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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1901
Page
3
We are the Authorizing Agents for School Books at this place, succeeding E. G. Walton & Co. Algoa offer a full line of stationery and related supplies.
An old classified style notice promotes drug store services and products. It advertises Allen's Herb Tonic at 75 cents per bottle and Chamberlain's Diarrhoea Mixture as remedies. It also urges readers to acquire Hawkes Glasses and both colored and plain lamps.
The examining board granted licenses to white teachers listed by name and noted continued examination of colored teachers. The report covers local events including a shooting incident involving Gus Harris, a deaf-mute, and Henry Folds, with arrest and jail under $800 bond. Additional items discuss a hurricane of local enterprise and school improvements in Vienna, plus social events and road questions.
In Vienna a liquor sale ring was busted after a nosy buyer enticed a seller, leading to warrants for Pig Massey and Alfred Hogg. Massey hid in a shed and confessed to violating the local option law, facing a $300 fine and costs or twelve months in the chain gang. Hogg accompanied by his lawyer arrived for his arrest at the saloon.
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