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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1899
Page
4
Notice from a Vi enna Go post office outlining 2nd class mailing rates, annual subscription at $1 in advance, advertising rates available on request, and contracts offered at liberal terms.
The piece urges a State Fair exhibit in Avanta for October and calls on Dooly county to participate. It notes Col David D Shelby of Huntsville Alabama was named U S circuit judge for the Fifth Circuit and mentions Col Glenn of Atlanta as a candidate whose win appeared likely before a residence fact altered the outcome. Volunteers from the Third Georgia regiment in Cuba cost about 20 000 to travel round trip.
The ad touts DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve as first for bites burns indolent sores eczema and especially piles. It warns buyers to beware counterfeit imitations and offers Dr C Stovall’s endorsement as trust signal, urging use of the genuine product.
Hellot Calhoun and Company offer door to door delivery of a wide range of goods as advertised in a historical notice, promising convenient service and full availability for customers seeking home delivery.
A vintage advertisement proclaims that no child dies where ten once did from croup and urges use of One Minute Cough Cure for severe lung and throat troubles. It claims immediate cough relief with the product endorsed by C T Stovall.
County letters recount a frigid week with rabbit hunts, a death by drinking and freezing near the railroad, a fatal burn of a child, school suspensions, and local church debates. The Progress promises stronger support and civic vigor amid community hardship and hopeful reform.
On the 21st the two houses of Mr. Pope Watson on the Vinson place were totally burned. Origin unknown as no one resided there. A prior January fire burned a barn on the same property after which the occupant left. This marks the eighth or ninth dwelling or barn burned since July 98. Value not stated.
A historical advertisement urges readers with coughs throat irritation and chest pain to try One Minute Cough Cure. It touts safety and reliability and mentions Dr CT Stovall and a sales pitch by Lashley Burns and Kelly related to selling guano and other items to farmers.
An advertisement asserts a “sire cure” for drunkenness available to readers and family members with or without the patient’s knowledge. It asks readers to send 22 cents for particulars and to address correspondence to Dr W H Saunders & Co in Chicago.
Dr Bivins provides special attention to obstetrics and diseases peculiar to women in Vienna Georgia. All calls answered day or night. Office over J J Coopers store with office phone 18 and residence phone 25.
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