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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1896
Page
8
In the Vienna Progress May 21 issue an advertisement asks if you ever thought how readily the blood is poisoned by constipation. It claims bad blood causes poor health and premature aging and promotes DeWitt’s Little Early Risers as a cure from Stovall & Forbes.
A 22 year old dirk negro convict, about 1140 pounds, with one incisor missing and another tooth gone, escaped from Allison's County Chaingang in Pulaski County on Saturday May 16. He stole a bay mare with a white forehead spot and white on both right feet, showing paddle galls. A reward of 15.00 is offered for the return of either, or 80.00 for both.
Announcement of a second annual, personally conducted excursion to Tampa and return from Macon leaving May 25, with arrival in Tampa next morning and return May 20. Stops include Waldo Ocala Lake City Plant City. pricing 1.00 to 2.50 for hotels, 3.00 sleeping berths, tickets valid to June 1. Orgn: Georgia Southern, Central, Peninsular routes. agent Bazemorf of Vinton, Ga.
Drayton notes dismiss rumors of Scarlin tina in the area and reports no current cases. Farmers thinning cotton show promise, measles impact on children depresses school attendance. Locals back BE B Lewis for national office. speculate on Charles F Crisp for free silver. Mentions picnics, J E Joiner fishing win, and Ada Penny opens a dressmaking shop amid poor road conditions.
Notice of sale in Dooly County Georgia to be held at the courthouse door on the first Tuesday in June 1896. The property includes the old Dooly County Jail with fixtures, lands, and appurtenances as authorized by the grand jury. Dated May 6, 1896. Signed D. Hargrove O.D. 0.
For sale by druggists at 26 cents a box. Dr Cody's Condition Powders touted to tone up the system, aid digestion, cure ailments in horses, relieve constipation, and destroy worms. Package sale by druggists.
Multiple legal notices seek discharge of estate administrators J A Cross and R P Sentell with directed show cause hearings on first Mondays in 1896, at local courthouse offices, and a theft report for a Marlin rifle numbered 82892 with a $5 reward offered for retrieval.
Georgia Dooly County will sell at the courthouse door on the first Tuesday in June 1896 between legal hours to the highest bidder for cash the described property of N J Grantham. The list includes a gray horse mule Jack a black horse mule Coley a gray mare mule Beck a bay horse mule Cook and a two horse wagon. Property levied to satisfy city court of Macon Bibb county judgment in favor of American National Bank and O G Sparks Jr and N J Grantham. Levy by G W Sheppard deputy sheriff. May 6 1896.
An advertisement touts a "Mystic Cure" for rheumatism and neuralgia claiming radical relief in 1 to BS days. It asserts the remedy acts on the system to remove the cause and disease, with the first dose giving notable benefit. Sold by Sto vall & Forbes Druggists in Vienna for 75 cents.
Arrangements with brokers in New York enable first mortgage loans on improved farm lands for five years, payable in installments at 8 percent interest per year. Brokerage and abstract inspection charges are small and paid by the borrower. If interested, contact in Vienna.
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