Vienna News and local politics in brief
Russell Sage buys coal and Clark Howell continues as Georgia senate president. Miss Roosevelt denies engagement rumors to John Greenway. The News boosts subscribers as Vienna considers A and B extension and factory growth. Valdosta Times expands to twenty four pages while the Dixie Detective Agency closes in Savannah and reassigns Edward J. Lynch in Waycross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Roosevelt
John Greenway
Dixie Detective Agency
Savannah
Waycross
Edward J. Lynch
Wanamaker on Advertising and the Newspaper’s Role
John Wanamaker argues advertising must hammer name location and business into the public mind. He credits newspapers as a best friend that builds a community and sustains readers, warning that with dead newspapers people lose their epitaph.
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John Wanamaker
Cruel decision in Atlanta custody case shocks court
In Judge Lumpkin’s court a custody battle ends with John H. Peeples winning the two children from Sallie Snider. Mrs. Snider sobs as officers remove her and the girls, while the father and his wife depart with the children. The scene draws critique of stepmotherly influence and lasting harm to the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Snider
Atlanta
Mercy tempered justice in strayed childhood and a Georgia strike
The Macon News urges mercy in cases of troubled children beyond the reach of law. Savannah risks losing a key cigar factory project if it fails to secure the American Cigar Company. Hawkinsville Dispatch notes engineers on the Georgia railroad threaten a strike after suspensions, with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen backing them demanding reinstatement.
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Macon
Savanneh
American Cigar Company
Georgia Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Fanning
Reine
Brotherhood of
Portland cement and farm supplies from Walton Bros
Car load of Portland cement arrived. Genuine Georgia seed rye now in at J P Heard & Sons. Have walks fixed and laid with Portland Cement. For sale by D B Thompson. If you need a mule, horse, wagon or buggy call Walton Bros.
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Thompson
Walton Bros
Georgia
J P Heard & Sons
D. B. Thompsony
Local Store to Close January 1 1903 at Pinehurst
A Pinehurst retailer announces the discontinuation of business on January 1 1903 with about 3000 dollars of new saleable merchandise including dry goods notions shoes hats hardware tinware crockery and a full line of groceries to be sold regardless of price or cost.
Dry Goods Sale with Low Priced Textiles and Provisions
A local ad lists large quantity discounts on dry goods and groceries. It promotes 25 yards of goods at 1.00 yard wide sheeting and calicoes, various fabrics at pennies per yard, flour at 3.00 per barrel, sugar at 20 lbs for 1.00, and other staples including coffee, salt, tobacco, and vinegar with low prices.
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Arm & Hammer
P. Lorilard
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Vienna News
T. A. Adkins, Jr., Ed
W. T. Adkins
N. G. Broome
Dooly County
City of
Vienna
Russell Sage
Clark Howell
Georgia Senate
Rough Rider
Walter Willman
Mark Hanna
R. L. McKenney
The
Macon News
Valdosta Times
Valdosta
Snider
Ernest Camp
Stanton
Constitution
Hawkinsville
Thos. Egleston
Jnc. B. McDonald
Egleston & McDonald
General Store
P. G. McDonald
Pinehurst
J. B. Cooper & CO
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