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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1899
Page
4
One dollar buys 25 yards of good yard wide sheeting. Also available are men's handkerchiefs India linen from beet table oil cloth at 1 cent per yard. Curtain serim mosquito net and men's puff bosom shirts. Fly traps five cents each and a 10 cent bolt. A large pencil tablet for three cents. Good cigars for twelve and aluminum hair pins for unspecified price.
The Vienna Progress includes editorials from Rev. J. M. Kelly and associates, plus opinions on a Cordele rival paper, political jabs at England Russia China, a New York Dewey banquet bill of about $10,000, Cuba US tensions, Alger possibly resigning, Czar Reed’s retirement unsettling Republicans, and various satirical shots at figures like Gen Shafter and the Mobile police, ending with civic praise for the Macon Telegraph and a quip about William Y's grave.
The piece extols marriage as a durable bond built on bearing and forbearance and compatibility. It urges partners to seek sun in each other’s dispositions, face faults with courage, and meet others with consideration to foster a paradise where the soul’s currents are purified.
A late U S Consul General report from Montreal details Canadian lumber output and warns of a shrinking timber supply in U S forests. It notes reduced timber age and implies threats to future industrial needs and regional supply stability.
The Racket Store will practice in all courts except county court. Office located in Stovalls new building in Vienna Georgia.
Jno F Powell and Jno W Powell Watts Powell Jno F Powelll and Sons Lawyers advertise active practice in all courts of the South western Oco nee and Albany Circuits and other courts by contract. Office near Court House on Union Street Vienna Ga.
A Columbus Enquirer Sun report warns that vast Canadian woodlands face depletion as demand rises. It cites Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and other regions with hundreds of millions of board feet of white pine and cedar, noting wasteful practices and the need for sustained forestry management.
Y F Bivins physician and surgeon offers obstetrics and women’s diseases as specialties. All calls answered day or night. Office over J J Coopers store with office phone 18 residence phone 25 in Vienna Georgia.
J M Whitehead dentist to be in Masonic building office from the 15th to the first of each month office phone 91 residence 11. Tax receiver’s notice lists Carlisles Precinct April 1 May 6 Lindsay Pinehurst Byromoyille Drayton Vienna books close June 1. Donaway T R DC
Geo W Wooten announces a new law office on Cotton Street near the New Court House, practicing in State and Federal Courts at Macon and Savannah, dated August 13 1894.
D A R Crum lawyer of Vienna Dooly County Georgia practices regularly in Macon Southwestern Oconee Southern and Brunswick circuits State Supreme Court United States Circuit and District Courts Court of Appeals and United States Bankruptcy courts.
Local advertisement pledges round the clock assistance with all calls answered promptly day or night in Buxomville Georgia.
W S Howell physician and surgeon available day or night. Telephone at residence and office. Office over J F Calhoun Company store. All orders left with them will be promptly attended to.
Bearing down pains indicate displacement of the womb. Curable quickly by using Simmons Squaw Wine or Tablets. Ice in any quantity at J. F. Smith's, Unadilla Ga. Pimples boils and other humors appear when the blood gets impure. A best remedy is Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine.
An old advertisement extols the Vienna Hotel noting prompt attention and courtesy with a free buss meeting every train. It lists Mrs J F Waters as proprietress and promotes J F Waters Livery Stable The Suwanee and The Tommey House as first class. It highlights hospitality at Holland House and Union with emphasis on value.
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