Vienna Trims Tifton in Two of Three Baseball Games
Vienna hosted Tifton for a three game series, winning two tight contests. Monday’s eleven inning opener featured late scoring by Brinson on Henry’s three base hit, while Solomon starred in the second game with a key three base hit and two RBI. The third game ended 14 to 3 in favor of Tifton. The series heads to Vienna next, with new players joining both squads.
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Vienna
Tifton
Brinson
Henry
Solomon
The
Baptist Church
Westbrook
Hancock
Dellafarie
Stovall
Segars
Tifton Boys
Vienna Boys
Cordele
Early mail route note from Byromville to A B train
Eli Woodruff recalls carrying the first mail sack from Byromville to the A and B line, with the Jeruma to Cordele schedule on lay. He notes the route as a convenience enabling papers to reach Atlanta and Macon several hours earlier.
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Eli Woodruff
Byromville
Jeruma
Cordele
Atlanta
Cordele Horses Triumph in Last Week's Fairgrounds Race
Last Thursday at the fair ground race track a half mile trotting event featured four entries from Cordele and Vienna. Cordele, owned by E. M. Pless and Tom McElreath, won three straight heats with a best time of 1:20, securing overall victory over Vienna entries owned by O M Heard and Ed Howell. A second-class trotting race, won by R E Shirah, drew a large crowd from Cordele Montezuma Pinehurst Unadilla and surrounding areas.
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Fair Ground
Cordele
Vienna
E. M. Pless
Tom McElreath
O.M. Heard
Ed. Howell
Mr. Pless
Cordelo
Mr. Heard
R.E. Shirah
J. O. Hamilton
N. W. Raines
Mr. Shirah
Montezuma
Pinehurst
Unadilla
Delightful Farm Party Near Vienna at Blue Springs
Mr and Mrs H R Feen entertained fifty to seventy five Cordele and Vienna friends last Friday at Blue Springs on their farm seven miles west of Vienna. Guests enjoyed trout and brim from a pond, beer from Macons Brewery, a platform for dancing, and social merriment. The hosts were thanked for a royal good time and wished many future occasions.
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H.R. Feen
Vienna
Blue Springs
Macon
Terpsichore
8.B. Stovall
Jim Swearingen
O. P. Swearingen
D. B. ‘Leonard
Z. T. Timmons
Albany
Hawkinsville
James Freeman
Gilford Gunter
Americus
Drayton
Midway
Hutto
Lilly
Milledge
Minnie Fuqua
Viensna
J. Lilly
Cordelo
W. I. Butler and Son
Montezuma
Mr. Eddenfield
Mr. Hutto
Eddenfield
Mer. O’quin
J. H. Forehand
Eddie Lee
Willie McInvale
Mis
Homer Smith
Florence
Cordele
Dunk Hughes
Willie
Landon Watts
Peachland
Bop Avera
Mt. Vernon
Pleasant Valley
Tors
Viola Varnadoe
Acre
A. D. Godwin
Eva
Alma Lilly
Ingram
Eula
Charlie Walton
Annie Vinson
Blue
Belle
Harmony couple marries at Unadilla
Oscar Bryant and Mandy Hudson wed last Sunday at Unadilla. Friends note the surprise union and extend best wishes. Social brief records visits among local families including Jim Cross and Mrs. Cenire Hudson, and plans for a June third district picnic and fish fry to raise funds.
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Oscar Bryant
Mandy Hudson
Unadilla
Jim Cross
W. D. Cross
R. L. Spradley
Cenire Hudson
Claude Graham
Harmony
Third District Court Ground
L. J. Spradley
A. J. Mashburn
J. R. Quattlebaum
Esco Spradley
Amanda Clemons
J. W. Scarborough
J.G. Spradley
D. M. Herring
Bessie Cross
Daisy Lindsey
George Sanders
Cus Davis
May Belle
Episcopal Services Next Sunday at 5 30 PM
Announcement: Episcopal church services will be held in the city next Sunday afternoon at half past five. Everyone is invited to attend. Rev. Walden of Cordelo will conduct the services.
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Episcopal Church
Walden
Cordelo
History of Vienna Told Through Old Home and Town Life
A Vienna history note recalls Dr. S. B. Stovall’s 1858 arrival, his now-destroyed Union Street home, local mail delays, early officials, churches, and court scenes. The piece blends memory of presidents, judges, lawyers, and neighbors with vivid detail of 19th century life and infrastructure in Vienna and nearby Midway in 1908.
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S. B. Stovall
Union Street
John B. McDonald
Dr. Stovall
Lincoln County
University of Pennsylvania
Vienna
Vannie Gartrell
Adams
T. R. Smith
Wiley Cobb
Dooly
Stovall
A. J. Daverors
Baptist Church
Drayton
Providence
Mt. Pleasant
Smyrna
W. T. Norman
J. B. McGehee
Vientana
M Sa B. E. Whittington
y.Dykes
Mt. Beazeer Church
Falton K. Lewis
D. B. Leonard
Lot W. ‘Arern
Willis Leonard
Bryant Bros
D. J. Henderson
Priesdoyter
W. Clark
Kimball House
Tempie Pipkin
J. L. Peavy
Mosea Pipkin
Dooly County
T. C. Dawson
T. C. Brown
John B. Coulding
Mra
John T. Waters
Joh Adkins
John Graham
Nancy Grahmm
Aggie Brown
Martin J. Crawford
Congress
Jasper County
Mercer University
Georgia
Nashville
Tenn
Chattahoochee
Washington
Howell Cobb
Supreme Court of Georgia
Notasulga Telegram Brings Telegraph Operator’s Father Death
Mr. Afonzo Thompson, telegraph operator at the A and B depot, learned Sunday morning that his father died Saturday night in Notasulga Alabama. He left at once for the funeral. Thompson had been in poor health for months. He leaves a wife two daughters and five sons. The community extends sympathy.
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Afonzo Thompson
Notasulga
Ala
Thompsson
Thompson
Cure acold in one day Lexative Bromo Quine Tablets
Advertises Lexative Bromo Quine Tablets to cure a cold in one day with a money back guarantee if it fails. Claims E. W. Grove signs each box and dates the notice to March 28, 1863.
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E. W. Grove
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Broxton
Hogg
Cook
Dego
Coker
Jay
Scribe
Episcopal Services
J. D. Norris
Abner Ponjera
W. K. Degraffereid
Alex Meriwether
John C. Monger
Robert Toombs
Union
Church
Fifth
B. J. Barthwell
Loam Brown
John Ham
Martin Taylor
William Crawhorn
Rebecca Rogers
T Dooly
Robert B. Davis
Arthur Davies
Philemon Bohannon
James Gamble
Joseph Sykes
John B. Colding
John B. Ham
James D Lester, Jr
8. B. Stovall
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