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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1901
Page
4
The entry lists The Progress published every Thursday in Vienna Georgia. Editor and Publisher H D Smith is identified. Postal handling notes mention 45 second class mail matter and an obituary organ in Dooly County.
February legal notices must be received by next Monday with cash accompanying the notices to insure publication for the following week.
The Chicago News urges men to wait for ladies to sit, while France allows women lawyers. It notes steel river barges on the Mississippi, and discusses English spending, capital punishment missteps in Indiana, Lapland reindeer in Alaska, and San Diego penalties to curb Belgian hare releases amid orchard fears.
A rural debate warns that removing key guano agents in Vienna would raise fertilizer costs and limit supply. The piece argues Virginia Carolina Chemical Co dominates 95 percent of southern guano but splits agency among several men to promote fair competition and lower prices for farmers.
Daz 0 T Srovinn of Vienna Ga announces he will not re enter the drug trade. He says the fire destroyed his stock and building and the ensuing recovery would interfere with his medical practice. He thanks friends patrons and the public for years of support.
The letter from D. B. Thompson pledges to help farmers near Vienna by reducing fertilizer costs and defending against cotton price competition. He claims past efforts saved five thousand dollars in advance cotton pricing and promises further savings of two thousand five hundred dollars, urging unanimous support.
A fire at Frankel Brothers department store in Des Moines Indiana destroyed over a half million dollars of property on Tuesday. Flames quickly spread to several adjacent buildings, causing extensive damage.
Market notes show varied price quotes for coffee sugar oats and flour plus meats and dairy. Cotton market closes steady with middling at 9 1/4 cents.
Washington hosts the Cotton Ginners Association with Georgia South Carolina and Alabama delegates. Bartow proposes a $40,000 courthouse. Gainesville secures $102,800 for Yeats cotton mills to move to Gainesville. Other items include river improvements, Marshall anniversary observance, military discharges, and a whitecap preliminary trial.
London dispatch says Prime Minister Salisbury was absent from Osborne House during the queen's last moments. The absence sparks speculation in court and political circles, with reports suggesting strained personal relations between Salisbury and the present king.
The Atlantic Transport Company assigns a $5,000,000 contract to the New York Ship Building Company of Camden New Jersey for four passenger and freight steamers. The vessels are planned for fast trans Atlantic service and represent the largest merchant craft award on the Delaware at one time.
Petition from Elias Williams Charley Cross Richard Lewis Db McKenzie and Nelson Maynor of Dooly County Georgia seeks incorporation as The Union Benevolent Society a charitable and benevolent body to bury the dead and care for the sick for twenty years with renewal option Attorneys Jn F Pownnn & Sons filed January 16 1901 Clerk J Frank Powell certifies true copy of the petition on file in the superior court office in Dooly County Ga.
An old price list shows various fertilizers with October 1 1901 due dates. Items include Chicora Compound, Chicora Ammonia Dissolved Bone, Chicora Acid Phosphate with potash, and Armour Helmet Brand products with prices ranging from 20 to 22 dollars. Cash payments receive a six percent deduction.
The author urges subscribers not receiving the paper since the January fire to send their names and subscription dates. He aims to recreate the book and restore service, hoping a new outfit will be ready by March.
TO THE PUBLIC From now on I shall give my entire time and devote probably the balance of my life to the practice of medicine. For the present pending permanent arrangements my office will be in my corner brick building over Kelley Walton's store. Calls punctually answered day or night. Dr O T Srovan Vieuns Ga.
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