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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1897
Page
5
Vienna society and business items highlight new houses on 6th street and ongoing construction. Residents from Findlay Cordele Lakeland and Macon visit or move to Vienna. Gunners anticipate dove field sport while schools open and teachers aid recovery efforts. Local courts, marriage movements, and travelers mingle with church dedications and a dance at Butler’s home.
Vienna Public Schools opened with a flat, well received program Monday and enthusiastic speeches. A social at the home of Mr and Mrs H B Thompsons honored their niece Miss Mary Gurr, with nearly all town youth attending and enjoying the evening. Advertised letters include Adams Will Belcher Richard Bethem Cobb Dattie Gaines Jimmie Heard Griffin Mrs Bettie Hook Mrs Mary Hall Daniel Jones Annie Jones JT Sr Lewis G W McSwain Mrs Martha Prather Morgan Townsend H Thomson Miss Lillie Tharp Adolphus Willie Charley Ward EO Wilkins B W Ward Mike Watson JW. Ask for advertised letters. W J Harvard P M
Mees W. H. Everett and Ed Leo Swearingen were partridge hunting when Swearingen was struck in the face by a load of bird shot. They were separated. Everett shot a bird, and shot struck Swearingen from a distance behind an oak. Swearingen was feared to lose an eye but is recovering and should not be permanently disfigured.
The municipal race concluded with no major contest Saturday night as four alderman candidates drew little support. Only 103 ballots were cast with mayoral vote going to J. J. Lashley for two years. Aldermen results show Bazemore at 87 votes for one year and 15 for two years, Busbee 71 for two years and 24 for one year, Hamilton 67 for two years and 17 for one year, Heard 73 for one year and 4 for two years, Calhoun 28 for two years and 10 for one year.
Two young Cordele men broke into J C Barnain's store Monday night stealing 12.86 from the drawer and, after an unsuccessful break in at Hal Graves' store, were caught. Suspects identified as Ed Ringland and Ernest McQuok, both described as young.
Elderly notices move and occupancy updates show McDonald Crum Heard Davies Caries Henderson Woodward Cobb Cordele Heard Davies residence Swapped residences Union street church street Varnadow Cunningham Morgan Dooly county rally January 19 1897 Gen Lee address Evans Hyman Lost child One Minute Cough Cure Stovall Korbes
A small bay mare with a long tail and a white right front foot and a large male horse with a white blaze face strayed from Bennett Eason’s place in the 10th district of Vienna Georgia. Wilson Henly asks for any information.
The ad promotes Chamberlains Eye and Skin Ointment for tetter, salt rheum, eczema and related irritations with instant relief and cures. It lists uses from sore nipples to chapped hands and frost bites. Also touts Dr Cady'.s Condition Powders as a tonic and vermifuge to restore a horse in bad condition, priced at 25 cents.
Local business notices include sales of top buggy and harness, family horses, hats, and pigeons from J. M. Whitehead and J. F. Calhoun & Co. Insurance promotions tout New York Life via L. H. Taylor. Medical claims tout DeWitt's Little Liver Pills and One Minute Cough Cure for constipation, dyspepsia, headaches, croup, and cough relief.
Louden Grover of Sardis Kentucky reports his daughter recovered from fever related back and hip pain through one bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm. He claims it gave complete relief and notes the product remains a cure for rheumatism. Sold by dealers.
Local druggists announce fresh stock of Garden Seeds and Onion Setts for 1897 planting. Weatfield Indiana ladies publish a Woman's Edition of the Westfield Venus dated April 8, 1896, noting a correspondent's claim that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the best for croup colds and bronchitis. Bottles priced 26 and 50 cents.
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