Vienna News Highlights Busy Week and Local Highlights
Local notes report a lively week with strong merchant trade, new spring goods at W C Willis & Co, and a promised picnic. Mentions include Miss Mamie Ridenhour visiting Perry, Mrs L A Morgan of Vienna, canning factory talk, town improvements, and various social visits and events in Perry and Pinehurst Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Mamie Ridenhour
Gadsden, Ala
Annie Ridenhour
Our Town
Lucy Kinz
Perry
L. A. Morgan
Vienne
Morgan
Hattie Speight
Perry Home Journal
Mamie Feagin
Houston County
A. V. Whipple
B. A. Wood
L. Brown, Jr
Savannah
Have it Fixed At The Vienna Practical Jeweler
W Thigpen requests prompt service for watch or clock issues. Recently relocated to Vienna Georgia and available at the Racket Store for reliable repairs.
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Vienna
W. Thigpen
Practical Jeweler
A Cool Pleasant Retreat At Local Drug Store
Mess Stovall and Forbes have placed a pretty awning in front of their drug store. The inviting scene is enhanced by the soda fountain’s sizzling, making the shop a sought destination on hot days.
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Mess. Stovall & Forbes
Lost Papers Jury: Vienna Judge Loses Docket and Papers
Judge G I Lasseter, longtime Justice of the Peace in the Vienna district, found his court papers and dockets missing after tying his horse behind Calhoun and Kelly’s store. Despite searching, neither the papers nor the docket book have been recovered, leaving him unable to proceed with court.
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G.I. Lasseter
Vienna
Calhoun & Kelly’s
Birthday Dinner Honors 21st of Oscar M Heard
A large family and invited friends gathered at Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Heard’s home on Sunday to celebrate the 21st birthday of their eldest son Oscar M. Heard. A thousand dollars in gold was presented to the honoree in a dish at table as a start to his life, and he pledged to live honorably. The celebration featured conversation, music, and a royal feast, with gratitude expressed by all for his parents’ care and for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.J. Blunt
J. L. Peavy
B. M. Wood
O. P. Swearingen, Jr
A. V. Whipple
Mamie Feazin
R. T. Smith
Coney
J. P. Heard
Oscar M. Heard
Every Body Can Go Picnic Plan For Vienna Children
The committee organizes a Friday picnic for all Vienna children. Those without transport meet at the Park by 8 o clock for the caravan to the Campground, and at 10 o clock teams depart again for those who wish to go. Baskets may be left on front porches for pickup. no house-to-house deliveries. Committees: Frank Verredee Mid Busbee Lee Henderson Will Morgan John Howell.
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Vienna
Frank Verredee
Mid Busbee
Lee Henderson
Will Morgan
John Howell
Quarterly Meetings Dates Announced Change for Vienna and Snow Circuits
Presiding Elder McGhee informs Rev. G H Branch that the Vienna circuit quarterly meeting with Pleasant Valley church moves to the 3rd Saturday and Sunday in June the 17th and 18th while the Snow Circuit quarterly meeting with Friendship church shifts to the 3rd Sunday night and Monday the 19th with services at 11 o clock a m and 2 p m.
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Vienna
Pleasant Valley
Friendship
McGhee
Rev
G. H. Branch
Vienna Reading Club Meets For Evening May 15
The Vienna Reading Club meets Monday evening May 15 featuring instrumental duets by Mrs Loam Brown and Miss Alma Davies and by Mrs Brown and Miss Stovell, vocal duets by Misses Annie and Vic Powell, and essays by Vienna residents. The program, focusing on Vienna twenty years hence, will be held at Dr C T Stovall’s with all invited.
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Loam Brown
Alma Davies
Vienna
D. A. R. Crum
Annie
Vic Powell
Annie Ridenbour
Brown
Stovell
B. F. Forbes
Lila Rusnin
Lou Brown
P. G. McDonald
Dr. C. T. Stovall’s
New Drugs and Prices At Everett Corner
New drug store stock and prices advertised for the Everett Corner. Everett Corner offers medicines, chemicals, tobacco, cigars, soaps, kero sene oil, paper, pens, ink, and fishing tackle. Also a closeout on ladies and children's hats, bonnets, umbrellas, corsets, gloves, laces, and ribbons to make room for drug stock expansion. Proprietor E A McElreath promotes special weekly prices.
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Everett Corner
E. A. McElreatn
Pinehurst Dots Panoramic Night Attracts Crowd
The Thursday show was largely attended and enjoyed especially by Jack the Ripper. A picnic at Double Caves last Saturday featured couples J. J. Cooper with Minnie Wingate, Will Woodward with Maggie Whitehead, G. S. Haslam with Lula Whitehead, McGruder Fullington with Eunice Guthrie, Dr. W. E. Beacham with Nannie Horne. An depot waiting-room boost from the Od Agent aids trains. Town notes recount schoolboy mischief, social visits, shopping trips to Montezuma, and garden-plot chatter as Pinehurst grows.
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Jack the Ripper
Double Caves
J. J. Cooper
Minnie Wingate
Will Woodward
Maggie Whitehead
G. S. Haslam
Lula Whitehead
McGruder Fullington
Eunice Guthrie
W. £. Beacham
Nannie Horne
Local Notices and Board of Officers Schedule
Huntsville and nearby towns list local officials and meeting dates for May and June. Mark Rainey’s store events, Vienna dates, and tax records close June 3. Names include C Dun, M W H Wuirrie, A V Wutepre, W C Wits.
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Adkins
Pinia Rey
Arabi
James
Hth
Sd ' Coney
Cordele
Vienna Ae Lo
Drayton
Zarisy
Toili Iit
Nehurst
Lintsay
Mark Rainey's
A. Dakota
P.M. Fuqua
P. M. Tippettville
Vienna
Due. C. Dun
Honor Roll Names for Unadilla High School
The Unadilla High School honor roll lists Martha DuPree Lena Smith Carrie Johnson Geza Downing Eulalia Griggs Mattie Tharp Pate Lower Ida Sumerford Maggie Sumerford Sumter Co H J McCorvey Snow Brantly Ivey Bunn Harvard Brantley Pate Walter Hall Bill Wilson Susie Hall Malissa Bodrey Mary Brown.
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Unadilla High School
Martha DuPree
Lena Smith
Carrie Johnson
Geza Downing
Eulalia Griggs
Mattie Tharp
Pate Lower
Ida Sumerford
Unadilla
Maggie Sumerford
Sumter Co
H. J. McCorvey
Snow
Brantly Ivey
Bunn Harvard
Brantley Pate
Walter Hall
Bill Wilson
Susie Hall
Malissa Bodrey
Mary Brown
Turn Your Waste into Money for Peaches and Apples
An ad promotes selling pure cider juice receipts for 12¢ per gallon to earn $1. Me W. R. Ells sold 1250 gallons last year at 65¢ to $1 per gallon and suggests others can do the same. Physicians say it is healthy. Apply to J C Lewis or R J Kerry in Vienna Georgia.
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W. R. Ells
Change of Proprietors at Vienna Hotels
Today W H J Smith of the Morgan House will move to his Lake Park hotel. Mrs Smith has given Vienna one of the best hotels she has ever had and locals regret the departure. Tomorrow J R Duncan of Arabi, former McDoneld hotel proprietor, will return to Vienna to run the Morgan House. Duncan is regarded as one of the state's best hotel men and Viennians welcome him and his family back with cordiality.
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W. H. J. Smith
Morgan House
Lake Park
County Court Session Delivers Busy Docket
Last Wednesday's county court session disposed of eight criminal cases and heard many civil matters. Judge Whipple and Solicitor Thomson moved through new business swiftly and tackled old Superior court cases. Whipple earns compliments for his leadership and rulings, with praise mounting for a possible Superior court bench in coming months.
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Judge Whipple
Thomson
Whipple
Midway Items and Local Notices From Sumter
Midway youth will travel to Sumter on the 13th. News arrives of Mrs. John Clegg’s death, sister of Mrs. T. T. Morgan, from Mr. Samuel Liggon and Ben Bryan after visiting relatives near Coney. Dooly County directory lists county officers, court officials, and education board with meeting schedule. City officers and local notices follow, including a school move near Cordele and a snake incident at a resident’s dining room. May party for Midway scholars reported. millinery ad closes.
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Midway
Sumter
Samuel Liggon
Ben Bryan
Coney
John Clegg
T. T. Morgan
Tacky Wedding at Unadilla Breaks Monotony in May
In Unadilla, a group of young residents staged a tacky wedding at the hotel on a Friday evening in early May. Bride Miss Nona Duncan and groom Mr. R L Wilson led a humorous procession with a cast of attendants all dressed in comically tacky attire. The ceremony by Mr. W D Wilson drew laughter, followed by a lavish meal served by Mrs. Johnson and Miss Ella Bridges. Attendees wore outlandish outfits, including red neckties, brass jewelry, and elaborate hairdos, making the event a memorable novelty for the town. The couple expressed thanks to the Johnsons for their hospitality.
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Nona Duncan
R. L. Wilson
R. H. Pat
Johnson
Ella Bridges
Jones Promotes Poultry and Produce Consignments
A P Jones, commission merchant, advertises accepting consignments of chickens, eggs, turkeys, geese and other in season produce including cabbage melons and fruits. He promises prompt returns and satisfactory service.
Finding of the Pharaohs Revealed at Thebes Vault
The 1881 discovery near Deir el Bahari exposed mummies of Sethi I and Ramses the Great among dozens in a jade chamber. The wonders moved observers, while contemplations on mortality and ancient power echo in the cradle of Thebes. Constance Fenimore Woolson weight gives a final Harper's note.
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Egypt
Emik Brugsch
Luxor
Thebes
Cairo
Woateli
Bnahy
Deijr el-Bahari
Boars of the Hill
Sethi I
Asia
Orontes
Rameses the Great
Nile
Sairo
Voltaire
United States of America
George Washington
Abraham Lincon
Constance Fenimore Woolson
Harper's
Four States In One Day At Macon Business College
The Georgia Business College in Macon graduated four young women representing Mississippi South Carolina Tennessee and Georgia. Though only two months of study, they earned stenography placements in days. The college promotes rapid practical instruction and quick job placement, aiding southern youth with business training and immediate positions.
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Macon
Georgia Business College
Mississippi
South Carolina
Tennessee
Georgia
South
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Unadilla, Ga
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Wooten
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D. L. Henderson
Court of Ordinary
Floy Nverm
Dooly County Court
G. W. Buse
D. A. R. Crem
Busbee & Crum
Lawyers
W. M. Haslam
Anp
Pinehurst
Bivins
W.H. Whipple
Middleton
E. Beecham
Lnadilla GA
D J. Williams
W.C. Willis & Co
A. L. Powell
W. C. Willis & Co
Forsgate
Stovall & Forbes
J.J. Lashley
Fullington & Barfield Co
J. B
R. H. Davis
Chicago
Mrs. Morgan
Miss Brown
E. F. Strozier
D. A. Crum
G. W. Busbee
Dooly
Americus Times Recorder
J. D. Hargrove
Oxford
D. A. Bullock
Flint River
Mt Vernon
Dooly Union Sunday School Association
George Wooten
Americus
Americus Times-Recorder
Z. T. Penny
Fifth
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D. H
New York
Barfield & Wilson
Unadilla Ga
J. F. Waters
T. A. “Doc” Adkins
M. Arnett
Col. E. F. Strozier
Pinehurst, Go
Tom Lawless
Macon Telegraph
Telegraph
Alr
Jose
Fullington & Barfield, Co
Quarterly Meeting
F. M. Barfield
Jack
Cordelo
J. W. Sheffield
Mary
Johnnie
Montezuma
R. L. Thompson
Bunk
Ing and Loan Associa
Tion
Huntsville
Alabama
W. H. Wuirrie
A. V. Wutepre
W. C. Wits
Sect’y and Treas
D.C
J. A. Murray
L. A. Moras
Vienna, Ga
J.C. Lewis
R. Kerry
W.heish
Col
C. B. Hudson
Col. W. Thomson
R. Kellam
G. W. Sheppard
J. C. Dunaway
M. E. Rushin
D. B. Leonard
J. W. Graham
M. C. Jordan
Board OF Education
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J. O. Hamilton
J. J. Lashley
Belle Forehand
J. J. Stovall
Peel C. W. Johns
A. J
Emma Owen
Midway Scholars
T. J. A. Smith
A. P. Jones
Davis Gowing
Day
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