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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1903
Page
2
Community notes from Vienna include J A Smith renting five rooms, J I Peavy opening a grocery and shoe shop, Elder P G McDonald building near the old Methodist church, and W J Moore receiving a wartime pension. Market items list 200 bushels of sweet potatoes for sale or barter. Local business updates cover printers Gilleland and Mather, and several social and church announcements.
Mr B R Fenn died at his home near Valdosta last Friday after months of illness. At about thirty five, he was an industrious man trusted by all who knew him. Son in law of Mr J Behn, he leaves a wife and brothers John Joe and Henry Fenn. His death brings sorrow to friends and classmates from Pateville and the 14th district.
Local report describes blue circulars announcing a Vienna carnival with four days of events starting Tuesday. Crowds gathered around vendors and a tax collector warned, but no carnival materialized as officials and townsfolk doubted the plan. Circulars allegedly printed in Fitzgerald. No sightings reported.
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