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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1897
Page
5
The directive states that the business of 1896 must be closed immediately with all preparations completed for the end of the year. Officials urge swift action to finalize accounts, settle obligations, and wind down operations to ensure a orderly transition.
Cordele visitors J M Kelly and J M Whitehead called on friends. Businessmen Cobb and Bell visited. Re Christmas travel and 1897 hopes. J Frank Powell became Clerk Superior Court. Americus friends Howell and Rooks returned home. Crum family called to Homerville for Cob Crum’s illness. Bank of Cordele receivers sale attended. School starting for children with urged daily attendance. John Whitehead ill with fever. Vienna’s four colored men cleared on gaming charge. Frequent moves among residents noted. Dooly education fund unchanged but more pupils. Vienna Public Schools open Monday with repairs for 150 plus pupils. E H Stephens visited Hampton. Nelse Brown resigns mail route. successors sought. H R Payne from Bartow becomes Vienna citizen. will wind up Lasseter estate. Watts Powell admitted to bar at Oglethorpe. to practice with father. Mrs I J Stephens and Miss Lucile Stephens visiting. Lucile dangerously ill but improving.
Louden Grover of Sardie Kentucky reports his daughter recovered from fever related back and hip pain after one bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm providing complete relief. The balm is promoted as a remedy for rheumatism and is sold by Stovall & Forbes.
Pinehurst resident 8. D. Thompson killed a brag pig weighing about 078 pounds. The state challenged to produce a larger one, with the boast noted as a local curiosity.
The Houston High School at Arabi opened Monday with 98 pupils and an outlook for 150 pupils. The Arabi school is gaining a strong reputation as it grows. The Westfield Indiana women’s group publishes a Kal lon edition of the Westfield News dated April 8, 1896, featuring a correspondent note praising Chamberlains Cough Remedy as effective for croup colds and bronchitis with bottles priced at 25 and 60 cents sold by Stovall and Forbes.
Strays include a small bay mare with long tail and white right front foot and a large male with a white blaze. They vanished from Bennett Enson’s farm in the 10th district near Vienna Georgia. Information to Wilson Henly is requested.
The Progress declares it will thoroughly cover the local news field in 1897 and seeks the confidence and support of the people of Dooly to make the year the best and most prosperous yet.
Local druggists announce a fresh stock of garden seeds and onion setts for the 1897 planting season. They pledge purity and suitability for the climate and urge customers to secure supplies before the assortment is broken.
Vetter Salt Rheum and Kezema itching relief via Chamberlains Eye and Skin Ointment claims cure for severe cases and is suitable for itching piles sore nipples chapped hands chilblains frost bites and chronic sore eyes at 25 cents per box. Dr Cadys Condition Powders marketed as a tonic blood purifier and vermifuge for horses priced at 25 cents per package.
An advertisement offers a good secondhand top buggy and harness and a gentle Alko family horse for cash or on tine with papers. The text includes fragmented dialogue and stray garbled phrases amid the listing, reflecting a damaged OCR from a historic page.
Inventor touts folding wardrobe as must have for refined homes. Protects from light dust and moths, folds to two inches, portable for a child to carry. Territory selling out, remaining stock priced at $2.50 each at J P Heard & Son store.
In Dooly County Georgia the court warns that unless good cause is shown by January 16, 1897 an order will be granted to alter the old Slash Eye road in Pinehurst. The work starts about one hundred yards east of H D Wood’s residence and runs east to the Wood Haslam land line, then north to meet the road about six hundred yards east of Wood’s residence. This notice is dated December 16 and signed by J D Hargrave, O D.
Local ads tout Mystic Cure for rheumatism and One Minute Cough Cure as quick relief. Stovall & Worbee, Stovall & Forbes promote tonics, liniments, and DeWitt’s Hazel Salve for piles and skin issues. J. F. Calhoun & Co offer kerex pipe, linen collars, insurance pitches, and life policies via L. H. Taylor. Old mail delivery hampered by post-boys compared to telephone.
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