Friduay Feb 36 1900 Local notes on weather and visits
Correspondence from Findlay and Richwood sections reports weather sickness and social events. Mentions quarantines avoided courting in Vienna, sermons by Rev Allison and Rev Cheeves, Sunday schools, a fatal lumber accident, new stores, and local families including Bryant and Newby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friduay
Charlie Wilson
Jones County
John Jordan
Cordele
Cordele Folka
Findlay
Vienna
Allison of
Pinehurst
Ricnwoon
Richwood
Collins
W L Roebuck
TA Murray
Mies Florence Harien
J J Bryant
Ebvane
Hey
WT Newby
Acy Yeabik
Willie Bryant
Albany
The Campaign and Small Town Notes in Dooly County
A period piece from 1900 reports on political campaigning and local life in Dooly and nearby areas. It notes candidate activity, weather, sickness fears, a court gathering in Vienna, and social events, with anecdotes about Postmaster Forehand, a Phoenix-like town publisher, and a humorous fortune teller tale involving a widower seeking marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tippettville
Dooly
Roberta
R L Mason
Bob
Yadkin
Vienna
WB King
Pinta
Owens
MS Reeves
Ocm Hall
Missen
Susie Hall
Florence Hubanke
Washington
Arabi Lat
Misses Hill
Kibanks
Enduras
Progress and Sentinel
Col SR Fields
Col Fields
Fragmented 19th century notes mix travel and local life
The text records visits by Tom Adkins of Vienna to Patrick Butler, Rev EM Wrighe’s sermon, Dr AA Watte and wife from Evanston visiting Dr WB Watte, and Judge Collier and Butler touring Montezuma. It mentions a local school led by Miss Mae Ellison, and a casual remark on chicken pox fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheppard
George
Tom Adkins
Vienna
Partick Butler
EM Wrighe
AA Watte
Evanston
WB Watte
Collier
Joiners Oli Stand
Collier and
Butler
Montezuma
Mise'Mae Ellison
Old Vienna Cemetery Unearths Hidden Metal Coffin Mystery
A Vienna town fence project reveals scattered graves and two reinterred remains from the old cemetery. Workers uncover a metal casket beneath the sidewalk, exposing bones and an unidentifiable female skull, while locals recall Bob Jackson and Adam Flanders buried there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dooly ‘County Court -House
Vienna
Bob Jackson
Bob
Adam Flanders
Anx
Vienna Quarantines After Cordele Small-Pox Reports
Vienna shuts out Cordele with a quarantine and entry ban as small-pox concerns rise. The City Council claims prudent protection amid skepticism over Cordele reports and prior "wolf" warnings, while Judge Littlejohn and five policemen enforce precautions until March court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordele
Littlejohn
Vienna Council
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Mr. Vernox
Cheeves Haw
HC Adams
T R Smith Briday
Bill Cain
Dooling
Tagram
Allyoya
Tims
Fudia
Harry Ryans
Will Pullen
of Worth
JG Pullen
Onme
Agali
Newby
Mr. Newby
Prendant Vallier
Pru
Anpianty
T.A Mussel
Draixton
Dxarner
Yvette
Haddo
Claivoyant
Hymon
Leonard
B/ Stovall
Georgia
Macon
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