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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1899
Page
4
Vienna Ga news brief states official organ for Dooly County and the town of Vienna published weekly each Thursday and mailed at 2nd class rates.
Vienna Georgia is hailed as a thriving hub on the G F & 67 miles south of Macon. The letter extols a prosperous town with a courthouse jail banks hotels merchants doctors lawyers and a weekly newspaper the Vienna Progress. It invites investors to witness the town’s growth through 19th century crises.
The speaker urges clear roads bridges and cemeteries moved or rebuilt. Proposes a new cemetery house with arched entrances, a remodeled school house, a better jail and court house, and a volunteer fire company with hoses. Argues reforms reduce fire insurance and prevent block-wide destruction. asks how and when these improvements will occur.
The message contrasts honesty with Christianity and cites the quotes Render unto Caesar and Do unto others as key ethical laws. It frames honesty as essential to Christ’s teaching and notes the law and the prophets as guiding principles.
A long meditation argues that despair, not insanity, drives self harm and violence. Using Jeremiah Ryan as an example, the piece contrasts mental illness with despondency, asserting hope loss leads to suicide and that intelligent planning can accompany despair. The essay probes motive, causes, and the line between sane and despondent acts.
A meditation on mortality warns that humans may end life by their own choice, fearing the day they depart life and the silver cord which binds the body to existence.
The tax exemption act taxes institutions run for gain by a corporation or individuals. Lucy Cobb's Institute appears to be run for gain and thus would be subject to taxation rather than fully exempt under the act.
The writer notes that Macon rushed out black troops to be mustered out abroad, saving nothing. She did not spend the $200,000 allotted by the government and now faces regret for not receiving the money.
A business owner states he intended to sell on January 1 but did not proceed and now offers all courtesies to farmers under current circumstances, signing as D. B. Thompson.
The first quarterly meeting of this circuit will be held at Pleas ant Valley church on Saturday and Sunday February 18 and 19. Revd B McGhee, the presiding elder, will attend and preach in Vienna Sunday night and conduct the quarterly conference for the Vienna and Unadilla churches here Monday morning. Key EM Wright Pastor Vienna errcuit.
A brief reflection on judgment and character, urging empathy and self‑inspection, followed by an advertisement for DeWitt's Little Early Risers laxative from Dr. C. T. Stovall promoting liver health and constipation relief.
The piece warns that procrastination robs time and opportunities. It links delay to poverty and ignorance, removing potential poets and philosophers. It urges seizing the moment with phrases like Improve your time and Never put off until tomorrow what should have been done today.
The Dooly county Teachers held their Institute meeting in this city Saturday with a prayer by Prof. KE B Walker. Fifty six whites and twenty nine colored teachers answered roll call. Miss Martha Bryan read a paper on Spelling and Penmanship. Discussions were led by Profs W C Monk Snow R O Powell Raines and H R Wilder Cor dele. Several contracts were made for the school term under Prof A S Rowland Pres Miss Lizzie Jackson Sec. The Progress wishes them a prosperous and successful year.
A note from Hyman H Levin thanks friends in Vienna for hospitality before moving for better business. He invites future contact and recalls fond memories with a polite farewell. The item also contains an advertisement for One Minute Cough Cure, claimed to treat La Grippe with quick action, endorsed by Dr. C Stovall.
An uncontrolled outburst by General Eagan using profane language leads to a six year suspension from the army. The episode underscores the risk of temper and the impact of insult in military service. The incident carries a cautionary moral about timing and audience in expressing anger.
Advertised letters include Barney Mra Jane Dosey Miss Cathern Davis Wash Granville Wm Horton M B Hilsome W Harris John Hawkin Ike Hawpton Lewis Hill Charles Huff Adam Jenkins Nathan Joiner J L James J EB King Richmond McCarthy J W Pitts Monroe Partin Miss Zulula Pueni Ella Poole Sallie Stubbs Minnie Sanders Sopha Shepard Mandy Woodward Eliza Waller Oseat. Request recipients to inquire at the post office. R S Mipprerton P M Vienna Ga February 1 1899.
A historical ad warns that croup colds and throat troubles can lead to consumption and asserts that One Minute Cough Cure used promptly saves life health and money. It notes the medicine is pleasant for children.
A rustic exhortation urges planting wheat and cotton with promises of food and wealth. The refrain emphasizes agricultural totems, claiming bread and hogs as rewards, framing crops as the path to prosperity and rank without money.
The colored teachers of Dooly County Georgia express gratitude for BE G Green's efficient fair service and urge re election. They commend the Dooly County Board of Education for his tenure and request publication in local papers. A record copy will be kept in the teachers institute minutes. Also notices for 1899 licenses call by R Kerra, Clerk and Treasurer.
A fragmented local notice lists hotels in Vienna Cordele and Unadilla with managers J W Roberto Waters T H Johnson J F Pierce and others highlighting hospitality and meals. It also promotes DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for skin ailments and cautions about imitations.
A Little Wonder Mathews Lock Coupling to fasten a shaft or pole to the buggy axle. Nothing better or more convenient. Address Mathews Coupling Co Barnesville Ga.
An advertisement claims a guaranteed cure for drunkenness for husbands, brothers, or fathers, usable with or without the patient’s knowledge and invites readers to send 42 cents for details to Dr. W. H. Saunders & Co. in Chicago. The Watts-Potts dialogue mocks doctors prescribing whiskey as medicine.
A brief exhortation urges boys to work hard and stay diligent, arguing success comes from their own effort rather than luck. It emphasizes self-discipline, persistence, and caution to avoid failure.
A single car of No. 2 Shing les reports arrival price at one dollar per thousand board measure. DB Thompson remarks on railcar delivery and pricing.
The source text appears garbled or incomplete, referencing a friend named Simmons and terms like wine tablets and confinement, with mentions of labor and childbirth but lacking coherent narrative or verifiable details for a dated news item.
A short public notice states prompt attention to entrusted business with a local reference to the SF Office over Rucket Store.
Jno F Powell and Sons announce regular practice in all courts of the Southwestern, Oconee and Albany Circuits. Office near Court House on Union Street Vienna Georgia.
Geo W Wooten announces a new law office on Cotton Street near the New Court House in Vienna Georgia. He will practice in all state courts and in the Federal Courts at Macon and Savannah. Dated March 13, 1894.
D A R Crum a lawyer from Vienna Dooly County Georgia regularly practices in the Macon Southwestern Ocomee Southern and Brunswick circuits state supreme court United States circuit and district courts and court of appeals He will also practice in United States Bankruptcy courts.
Telephone at residence and office. Office over J F Calhoun & Co's store, all orders left with them will be promptly attended to.
Dr Y F Bivins physician and surgeon in Vienna Georgia offers obstetrics and diseases of women as a specialty. All calls answered promptly day or night. Office over J J Coopers store. Office 18 residence 25 phone numbers.
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