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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1898
Page
5
Local notes list many residents visiting nearby towns including Macon Cordele Unadilla and Vienna. Col Candler speaks Saturday morning at 11 at the courthouse. The Dooly County Democratic Executive Committee fixed a single primary for June 6 and other local civic details are noted.
Local friends urge Judge D L Ivey of Unadilla to enter the County Surveyor race. In court, attendees included Whipple Ellis Hill Shipp Hawkins Strozier McKenzie and Dorris of Cordele. Also note upcoming Col Candler speech at the courthouse next Saturday at eleven. W News mentions Sam and Marion Baker visiting W A Baker. Mary Bivins seeks prayers as she nears death. Dr T Stovall references DeVites Little Early Risers.
In a bold sales note D B Thompson announces matting direct from the New York and Amsterdam Carpet Co with unbeatable county prices. Separate ad copy promotes DeWitt's Little Early Risers as a pleasant cure for constipation sick headache and biliousness endorsed by Dr CT Stovall.
A dense ad list from Cordele Georgia markets 1898 displays Johnsons Chill Fever Tonic and Brownes Iron Bitters along with Woolfords Sanitary Lotion and Gard spavins remedies. It names Dr C T Stovall and retailers J Calhoun Co and D B Thompson among others.
The couple Mr J and C Burnette and Miss Lucy Wright wed at the bride’s parents home last Sunday morning. The note extends hearty congratulations for a long and happy life. An ad promotes Dr J TL McLean's Liver and Kidney Balm at $1.00 a bottle, sold by Dr C T Stovall for liver and digestion concerns.
Beech Haven Picnic Grounds under Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad authorities receive major improvements. Plans include a large lake for swimming and boating a pond for alligators a fountain new tables rustic benches and extensive general sprucing to beautify the grounds for Sunday schools and picnic parties. Address G A Macdonald Macon GA GPA.
Ellen Martin writes from Pinehurst Georgia praising Peruvian Liver Syrup for years of female and heart trouble relief. She reports nervousness diminished after using several bottles and thanks the Peruvian Medicines Company, with W H West as local seller in Pinehurst Georgia.
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