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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1904
Page
4
A fragmentary poem recalls old tunes and singers lost to time, noting how cherished melodies fade from memory. References to "Annie Rooney" and other vintage songs mingle with lines about nostalgia and vanished voices. A closing quip contrasts a charity ad with a sharp economic joke about wealth and poverty.
A fragmentary exchange discusses wealth bringing trouble and a reluctance to marry without consent. One speaker jokes about chloroforming the prospective groom, highlighting a humorous if dark tension in the conversation.
A jumble of disjointed phrases reflects frustration over labor and supply. The speaker references Abel and a matrimonial bureau, notes a surplus beyond demand, and laments a person who learned to creep rather than rising early, ending with a vague blessing for the one who first invented morning rising.
A mixed garland of quips and verses on winter woes, advice, weighty jokes, and New Year notions. It riffs on folly, timing, and modern transit with playful lines about thieves, signals, and streetcars. The piece surveys daily curiosities and social quirks through tongue in cheek reflections.
A nostalgic scene shows Valentine cards and tender notes dropped by mail carriers. Comic lines reveal mischief and affection, as a letter’s authorial intent contrasts with the playful comics tied to the day.
Will be sold before the courthouse door in AienAREA on theirst verday in Murch between legal hours to the highest bidder cash the property levied on under firea segued by F.d. Lowia and county taxed for the year 190: East half of lot 146 in 6th district property of R. By Reynolds etc. various parcels and names listed for tax sale with many irregular fragments and party references.
Fragmentary listing shows names such as J H Rafferty D P A, Rhodes Gen Agt, Leon Bell and places including Jacksonville Macon Atlanta. Likely a dated railway notice or agents roster with locations in Georgia and Florida.
The document lists officers and agents including George Dole Wadley Vice President and General Manager H O McFadden General Freight and Passenger Agent J J Milligan A Alex Bonnyman Superintendant G Knapp. Traveling Freight and Passenger Agent based in Vienna Georgia with General Offices in Waycross Georgia.
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