14 Jan 1897
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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1897
Page
1
For over two decades Scott's Emulsion has been promoted as a remedy for wasting diseases and malnutrition in adults and children. A physician prepared a small book explaining how and why it helps, available free by sending a postal card request to Scott & Bowne of New York.
A layman’s weekly column assesses Spain’s decay through three weak points the grandee’s ideology the colonial frenzy and agricultural stagnation. It traces how Spain’s refusal to embrace growth and thought has allowed anarchism to fester, while other powers use indirect gains from colonies to strengthen themselves, leaving Spain increasingly isolated and prostrate.
The Cordele Herald’s Jan 6 1897 piece on Dr RB M Brown portrays early Dooly County whites as uneducated loggers turned toward “culture and thrift” after new settlers arrived. It notes cane sugar making, banked seed cane, crude mills, boiling kettles, and a mistaken romantic view later challenged by local residents.
The text laments the devastation caused by conquerors scattering works and plans and agricultural gains. It portrays the Poon as spiritless, sunken beyond hope of revival, signaling a ruinous aftermath and loss of vitality.
A black man near Ashburn confessed to killing Sumner and attempting to assault his daughter, fired the old man’s house, and was jailed at Umadilla. He later hanged himself in a tree on the road to Snow. The article notes his remorse and the lockup proceeding.
1897 Vienna Public Schools regulations require teachers to report absences to the principal and trustees, pupil absences to be excused in writing, property damage repaired at the offender’s expense, no two pupils share a book, restricted school grounds exit, prescribed books and 4 to 6 daily recitations, courses limited to regular curriculum, school opens 8:30, sessions run with prompts, eight grades in three departments, matriculation fee 60 cents monthly, nonresidents $1.00, tickets from secretary, all complaints in writing, strong parental cooperation urged, private-family tuition from $8 to $10 monthly, music $8 per month.
W C Hamilton cashier of the Bank of Vienna swears the financial condition is true as shown by bank books and that since the last report no officer has violated or evaded any law. Sworn January 12, 1897 before E B Lasse ter N P Dooly County Georgia.
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