Vienna notices and ads span Christmas season
Local items report visits and arrivals in Vienna and Cordele, including Edith Page’s visit, Miss Clifford Whitehead’s Cordele week, and Mrs Z T Penny’s return. The Drug Store advertises toys and jewelry while Walton Co. promotes cloaks and fascinators. Community meetings, school job needs, tax updates, and a moving schedule lead into Christmas commerce and theatre. The Core-Brooke and Heard’s Opera House schedule shows performances through the week.
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W. T. Hendley
Alma Reynolds
Kerns
Core-Brooke Opera Company
Vienna
Heard’s Opera House
Brooke Co
E.G. Walton & Co
Infante Cloake
A. Cooper
Santa Claus in Vienna Park Christmas Play
Vienna plans a park event for Sunday school children from 2 to 6 pm on Wednesday. A nut and candy hunt opens the afternoon with prizes for top finders, then Santa Claus arrives to distribute gifts to the children, with a note that John Barleycorn is not invited.
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E. G. Walton & Co
A. Culpepper
Arabi
U. S
W.H. Brown
Vienna
Santa Claus
Dooly County
J. Lewis
John Barleycorn
Marshal's Sale in Vienna for two spotted gilts
The marshal will sell at the council chamber door in Vienna between 11 and 12 on Thursday December 27 to the highest bidder for cash two unmarked six month old spotted gilts one white and black and one black and white impounded as a stray to pay expenses W Johns Marshal
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Council
Vienna
W. Johns
Call Meeting Of Vienna Citizens At Courthouse
Citizens of Vienna are called to meet at the courthouse Friday evening at 38 o'clock to discuss public questions and name candidates for the upcoming term by order of Mayor C B Bazemore. The notice also advertises a Gold watch sale at Dr Stovalls Drug Store and Christmas goods at E G Walton Co with assorted ties and bargains.
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Cornelius Neal
Eugene Thomas
Beach Haven
Vienna
Heard’s
Opera House
Hattie Jones
Kentucky
Vienna High School
Miss Jones
C. 8
Bazemore
Watches repaired and jewelry mended at local shops
The page lists watch repair and jewelry services at multiple stores including J A Taylor and E G Walton Co, with ads for legal blanks, toys, and holiday goods. A notice seeks several persons for employment and a payroll address appears at 320 Caxton Building Chicago.
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Tata
Glenn
Caxton Building
Chicago
Christmas Mistletoe Tale From Grandparents to Santa
Christmas tale evokes family warmth as mothers prepare gifts and children celebrate around the tree. Grandparents share memories while games and playful romance drift under mistletoe, with Antonio noting the scene and the festive cheer.
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Santa
New Year Folklore and Superstitions Across Eras
The Detroit News-Tribune surveys old customs for predicting the year ahead. It cites a Trinity College manuscript on January weather and warns against lending or paying on New Year’s Day. It notes beliefs about the first foot and hair color affecting luck.
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Barty
Detroit News-Tribune
Trinity College
Cambridge
Judas Iscariot
Judas
Lis
New Year Folklore on First Footings and House Entry
The text describes a New Year custom where a fair, light person must be the first footer. They should eat and drink in the house, carry holly, enter through the front door, visit every room, then exit by the rear. No woman may be the first to enter.
The Tables Turned at a New Year Meeting
In a humorous exchange, a deacon vows to quit fighting in the new year but confesses a lingering urge to settle a score with Brother Jones. They step outside and return after a clash, leaving the pledge unfulfilled as the deacon admits he was defeated.
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Brother Jones
Atlanta Constitution
Watch Night Reflections On New Year Resolve
A speaker recalls watch night rituals and Christian renewal, contrasting public performance with private study. The piece urges inward change over calendar dates, emphasizing grace, obedience, and the quiet decision to yield the will to Christ for the coming year.
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Christ
Central Railway Sleeper Service Between Macon and Jacksonville
Subject to change without public notice, Central Railway train 402 a.m. from Macon to Columbus and Birmingham offers through sleeper service via the Dixie Flyer, with connections at 0.R. Junction. Through sleeper from St. Louis to Jacksonville via Tifton and another Macon to Jacksonville route via Valdosta and the A. V. & W. Railway opens for reception at Union Depot Macon at 9:30 p.m. and remains until 7:80 a.m., with occupancy allowed until then. Signed Bazemore Shaw Rhodes Vienna Ga.
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Macon Union Depot
Bazemore
Cheokly Shaw
Rhodes
Gen'l. Pass
Vienna
Macon
Cordele
al Tifton
miLy. Iften
Ark
Heartpit
Aldosta
Li Aldosta
Jasper
Lalile Springske City
Lake City
Hampton
Palatka
Valdosta
Valdos
Fa Central Railway
Columbus
Birmingham
Atlant
Mar
Hattan
Nashvirte
Levene UV
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Edith Page
Byronville
Laxsoter
E.G. Walton & On
Clifford Whitehead
R.B. Solomon
Tn Cordele
Walton & Co's
Mt. Olive School
Z. T. Penny
Cox
B. G. Walton & Go’s
A. Mitchell
Mies Carrie
D. L. Henderson
D. A. R. Crum
McKinney Land
Supreme Court
Mia
Speight
Misa Ella
J.J. Cooper
Mra
Cofeld’s
Marshal's Sale
E.G. Walton Co
Dr. Stovall
W. Thigpen
J. A. Taylor
L. A. Coorzr
W. Tuierra
E‘en Mammiy
Nell
Jack
Bis
Papa
Jamie
Hal
Bonny Bess
Will
Sue
Susie
Grandpa
Grandma
Antonio
Micetin
Risa
Old Dooly
M. E. Rushin
Georgia Southern
Florida
Suwanee River
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