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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1898
Page
5
A compact roundup notes visits by Alex Taylor and J Averette Bryan, Cordele crowds, fishing trips on Flint River, and social calls in Vienna. Mentions of tax collection reminders, sales pitches, a sugar cane gift, a sermon by Dr McDonald, and a community concert led by Prof Grace with a Liliputian wedding highlight.
A fragmented historical text blends Shakespearean flourishes with political satire. It laments war’s drenching shadows, notes shifts to peacetime study, and questions Butler’s influence while invoking older poetic motifs and rural imagery. The passage closes on uncertain signals from an open door.
Soothing healing cleansing salve praised as the implacable enemy of sores burns and wounds. The advertisement claims it never fails to cure piles and urges reliance on Dr C T Stovall for use.
Agent A E Jordan of Security Trust and Life Insurance Co of Philadelphia received a $1000 check Tuesday for Tobe Buckhits to cover the death of his wife Winnie Buckholts. The company handled the policy promptly and without trouble. An ad promotes Johnson's Chill and Fever cure as a one day remedy and lists cigars and tobacco brands with maker Sultan Pattison Co., Louisville, Ky.
After November 1st D. B. Thompson will offer a full line of coffins caskets burial robes and related items in connection with his furniture business. The move expands local offerings under the same proprietor.
In Atlanta Journal prose a debate erupts over continuing reforms and allying with old friends. References to Providence, lifting the state, and forward thinking hint at a political struggle within a new party and its strategic direction.
An item advertises Woolford's Sanitary Lotion as a universal cure for humans and all stock including horses dogs and other stock, claiming a 30 minute relief. It notes sales by Dr GC L Stovall Druggist in Vienna Georgia, with promotion of the product and its purported efficacy.
English Spavin Liniment removes hard and soft lumps blemishes spavins curbs splints sweeney ring bone stifles sprains swollen throats coughs and more. Save $50 with one bottle guaranteed the most wonderful blemish cure known. Sold by Dr C T Stovall Druggist Vienna Ga.
Just received a carload of the best bananas in Georgia from Bocus Fruits at one dollar per bunch. Three bunches for two fifty and ten dozen per bunch. Offering bargains in fruits of all kinds retail or wholesale daily. Send orders at once. Resp't. The Wholesale and Retail Fruit House.
An old advertisement touts McElree's Wine of Cardus as a cure for female troubles, claiming to relieve irregular monthly periods and associated misery. It promises beauty and youth, asserts each bottle costs $1.090, and notes sale at all drug stores.
Reverend T. W. Darley of Perry was in the city yesterday for undisclosed engagements, drawing local attention to his schedule and activities.
A fragmentary ad praises Dr. C. T. Stovall for a pill labeled Life prolonging and health improving. It hints at medical or patent remedy claims and emphasizes a lifestyle of rest and rising early as preparation.
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