Entertainer Will D. Shaw Draws Big Audiences in South
Will D. Shaw known as Hearnest Willie headlines in Vienna at the Public Hall on Friday at 7:30 pm selling tickets 30c single 50c couple, 15c for children and a dollar for a family up to 12 boys and 13 girls. Newspapers praise his mix of mirth and pathos and note he has drawn larger crowds than Gov. Bob Taylor in several towns across Georgia and Tennessee.
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Vienna
Will D. D. Shaw
Wiregrass South Ga
Montgomery Evening News
Bob Taylor
Elberton Star
Hawkinsville
Georgia
News and Dispatch
Willie
Sam Jones
Chatauqua
McRea and
Eastman
Tennessee
Gov
South Georgia
Gorey Notes and Local Happenings
Miss Annie Kaigler visits relatives at Oglethorpe. Ed Miller and Morgan of Americus hunted doves at Coney last week, wasting much ammunition. Farmers plant corn and cane for large crops. Rev. J. E. Powell of Arabs preaches at Ebenezer and becomes pastor, promising old time religion. Dr. T. A. Singleton, formerly of this place, is buried at Hopewell Schley County on the 14th, mourned by many friends.
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Annie Kaigler
Oglethorpe
Ed Miller
Morgan
Americus
Coney
J.E. Powell
Ebenezer
T. A. Singleton
Hopewell Schley County
Snowy self satire from Snow Georgia notice column
The Snow Ga column laments a sickly year 1895 and heavy local deaths while noting a bustling school with eighty pupils, four sawmills nearby, and lumber shipments from Unadilla. It jokes about local character Heds joining holiness, and mentions a Dum Supper play by Hattie Clewis and May Wallace with a prompt to apply for information.
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Hans
Havn
Unadilla
Pate
Snow School
Heds
Hattie Clewis
May Wallace
Snow Ga
Burial of Dr Pate in Unadilla by Masonic ceremony
Burial for Dr Pate took place in Unadilla Tuesday morning from the Baptist church. Rev A J Cheves of Montezuma preached a touching sermon. The Masonic fraternity conducted the grave ceremony and a large crowd attended. Mrs Pate remains in failing health and is not expected to recover from the shock.
Bar Association meeting sets civil docket for trial week
The Deely County Bar Association held a Saturday meeting to set civil docket cases for trial in the first week of Superior court. County attorneys were present. lists will be printed and furnished to lawyers and clients. Col Geo W Wooten was re elected President. Col D A R Crum resigned as Secretary and Col John W Powell was elected Secretary.
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Deely County Bar Association
Superior Court
Geo. W. Wooten
Col
D. A. R. Crum
John W. Powell
Death of Dr Pate Ends Towns Most Esteemed Citizen
Death of Dr R H Pate of Unadilla shocks the county. A physician who moved from Washington county in the 1850s, he became a leading, moral, civic force. In his home he exemplified Southern hospitality and kindness, caring for the sick regardless of means. He died at age 62 after a sudden stroke, leaving a bereaved family and wide sympathy from friends statewide.
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R. H. Pate
Unadilla
Dooly
Washington County
Found A Good Bed Sam Smith Placed In Asylum
Sam Smith once a humble man in Vienna developed lunacy several months ago and burned clothes claiming poison and witch plots. He seized a family bed, was found in a locked room, and after a brief jail stay was sent to an asylum following lunacy charges and his belief that blacks plotted to kill him while whites could control others.
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Sam Smith
Sam
Vienna
Zack Gilbert
J. P. Heard
In Memory of Effie Moore Died January 10 1896
Mrs Effie Moore wife of J C Moore dies at home after five weeks bed rest with malaria and pneumonia She was daughter of E J and M J Folds valued member of the Methodist Church Survived by husband and three children in sorrow the family seeks guidance and solace from God. Justice court blanks and warrants advertised for sale at the Progress office.
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Effie Moore
J. €. Moore
E.J
M. J. Folds
Methodist
Effie
Hee Bromnens
Justice Court
The
Progress
Office
Senator Bacon’s Maiden Senate Speech Praised
The article lauds Senator Bacon’s Senate speech as logical and informative. It argues his points challenge demonetization of silver and suggest that most powers aside from England and Germany are not on the gold basis. It cites national banks backing the gold standard and delaying silver bimortality.
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Senator Bacon
Senate
Bacon
United States
America
England
Germany
Bridges School Notes and Local Affairs Update
Measles keep scholars out of Bridges School while farmers consider planting corn and others delay until earth thaws. Preparations rise for a large cotton crop. profitability remains uncertain. Local politics are lively. Three district schools report good attendance. Ebenezer Church, without a pastor for months, has called Rev. J. E. Powell of the Houston Institute at Arabs to serve on the 4th Sunday and the preceding Saturday each month.
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Ebenezer Church
J. E. Powell
The
Houston Institute St Arabs
Progressive Whist Party Hosts Mrs Lewis Honor Guest Mamie Leonard
Mr and Mrs John F Lewis hosted a progressive whist party on Wednesday night in honor of guest Miss Mamie Leonard of Vienna. About ten couples from local society attended and enjoyed refreshments. First prize went to Mr B S Richardson and the booby prize to Capt J L Staten.
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John F. Lewis
Mamie Leonard
Vienna
B.S Richardson
J. L. Staten
Valdosta
Notice Against Trading Rent Note To P G McDonald
All parties are warned not to trade for a rent note issued by me to P. G. McDonald for $100 due September 15 1896 and dated December 31 1895. The note’s consideration failed I shall resist payment.
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P. G. McDonald
A Well Mortgaged Cow
A farmer faces debt collection over a chattel mortgage. The collector discovers eleven cows listed as collateral with varied red and white markings. The farmer insists the mortgage does not cover all cows, and the dispute leads to playful reformulation as the lender contemplates seizing the red and white cow in the pasture.
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Lake County
Virmillion Freeman
Fly catcher for horses patent urged by animal society
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals may endorse this humane patent. It is a fly catcher for horses attached to the back, with an open wire frame holding removable fly-paper sheets. Inventor listed as W. Arlington J. Farnham of Dunham, Canada.
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Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
W. Arlinton J. Farnham
Dunham
Canada
Reflections on universe scale and human significance
A meditation on the vast cosmos and the tiny human role within it. It urges humility about our self importance while stressing each person’s value to the body politic, likening nourishment of the mind to food for the body and noting moral impact of our existence.
The Invisible Hand: Every Person’s Influence Matter
A reflective meditation on individual influence and responsibility. It argues that no one can escape impact on others, likening each person to a tiny coral insect whose unseen work sustains a larger whole, and urging humble, steady good work even in obscurity.
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Pacific
Local moral counsel echoes in city cleansing decree
TheJerusalem authorities urge residents to tidy their own paths before judging others, urging personal responsibility to keep the city clean. The saying likens this to biblical instruction to first remove one’s own beam before addressing a brother’s mote.
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Confucius
Jerusale
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Dublin
Cordele
Gorey
Dr. Pate
Bridges School
Progressive Whist Party
Nemo
Nic
Paul
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