Local Notes Include Weddings and Farm Life
Mrs G F Swearingen returns from Houston county visit A Q Royals of Mt Vernon attends church Mrs Bennett Ryner and children visit her parents Greene Swearingen Crowds attend Snow Sunday singing Sam Smith and wife visit Cordele Two negroes on D W Summerfords place involved in a serious Saturday knife and hoe incident Crops look good and a Friday storm hits Annie Swearingen wed W W Roberta at the bride’s father home Rev J A Nelson officiates The bride known as a fine Dooly County daughter Groom praised by friends Misses Owen McCall Magraff with teachers Embry and Rooney Owen visit Vienna services Pleasant Valley hawk killer P E Lewis claimed seven large hawks killed last week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Q. Royals
Mt. Vernon
Bennett Ryner and Children
Sycamore
Greene Swearingen
R. G. Swearingen
Annie
W- W. Roberta
J. A. Nelson
Dooly
Mt Pleasant Items in the Progress
The Mt Pleasant Notes report a lively school vacation mood with students missing their teacher yet enjoying holidays. Sunday school attendance remains strong with visits from Mrs J J Barry and Col KR Fields family members. Farmers note crops look well as local social news mentions Mr T F Sutton and Mr J M Spears visiting.
CAPRON CAPERS AND SUNDAY VISITORS
Miss Marcillie Johnson from near Snow spends the week with EF Johnson. Leebright Wilkes and Adel Johnson visit J B Turner. J D Lester and Leon Joiner attend Snow singing. Mattie Williams and Ada Turner visit Ethel Thompson last week. Protracted services begin at Byromville Friendship church with dinner on the ground. Ed recovers from Snow dinner and plans Cordele dinner. Cora McCormick visits Minnie Belle Johnson. Sunday School fails due to singing. R K Johnston and family visit W J Weaver. Wm Johnson makes a business trip to J B Turner's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byromville
Friendship Church
Snow
Cordele
Ellen Barfield Illness Noted In Emereigh News
Little Ellen Barfield suffered several feverish days last week. Visitors included Dallas Peavy and his son George from near Pinehurst and J R Barfield’s household. Local residents joined a Snow union singing event as Ada Lizzie Graham and Amanda Clemons visited Unadilla neighbors. Louis Graham from Triggston Ga joined as clerk for J R Barfield. Dr Jeff Coleman of Henderson conducted visits. Mrs Dow Hill recovered from a brief fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Ellen Barfield
Dallas Peavy
George
Pinehurst
Dow Hill
Jeff Coleman
Henderson
Our Town
White Teachers Institute Meeting in Barnesville Ga 1902
Notice to white teachers of Dooly county to meet in Barnesville Georgia on Monday June 30 1902 for a week of institute work as required by law. Those seeking board arrangements should send their names to E G Greene C S C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dooly County
Barnesville
Program Veterans Reunion at Cordelo July 4 1902
The veterans reunion program lists events for Friday July 4 1902 in Cordelo including brass band music at 10 a.m. Commander I. B Lasseter presides with prayer by Rev J M Kelley and song America. Mayor C C Cutts welcomes. Speaker W H Hammond and Capt W H Hammond of Thomasville Georgia speak. Dinner follows and an afternoon business meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordelo
I. 8. Lasseter
America
J. M. Kelley
C. C. Cutts
Lasseter
J. P. Heard
W.H. Dorris
W. H. Hammond
Thomasville
Daisie Invites YPD Members to Reform on Rainy Day
Sammy writes a letter urging Y. P. D. members to live by strong moral vows and avoid bad company. He cautions against intoxication, cruelty, lying, and disrespect to parents, urging sobriety and kindness as core virtues. The note concludes with plans to meet in Cordele on the 4th and three cheers for the Y. P. D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisie
Wonder
God
Dear Friends Letter on Neglect and Personal Appearance
A letter urges readers to maintain the Progress club corner, noting no letters arrived last week. The author explains illness kept them from writing, mentions sewing summer dresses, and stresses keeping personal appearance clean and tidy.
Dear Friends and Cordele Meeting for Fourth Dress Pattern Chaos
A letter urges Progress editors to rally members for letters, plans a Cordele meeting on the Fourth, and jokes about pattern lending misadventures. The writer hopes to face editors in Cordele, notes hatched schemes to lend patterns, and signs off as one of the members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordele
Community Letter Mentions July Y P D Meeting and Badges
A June letter from Dear Friends notes hot weather and invites Y P D members to Cor dele on the fourth of July. It asks members to wear badges and meet at the union depot and wonders who Poeshontas is. The writer plans to write again to avoid the waste basket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasmine
Cordele
Union Depot
Dear Friends Signoff from SUNSITINE Letter
A signed hello from SUNSITINE addresses readers and writers with a playful, aging voice. The writer laments silence, compliments a young reader, urges older writers to contribute, and notes busy Peach Orchard Shore and missed commencements before signing off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peach Orchard Shore
Five Cent Piece Story Game For Young Players
A parlor game uses a five cent coin passed along a row of players. Each tells a funny story tied to how the coin was obtained. After all stories, players guess words that bear on the coin’s sides, and the one with the most correct guesses wins.
Brave act saves shipman key role in 1854 Bomarsund
During the 1854 Bomarsund bombardment the Hecla was struck by a shell. Midshipman Lucas seized the falling shell and hurled it overboard with bare hands, saving crew and ship. The act earned a Victoria Cross nomination and Lucas later became Rear Admiral Lucas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bomarsund
A. D
Hecla
Lucas
SRA
Chatterboz
Also Mentioned on This Page
Correspondenge
Pleasant Valley
G. F. Swearingen
Houston County
Sam Smith
H. C. Hughes
D. W. Summerford
Nellie Owen
Nellie McCall
Mary Magraff
Prof
Embry
Rooney Owen
Vienna
P. E. Lewis
MT. Pleasant
J.J. Barry
J.C. Mayo
Snow Spring
Fields
T. F. Sutton
J. M. Spears
Atlanta
Capron Capers
Marcillie Johnson
Johnson
Leebright Wilkes
Adel
J. B. Turner
J. D. Lester
Leon Joiner
Mattie Williams
Ada Turner
Ethel Thompson
Cora McCormick
Minnie Belle Johnson
Our
R. K Johnston
W. J. Weaver
J. C. Gilmore
Wm. Johnson
Emerich News
J. R. Horne
Jessie Bartfield
J. R. Barfield
Louis Graham
Triggston, Ga
Union
Ada and
Lizzie Graham
Amanda Clemons
Unadilla
L. A. Borum
Veterans’ Reunion
Editors
Y.P. D
Cordele the 4Th
Sammy
Akes Short Roads
Standard Oil CO
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