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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1897
Page
8
A damaged advert fragment lists medical tonics powders salves and cures. Mentions Lu Caily a condition powder and Vienna shops Stovall Boner Driggler Racker Store and Thigpen Fraction Jewelry. Includes statements of cures for rheumatism and soothing salves for burns and sores vague health claims.
Mr J Ay Miller field worker for the Georgia State Sunday School Convention spoke in Vienna on Saturday and Sunday about organizing Sunday Schools countywide to foster cooperation and uplift. County officers were elected in a meeting at the Methodist church with L B Jones Cordele as President KE G Greene Vienna as Secretary J F Galhoun and Jno B Howell as Vice Presidents and Mrs Letitia Davies as Treasurer.
Dear little child lost in Georgia, references to One Minute Cough Cure and Stovall & Iorbes. Notices from J. D. Hargrove and George W. Wooten about estates and administration. Testimony on remedies by Wm. H. Penn from Des Moines rail service. Price details for Chamberlain's remedy included.
A Woodstock Michigan man named Byron Eivéry suffered rheumatism in both legs until he used Chamberlain's Pain Balm. One bottle brought relief and a second bottle cured him. The 25 and 50 cent sizes are for sale by Stovall Forbes.
A early advertisement promotes the Dixie Folding Wardrobe built to protect clothing from light dust flies and moths It folds to within two inches and is portable for a child to carry The firm J P Heard Son sells remaining stock at 260 each at their store The Dixie Wardrobe Co announces impending cessation of manufacture and rapid territory sales
J H Woodward attorney offers six year farm loans at 8 percent secured by free mortgage. New York brokers arrange the loans with small abstract and inspection fees paid by borrower. Contacts in Vienna Georgia on Wednesdays and Thursdays, other days at his residence.
An advertisement lists Houston High School in Arabi with low monthly rates. Tuition in advance 1.25 and 3.00 for music, board in dormitory about 6.00, board in private families 8.00. Spring term begins January 4, catalogue available from J E Powell.
R F Shedden, general agent in Atlanta, advertises a Twenty Year Distribution Policy and Endowment Life Option for continuous life and limited payment. The copy stresses security and low costs with guaranteed income and investment protection for policyholders.
A compilation of Dooly County notices from February 1897 including sale of real estate belonging to the estate of Sallie Pate deceased for distribution among heirs in March, guardian petitions for wards Arthur Davies and Ora Holleman, guardianship leave to sell a ward dwelling in Vienna, and an administrator's discharge petition for R Bullington.
Sheriff sale notices in Dooly County Georgia list two properties for auction on the first Tuesday in March 1897. The first package includes three horse mules named Jack Hagar and Henry, levied to satisfy a FiFa in favor of J. O. Hamilton against multiple defendants. The second item covers a Cordele city lot No. 5 in block 198, levied to satisfy a claim in favor of A. J. Comer, via county justice court proceedings.
James Connor as executor for Elizabeth James Bradshaw requests Letters of Dismission from his trust as executor. The matter will be passed upon on the first Monday in March 1807. Signed December 1, 1898 by J. Db. Hargrove, D. D., C.
The administrator of Susan Bellflower estate applies for Letters of Dismission. A hearing is set for the 3rd Monday in March 1897. Court official D Hargrove will oversee the proceeding in this probate matter.
In Dooly County Georgia J B Ivey seeks letters of dismission for Martha A Tolap estate after full administration and creditors are warned to show cause by the first Monday in April 1897. James L S Brown administers estate of Jas Brown seeking dismission with similar citation. Libel for divorce in the Martin case requires publication for four months in the Vienna Progress. Colts Kelley applies for permanent administration on Ella Kelley’s estate with March 1897 date.
Southern Phosphate Company promotes a special guano for cotton built from a cotton stalk analysis. The product claims high phosphoric acid and potash content to strengthen fruit and stalks. Offer notes 300 pounds of cotton for 10 dollars, with payment due October 1 1897, amid rising cotton prices.
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