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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1900
Page
8
The excerpt details Peculiar Montenegrin Christmas rites. Candlelit house caretakers drive livestock to stalls, a wine blessing on older animals, and a kiss on each animal. Fire rituals, breaking beliefs, and unique meat and baking customs follow, with emphasis on ancient, unchanged practices.
A Victorian recipe describes a rich Christmas pudding with suet crumbs currants cranberries flour spices and brandy. The article also explains Virginias fortune bone tradition where two singles pull the bone to predict who will marry and a door superstition marks the future spouse.
Small Christmas dinner options include a pair of 3 tender ducklings or regulation turkey. A tasteful dressing blends fried minced onion in butter with crumbs, butter, and stewed tomatoes. Season, roast, skim fat, add giblets gravy, thicken, and serve with currant or plum jelly.
A wartime era style notice urges wives to consider quality over quantity for holiday gifts. It claims a single well chosen cigar at 25 cents brings more peace and good will than many cheaper choices. The reminder targets considerate gifting as Christmas nears.
A festive message from Old Ceroly sending greetings to Good Winhes and their household. The verses extend wishes to the mistress, children, kin, and kinsfolk near and far for a blessed Christmas and a joyful New Year.
Advice on warm color schemes for table decoration using crimson old gold bronze and greenery. Suggests holly mistletoe Christmas roses frost ed branches and bright ribbons to enhance decor with tall tube lamps. Also includes a Turkish style roasted turkey recipe with rice chestnuts currants almonds cinnamon and butter stuffed and basted for caramelized gravy.
A recipe notes a turkey dressed with sausage for a festive look and flavor. It instructs adding ink sausage three quarters of an hour before finish, turning occasionally to brown evenly, and recommends giblet sauce made by stewing and mincing giblets into the pan gravy after fat removal.
By power of sale on a 1900 mortgage from 8 R Fields to J T Hill the property in the northwest corner of lot 9 in the 3rd district of Dooly County will be sold at public auction January 1 1901 at the county court house hours. Proceeds pay sale expenses and mortgage debt with any excess to Yields. Deed to be executed under power of attorney December 5 1900 JT An attorney in fact for R Fields.
Petition filed in Dooley CountySuperior Court by P A Lennard T F Bivins H A Mobley and Geo W Wooten requesting incorporation as Vienna Drug Company with capital stock 10000 and up to 20000 authorized The business aims to operate wholesale and retail drug trade with other related articles and to appoint agents The principal office will be in Vienna Dooley County Georgia with permission to establish offices elsewhere this December 7 1900 by attorney Geo W Woorn Clerk I J Frank Powell confirms true copy of petition filed December 7 1900
A city marshal sale is planned for Cordele on the first Tuesday in January 1901 at the courthouse door in Vienna to satisfy tax executions for 1900. A long list of town lots across multiple blocks is to be sold for cash to highest bidders. Also noted is a pending election petition for Fence or Stock Law in district 1466 G.M. with a hearing set for December 12.
Appraisers report on J B Smoke estate to set apart widow and minor child Elija Smoke with a January hearing. Bid opening for County Physician position for poor house jail medicine supply closes December 30 1900. Notice to creditors to render claims against Mrs S B Smith estate by law. debtors urged to pay promptly. dated November 5 1900.
All persons having demands against the estate of R L Dupree late of Dooly county deceased are notified to render their demands to the undersigned. All persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment. This 6th day of November 1901. D Thompson Av0 DaniEen Executors. Georgia Dooly County estate of 8 W Hudgens deceased require demands to be rendered to the undersigned and all indebted to said estate to pay immediately. This Dec 4th 1900 J F Dan Hour Exr 8 S Hudgens. Georgia Dooly County all persons having demands against John Smoak deceased are notified to render their demands to the persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment this December 8th 1900 Andrew A Smoak Exr of John Smoak deceased.
Citation notes that RU Move and P M Brown as administrators report full administration of the Nelson Move estate and request discharge from trusts. A hearing is set for the first Monday in March, 1901, with the notice dated December 8, 1900. JD Hargrove D DO.
Admin Patrick, administrator of Cornelius Patrick deceased, applies for discharge from trusts. Court to act on his application after the first Monday in March 1901. Signed December 8, 1900 by J D Hargrove.
TR Smith guardian for DG Lowe applies for permission to sell one house and lot in Cordele lot No 9 in block 47 to support ward DG Lowe. The application will be decided on the first Monday in January 1901. December 8, 1900. JD Hargrove O DC.
Georgia dooly county official notice states Alice Edmonson administratrix seeks discharge from W M Edmonson estate. Court will decide on first Monday in February 1901, dated November 1 1900. Also local ad offers coat thread and soap delivery for sale in Byromville total.
J M Torbert guardian of OR and WE Torbert petitions the Superior Court at Americus for authority to sell undivided two ninths of land lot 184 in Clay County to reinvest proceeds in two Pinehurst vacant lots. Notice ran four weeks in Vienna Progress and Fort Gaines Sentinel. J Frank Powell requested guardian ad litem.
Under and by virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary of Dooly County I will sell at public outcry at the courthouse door on the first Tuesday in January 1901 one hundred one and one fourth acres more or less off the east half of lot No 50 in the 6th district of Cobb County Ga belonging to the estate of S W Hudgens deceased. This December 4 1900 FL Calhoun Executor estate S W Hudgens.
Citaton notes the estate of Mrs Sallie Patrick deceased requests demands according to law and all debtors to pay promptly. October 80 1900. G W Barrow Executor of the estate requests settlement.
By authority of a September 1899 deed recorded in Houston County the B A Barker trust assigns to Mallary Bros Co the sale of property to satisfy four notes totaling 518 dollars principal plus interest and costs. Sale set January 1 1901 at the Dooly County Courthouse between 10 am and 4 pm for the land described as 100 acres in Houston County, sixth district, lot 18 east half, bounded by Scattergood Thomas Murray Bark er and others. Excess proceeds to Barker. Attorney EP Mallary.
The estate of David Gulpepper late of Dooly county is notified to render in their demands per law. Debtors to the estate must make immediate instruments. This notice is dated November 8 1800 and signed W. CULPERPER as Adm'r of David Culpepper deceased.
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