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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1895
Page
2
Georgia weekly items report impending hangings of Frank Caruthers and Wash Strong on March 15, plus mentions of Joe Dean and other crimes. The column satirizes politics, weather chatter, and rural life while noting spring warmth and a drought relief tone across the South.
The Atlanta Looking Glass dedicates a Valentine to Governor Atkinson, praising independence from royal control and predicting a seat in the Senate as his sure Valentine. The verse praises a god at your feet and mocks those who would own you, urging steadfastness and a Senate bid.
The Progress reviews the widespread newspaper farming trend across the country, noting its popularity and the futility of universal adoption. It argues farmers must balance theory with local conditions, acknowledging past disappointments and the necessity of continuing cotton cultivation while skeptically weighing broad advice against individual circumstance.
A pastor asks who can pay debts. all stand except a poor man. The man explains he runs a store without advertising, and the minister hushes him with a prayer. The tale highlights economic struggle and prudence.
A Bible verse claim asserts Ezra 7 21 contains all letters of the alphabet and mentions Artaxerxes issuing a decree to all treasures beyond the river to obey Ezra the priest and scribe of God in heaven with speed. The remark centers on a lipogram style assertion rather than textual analysis.
A notice announces a special examination for teacher licenses on Saturday March 9 1895 at the Vienna Institute for those prevented from January exams. Licenses granted expire at the next regular examination, per the State School Commissioner, by order of the Board of Education. E G Greene C C D C
Property sales announced in Dooly County Georgia on the first Tuesday in April with multiple parcels described including a Vienna lot from the Johnson land and a Cordele city block, plus a fractional interest in land lots. Official county officers and church notices listed follow the property descriptions.
Notice to contractors until noon March 13 1895 proposals invited for complete erection of fireproof jail and tool proof steel cells per plans on file in Dooly county Ordinary office Vienna Ga. Bids must include steel samples and cage construction details. Right to reject any bid reserved. Jan 17 1895. J D Hargrove P Ordinary B Leonard and Samuel Carnes 5 Committee.
Notice to interested parties that an order granting a road in Dooly County will be issued on March 19, 1995, if no valid objections arise. The road starts at the mouth of White Avenue near Cordele and proceeds east along land lines with several property-boundary markers noted.
LT emphasizes employment and education, urging a practical business course at low cost. It highlights Georgia Business College of Macon as affordable for the poor, promising placement help for all graduates at no charge. Also notes John Evans applies for letters of administration for Catherine Evans, deceased, to be decided on the first Monday in April, March 4, 1895.
Executors T W and D L Truluck seek letters of dismission for the estate of John Truluck citing all interested to show cause by the first Monday in April 1895. Administrator W T Truluck seeks similar letters for Mrs S S Truluck with same deadline. Includes divorce libel of Anna Hiers before 1894 term and dissolution notice of Pate and Pound with B B Pound continuing business in Cordele.
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