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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1896
Page
8
Advert promotes low prices on woolen garments with a focus on comfort for winter. Claims all-wool products and best values with many styles of suits and overcoats priced from 2.50 to 17.50 to attract buyers.
A superb line of overcoats ranges from six to ten dollars with cloaks and capes. Our New York buyer offers bargains in ladies jersey capes with fur collars, 1.26 and 2.00. Another lot of 45 garments in mohair matlasse boucle and fine jerseys, fur and jet trim lined with two tone silk. value would be 10.00, pick from six fifty.
A historical sale note urges prioritizing warm sturdy shoes for children over other comforts. It lists discounted items including wool blankets, bed spreads, and hosiery with bulk pricing and emphasis on practical warmth and value. The call emphasizes leadership in hosiery and dress goods with low per yard and per pair prices.
Local shop advertises a large assortment of hats caps and notions. Store invites customers to inspect the stock and trade dollars for a full line of neckties cuffs suspenders and related items.
Multiple probate notices list H A Smith administrator for William R Smith estate seeking dismissal February 1 1897 and J D Hargrove docket entries for W Barlow Felder James Bradshaw and others letters of dismission and guardian sales of ward property in Vienna and surrounding areas with dates and court reference in 1896 1897. Town marshal’s sale appears at end of notice.
Multiple public notices from Vienna Georgia announce tax sale of an Alliance Company property on the first Tuesday in January 1897 at the county courthouse, description of the lot and tax details, plus separate orders for land sales in Dooly County and a series of estate administration actions including letters of dismission, sale of real estate, and year’s support for widows, with dates in December 1896 and January 1897.
Court order sale on the first Tuesday in January 1897 at the county courthouse for cash. Property includes land Lot 188 in district six and Lots 950 and 256 in district eleven, totaling about 607 acres. Proceeds to pay minor heirs and estate debts. Administrators W G Gunn and E T Tieretr announce December 7 1896.
A receivers sale by decree of the Superior Court of Dooly County will auction cash property on the first Tuesday in January 1897 in Cordele. Lots in multiple blocks in Cordele and Helena, including the Cordele Shoe Factory buildings, plus an undivided half interest in numerous city lots and a house in Americus, will be offered along with personal property and chose in action. The sale aims to satisfy the verdict in the Cordele Hotel Co. v Bank of Cordele case, with rights to reject bids reserved.
A. W. Reynolds guardian for Claud H Alma G Mamie R Wm. C Annie P Clara E Bonnie P and Ida 8 Reynolds applies to the Dooly County Georgia court for leave to sell eight ninths of their undivided interest in 100 acres, the west half of lot 87 in the first district, to fund maintenance education and support. Judge J. D. Hargrove will rule on January 1 1897.
In due form Lasseter applies for letters of Administration debonis non with will annexed for the estate of Shemuel Lasseter, deceased, to be granted on the first Monday in January 1897. D. Hargrove, O. D.C., signs the notice on December 1, 1896.
A customer reports seeking repair service and attention for a timepiece. The note mentions relocation to Vienna, Georgia, and identifies the Racket Store as a point of contact for Practical Jewelry. It ends with a polite offer of prompt service from W Thigpen.
Dr J M Whitehead, dentist, will hold clinics in the Masonic Building from the 15th to the 1st each month. Office phone provided. Residence listed as Al.
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