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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
8
The court cites all persons to show cause why the administrator of Mary Edwards' estate should not be discharged and receive Letters of Dismission on the first Monday in July 1916. Ordinary J. D. Hargrove presiding.
The court house sale will auction 100 acres of cotton on the Pate place and about 8 bales of cotton. Levied on as V. H. Griffin's property to satisfy six executions issued March 26 1918 from the 2466 district court G M in favor of M H Leggitt against V H Griffin et al. This third day of June 1916 H O Davis Sheriff.
In Toledo Ohio Lucas County Frank J Cheney swears an oath regarding the firm F J ne business and its operations in the city. The document references a hall and various scribbled notes about a test of testimony and subscription terms.
For sale White and Cornish Indian Game fowls at 1 dollar each and eggs at 1 dollar per 17. J. M. Ward Vienna Georgia. Note placed in local classifieds.
All persons are warned not to hunt fish or trespass on lands pertaining to Hol land lake without written permission. I will prosecute to the full extent of the law all guilty parties. This March 1916. MRS. LILLY HOLLON.
A Chicago Journal piece notes a physician psychologist found a patient with extreme nervousness linked not to heredity but to an unconscious coffee habit traced through her mother and grandmother. The example argues for caution in legislating based on presumed heredity and warns against “fool laws.”
The article explains long lines used for halibut fishing with hooks baited and laid on the sea bed. Lines stretch up to sixty miles, attached to buoys marked by flags and lights, and require a steam engine to reel in heavy loads once fish are caught.
A shy customer buys two collars and slips a 50 cent piece on the counter. The haberdasher returns with the collars and the exact 25 cent change, saying he could tell the coin by the sound it makes when it hits the counter. This labor-saving brevity amuses and proves surprising shop wit.
The piece notes how life insurance records reveal hidden pension discussions and how actuarial data and medical exams fall short. It cites cases where young men labeled poor risks were later helped by charity, while others deemed perfect risks died soon after. It highlights the enduring uncertainty in predicting mortality.
Short classified rental notice for a single room cottage near Middleton Street, Mrs. R. identified as contact.
A historic meditation recounts Shakespeare as a modest youth who rose from a village to a city fringe, was forgotten by his inner circle, yet loved by “lowly” followers. The piece notes early scholars doubting his poetry and the enduring devotion of humble admirers cited by John McGovern in National Magazine.
Old Abijah Meeker visits a store seeks no treatment for his cold. He teases a nearby schoolteacher headed to the sanatorium and boasts a home remedy plan with ginger tea mustard foot baths and nitro specrus as he jokes about getting well by morning.
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