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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1896
Page
5
J. P. Heard & Son advertises Mammoth Fall Stock including winter suits dresses shoes hats and undershirts. The notice questions what items are available and whether the wagon or buggy should be used for delivery or transport.
Macon visitors and Cordele residents drop by Vienna amid bad weather with sheriffs selling property and horse sales. Judge Henderson is reappointed to Dooly court bench for four years starting 1897. A December 6 marriage in Montezuma unites W. C. Young to Mattie Wilson with Jnc. F. Lewis & Son staff present.
Progress accepts all kinds of produce as payment for subscriptions at market prices. Ladies must not read this.
An early advertisement describes a patented Dixie Folding Wardrobe by The Dixie Folding Wardrobe Co of Vienna Georgia. It claims six full suits capacity plus space for hats and shoes, folds to two inches, and is portable for a refined home. The firm notes rapid territory sales and offers remaining wardrobes at 2.60 dollars each at J P Heard & Son.
Local youths attended a Friday night dance at Mr. and Mrs. I H Butters six miles south of Vienna. Couples included W W Jordan with Fannie Thomas A L Powell with Mamie Leonard J M Bushee with Anna Hamilton W A Jones with Ada Powell Mesa J A Smith Lee Sheppard Levy Taylor Ed Stevens and Joe Stovall reported as enjoying a pleasant trip.
On Wednesday afternoon November 25 two popular locals, Solomon L Webb and Obie Swearingen, were wed at the bride’s parents home in the presence of a small gathering. Reverend H M Morrison officiated in a simple and moving ceremony. The couple, well known with many friends, begin a shared journey together.
Fragmented historical OCR listing numerous dates and locations such as Drayton Byremyille Pinehurst Cordele Arabi Vienna and Wenona with mornings and evenings noted, plus month markers Dec Nov and various initials. The source resembles a catalog of events or entries rather than a cohesive narrative.
The millinery ad invites customers to visit Mus C V Moxaan Milliner to explore the intertylon low prices and pretty trimmings for fall hats. It contrasts buying from home dealers with city markets and promises cheap, stylish goods for immediate purchase.
Local business notices advertise Derby Ribbed shirts at 65 cents from J F Calhoun & Co and urge securing life insurance through New York Life via R Morgan and L H Taylor. The page also promotes boarders sought for next year at 50 cents per month and touts One Minute Cough Cure as a lung health aid.
A jumble ad parcel lists Drown buttons at $1.00 per dot from J. F. Calhoun & Co and various patent medicine claims for DeWitt’s products, Myatic Cure, Witch Hazel Salve, and a life insurance pitch. It also advertises sale items including a six room dwelling with barn and garden at Vienna Go, and notes about telephone as a faster message method.
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