Review of Congressional Representatives from This District
The Vienna Progress recalls the district's history of congressmen from the late 1840s through Reconstruction. It notes Warren of Albany, Johnson of Columbus, Colquitt, Crawford, Munnerlyn, W. H. Crawford and Cook, with party shifts and residency details. It argues the river’s western bank has never held a congress seat and urges recognition and fair play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumter County
Flint River
Chas. F. Criep
Proattesa
Columbus
Muscogee
Johnson
A. H. Colquitt
Baker County
Colquit
M. J. Crawford
Columbia
Crawford
C. I. Munnerlyn
Decatur County
Munnerlyn
W. H. Crawford
Lee County
Warren
Chas. F
Crisp
Congress
Plow Boy Wrestling With General Green in Cedar Creek
Local item from Cedar Creek notes Plow Boy contending with General Green for a week as residents report deaths, weddings, and visitors. Mrs Delia Raina mourns her 18 year old son paralyzed. Deputy Sheppard and Ordinary Hargrove from Vienna visited. jokes about widows and a hunter's search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Jimmie
J. W. Bowen
Split-log
Hollie Long
Cordero
W. JF. McAfee
Sheppard
Hargrove
Vienna
George
Delia Raina
Veterans Reunion Urged for Dooly County Event
A call to all in Dooly County to support the veterans reunion with committees named and plans for an extra July train from Macon to Cordele. The campaign seeks funds for a monument, requests local canvassing and festivals, and notes one fifth of money already raised. contact Mra D Leonard of Vienna or J S Pate of Cordele for details, Arabi address provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaye
Macon
Cordele
Mra
Leonard
Vienna
J.8
Pate of
Arabi
Death of a Little Boy Cozsie Raines
A mourning notice for Cozsie Raines records his death on a May dawn from paralysis. The cousin Nettie Lewis notes a family sorrow, praising the child’s bright sunshine in a mother’s home and asking for patience until a reunion in heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cozsie Raines
Earth
Heaven
Coxzie
Saylor
Nettie Lewis
Vote J A Williams for Tax Collector
The Vienna Progress editor urges county voters to elect J A Williams for Tax Collector. Williams, a self made one armed laborer, is described as competent and worthy, with strong moral character and earnest county-wide outreach planned through June 6th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Vienna Progress
J. A Williams
Bond
N. P
Barfield & Horne
F. M.herring
In Memoriam for Hattie Lou Downing
An obituary from Unadilla Advertiser notes the death of nine month old Hattie Lou Downing following her sister Ola, both cherished by Mr and Mrs J W Downing. The child fell ill a week ago. burial beside Ola at Snow Cemetery. family grief and sympathy offered. Postscript asks Cordele Monitor to copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angel
Death
Ban
J.W. Downing
Ola
Snow
Hattie Lou
Calin
Inez Edwards
Unadilla Advertiser and
Cordele Bontinel
Drayton News Buoys Local Guests and Events
Drayton hosts charming Lilla Cowart visit and notes a rainy spell. Edna Brown sick at home from Dickson School. Burglar steals revolver from Henry Morgan's bachelor apartment. Vienna figures show social visits and a May 28 Col. Thomson address. Ice cream freezer sales promise daily earnings. ads push quick earnings from selling freezers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilla Cowart
Pees
Edna Brown
Dickson School
Henry Morgan
Morgan
Frank Powell
Vienna
the Butler
Coney
John Butler
Butler
W. 8. Thomson
Cordele
Col
Thomson
Rayton
Dr Miles Restorative Nervine Praised by Kentucky Agent
A Kentucky Mutal Life Insurance Co. agent recalls two severe LaGrippe attacks in 1889-90. He suffered two months of sleepless agony and mental and bodily weakness until using Dr Miles Restoration Nervine. After two days of improvement, a month brought cure and lasting health, with endorsements to friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Hilton
The
Mutual Life Insurance Co
Kentucky
Yoursville
Dr. Biles
Notice of Sale in Dooly County Jail and appurtenances
Notice states a public sale at the courthouse door in Dooly County on the first Tuesday in June 1806 during legal hours. It covers the old Dooly County Jail, buildings, fixtures, steel cages, lands, and all appurtenances per grand jury recommendation, dated May 6, 1896, signed J.D. Hargrove. The rest is an advertisement about selling dishwashers from The Mound City Dish Washer Co., St. Louis, Missouri, urging readers to join a money making scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Dooly County
J.D. Hargrove
Mound City
Mound City Dish Washer Co
St. Louis
Dr Cady’s Condition Powders and Ointment Adverts
Chamberlains eye and skin ointment for eczema sores and sore eyes sold by druggists at 25 cents per box. For horses Dr Cady’s Condition Powders claim to tone up the system aid digestion cure tares of spete relieve constipation correct bowel parriers and destroy worms selling by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Cady
Dooly County Court Dismisses David Altman Estate Administrator
J A Cross administrator petitioned the court stating full administration of David Altman estate. He is cited to show cause why he should not be discharged and receive letters of dismission on the first Monday in June next. March 1896. J D Hargrove D D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Cross
David Altman
Aaid
J. D. Hargrove
D. D.C
Dismissal Letters Sought for W W Sentell Estate
Georgia D ioly County notice states R F Sentell administrator applies for letters of dismission from the estate of W W Sentell deceased. The petition will be heard on the first Monday in July 1806 at the administrator’s court in the county courthouse. April 1896. J D Hagrove D D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
di Oly County
R. PF
Sentell
W. W. Sentell
Said County
Othey
J. D. Hagrove
D, D.C
Middlebury reader praises One Minute Cough Cure
Mrs R DeYoung of Middlebury Indiana commends One Minute Cough Cure for herself and her children after six years use. She calls it the quickest acting and most satisfactory cough remedy she has ever used, noting Stovall & Forbes as the source.
Pulaski Poultry Yards Advertises Varieties and Prices
Pulaski Poultry Yards offers Black Langshans Bull and Partridge Cochins White and Brown Leghorns Indian Games Black Minorius White Wyandottes Light Brahmas and Barred Palm jouth Rocks with eggs priced 1.00 to 2.00 per setting A few young birds for sale They claim the best plant and birds in the state Also selling a lice and mite remover for fowls and other animals STOLEN On the 2nd Sunday night in April a 82 Marlin rifle number 82892 was stolen from my house A reward of 5.00 is offered for its return SHACKLEFORD
Dooly County Sheriff Sale Items Listed in Georgia Notice
Dooly Sheriffs Sale in Georgia Dooly County announces sale on the first Tuesday in June 1886 before the courthouse door. Property including five mules a wagon and related assets levied to satisfy a city court fi fa in favor of American National Bank with sheriff’s sale conducted by G W Sheppard deputy and Robert Roberts sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Jack
Coley
Beck
Cook
N. J. Grantham
Appraisers to Finalize Six Year Support for Widow Shell
In Dooly County Georgia appraisers appointed to sit Spar and assign six years support and furniture from the estate of William B Shell deceased for his widow Nicey J Shell have filed their report as required by law. They will pass the report on May 29, 1806. This April 28 1896. J D Hargrove D D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Dooly County
Wm. B. Shell
Nicey J. Shell
Ped
J. D. Hargrove
Ice Cream Minute Freezer Opportunity
An advertisement touts a one minute ice cream freezer that makes smooth frozen cream instantly. It promises earnings of five to six dollars daily selling cream and ten to twenty dollars daily selling freezers, with ready demand once demonstrated. J F Casey & Co of St Louis offers instructions and salaries for full-time workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Casey & Co
Charles St
St. Louis
St. Louie
Myotic Cure for Rheumatism Sold in Vienna
Rheumatism and neuralgia are claimed to be cured in 1 to 8 days by a product named Myotic Cure. The advertisement asserts it removes the cause of the disease and its symptoms quickly with remarkable action. First house benefit offered, 75 cents, sold by Stovall & Forbes Druggist in Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stovall & Forbes
Vienna
Shoo-fly train to run daily on Georgia Southern line
The Georgia Southern Railway will operate a daily shoofly passenger service between Valdosta and Macon except Sundays starting after June 1. The new regular train will provide daily travel along the line, benefiting travelling public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Southern’ Railway
Valdosta
Macon
Have it Fixed at the Racket Store Vienna Ga
W. Thigpen Practical Jewelry in Vienna Georgia notes prompt attention and offers fixes. Two recently moved back to Vienna can be found at the Racket Store for quick service and watch repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
W. Thigpen
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Cedar Creek
Wl Ee Company
Richard A. McCurdy
Name Mutual Alter
New York
Ges
Ranitenie
Banentes
ODL Sab
Himseysereseren
Inns
R. F. Shedden
Atlanta
and Friends of Veterans
Hattie Lou Downing
Drayton
LaGrippe
Miles’ Nervine
Pulaski Poultry Yards
Dooly Sheriffs Sale
Georgia and Alabama Railway
Savannah
Livar
Americus DeSoto
Cordele Pitts Rochele
Abbeville
Abbeville Fitzgerald
Pam
Jcolumbus
Naon
Albany
Mon
Ritena
Iran
Sonia Motwene
Cecil Abbett
Vice
Suriery
Boston
Cordolelena
Pia
Alban
Richland
Cotumwanish
Amerimery
L. Engered
Montgomery
Coal
Pope
Aat Amin
Cullen & Newman
Esexville
J. P. Heard & Son Mayer, Watts & Co., and
Stovall’ & Forbes
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