Gold for seven cents per bale signals cotton trade note
The Cordele Sentinel reports Col Thomson’s likely election as state senate president. The Macon Evening News and The Progress comment on silver and Grover Cleveland, noting political shifts and a cotton bale weighing 688 pounds consigned to Boliver H. Ray for 7 cents per pound. There is talk of Wesleyan Female College possibly moving to Atlanta.
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Maine
Hawkinsville
E. B. Lewis
Montezuma
Macon
Boliver H. Ray
Wesleyan Female College At
Atlanta
Vienna Urges School to Boost Town Value
For years residents in Vienna have sought to aid the town and push progress. They argue a strong school this fall and ongoing is essential to growth, or property values may fall as houses stand vacant and people seek other areas.
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Vienna
Bradfield’s Regu- Be Ter t strengthens health claims
An advertisement asserts Bradfield’s Regu promotes health by driving impurities from the body. It mentions a Pedridden wearer for eighteen months and promises health and strength, with a Malvern Arkansas origin and Atlanta Georgia distributor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adfield
Malvern
Ark
Bradfield Recrnion CO
Atlanta
Vienna Calls For Public School To Boost Town Growth
A prominent citizen urges action to establish a public school in Vienna to attract residents and raise property values. A respected professional adds that without Public Schools, people will move elsewhere, risking decline in population and prosperity if immediate steps are not taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
The kicker a social menace and town obstruction
A sardonic portrait of the town kicker who despairs progress, avoids work, and refuses to join community efforts. He dislikes advertising, rarely spends, and never supports shared projects while profiting from small ventures like lemonade stands. The remedy is to avoid his store and exclude him from plans.
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Saints
Jend
Snow community notes praise crops and mourn Lula Jordan
Sayings from Snow detail plentiful rain and fair crops despite local sickness and a deadly loss as Miss Lula Jordan dies. The piece honors her devotion to family and church, notes social visits, school plans, and local commerce with promotions for Eagle Dry Goods Store in Cordele Georgia.
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Lula Jordan
Anna
Alter
Naomi
Asister
Jonathan
David
God
Paul
Lula
Culpenter
John Wilson
Ashburn
Jean Ivey
Cllfered
Macon
Zuma Williams
Raines
May Wallace
Della Herring
Arlington
Middle Georgia
Doris
South Georgia
J. A. Park
Americus
Prof. Wallace
Worth County
McCarty
Griggs
Careless note from Vienna youth seeks correspondence
A fragmented student note from Vienna, written by a young man, asks a girlfriend to exchange letters. He mentions the 22nd meeting and expresses appreciation, asking the recipient to respond and noting surprise at writing so soon.
For Sale Scholarships in Georgia Business Colleges
For sale an opportunity to study at Atlanta Business University in Atlanta and Georgia Alabama Business College in Macon Georgia. Any youth desiring business training should consult The Progress for carpeting matting or household furnishings at The Eagle Dry Goods Store Hearden Corner Cordele Georgia. 7-23-1m
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Dixie
Eagle Dry Good Store
Heard’s Corner
Cordele, Ga
Atlanta Business University of Atlanta
Georgia- Alabama Business College of
Macon
Eagle- Dry
Hearden
Cordele
Local ads mix shoes, fabrics, and patent medicines
A collage of 19th century storefront notices: J F Calhoun & Co sells ladies shoes and a range of fabric goods. Stovall Forbes and Stovall Yorkes promote medicines like One Minute Cough Cure and DeWitt remedies. J P Heard & Son advertise discounted cloths and neckwear alongside cheap shoes and witch hazel salve. Ex-Postmaster T F Anthony endorses Mystic Cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stovall & Forbes
T. F. Anthony
Promise City
Iowa
Stovall & Yorkes
J. P, Heard & Son
B. O, DeWitt & Co
Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Excursion to St Augustine
The fourth annual personally conducted trip runs Aug 18 from Macon to St Augustine with $3.00 round trip from Vienna and other fixed fares from nearby cities. Special train departs Macon at 11 16 am and returns Aug 22. Write G A Macdonald in Macon for details. furniture ads appear from Cordele and nearby stores.
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Vienna
St. Augustine
Florida
Georgia Southern & Florida Railway
Fla
Macon
Cordela
Fitzgerald
Tifton
Valdosta
Jasper
Lake City
Hampton
G. A. Macdonald
Macon Ga
Spoons Free to All From Miss Fritz In St Louis
A letter in the Christian Standard describes Miss A M Fritz of Station A St Louis Missouri offering an elo geant plated hook spoon free to anyone sending ten 2 cent stamps. The writer says she sold spoons quickly earning thirteen dollars in two hours.
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A. M. Fritz
St. Louis
Fritz
Fruit Preservation Aims to Make Quick Money
Francis Casey of St Louis Missouri offers cold packed fruit directions for berries grapes and peaches claiming freshness and no heat or seal. He says he sold directions to 120 families and asks readers to mail eighteen two cent stamps for a sample and complete directions promising two hundred dollars in days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Francis Casey
St. Louis
Atlanta Business College Promises Practical Training
Ambitious youths are urged to enroll in nine courses at the Atlanta Business College. The school claims leadership in commercial training with programs in bookkeeping banking shorthand penmanship typewriting and English studies taught by skilled teachers. Free circulars announcing entry details are mailed upon request to Whitehall Street Atlanta Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Busines College
Atlanta
South
Atlanta Business College
Whitehall St
New Law Office Opens on Cotton Street Vienna Ga
A new law office opens on Cotton Street near the New Court House in Vienna Georgia. The firm will practice in all state courts and in the Federal Courts at Macon and Savannah starting August 18 1894.
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Vienna
Georgia
Dooly
Dooly County
South-western
Oconee
Albany
Court House
Union Street
Cotton Street
New Court House
Macon
Savannah
Lawyers
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J. Frank Powell
Jas
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J. W. Roberts
J. C. Dunaway
J. B. Scott
J. R. Clements
J. W. Taylor
Kicker
Eagle Dry Goods Store
Quito Net
Eagle Dry Good Store Sole Agents
Ladies Shoes
J. F. Calhoun & Co
J. F. Calhoun& Co
J. P. Hoard & Son
J. F.calhoun & Co
DeWitt
J. P. Heard & Son
Jacob
Call and Jes
J.N. Dorminey
A. R. Brown
Boston
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ATLA
G. McDonald & Co
Vienna, GA
THE
Advanced Business School
W. V. Harvard
D. L. Henderson
Court of Ordinary
F. Powell
Jno. W. Powell
F. Powell & Son, Lawyers
Geo
W. Wooten
G. W. Busnze
D. A. R. Crow
J. M. Busser
Busbee, Crum & Busbee
C. T. Stovall
Stovall & Forbes Drug Store
W. Nedenfield
Pinehurst
W. H.whipple
Roberts Hotel
Howell, M. D
T.E. Bivins
Physio
Lan and
Surgh
W. A. Baker & Co
Montgomery Ward & CO
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