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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1896
Page
8
Listing of fabric and fashion goods with prices per yard and item categories. Includes silks, organdies, plisses, handkerchiefs, lace curtains, straw hats, ladies slippers, umbrellas, neglige shirts, and silk lawn shirts with varied price points from a few cents to several dollars.
An April issue ad endorses DeWitt's Little Early Risers from Stovall and Forbes. It touts remedies for indigestion headache liver complaint and constipation and urges readers to take the dose for their benefit. The wording mirrors a historic small-town newspaper ad style.
Varieties of poultry listed with prices per setting and sale of a residence lot in Vienna Georgia. Includes an advertisement for exerminator to rid fowls of lice and fleas and an old court sale notice. Names: DeWitt, Stovall, Forbes, L. M. Wynn, G. W. Wooten, W. C. Hamilton. Comisión Sale details: May next, Vienna, Georgia.
Charlon H. Wetzel of Sunbury Pa swears on May 1 that after using three bottles of Chamberlains Pain Balm for inflammatory rheumatism he is cured and recommends the remedy. Witness Walter Shipman JP notes August 10 1894. Stozall Forbes sells at 60 cents per bottle. Warning against employing or harboring William Hobby and William Nobles minor. Prosecution to extent of law. April 1 1896 L Nobles
The Georgia and Alabama Railway announces new passenger and fast freight schedules effective April 1, 1896, detailing route times, stops, and service changes to improve efficiency and connections for travelers and commerce.
A Benevolent Home matron describes illness from la grippe in 1893 and sleeplessness. After three bottles of Dr Miles Restorative Nervine she recovers and credits improved health to the remedy. She notes continued use as nerve food due to demanding work.
Georgia Dooly County notice shows administrator Wm Short petitioning for discharge from trust in the estate of Eleanor Short, alleging full administration. He cites heirs and creditors to show cause on the first Monday in May 1896 why dismissal should not be granted, with Crum & Busbee acting as attorneys.
A radical claim of a “Mystic Cure” that allegedly cures rheumatism and neuralgia in 1 to 3 days. The ad asserts the remedy removes the cause and the disease instantly, with the first dose providing notable benefit. Available for 75 cents from Sto vall & Forbes Druggist in Vienna.
The sheriff will sell at the courthouse door on the first Tuesday in May 1896 the two city lots in Cordele Dooly County Georgia known as Lot 8 Block 10 and Block 266 with improvements, under a Mortgage fi fa in favor of Busbee Crum Busbee against Maria Edwards. Also sale of City Lot 1 Block 48 in Cordele to satisfy a fi fa from the Justice Court against Ezekiel Heard. Levy by R Be Youmans, J.W Roberts Sheriff.
In Dooly County Georgia J A Cross administrator of the estate of David Altman petitions the court for discharge. The administrator asks heirs and creditors to show cause why letters of dismission should not be granted on the first Monday in June. Dated March 2 1896. J D Hargrove Or D C.
In Dooly and Wilcox I arrange with New York brokers to place loans secured by a first mortgage on improved farm lands for five years in installments. The brokers fee and abstract and inspection charges are paid by the borrower. If you want cheap money call on me at Vienna J H Woodward.
An old advertisement promotes Chamberlains Eye and Skin Ointment for eczema tetter salt rheum scald head sore nipples and other eye conditions and lists price as 25 cents per box. Also promotes Dr Cady's Condition Powders for horses claiming to tone the system aid digestion cure loss of appetite relieve constipation and support kidneys with sales by druggists.
A note from W Thigpen of Practical Jewelry Vienna Georgia requests prompt attention and offers service after moving back to Vienna. The writer asks to fix a watch or clock and signs as W Thigpen.
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