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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1900
Page
2
A collage of brief notices covers Columbus fairs expanding into Macon and Valdosta markets, Georgia politics stoking 1902 governor talk, Cuba planning a constitutional convention, and ongoing crime and social quirks including train wrecks near Phoenix City and a Macon street car prank.
A news dispatch reports a black woman in Macon who was thrown from a wagon and completed a full somersault, landing on her feet without disturbing the baby she held in her arms.
Call to organize a large gathering to pass resolutions condemning the Akron race riot and to inform Miss Jewett, the anti-lynching advocate, that her services are needed in Ohio.
A Baptist meeting in Ashburn saw the preacher convince women to remove hats. He hinted that if he could also convince men to remove coats there might be a revival. Previously children rode streetcars free, with nurses taking groups for rides. authorities later stopped the practice by charging fares.
The Augusta Athens column urges teachers to prepare properly for their life work, noting state support for training, criticizing low preparedness, and urging better salaries. It reports a Tallulah Falls excursion by Athens State Normal School students, the train ride with extra coaches, and a shooting incident on the return trip involving Jno Pittman of Harmony Grove and Scott Jackson, with Jackson surrendering to police.
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