03 Jan 1901
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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1901
Page
1
The poem marks the last night of the old year as the baby is born and joy is shared. It laments the weary old year leaving, with Nineteen Hundred going, and welcomes the threshold of the new year with possible hopeful change.
Sam P Jones argues Mr Cleveland’s views are strong and unanswerable while blasting the Chicago platform. He names factions and leaders, lauds Cleveland, critiques Bryan and Turner figures, and hints at Georgia voting trends. An Atlanta Journal excerpt notes Unadilla council election and voter registration window through June 8, 1901.
In Cordele a local slogan claims the town already "spoke for it" and urges Rochelle Newra to push citizens to attract the Brunswick and Birmingham road through the area. The chorus repeats a taunting line, suggesting timely action was missed.
A grillin Saturday fire destroyed 800 bales of cotton. A woman who owned 16 bales drew a pistol and demanded payment from the manager, threatening to kill him if unpaid. She reportedly received her money.
In a late year note from Coney News, December 28 events highlight the weddings of Nettie Lewie to Gordon Dixon and Mary Jewett Dixon, with remarks on the couples' characters and blessings sought. Also mention of Mary Callie Coney at home, travel notes, and local preacher attendance planned for Sunday. reflections on the old year and editor’s faithful paper.
A social gathering at Mr. and Mrs. J F McArthur hosted twenty or so young locals including Misses Ida Summerford Stella Wood Mamie Goodran Reggie Crawford Vida Lester Beulah Short Hattie Milton Jones Carrie Robinson Maggie Crawford Ola Robinson Cora Carroll and Messrs Willie Leggitt Herold Summerford G B Netherton Dan Summerford Fitzgerald and Lewis McArthur The evening featured recitations games and fortune telling amid holiday cheer with smallpox concerns noted and a reference to prior articles on circus spread and a Fort McPherson surgeon remark.
The Pleasant Valley column urges thrift through uncertain cotton prices, advising economy whether prices rise or fall. Local notices mention E. J. Smith visiting Alapaha, G. C. Bowers family holidays, a social at W. J. Butler’s, and several neighbors hosting dinners. A Dublin man shot at a rival marriage, then killed himself in a failed attempt.
Notice from the colored teachers of Dooly county Georgia calls a January 19 1901 meeting at the Vienna courthouse to reorganize the Teachers Institute. All teachers are urged to attend under President Ranporrm.
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