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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1904
Page
2
Vienna hosts a rural community update with crop reports harvests and a railroad trip. Cordele team defeat Vienna 7 to 1. local marriages and funerals noted. rail travel advertisement and campground issues amid community events and sympathy messages.
The Moneel Marble Co of Dele Ga advertises prices and designs for monument work. Contact details are provided for potential customers seeking gravestones and commemorative markers.
On Monday July 11 the Atlantic and Birmingham Railway runs first class excursions along its line to Macon and Atlanta. Special trains will operate in convenient phases with low round trip rates including Vienna to Macon at about 1 and to eCard 9.50. Train departs 9 07 and agents can provide details.
The Atlantic and Birmingham Railway offers round trip tickets from Cordele to St Simons and Cumberland for five dollars with flexible return until midweek. Service includes Saturday afternoon boats from Brunswick to St Simons and Cumberland, and a 7:05 a.m. Cordele departure reaching Brunswick by 1:40 p.m. The coaches feature electric fans, advertised as a cool travel option during a hot season.
An ad declares the Dr White Medic comb as a patented device that cures dandruff hair loss wick and nervous headaches. Sold widely across the Union with demand rising. agents offer samples and selling on sight. Men’s 850, ladies half price during introduction by The Da White Micottie Comb Co. Decatur Illinois.
Advertisement for season and short term excursion tickets to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904. Details include prices from Vienna such as 85.45 for 60 day, 29.60 for round trip, 94.40 for 15 day, and 17.85 for coach excursions. Tickets issued from April 25 with final dates through December 15 1904. Schedules and full information via J J Milligan.
Mrs MEM Swearingen wife of RG Swearingen died at her home Saturday morning at 8 o clock. She was a well known local church member and devoted mother of eight children. She leaves a heart broken husband and large family to mourn her death. The bereaved family has the sympathy of the entire community. Her remains were interred in the family burial ground Sunday morning at 11 o clock. The funeral services were conducted by the Reverend W Lane. Harum of Honey was here last Thursday. Mrs Swearingen was visiting relatives in Bibb county this week. Marion, the little son of W M Forehand, has been quite sick. Several from here attended the reunion at Byromville Saturday. Dr W K Beacham of Pinghurst was here last week. There will be a singing here next Sunday afternoon led by Prof Folds. Everybody is invited to attend.
The railway offers round trip fares from Vienna with season and short-term tickets to the St Louis exposition. Tickets range from 45 dollars season to 17.85 for ten days, with coach seating only. Special through coaches and group rates apply for events including Nashville Normal School, Tuvalonia, Athens summer sessions, Knoxville summer programs, Warm Springs Georgia, and Washington Georgia gatherings. Summer dates and locations listed.
Advertisement by Holden Cashier Gilmer County Bank Elet Jay Georgia offering a Descriptive Circulars free with a dollar for a booklet titled A Key to Examinations. Claims sixteen years of work compiling questions and answers from every public school examination in Georgia since 1888.
McCoy Steam Weir promises guaranteed quality work and urges readers to hire Bryant Bros in Vienna for a trial. The advertisement highlights trustworthy service in the southern region and invites customers to leave their work with the agents.
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