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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1904
Page
4
A mixed page from The Progress includes jokes and quips on marriage, war, and daily life. It features light verse and humorous dialogues about finances, work, education, and social habits, with references to common institutions and everyday absurdities. The collection blends satire with casual observations on modernity and human foibles.
A moral urging against wealth as a source of happiness. It argues independence through competence, a fair education, and modest beginnings for children, warning that inheriting fortune is a calamity. It emphasizes teaching children to work and letting them support themselves.
The first Seashore excursion of the season departs Vienna Monday May 9 to Brunswick via the Atlantic and Birmingham Railway. First class coach special leaves Vienna at 7 51 A M and arrives Brunswick at 5 00 P M. Round trip fare from Vienna to Brunswick is 2 50 with return on May 10 or 11. Separate coaches for white and colored passengers. May is described as a delightful month.
Advertisement for a book titled A Key to Examinations offering questions and answers from Georgia public school exams since 1888. Claims sixteen years of work and provides descriptive circulars free. Includes contact: B. S. Holden Cashier Gilmer County Bank and Eji Jay, Ga. The McNett Marble Co. Co Dele Ga offering prices and designs for monuments.
The Atlantic & Birmingham railway offers a 1000 mile ticket at 25 dollars. Valid on lines including Atlante & Birmingham Air Line, Atlanta & Wet Point, Georgia Railroad, Seaboard Air Line, Western & Atlantic, Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis, Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac, and others totaling 18,000 miles. O McPfadden, general passenger agent, promotes the convenient map and fare.
Planters are urged to grow watermelons in territory tributary to the Atlantic and Birmingham Railway. Prizes go to the three largest melons: first prize eight hundred fifteen dollars, second ten dollars, third five dollars. Only the grower receives payment and no more than one prize per grower. Contestants must cultivate at least five acres. Melons must be weighed and forwarded with proper measurements for judging.
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