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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1895
Page
2
The article notes a half million dollar cotton factory in Gadsden Alabama and new industries rising there while the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad remains unsold after a second auction. It mentions a Savannahexodus of two hundred enslaved people, war news anticipation, and tornado damage in Columbus and Augusta.
A minister testifies that after a year of fatigue and poor appetite he used King's Royal Germanyer on advice from Rev Sam P. Jones. He reports restored strength through the hot season, improved catarrhal trouble, and overall health gains. Sold by Stovall & Forbes at 1 six for 5 dollars.
The grand jury directed a shift to a road tax system replacing aid with a county levy of $2.00 per person plus a small property tax. Funds will buy equipment and hire labor to improve roads. If all goes well, next year the levy may drop to $1.00 per person. Citizens are urged to accept the plan despite inevitable complaints.
Money to loan on farming lands in Dooly county on easy terms. Agent Col. W. G. Harrson in Vienna 8th to 13th monthly for prompt attention to business. Letters to Montezuma or Vienna answered promptly. J. W. Haygood Montezuma Ga.
Grand jurors report county affairs examined through committees. Jail and county offices praised. repairs needed on the new house and courthouse. Convict camps, road laws, and tax measures proposed with a 44 mill county tax. Officers and citizens named for payments and appointments. publication requested.
In the 1895 March term of the Superior Court of Georgia Dooly county case Conney v Brown Mortgage the defendant owes 116.60 with 8 percent interest since 1892 on note secured by a mortgage on lot 58 in the 14th district. The court requires payment or show cause by the next term or a foreclosure judgment will be entered. Filed March 13 1895.
A reader claims a reliable old medicine often cures ailments when one feels off. The note emphasizes ease of use and general effectiveness in common discomforts.
Brown's Iron Bitters, a tonic claimed to cure dyspepsia biliousness malaria and other ailments for over twenty years. The advertisement touts a zinc compound and vegetable remedies, noting it strengthens and purifies the system and leaves a rosy complexion without staining teeth or causing constipation. A free book How to Live a Hundred Years is offered with a 2 cent stamp.
A seller touts a nine year proven hog and chicken cholera remedy with over 4 000 receipts sold in eight months. The guarantee offers refunds if Holland Cholera Cure fails and promises aid for one year. Available as ready prepared medicine at one shilling per bottle, with preacher style urgency.
The town of Vienna in Georgia announces an election for April 10 1895 at the courthouse to decide if a public school system shall be established and maintained under an 1894 act. Voters will mark For Public Schools or Against Public Schools under town election rules.
In a Dallas Texas dated letter Mrs Rachel V Thomas Dear Macaw asks for rights and agents to sell cholera remedies and recipes in Texas and Kansas. She notes canvassing three weeks and earnings of 5087 0 with plans for similar agents next week. She requests a state by state sales exchange and advertises remedies and chicken related products.
The undersigned will receive proposals until noon March 13 1895 for complete erection of fireproof jail and tool proof steel cells per plans on file in the Ordinary's office Vienna Georgia Each bid must include steel samples and cage construction details The right to reject any or all bids is reserved This January 17 1899 J D Hargrove Ordinary D B Leonard and Samuel Carnes Committee
All persons interested are hereby notified that if no good cause be shown to the contrary an order will be granted on the 19th day of March next establishing a new road starting at the mouth of the White Avenue and connecting at Cordele Ga running easterly along land lines through several land tracts and between named landowners. This Feb 18 1895. J B Hargrove D D C.
The Macon Gerugia Business College advertises affordable courses aimed at securing good positions. It claims unusually low expenses and states that all graduates are helped to good jobs at no extra charge, presenting itself as superior to competitors.
John Evans applies for letters of administration cum testamento annexo on the estate of Catherine Evans, deceased. A hearing will be held on the first Monday in April. Dated March 4, 1895 by J D Haterare, Clerk.
T W and D L Truluck as executors of the estate of John Truluck deceased petition the court for letters of dismission after full administration. The cause will be heard on the first Monday in April 1895 with citation to all concerned. Dec 24 1895 J D Hargrove oO D C
W T Truluck applies for letters of dismission in the estate of Mrs S S Truluck with citation to show cause by April 1895. Other notices include a divorce case Anna Hiers v J Q Hiers, service by newspaper in Dooly and Dissolution of Pate & Pound with B B Pound continuing business in Cordele.
John F. Butler and Mrs Patrick executors seek dismissal from the estate of Middleton Patrick in Georgia Dooly County They ask the court to discharge them after full administration and cite heirs and creditors to show cause by the first Monday in June next J D Hargrove
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