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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1902
Page
3
The paper notes harvest prospects for fall crops are good and cotton runs about one third short while apples sell for 20 cents a dozen. It mentions local deaths of Dr Wade J. Barlow and Mrs J A King, unsettled weather, and community events including taxes, building, and a coon incident at Unadilla depot.
The Vienna Cotton Oil Co advertises seed buying and ginning services with promises of high market prices. A local snippet mentions humorous scenes with a barber and a traveling drummer in Ashburn, plus Prof. Chas. Powell inviting work and razor sharpening in Vienna.
Local patent medicine notice touts a kidney cure claiming rapid relief for diseased kidneys. The advertisement lists a 56 cent price and references Viewna Livy Co as the seller.
Census of cotton reporting in Dooly county appoints J A Walden to visit all gins from October to March. Simon F Peavy named official enumerator and W D Murray as subordinate with J G Lasseter assisting. Ginners urged to keep ready reports for the tally of cotton valued across states.
A speaker appeals to cotton seed sellers to obtain the best price, noting multiple buyers including a local oil mill. He promises to pay the highest cash price, emphasizing duty to family and a favorable market and harvest.
A brief admonition attributed to D. B. Thompson urges readers to delay selling seed until they reach Vienna, reflecting agricultural or trade advice consistent with the era's agrarian themes.
An old brother invites all interested in the Olive church cause to attend the annual meeting, to be held on the Friday before the fourth Sunday this month. The note promises a sermon, spiritual feeding, and care for attendees, with a hopeful tone of rejoicing and benefit on return home.
A local missive by O B Thompscr warns that ice will be sold in fifty pound lots between railroads and branches from eight o clock in the morning, with no nickel pieces sold. He asks customers with tickets after the 15th to cash them, as the nickel trade will end and his wagon will cease operating.
An advertised patent remedy claims to perfect health through kidney function. The sales pitch urges trying a bottle and asserts convincing results, with distribution via a druggist and the Viera Ling Co and similar sellers.
A fragmentary poem praising a cozy cottage life with vines fruit trees and a fountain, then sketches light vignettes of family scenes and a salon talk about a christening and a river cruise plan. The piece ends with an advertisement for a laxative chocolate product.
Farmers finish fodder pulling and begin grass cutting while crass worms damage crops. Visits and trips include D Thompson at White Springs Florida and J D Short’s Cordele trip. Local social notes mention Miss Clara Thompson, Miss Peggy Varance, and Natlow Branch wedding guests. Rain Monday afternoon helped crops and residents visit relatives.
An advertisement claims a medicine guarantees to cure nervous prostration from overwork. It is described as a nerve tonic restoring vitality and manhood, relieving nervous troubles and weariness, and restoring vigor. Sold by Viens Drug Co.
The Vienna Cotton Oil Co announces purchase of cotton and offers to install a Liddell steam packing and related machinery to produce round or square bales. They guarantee first class service and promise the highest cash price for cotton.
A local note objects to whistling coarse language and cigar smoking in an ice cream parlor, especially when ladies are present, saying the practice is improper and widely disapproved.
Advertisement claims Smith Sure Widney Care restores kidney health offered at Vienna Drug Co for 50 cents. Includes no medical claims or endorsements.
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