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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1896
Page
8
A new Toe Cream Freezer instantly freezes cream, drawing crowds and promising fast sales. Ky Que en & Co. of St. Louis Missouri invites applications for information and potential employment to promote the device amid hard times.
In Georgia Dooly County an order will be granted on July 20 to establish a new road roll. It marks Vienna and Abbeville road in the ath district near G I Lasseter's residence and runs through multiple land lots to Brickster road near Pilkinton Still. June 24, 1806. J D Hargrove.
Public notice states an order will grant a new road on the first Monday in July, running from Adkins place in the 10th district to the Vienna Albany road via lands of Barry Edwards Cribb and others, with trustees J D Hargrove and others named in Newton Edwards region.
United States Marshal sale under a Fifth Circuit execution in the Western Division of the Southern District of Georgia. Property includes multiple lots in Dooly County described as sixteen hundred sixteen notes more or less. Auction to be held in Vienna Georgia at the county courthouse on the first Tuesday in July during legal hours.
All persons are warned not to trade for notes given by W M Clemons to R Payne & Co for 85 00 dated June 28 1806 to G L Bush for 43 50 dated June 28 1808 and to Wm Brown for 42 560 dated June 28 1896 all due five months after date as consideration failed and payment will be resisted June 30 1800
The notice advertises The Houston High School with in advance tuition 1265 dollars per month and minor fees for music and art. Dormitory board about 5 dollars monthly and private family board 8 dollars. Fall term starts Aug 81 and spring term Jan 4. request catalogue from J E Powell. Also mentions One Minute Cough Cure by Stovall and Forbes as a remedy for tickling throat.
Advertises farm loan service offering first mortgage financing on improved farm land for six years at 8 percent interest. Brokers in New York arrange the loans with small charges for abstract and inspection paid by the borrower. Call on J. H. Woodward in Vienna.
Claim of a rapid cure in 1 to 3 days for rheumatism and neuralgia. Describes immediate relief after the first dose and says the medicine acts on the body to remove the disease causes. Price listed as 75 cents. Sold by Sto vall and Forbes Druggists in Vienna.
The Georgia Southern railway will run a daily shoo-fly service between Valdosta and Macon except Sundays after June. The move aims to improve passenger service and provide a regular daily train along the line.
Unguents and powders advertised for animals and humans. Champerlain's Eye and Skin Ointment claims to treat eczema and various ailments with druggist sales at 25 cents a box. Dr Cady's Condition Powders advertised to tone digestion, aid horses, and destroy worms at 2 shillings per package.
R P Sentell administrator seeks letters of dismission from the estate of W W Sentell deceased. Application to be heard on the first Monday in July 1896 at the administrator’s office in the county courthouse. April 6 1896 J D Hargrove O D C
In Dooly County Georgia John L Stapleton has in due form applied for permanent letters of administration on the estate of James I Stapleton late of the county deceased. The undersigned will pass upon the application on the first Monday in July 1806. Dated June 1 1806 J D Hargrove Ordinary.
Pulaski Poultry Yards lists Black Langshaws Buff and Partridge Cochins White and Brown Leghorns Indian Games Black Minorcas White Wyandottes Light Brahmas Barred Plymouth Rocks and eggs from 1.00 to 2.00 per setting A few young birds for sale They claim the best plant and beat birds in the state and offer an exterminator that rides fowls of lice and mites by painting roosts Also removes lice and fleas from other animals
A note from W. Thigpen of Practical Jewelry Vienna Ga requests prompt repairs. The writer recently moved back to Vienna and can be found at the Racket Store.
The Third Annual Midsummer Fruit Fair will be held in Tifton July 8 to 10 1806 featuring peaches pears plums apples grapes melons and garden and field products with visits to Mammoth Orchards and Vineyards. A Northern Settlers convention and low excursion rates are noted with daily trains to Fitzgerald and a Soldiers' Colony nearby. Written by W L Glassner Commissioner of Immigration Macon Ga.
Methodist and Baptist congregations listed with preaching on Sundays and evenings, Sunday schools each Sunday morning, Epworth League meetings, prayer meetings, and pastors Rev Wesley Lane and Rev J M Xolly. Includes weekly schedule details and contact notes.
John F Holton applies for letters of dismission from guardianship of Charles Holton. Hearing set for the first Monday in July next. June 1896 notice signed J D Hargrove D D C. 25.00 fee. Also solicitation ad offers cents to dollars for Civil War era stamps with pre 1870 issues to L Ottensoser Ocala Fla. Reference editor. 6-18-96 1m.
Vv operates Pullman sleepers year round between Nashville and Jacksonville via Macon and Tifton and between Atlanta and Branchel via Macon and Bee with boat connections to Cumberland and Sims. It runs its own sleepers Macon to Palatka via G.8 and F. direct with a line to Fitzgerald Soldier Colony via Tifton. Shoo-Fly Train runs daily except Sunday and makes all local stops.
In Dooly County Georgia Albert Bailey and Walter Bailey, minors, heirs of the late Mashala Bailey, are subject to guardianship proceedings. George W. Turner has filed for appointment and the hearing will occur on the first Monday in July next, with Eli Hill of Lumber City presiding. The notice is dated June 8, 1896.
A testimonial from Augusta Maine recounts how Dr Miles Restorative Nervine cured nervousness irritability and fatigue. The narrator reports weight gain sleep appetite and memory improvements after six bottles and endorses the product highly.
Savannah Shoxtine service on the Georgia and Alabama Railway offered buffet parlor cars and sleeping cars for travelers, signaling enhanced onboard dining and overnight comfort.
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