06 Jan 1898
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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1898
Page
1
A verbose New Year tract urged youths especially girls and boys to value health education and privilege. It praised women's rights within natural limits, extolled fathers as autocrats shaping character, mothers as priestesses of sacrifice, and invalids with patient faith. The piece envisions hopeful futures, duty, and true success through self discipline and service.
A summary notes a work by forty eminent American physicians praising cod liver oil as more effective for consumption than other remedies. It also reports that English observers view the hypophosphites of lime and soda as specifics for consumption.
An old marketing note touts Scott's Emulsion as the best cod liver oil drink. The remedy is said to align with current medical views and is sold by druggists for $1.00, with Scott & Bowne as chemists in New York.
A reflective piece urges guarding personal character and resisting gossip. It laments the harm of tale bearing, notes how reputations fade after death, and calls for proactive kindness, teaching children to love the Savior, and visiting gossips to curb harms. It envisions a world of sunshine replacing sorrow.
The Vienna town council renovated the old Dooly county jail into a council chamber. Clerk and Treasurer R Kellam and the board of education have offices there. A local youth named Jesus Brewer fled after a Saturday night confrontation with a white peer. his return is uncertain.
The program lists opening doxology and prayer, an anthem Bless the Lord, a choir reading by the president, readings by Watts Powell and Bessie Collier, a flute solo by Prof. Martin, an address by Judge Hendey, and a dismissal prayer, all in a Sunday service format.
Marketing note announcing a drop in cotton and a complete lineup of hats shoes dress goods clothing jeans and related apparel arriving as prices and stock shift to meet demand.
A Cordele ceremony unites J F Calhoun and R Bennett Scarborough with Miss Marietta McKinney last Sunday afternoon. Rev Blam Cub Pepper officiates as relatives and friends witness the nuptials and extend best wishes for a long, happy life.
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