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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1894
Page
3
The firm Calhoun and Kelly of Vienna Georgia offer farm supplies for 1894. They announce readiness to furnish goods for cash or on time and invite planters of Dooly and neighboring counties to see them before making arrangements. They sign off as prepared to serve.
The text lists Macon, Southwestern, Ocoee, Southern and Brunswick Circuits and mentions State Supreme Court, United States Circuit and District Courts and Court of Appeals. It notes regularly reseats in the Courts and references a court function.
H A Mobley physician and surgeon Byronville Ga will continue practice at same location. All calls at former residence promptly attended. On W S Howett physician and surgeon Drayton offers services to Drayton and vicinity with prompt calls day and night. T F Bivins physician and surgeon Vienna Ga obstetrics and women’s diseases specialty with office over Willis and Co Store. all calls day or night.
Dr W H Whipple physician and surgeon offers services in surgery obstetrics and diseases of women and children with practice at night calls day or night. Located over W C Willis Co store and at night near Varnedty residence of F E.
Vienna and surrounding towns report a busy period with new year preparations, garden and harvest notes, business shifts, and social visits. Edits mention school changes, artesian wells, marriages, relocations, and plans for infrastructure including an artesian well and a boarding house at Arabi Institute.
Middleton and Thompson advertise pure sweet Grape Wine for sale on December 1 at 3 in the afternoon, signed by D B Thompson.
Prominent and popular flour promoted for bulk purchase with emphasis on carload lots. Reflects a trade notice advertising availability and potential distribution to buyers in a regional market. May indicate branding and sale strategy typical of the era.
A new Vienna law firm named Busbee Crum Busbee opens with G. W. Busbee D. A. R. Crum and J. M. Busbee. J. M. Busbee, Col. G. W. Busbee’s son, joins as a promising young practitioner. They seek continued patronage and improved service for clients.
On January 10 at the bride’s home in Reynolds Georgia, W H Bedingfield of Unadilla wed Miss Willie Dupriest. Bedingfield is a prominent local businessman and well regarded. the match brings happiness to a wide circle of friends and admirers.
Professor C T Whipple of Cochran has been elected principal of the Vienna Institute to replace Prof Heard who resigned as the school opened yesterday. Whipple is a Garden Institute and Georgia Teachers Normal College graduate with high honors and strong training for teaching. He arrives with strong recommendations as a vigorous, capable educator aligned with modern methods.
The firm of Lewis Fleming Williams doing general mercantile business at Pinehurst Georgia is dissolved. J B Lewis and J F Fleming retire. their interest is bought by W L Williams and M E Williams who will continue the business, assume liabilities and collect debts owed. Dated 11th 1894.
The advertisement extols the Southern Phosphate Works products as the most popular and best adapted to local soils, suggesting wide farmer use and strong suitability for cultivation.
A humorous tale from a town below describes three prominent men who, to enjoy a night out, enlist their wives to attend distant weddings. The men feign invitations, urging the wives to go and have recreation while they stay behind, hoping for a private, carefree jag.
A Georgia Alabama Business College notice announces within thirty days an unlimited scholarship awarded to one meritorious student in each county. The prize covers the full course in bookkeeping shorthand telegraph and pen art. Send inquiries to Wratt and Martin Macon Ga. The college promotes itself as a leading southern institution.
J O Hamilton of Vienna Georgia advertises mules horses and vehicles for sale cheap for cash or on time inviting buyers to inspect before purchasing and signifying willingness to negotiate terms at the stables.
In 1894 J. P. Heard & Son declare readiness to supply merchandise mules horses wagons and first class fertilizers for cash or on time. They invite a liberal share of customer business and offer money accommodations to friends who have settled past accounts. The note closes with sincere regards from J. P. Heard & Son.
A grand wedding will be held at the Montezuma Baptist church at 5 30 pm on Wednesday joining Miss Ione Lewis daughter of Col and Mrs E B Lewis and Mr Willie Hill McKenzie a leading Montezuma businessman. After a reception at the Lewis home guests depart by the south bound Central train for a honeymoon trip to Florida Havana and Cuba.
Unadilla High School to open on the second Monday in January with tuition set at one dollar in advance. Miss Lucy Robberts, an experienced teacher, will lead the entry, and Mrs. J. D. Fraser will manage the musical department under Principal T. A. Coreman. All misdemeanor cases moved to County Court. notice issued for the first Wednesday in February.
The town report shows starting with 650 dollars in hand, the council ends with 1300 for successors. Fines and forfeitures yield under 60 dollars. all revenue comes from ad valorem, business and street taxes. Taxes are moderate. street tax 3 dollars, property tax 6.25 per 1000, praised by The Progress for economy and financial showing.
Demorest's Family Magazine notes crime arrests in the United States have surged more than fivefold since 1860, alongside a dramatic rise in liquor consumption. It cites census data showing beer barrels increasing from two million in 1862 to thirty five million in 1893, while population doubled and per voter beer intake grew.
Pinehurst Academy announces the Spring Term begins Monday January 8 1894 with no tuition but a 1.00 monthly incidental fee per pupil payable in advance. Patrons may arrange terms with Secretary Treasurer W O Saunders or Principal J R Horne W L Williams. 1226 93 T F
The Farmers Supply Co proclaims Plowboys Brand Guano as the top fertilizer and Black Rock Dissolved Bone as premier acid phosphate in Georgia. They publish analysis circulars via the State Chemist and stock bone and blood guanos, seed meals, and pure kainit imported from Germany. Represented in Dooly County by Una dilla, Vienna, and Wm Short with an office at 458 Third St Macon.
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