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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1896
Page
5
Cordele preacher Rev J O Seesoms will speak at the Hall Tuesday night on Whom to Marry. The talk promises interest and amusement and all should attend. Admission is 25 cents.
Advertised letters message lists many names including Mrs Annie Bryant Mrs Catherine Blackshear Mrs Sophie Floyd and others. Public notice states a court order on January 16 1897 to modify the Slash Eye road in Pinehurst district starting near H D Wood residence and following land lines east then north to intersect the old road near Deadwood area.
A quarrel in a sermonlike exchange pits a spectacled man who claims to be a surgeon against a retort about locating the liver. The banter mentions DeWitt's Tittle Early Risers and a jab at Stovall & Forbes in a humorous literary fragment.
Notice warns all parties against trading for any of the deeds and papers referenced in the parcel lost or stolen incident. J A Smits, agent, signs the advisory dated December 6, 1896. The fragmentary text signals potential fraudulent activity and urges caution.
All parties indebted to Dr. W. H. Whipple are notified that I have charge of his collections at this place and expect prompt settlements. Please call on me and arrange all due notes and accounts at once.
A lost or stolen rent note for 100 dollars signed by I R Graham in favor of Mrs E A Rumsey, payable Oct 18 1896. Warns nullifying any claim and requests return to Venona Georgia. Also, dissolution notice for B M Wood & Co stating J R Kelly retires, B M Wood continues, debts to be settled, immediate settlement required, firm retired as of Dec 4 1896.
In Vienna Georgia the Dixie Folding Wardrobe Co offers the folding wardrobe at 2650 dollars as they wind down production under J P Heard and Son. The item promises six ladies suits of storage space, light and dust protection, and portability with a fold to two inches.
Miss Emmie Woodward Miss Le Olene Lane and Mr W O Roberts earned top honors in their grades at Vienna High School this fall and each received a prize for the achievement.
The South Georgia Conference finished work in Valdosta last Monday night and sent preachers to Unadilla F L Stokes Snow R M Allison Cordele W W Stewart Vienna Wesley Lane. Mr Lane begins his third year as Vienna pastor and is highly admired. he has been sent back to Vienna.
Sales pitches for holiday wares and insurance offerings from Stovall and Forbes and J Calhoun Co list umbrellas Christmas tricks medicines and life policies. Notices solicit boarders and describe sales of furniture buggy wheels and a six room house. references to Mystic Cure One Minute Cure and DeWitt's products appear amid local ads.
The Vienna Georgia city council warns all parties against exploding fireworks within town limits under penalty of law. The notice is signed by Mayor Jno. E. Howell and treasurer Olk with council members Forbes and Forbes.
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