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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1894
Page
2
Post office rules state any person taking papers is responsible for payment. If a paper is ordered discontinued full year’s payment is due and can be collected even if the paper is not taken from the office. The Progress notes announcements cost five dollars and must be paid before insertion. An editorial tongue in cheek apology admits past errors and critiques reader complaints.
A newspaper advertisement asserts President Cleveland has cancer and promotes Botanic Blood Balm as a blood purifier and builder. It claims quick recovery with a large bottle priced at $4.00, marketed through druggists for blood and skin diseases, rheumatism, catarrh, and related ailments.
A satirical tirade requests a dollar that is easy to obtain yet hard to part with, one that debtors repay and returns via string attachments. It envisions a dollar that funds sustenance and vice alike, circulates without depreciation, and exposes social decay while shaping behavior.
The Mutual Instruction Society held its regular meeting at Judge D L Ivey’s home last Friday evening. Attendance was small, but members showed enthusiasm for mutual improvement through their programs planned by the president It 35 Lett.
Community notes recount high school events led by Prof. Thomas A. Coleman with Miss Mattie Griffith. Students greet the couple on arrival. praise for staff in literature art and music. Also a Griffin News column attacks Gen Evans record in the legislature, alleging multiple votes and counting potential eight-year impact.
Mallary Bros. and Co. present themselves as the central source for engines boilers saw mills grist mills cotton gins cotton presses and related machinery. They urge buyers to contact for prices before purchasing in the machinery line.
The late cold snap damaged crops with corn to be replanted and early gardens killed while fruit crops suffered heavy losses. John Dupree and Easton Smith improve after several days illness. Lilla Peavy and Lula King visited Mrs. J W Smith. Last Sunday’s weather disappointed local youths.
Fragmentary dispatch lists Lyons itinerary through several Georgia towns including Helens Abbeville Cordele Americus Lumpkin Onaha Hurtabora and Montgomery with times noting an EAST WOUND Stoa Down at 2 3 pm.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr King's Royal Germeteur as a soothing drink to aid appetite sleep nerves and energy. It claims gentle blood-building effects and suitability for delicate ladies and children. Sold by Stovall & Forbes in Vienna for 16 dollars.
By authority under a 1893 indenture John K Wallace and Robert Wallace appoint an agent to sell the described property to settle the balance of the indenture. The sale will occur at the courthouse door on the first Tuesday in May in Omni county, cash to the highest bidder, remainder to John K Wallace. Also notice of homestead exemption hearing for Asa M Bailey on April 20 1894 at 10 am in Vienna Georgia.
Having sold and transferred twenty shares of the Capital Stock of the Bank of Cordele, hereby give due and legal notice of such transfer in accordance with the law. Dated December 12, 1292.
99 TS Wool Henrietta 36in wide per yard 29¢ 545cTS All wool Kyber cloth 38 inches wide 5éets 621-2CTS All Wool Bengaline splendid weight 40in per yard 624¢ Silk Henrietta Creponettes Serges Mourning and Medium Blacks short money prices Figured and Dotted 39cts Organdies plain 25cts Cinkles in Plain Stripe and Changeable newest novelty Grenedine Muslins 20cts Dark Grounds regular 30c quality Short Lengths White Goods 97 9 3-4cts Chambrays These are direct from factory exceptional bargains Remember only 94c per yard
A series of sheriff sales in Dooly County Georgia announces auctions set for the first Tuesday in May 1894 and later dates. Items include drug store stock, tobacco, tools, a house and lot in Unadilla, a Cordele city lot, multiple lots of land, and several bales of cotton stored in Cordele warehouses. Each sale is to satisfy judgments or tax executions with cash bids from the highest bidder.
Notice of transfer of five shares of Bank of Cordele capital stock during the past ten days. J W Sheffield Bach signs, citing the General Assembly statute approved December 12 1892. Includes stray ad text about remedies and liver cleanse.
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