Vienna and Amerigus cities urged for new railroad link
The Dawson News urges stronger ties between Vienna and Amerigus as the two cap ital cities of two counties to be connected by a new railroad. It critiques Republican printing costs and notes a national post office deficit at 16 million dollars, attributing it to wagon transport and new jobs. The paper praises Mr. Bryan, condemns fear of Republican majorities, and endorses Taft’s presidency while urging acceptance of the status quo.
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Vienna
Amerigus
Republican
Republican Party
Inet
Bryan
Taft
Daweson
Public Mood After Election Verdict Reported
The article reflects on a disappointing election verdict that unsettled supporters of national political change. It notes loyal Democrats remained principled through years of defeat while the public voice must be accepted as the will of the people.
A Pledge To the South by Edward Ward Carmack
A fragmentary quotation extols the South as a land scarred by war yet sacred with memory. The speaker vows blood, being, and life to the region, born of its womb, nurtured at its breast, and praying to rest again in its arms. Credit to Edward Ward Carmack.
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Legand
Edward Ward Carmack
New Cypress Syrup Barrels for Sale in Pinehurst GA
C A Thompson of Pinehurst Georgia advertises new cypress syrup barrels for sale. The listing notes barrels are available locally with contact for purchase and delivery options.
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Thompson Pinehurst Ga
Plainclothes Officer Tries Whiskey Sting on Decatur Street
A Dawson News report recounts a Georgia prohibition sting where a plainclothes Atlanta policeman, prompted by taunts, accosts an old man on Decatur Street and tricks him into surrendering a pair of boxer shoes. The box yields a quart of corn whiskey, revealed after hours of waiting.
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Atlanta
Decatur Street
Dawson News
Native Teachers Institute in Vienna November 21 1908
The next teachers institute for Dooly County will be held in Vienna on Saturday November 21 1908 at 10 o'clock am. Every county teacher must attend or face fines. State School Commissioner Pound will attend and speak on education. He aims to meet as many county citizens as possible, especially teachers. E. G. Greene.
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Dooly Co
Vienna
Com’r
Pound
E. G. Greene
WIFE WANTED SEEKING MARRIAGE A FARMER 89 SEEKS LETTERS
An elderly 89 year old farmer in Georgia invites correspondence from a young woman for marriage. He requests the recipient to state her age and send a photo with the letter to J F Moreland, Byromville, Ga., R F D 1. Dec 12 08.
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J. F. Moreland
Byromville
For Sale Jackson Square property with multiple houses
A.A. Fuqua of Lilly Georgia advertises for sale a 14 room house, a 2 room house and barn on one acre of land known as Jackson Square property. The property is currently rented for good money and offered at a bargain soon for 800 dollars, valued at 1000 dollars.
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Jackson Square
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Vienna, GA
National Cash Register
O. W. Horne
the Vienna News
T. A. Adkins, Jr
Ed. & Pub
Postoffice
Enema
J. M. Whitehead
Glorna
R.H. Stovall
ANS
Georgia
ER. Williams
Walton Bros
Nivins
Modoha
Mobley
M.D Bivins & Mobley
Physicians
W. B. Watts
Byromvville
DragCo
Montezuma
MO. D. Teasley
Lilly, GA
George & Woodward
Attorneys-at-Law
Georota
W. WY
Harvard
MO. F. Powell & Son, Attorneys-at-Law
Gerovara
Walter F. Hall
Sordele
M. P. Hall
V. L. Harris
Pinewurst
E. B. Davis
Byromville, GA
J. H. Swearinger
DeWitt
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