20 May 1897
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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1897
Page
1
For more than twenty years Scott's Emulsion has been advertised as helping with wasting diseases in adults and children. A physician prepared a brief booklet explaining how and why it benefits the body, available free by requesting a postal card. Scott & Bowne, New York.
A reflective column urges voters to consider patriotism beyond attacking others and warns that democracy is an ongoing experiment. It compares Benedict Arnold’s betrayal to dangers hidden in complacency and calls Americans to guard a government “of the people by the people and for the people” as a living, evolving test.
The essay warns that traitors exist not only in history but now, among voters, officials, judges, and legislators who betray public trust for personal gain. It urges every citizen to act locally, clean their own doorstep, and contribute to better political conditions.
Frank McAvoy, longtime L N A Ry employee, testifies he has used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for ten years or more and never without it in his family. He calls it the best remedy of its kind and recommends it. For sale by Stovall & Forbes.
A Sunday blaze at Richwood, one of the Souths finest Parrett Lumber mills, dry kilns, and three nearby dwellings burned. Origin tied to boilers, fire discovered about 11 am, spreading rapidly and destroying the plant, with losses around 45 000 dollars and total insured value 80 000 dollars. The upper mill remained uninsured but will operate. the burned mill is being rebuilt.
Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic is advertised as a one day cure for fever, promising rapid relief within 24 hours and claiming to cure the most stubborn cases of fever.
The next regular annual meeting of the Houston Sunday School Association will be held at the Warwick church on the fifth Sunday and the Saturday before in May. All Sunday school workers pastors superintendents teachers and pupils are urged to attend. A large number of prominent workers are expected and Warwick is billed as the best convention. The program includes devotions and talks on the Holy Ghost powerful teaching the pastor’s role Bible knowledge soul winning missionary emphasis denominational loyalty pupil responsibility and making a missionary Sunday school.
A short promotional line asserts Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic cures fever in one day. It emphasizes rapid relief and positions the product as a singular solution for fever. The wording targets readers seeking quick, decisive medical relief.
Regular meeting notes from Vienna Georgia dated April 12 1897 show the Street Committee tasked to study building a bridge across town creek on Drayton road. H B Bullock warned to remove a private obstructive way or face nuisance abatement. The Board of Education filed a quarterly report detailing receipts expenditures and a $700 apportioned public school fund for 1897. Additional items include fire limit changes near Cotton Street and a plea to Georgia Southern Railway for a new depot. various bills approved or referred. council adjourned.
Quinine and other fever medicines take from 7 to 10 days to cure fever. Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic promises relief in one day with a quick acting formula.
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