Vienna Morning Call in late April notes Easter weather and politics
The Vienna Morning Call recaps a string of local updates from Easter weather to political campaigns. It mentions Good Friday frost, spring motifs, and local civic matters, including candidates for coroner, church baptisms, and a music and elocution program at Heard's opera house. The piece also notes community events, eye glasses, and yard work across Vienna and Cordele with a mix of editorials and civic commentary.
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Dooly
Old Dooly
Beech Haven
Unadilla
Whitehead
Lewis
Opera House
Vienna
Heard’s Opera House
Judge Fort
Court House
Congress
Cordelo
B. Lewis
William Ward
Ward
Christ
Hunter
B Y P U Program Sunday April 22 1900
The program led by RO Powell at Reading Scripture song service and prayer includes a lecture by Rev H P Jackson following a Sunday service format with organized readings and hymns.
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RO Powell
H P Jackson
Political mockery over Harvard and trapping law
A spoof editorial mocks voters in Dooly County who fear Representative Harvard backing a bill to ban trapping. It argues men with beards fear the law while citing the 1899 Act restricting trapping of wild turkeys quail doves and deer to private land during hunting season.
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Dooly County
Harvard
Mr W B Bryan Dead in Show Georgia at 67
From Show Georgia regular correspondent April 18. Mr W B Bryan lay at rest in the local cemetery after a life of faithful church service at New Hope Baptist. He joined Sunday school last Sunday to bear fruit for his Savior and died suddenly after supper without pain. Burial was led by Rev J M Kelley of Vienna.
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B. Crawley
Clegg & Sons
Cordele
Vienna
Miss Borum
Miss Clements
Baptist Church
Harmony
E. B. Lewis
Democratic Party
Washington
Tuck Mashburn
Pinehurst
Tuck
Show
W B Bryan
New Hope Baptist Church
New Hope Church
J.-M. Kelley
Doctor Shot Near Gate In Altercation Over Horse
Dr Joiner wounded in left arm near the shoulder after a dispute with O L Downing known as Bud Downing. Drinking man, after Jo iner spoke of alleged ill treatment to a horse, fired first. Joiner returned fire but missed. Incident occurred at Joiner’s gate in front of his wife Joe. Spradley accompanied Downing. an officer sought Spradley and Downing.
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W W Joiner
O L Downing
Bud Downing
Downing
Joiner
Joe
Spradley
Flour mill project breaks ground at Emerioch farm
Jack Barfield, merchant and farmer, broke dirt Monday on a large flour mill using the latest roller patent on his Emerich farm in northern Dooly County. Barfield operates 45 plows, a store, and a grist mill, and will supervise the project. This marks Dooly’s second large roller patent flour mill after Tippettville.
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Jack Barfield
Emerich
Barfield
Dooly
Tippettville
Doughtry Peacock Marriage Set for April in Unadilla
Miss Carrie Peacock of Emerick and Mr Mason Doughtry of Cordele will wed at the Baptist church in Unadilla on Wednesday evening April 25 at eight o'clock. The bride is the praised daughter of Hon D L F Peacock and known for charm and accomplishments. The groom is a respected Cordele businessman with proven qualifications.
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Carrie Peacock
Emerick
Mason Doughtry
Cordele
Unadilla
Peacock
D. L. F. Peacock
Mr. Doughtry
Easter in Cranton Prominent Social and Political Hints
Correspondence from Cranton April 18 1900 notes Rev AJ Cheeves preaching at the Baptist church with musician Miss Orink, local social visits by Ellie Wells Mae Ellixon and Miss Maud Ray, Easter reflections, and a 21st birthday dinner for T W Walton. Mentions of politics with Fort for congress Kelley and Thompson for legislature, plus local farming and schooling updates.
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The
Price
Mae Ellixon
Ellie
Corner
Hope Wells
Maud Ray
Coney
Fort
Congress
Kelley
Thompson
For Sale Five Oxen and Lumber Wagon in Unadilla Ga
J H Barker of Unadilla Georgia advertises five medium sized oxen in good condition and a good lumber wagon for sale with prices to suit the times.
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Times
J H Barker
Unadilla, Ga
Medical Association Organized in Dooly County
Physicians met at the courthouse Monday and organized an association with Dr H A Mobley as president Dr Mc Arthur as vice president Dr V O Harvard as secretary and Dr Bivins as treasurer. We did not attend and lack a full report.
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Dooly County
Court House
H A Mobley
McArthur
V O
Harvard
Bivins
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Progress Office
Adams
Fuqua
Col. Fleming
B.Y. P.U
Mr. W. B. Bryan
Dr. Joiner
Emerioch
Doughtry
Ben Davis
M. D
JE Bryant
Richwood
Jon Jackson
Findlay
Haster
T W Walton
Guetta
A M Wilson
E G Walton
B J W Walton
J L Wilson
Charlie Wilson
W J DeLoach
J A Varnadoe
Sarah Varmadoe
Hiva Penny
J. J. Cooper
Vienna, Ga
Cosmopolitan
Medical Association
P. G. McDonald
Z. T. Penny
C. T. Stovall
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