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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1904
Page
3
A fragmented Vienna area column notes Miss Minnie Gale's return from Coweta County, Joe Bryan visiting from the Atlanta Journal, local farm life, church meetings, marriages, deaths, and construction. Mentions new hotel contract, rail and agricultural updates, and regional social visits across Vienna Unadilla Rochelle Byromville Cordele and surrounding communities.
Reported from Bullock County Georgia describes a mob of about 1000 taking Paul Reid and Will Cato from the courthouse after their murder trial. They were bound to a log and burned to death as confessions were heard, amid details of the Hodges family killings and arson.
An advertisement touts the Dr White Electra Comb patented January 1 1899 claiming it cures dandruff hair loss and headaches and with Dr White Electric Hair Brush makes hair straight in 25 days. It notes thousands sold across the union and urges agents to sell on sight with sample offers oriented to men and women.
A Wen city barber shop advertises haircuts shaving shampoo and face massage with clean towels sharp razors and polite attentive service. The copy emphasizes specialty grooming in a local shop setting.
Bay Burtsboro offers a country village setting with a large 800 acre farm. Features include 1600 apple trees in bearing age and 400 loaded peach trees with abundant other fruits. A daily mail post office nets over $50 yearly. An 80 horsepower steam mill powers operations on site.
Miss Mattie Cutter of Lake Park arrived yesterday to see Miss Ruby Waters, a brief personal visit noted in society pages.
Sunday and Saturday services held with Rev W L Lane officiating. Visiting relatives and locals attended. several residents listed as ill or visiting. A lighthearted note mentions Uncle Wic smiling at the fair sex, with multiple names of Byromville Vienna Pinehurst and nearby families appearing in the weekly roundup.
Dr R M Carthiske of Macon Georgia promotes pills to cleanse diseased matter and treat liver torpor indigestion constipation and fever with one to three pills at bedtime. The ad claims superiority in southern climates with malarial blood and notes the cash printed formula.
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