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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1894
Page
3
Special attention given Obstetrics and diseases peculiar to women. Surgery and all calls promptly answered day or night. Office over W C Willis Co's Store Vienna GA. Residence of F E Varnedve for night calls.
An ad from a Practical Jeweler W Thigpen in Vienna GA offers prompt repair services for watches and clocks at the Racket Store. It promotes Woolford's Sanitary Lotion for curing mange on horses and dogs within 30 minutes, sold by Stovall & Forbes Druggists.
The entry lists shoe price cuts from W C Willis and Co with examples: $1.25 shoes at $1.00, $1.50 at $1.25, $2.00 at $1.95, $3.00 at $2.25, and $5.00 at $3.40.
Vienna traders push a broad bargain sale with Powell Bros and J P Heard & Son offering deep cuts on groceries shoes and glassware. Readers hear of visits from Cordele Pinehurst Montezuma Richwood Hawkinsville and Meigs as locals shop dine and chase news including fishing trips school closings and community notices.
Prof Dooling of Dooling presided over a Friday public examination and exhibition tied to the sale event. The audience praised the display as a grand affair with a dinner on the ground and a favorable price of 3 75 for Henry Grady Flour during the five day promotion.
Notice from Q O P Swearingen requiring teachers to submit full term reports by June 30 for eligibility to receive the second quarterly payment. Teachers must be prompt and send reports at once.
A well known married woman, who recently treated her cook to two holidays, received a cryptic note from the same cook the following day. The note hints at going to a zone and implies a demand for work if she does not respond. No reply has been reported.
The annual Dooly county Teachers Institute opened Monday with twenty two white and many colored teachers present. E L McNabb spoke on institute work and Goddard of Darien gave an address. Speeches by Hyman Snow and Hall honor Confederate veterans barbecue at Snow on July 4. No political discussions during the day. Secretaries J R Garnes and Jno C Feranaton announce details.
I express heartfelt thanks to friends who aided during the loss of my home and its contents and to all who contributed to my needs since. In times of trouble may they find others ready to help them as I have been helped.
A July 13 picnic near Drayton beyond the river bridge invites the public with river-crossing rates arranged for visitors. Attendees from Byromville, Vienna, and surrounding areas enjoy a temperance lecture, Masonic barbecue, and speeches by Capt. Love and Judge A V Whipple as several lodges participate.
A brief notice announces Sun J. A. Smith as agent to deliver ice for a crowd of 1000 fans with ample ice supplies and a plan to ensure cooling during events.
The advertisement from J. P. Heard and Son announces a sale of a large stock of lawns muslins and challies at exceptionally low prices. It positions the sale as a drastic value event without listing dates or locations.
The passage urges voters to support Artesian wells, a new jail, improved public schools, a home newspaper, and local industries. It calls for unity among Democrats, reconciliation between Evans and Atkinson factions, and backing for a unified, productive town, county, and state leadership.
Mrs Matilda Jane Folds born March 2 1825 daughter of Rev John Thomas and Artaxes Coleman married Sept 23 1846 to Edmond J Folds of Dealy County Georgia. After eleven months of suffering she died June 6 1894 leaving ten surviving children. She was a longtime member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and Snow Church. The Snow church adopted resolutions praising her faith and extending sympathy to the family.
Laugh through life with humor despite ills as the Dooly County directory lists officials. Includes judges, solicitors, clerks, sheriffs, tax officers, and a board of education with meeting dates and city officers like Mayor and aldermen.
A reader announces a tour starting Monday June 4 to thresh grain in Dooly and Macon counties. Farmers with grain are urged to prepare and notify by card or exit on the worker at Vierns.
An advertisement promotes up to date stylish millinery at discounted prices featuring a complete stock. Mas. C. VY. Moxean invites shoppers to visit as the store serves as headquarters in town. Advertised letters list Brown Floyd Burthy Miss Phillis Barber Preston Hilliard Easter Melver John Maddox Tom Miller Geo P Mitchell Robt Means John ef Bob Gilbert Rodgers J E Vaughn J O Weaver H P Please ask for advertised letters W. J. Hanvarp P.M.
Miss Jeannie Morea advertises dressmaking at her residence on Fifth Street offering the tailor system and French fit ensuring no fittings once measurements are taken. She also provides ladies underwear, stamping, and dresses made to latest fashions at Druggists Vienna.
A notice announces ready-to-negotiate loans on improved farm lands in Dooly with low interest. It urges contact with Jonx H. Woopwarp, attorney and real estate agent, then pivots to a summer education pitch from Georgia Alabama Business College in Macon, promoting discounted rates and housing for students.
The Dooly County Threshing Company states it is organized with the latest threshing machinery and is at work offering complete satisfaction. Secretary W L Williams invites customers to save their grain for their machine.
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