Local Notices From July Visit and Travel Fragments
A fragmented 1900 item notes visits and movements: Drayton’s Rick Butler is in town on a Tuesday in July. Lola Altman visited her aunt Tilliford. M Bushes and Macon Ainess were seen Tuesday afternoon. T W Walton of Findlay is visiting his son H G Walton. J M Bushee and Watts visited Unadilla. J L Peavy and children are with Mrs S P Adams at Cordele. Mor ing of Macon is noted among friends and relatives in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Bushes
Macon
T. W. Walton
Findlay
H.G. Walton
PLC
J. M. Bushee
Watts
Unadilla
J. L. Peavy
P. Adams
Cordele
Town Copies Prof Brown tax receiver noted infant dies
The infant of T J Berry died on Wednesday the 14th. The spring term of Dooly Superior court will convene next Monday. Rev J J Weman plans to visit next Wednesday. The Matrons' Club entertainment has been postponed due to the death of D G Lennard of Uathber. The town printer notes a paper makeup change has reduced local items this week.
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D. G. Lennard
Uathber
Free eye examinations and glasses offer at Progress office
Next Monday and Tuesday Dr H D I Shook of the Disi Optical Company will visit the Progress office to examine eyes and fit glasses. Examinations are free and if glasses are not wanted a free prescription is provided. One office will be in Vienna. A second item notes lodging at 25 cents due to court, with unrelated loan business mention by AE Hardin & Co near public square.
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Cours
H. D. I Shook
Disi Optical Company
Eoy
Funeral of D G Lennard Held at Cuthbert This Week
P A Lennard and wife attended the funeral of D G Lennard at Cuthbert this week. A Wells of Drayton renewed his Progress subscription. Miss Pett Whitsett returned home near Cordele after visiting Miss Mamie Heppard. Mrs William Means and Mrs Rich Davis of Elko invited sister Mrs L S Speight from Thursday through Saturday. John Bowden and Misses Eva and Annie Haslam of Pinehurst attended Charles King Co show at the opera house Friday. JR Calhoun Co is headquarters for Shoes. I will run a good boarding house through court weeks.
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P. A. Lennard
D. G. Lennard
Cuthbert
A. Wells
Drayton
Progress
Pett, Whitsett
Cordele
Mamie Heppard
William Means
Rich Davis
Elko
L. S. Speight
A. H. Brown
Kerns
Uth
John Bowden
Eva
Annie Haslam
Pinehurst
Charles King Co
Opera House
Entertainment at The Opera House Delights Town
The music and elocution departments present an event in memory of Washington. A chorus opens with The Star Spangled Banner sung by graduating girls. Col M A Fleming will deliver an address in his style. A flag drill by sixteen costumed girls and a pantomime We’ll stand by the Flag Boys with song by Miss Carolyn Nuberts. Recitations and music follow prepared by Miss Marietta Brown. Also notes from Heard’s Opera House about town visits and local residents.
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Washington
Col M.A. Fleming
Irma Swearingen
Carolyn Nuberts
Maorietta Brown
Heard
Houston High School Notes gathered by the Pupils
Houston High School notes recount visits by Miss Julia Rentz from Berrien county and other locals to the school in Anas GA on February 20 1900. Mentions of relatives in Lenox Warwick Cordele and Suwanee River, a Friday school concert with free admission, and students CS Roper J S McKenzie and E B Baughn dealing with family illness.
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RL McKenzie
Suwanee
C Williama -Lee
E’j Tyson
Cordele
E B Baughn
Houston High School
CS Roper
Change of Form for The Progress Printed at Home
The Progress shifts to eight pages printed in Vienna, moving away from Atlanta. A condensed telegraphic news section debuts weekly to rival county papers while a new center-pulley blade splits sheets for shared reading. If readers approve, the new method stays. otherwise the old layout returns.
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Atlanta
Express
Vienna
Seed Peas and Pennute Offered in Drayton Auction
Apply to A Wells in Drayton Georgia for seed peas and pennute at 10 cents per bushel each, as listed in the local notice.
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Drayton
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Che
Penna Yon Busi
Rick Butler
Uly
Lola Altman
Tilliford
Ter Moring
City
C. Brown
T. J. Berry
Dooly
J J. Weman
AE Hardin & Co
Wrangefent
Deerie
J. F. Calhoun & CO
Jordan Bros
JR Calhoun & Co
John Smith
Lacy Morgan
Americus
Times-Recorder
J P Powell
E G Walton
C W Johns
Harves Gilroy Gioveland
Arthur Evans
King Opera Company
N. C
AM Wilson
J Falhoun & Co
Patterson
Jno
Butler & Son
Drayton, Ga
B. Y. P. U. Progam
R O Powell
H P Jackson
Owell
Opera
Wash
Ing
J W Pate
Aycloneta
J F Willet
Josie Burge
Fennell
Brown
Jennie Linde
Eastman
E. Paulk
Afrs
R V Bowen
McKennie
Clegg & Soo
A Newton
GLE Newton
Landreth’s and
Buist’s
Georgia
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