answer privately. Topics include clemency in the Leo Frank case, cattle tick eradication funding, church stance, Tom Watson, liquor, fence laws, presidential votes, capital relocate, free schoolbooks, state publishing, compulsory education, acquaintance with Clayt Roberson and Harry Rose, boll weevil, and religious affiliation. Answers are sought to judge fitness for public trust.
The State Osteopathic Convention took place in Savannah last week. Macon women Mrs Helen Shaw Harrold and Mrs Dorothy Blount Lamar will lead a debate at the Grand Opera House next Thursday June 8 on the resolution that woman suffrage is a menace to social reform. Seven cattle dipping vats in Brooks county were wrecked by dynamite last week by unknown parties. An amendment to the rivers and harbors bill urged by Senator Hardwick was adopted by the senate increasing the Georgia river appropriation. The first 1916 peaches shipped north from Fort Valley by J C Fagin, the first to make shipments in three years.
Unadilla May H R Broxton is nursing a sprained wrist and bruises after his large touring car wrecked when steering gear failed. The machine left the road into a ditch at about fifteen miles an hour. It is his third wreck, and he says he is through with motor vehicles. His quick exit saved him from more serious injuries.
Georgia peach shipments start the season with two crates from Marshalville, followed by a Byron carload. The May flower from Marshalville and Aneedas and other early varieties head to New York. Georgia Fruit Exchange in Atlanta plans faster shipments into the peak season and says prices remain strong across the route from Canada to New York.
A Lilly civic group gathering at Mrs. T.P. Busbee’s home drew many members and guests including Miss Floyd and Mrs. Wadsworth. Punch was served, musical numbers performed, and an alphabetical contest highlighted the afternoon. Plans for a “Scenes in a Union Depot” play and a canning demonstration were noted for the June 9 meeting.
A garbled 19th century notarial oath appears alongside disjointed medical advertising text. The oath mentions a notary public and a date around 1886 while the rest reads faintly of a mucous surface claim and a Hall's Family Pills constipation advertisement. The readable names are not coherent enough to identify specific persons or places.
For Sale White and Cornish Indian Game Fowls at 1 dollar each eggs 117 J M Ward Vienna Ga May 18 1906 Sweet potato plants Triumph Whittle Pattisall Porto Rico and Pumpkin Yam 1 000 Middleton Farm Dooly County Vienna Ga January 1906 note 1 mo
City officials warn that those who have not paid street tax and license fees must settle by June 1 or warrants will be issued. Mayor J W Lytle and Aldermen Causey Powell and Arnold oversee the action with clerk N A Powell.
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