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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1902
Page
4
Cordele visitors Miss Pat Whitsett and Miss Lucy Heard are noted along with town events. Mentions include marriages, court attendance, church camp dates, railroad impact on a baseball ground, pet birds aiding agriculture, and local social visits. The Vienna and Pinehurst areas, and the Snow union singing are referenced.
A union singing will be held at Snow next Sunday all day with dinner at the spring. The event is part of the South Georgia Musical Convention, started about 20 years ago with the Dooly Vindicator. The piece notes pure water, harmonious praise, and memories of singers from the earlier generation, led by J A G Folds, convention president.
John Carr a Black cropper near Raines confronted George A. Brown after asking for money. Brown warned him to leave yard. Carr advanced with a pitchfork and Brown fired at close range. Coroner led inquest. jury found Carr died from a pitchfork injury deemed justifiable in public safety context.
Promote the life of T. DeWitt Talmage in a biography by Rev. Frank DeWitt Talmage and Christian Herald editors. Firsttime recruit incentive with huge profits for quick-acting agents. Outfit costs ten cents. Send orders to Clark & Co., 2228 4th St., Philadelphia, and mention this paper.
From Tippettville the rain last Saturday forced cancellation of the picnic at Beil Spring. The event is rescheduled for the 28th at the same location one mile north of Tippettville, near Beil Spring, with attendees urged to bring ivory bales to aid the cam He.
Dooly County Campmeeting association asks trustees and friends to assemble at the campground on Tuesday at 10 in the morning for business of importance. The meeting will discuss railroad contracts and a planned basket dinner week before the camp meeting. Pastor Rev J L Morrill announces the campmeeting begins July 18 with services through the 2nd and 3rd Sundays, ending Sunday night. Charles W Snow, Pastor. The meeting next Tuesday may clarify arrangements.
Beginning on the fifth Sunday in June, protracted services will be held at Friendship Methodist Church in Byromville Georgia. The pastor will be assisted by Rev. J L Morrill. Vienna June 19 19032 H P Myers Pastor.
At a western military post a pair of brothers Teddy and Freddy trick their father by pouring salt into his bath after heating water. They alert him the bath is ready, but the hot water becomes undrinkable. The salt prank leads to a missing seven pound bag of sugar and a kitchen to bath room trail, with consequences left to the imagination.
Middleville Michigan lad Maurice Gogle, eleven, has sold papers since eight and supported his family after his father died at seven. He works for the Grand Rapids Event, splits wood, tends his baby sister, earned eighty dollars, bought a bicycle and clothes, saved twenty in the bank, and hopes for a better year while enjoying sport. these notes come from an elder who knows him.
A boy returns with a repaired milk strainer and spills milk on the floor. He tells his mother it looks as bad as ever, then a lunch scene follows with a mix of misheard words and a humorous moment about bones on the plate.
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