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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1896
Page
5
Advertisement proclaims DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as a permanent cure for skin ailments including piles. Claims the salve never fails and is marketed by Stovall & Forbes.
Vienna locals discuss an excursion to Fitzgerald and Tampa, sightings of visitors including Capt J B Scott and Mr B Bowen, and to look at Pleasant Valley. Reports mention scarlet fever fears in Americus and nearby towns, illness in L F Collier’s family, and Movida fishing by Col Geo W Busbee. Nearby hospitality around Putnam Ball praised.
The annual picnic at the Flint river bridge on the Sumter side will be held Friday June 12. Everyone is invited to bring baskets and join the social fete noted for large attendance.
The Georgia Southern railway will operate its shoo-fly daily except Sundays starting after June 1, running between Valdosta and Macon as a regular passenger train, offering a new daily service for travelers.
Richwood and Mt Pleasant Sunday schools join for an annual picnic at Richwood school building on Saturday Next May 16 with Prof H J Lawrence of Vienna addressing the gathering. Everyone is invited.
The Georgia Southern railway runs an excursion to Fitzgerald via the Tifton route on Tuesday May 19. The Vienna to Fitzgerald round trip fare is 81.05. The train leaves Vienna at 8 52 a m and returns the same night. Passengers are invited to see the new town.
The Vienna Sunday Schools invite all denominations from adjoining communities in Dooly County to a union picnic at Vienna School Park on Friday May 22. Bring baskets. By order of the Vienna Sunday Schools. Supt. W V Harvard Methodist. Supt. S MO E Howell Baptist.
The 2nd quarterly meeting of the Vienna charge was held at Pleasant Valley, five miles northwest of Vienna, on a weekend. Elder F A Branch preached a fine sermon on God, man, sin and immortality. A large crowd attended both days, with meals provided by neighbors and a strong sense of community. Pastor Lane received praise for energetic leadership. a camp meeting was planned for the 8th Sunday in July. A Osseo, Mich., citizen A L Wooster was claimed cured of piles by DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve, per Stovall & Forbes.
An assortment of small ads and notices appears including FOR SALE on shoes from J. F. Calhoun & Co, a scholarship opportunity at Atlanta Business University and Georgia Alabama Business College, a health claim for Dr Milea pain pills, a fine lot of speckled peas for sale, a LOST KEYS notice, and a spring reference to DeWitt's Little Early Risers promoted by Stovall & Forbes.
Local business pages promote top shirts at 200 and up and suspenders at seven a pair. J F Calhoun and Co advertise patent cures including Mystic Cure for rheumatism. Purchases listed with druggists Stovall and Yorkes selling remedies in Promise City Iowa. B Anthony in Postminster endorses the product with testimonial.
Local agents STOVALL & FORBES advertise a large stock in Vienna Ga of sewer and drainage pipes from gin to 24 inch diameter, stove flues, urns and pots from Stephens Bros. & Co and other pottery items inviting customers to request prices.
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