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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1898
Page
8
Descriptive scene at the World’s Fair shows two hungry children pleading at entrances as a kind policeman grants entry and a dollar to the boy. An accompanying notice touts Brown Iron Bitters as a remedy for weak, overworked children and promotes home use.
A fragmentary ad and notice from a Nashville paper promotes the Youth Advocate, urging adults and youths to read with profit. It mentions students and a focus on character, with references to health cures and local business endorsements. The legible parts include an address and a call to obtain copies, plus unrelated product mentions.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney liver and bladder trouble promising relief for weak kidneys and urinary issues It claims sediment in urine signals illness frequent urination back pain and other kidney symptoms Offers sample bottle and pamphlet for three two cent stamps with free mail by Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY and notes local newspaper sponsorship
For sale by Dr CT Stovall dated 25 Venta, listing item and terms. Notice appears in a historical newspaper fragment with readable details on the sale action and agent.
The ad touts One Minute Cough Cuore as infallible for coughs, colds, throat complaints, and wheeze, naming Stegall and Stovall figures. It also promotes Lewitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a top cure for piles and body bruises, urging trust in this well known remedy from farmers and mechanics.
The Bank of Cordele auction sale occurs first Wednesday in May 1898, at the old Cordele Bank site. Property includes numerous city lots in blocks 16 171 187 188 198 199 200 and others, plus personal notes. Terms: one third cash, one third in six months, one third in twelve months with interest. notes or title deeds provided. Sold as the bank’s property under a decree. adjournment possible until complete.
An advertisement touts McElree's Wine of Cardus as a cure for female troubles. It claims relief from irregular monthly periods, promotes beauty and youth, and guarantees wellness, selling at $1.08 per bottle in drug stores.
A notice from D. L. Henderson & Co. promotes insured fire protection using old and reliable firms. It lists The North British and Mercantile, Liverpool, London and Globe, Pennsylvania, Hartford, and the Insurance Company of North America as examples, urging readers to seek insurance through the agent.
D A R Crum lists regular practice before the Macon Southwestern Oro Vee Southern Brunswick circuits the State Supreme Court the United States Circuit and District Courts and the Court of Appeals in an outline of his professional qualifications and venues.
Calls are answered promptly day and night with a telephone at both residence and office. Office located over JF Calhoun & Co's store. All orders left with them will be promptly attended to.
T F Bivins physician and surgeon Vienna Georgia offers obstetric and women’s diseases specialty. All calls answered day or night. Office over J J Coopers store. office tel 18 residence tel 25.
W C Veenfliet files libel for divorce in Superior Court March Term 1898. Defendant not residing in county or state. service by publication ordered once a month for four months in The Vienna Progress. Official clerk J Frank Powlett and attorney Thomson and Warrier certify transcript. Also an unrelated testimonial praising DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a permanent cure for piles from M L Yocum of Cameron, Pa.
In Vienna and Unadilla Georgia the Dooly Superior Court sale proceeds from a March 1898 decree. Lands include Lot 128 and parts of Lot 102 and 122 in the 8th district known as the Lindsay place, plus a half acre near Lot 247 in Cordele, and several other parcels in the 10th and 11th districts. Proceeds benefit Nellie Horne et al versus John Lindsay et al, with multiple Fi Fa actions and lien cases proceeding on the first Tuesday in May 1898.
Court papers show Jno F Powell & Sons as plaintiffs with attorneys J W Roberts and a sheriff D handling case. The incomplete document references an April 6 1898 filing and execution actions pending against unspecified parties in the jurisdiction.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All persons having demands against the estate of KE H Stephens, late of Saich county, deceased, are notified to render their demands to the undersigned and all indebted to said estate must pay. This February 16 1898, Samuel Carnes, administrator of B H Stephens, deceased.
An 1898 notice touts a remedy for kidney and bladder issues claiming rapid relief for both genders. It also includes a court sale of 16 acres in Dooly County, Georgia, from the estate of Sarah J. Dowdy, with cash terms and a May sale date, signed by M. L. Dowdy as administrator.
In Georgia Dooly County appraisers report granting a year's support from the estate of O. T. Durham to widow Leonora Durham and two minor children Garnett and Lilly Durham. The report will be presented on the first Tuesday in May. April 4, 1898. J. D. Hargrove O. D. 0.
Delila W Folds applies for permanent letters of administration in Dowly County Georgia. The court will rule on May 1st, as announced by J D Hargrove acting as ordinary.
W J Oliver applies to be guardian of Manuel a lunatic confined in the State lunatic asylum. The Court of Ordinary of the county will consider the request at the next session on the first Monday in May 1898. Witness J D Hargrove OD dated April 4 1898.
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