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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1903
Page
1
A string of aphorisms on manners and habits. It notes how favors are remembered, pride, idleness, and drinking affect reputation, with observations on friendship, politeness, restraint, and social behavior in everyday life. The tone mimics a late 19th century social primer.
Col W S Christian married Susie Harmon last Thursday in Chambers county Alabama. The couple met six weeks ago after he traveled to Alabama to oversee an estate left by an uncle who died at West Point. Christian recently passed the bar and opened Dooly Business College on land he bought in east Vienna. This is his second marriage. his first wife Miss Bowles died in 1899.
A read partial notice invites neighbors to a picnic and fish fry at Kerns this Saturday before the fourth Sunday of the month. Attendees are urged to bring a basket and join the event hosted by local residents.
Vienna crushed Fitzgerald 16 to 0 in a Thursday game highlighted by Stovall’s strong pitching and the Vienna lineup’s heavy hitting. Fitzgerald managed only two men reaching third base as Vienna outplayed them in every facet. With more practice Vienna expects to be ready for regional opponents.
W I Stewart a Cordele bicycle repairer and jeweler fired at a boy named Willie Williford about twelve years old who had been abandoned as an infant. The shot did not kill and the boy can walk. Stewart, intoxicated, was bonded and faced mortification for the conduct. No reporter was sent to investigate. details gathered from the above.
Houston High School observers celebrate commencement at the Baptist church with essays by Philomathean and Sigma Pi Zeta delegates. Alumni honors, scholarships to Mercer and Monroe, and a large Cordele audience mark the event despite heavy rain.
The local note describes persistent rain hindering planting and cotton damage from cool weather while oats improve. Farmers buy Planet Jr. Cultivators from Watt Harley Holmes Co. Cordele as they pursue better farming methods, followed by anecdotal farm chat and church notes from St Paul.
The Sparta Tshmaelite condemns advertisers from Spencer Medicine inviting newspapers to trade two dozen bottles of medicine for advertising plus $5 cash. It says repeated offers were discarded and argues the scheme would profit the medicine firm at the paper’s expense.
The G H & B Ry announces a cheap excursion from Vienna to Macon and Atlanta on May 25. The special train from Jacksonville and Palatka leaves Vienna at 2 45 pm reaching Macon by 4 80 pm and Atlanta by 8 30 pm. Tickets include three days in each city with G S and F Ry representatives aboard.
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