Those Who Visit and are Visited in Elko and Vienna News
Local notes tell of wartime talk, Civil War era phrases, and calls for soldiers. Several Cordele and Hawkinsville visitors are listed along with city business and church updates. Vienna aims for a fall school year with new teachers, and cotton prospects hinge on rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.D. Cobb
Cordele
A. V Whipple
L. L. Woodward
Abbeville
J. M. Whitehead
D. T. Doughtry
A. C. Cutts
Vienna
Johnsons Chillana Fever Tonic and Local Notes
A jumble of notices and short items from a late 19th or early 20th century paper. Mentions Johnsons Chillana Fever Tonic, Miss Minnie Peacock visiting, Miss Fernie Lashley joining a comedy company, office building by D B Leonard, paper’s seventeenth volume, Fernie Lashley departure, clerks appointed, insurance loss adjustments, a moving bowling alley, an address by M A Fleming on Sunday School work, John B McDonald settling company losses, and several Confederate veterans attending a reunion in Atlanta with family present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fernie Lashley
M. A. Fleming
Pleasant Valley
John B. McDonald
Atlanta
A. L. Calhoun & Co
J. F. Calhoun & Co
C. T. Stovall
Missionary Society to stage Park entertainment
The Ladies of the Missionary Society of Vienna Baptist Church will present an entertainment at the Park next Wednesday evening with Vienna Orchestra providing music. Everyone is invited to attend for an enjoyable evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Missionary Society of the
Vienna Baptist Church
Vienna
Pine Hill School Closure Mentioned in Local Notice
The Progress omits the closing of Pine Hill school taught by Miss Maggie Blount a highly regarded local teacher. A concert that evening drew many despite bad weather, with several residents attending from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Hill School
Maggie Blount
Why take Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic
A sales pitch claims Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic cures the stubborn fever in one day. It emphasizes rapid relief and stresses a single day cure. The ad frames the product as an fast acting remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Epworth League Exercises at Vienna M E Church
Program for Sunday July 31 at 8 o'clock features topic temperance lesson led by Mrs C T Stovall with choir songs from Young People's Hymnal numbers 35 84 and 90, recitations and readings by local members, temperance lecture by Wade N Lasseter, doxology and benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epworth League
Vienna
M. E
C.T. Stovall
C. T. Stovall
Carolyn Roberts
Wade N. Lasseter
New Superintendent Grady Promoted on G S and F Rail
Mr O M Grady former roadmaster of the G S and F has been appointed General Superintendent to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Supt Jeff Lane. Grady has risen from day band to the top post and many friends here are glad to learn of his promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. M. Grady
Jeff Lane
Grady
Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic promised cures in one day
A fragmented notice claims quinine and other fever medicines require around ten days to cure fever while Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic allegedly cures in one day, presenting a contrast between treatments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aroud
Ohnson
Pleasant Afternoon Party for Lizzie Harvard
Master Grady Whitehead hosted a four to six party for his young cousin Miss Lizzie Harvard of Pinehurst. Guests enjoyed refreshments at six including frozen fruits and other dainties before departing, with thanks to their gracious hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady Whitehead
Lizzie Harvard
Pinehurst
Lost mortgage note for horse mule Deric near Arabi Ga
Notice announces loss of a mortgage note signed by Bill Collins for a three year old horse mule named Deric. The note valued at 75 dollars was due October 15 1898 payable to the notice sender. Readers urged to return the note to Andy Pitts Arabi Georgia with a reward tendered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Collins
Deric
Andy Pitts
Arabi, Ga
A Talkless Woman Ex
A compact, period tone piece contrasts types of women by traits and roles. It notes categories from comely to painted, wealthy to healthy, honest to youthful, old, sainted, and married. The closing line hints at a paradox as some talkless women are dead.
Medical remedies and clothing on sale in Vienna Go
Itch on human and mange on horses dogs and stock cured in 80 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Also One Minute Cough Cure yields immediate results when taken early. Plantersiv24 Tea cures dyspepsia constipation and indigestion and regulates the liver. Prices 25 cents. shirts for gents and youths 25 cents up. Dr C T Stovall and J F Calhoun & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C T Stovall
Woolford
Evans City
Globe
C 'T Stovall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington Star
Whitehead
Jno. B. McDonald
Col. Means
Pope Watson
Hawkinsville
H. P. Jackson
Rochelle
W. A. Baker
Mr. Baker
Irwinton
Fats
D. B. Thompson
R. Boniske
Mary Woodward
Athens
Anna Hamilton
Lucy Heard
Indian Springs
Gurr
Tampa Fla
Minnie Peacock
Unadilla
J. al. Woodward
B. Leonard
Mr. Leonard
T. Perry
J. A. King
Pitts
Continental Insurance Company
A. EK. Jordan
F. J. Lewis & Bro
W. 8. Howell
D. H. Kirk
Third
Union Street
J. F. Waters
Confderate Veterans
J. M. Gammage
D. B. Leonard
J. P. Heard
J. B. Whitehead
D. A. R. Crum
D. L. Henderson
W. V. Harvard
G. R. Mathews R. Kellam
B. M. Wood
Carnes
Wine of
Cardus
Ladies ‘Advisory Department
Chattanooga Med Dcine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
J. W. Smith
Camden
8. C
Boga
Hoge
Pittsburg
J F
Calhoun & Co
Freezers
Vienna, Ga
Wasser
J. F Calhoun & Co
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!