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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1898
Page
5
Notes from Cordele and nearby towns recount visits from J. D. Hargrove, J. Jas. Dupree, and other officials. court matters in Unadilla. social calls by Miss May Butler and Miss Mamie Leonard. local sales and professional trips. Plus a seasonal poem about spring summer fall and winter.
Obituary note from Findlay Georgia dated Nov 7 1898 recalls Kenneth son of Mr and Mrs R A Murray dying Sept 20 after four days illness. The piece blends mourning with religious reflection on heaven and reunion, urging trust in God while promising to remember Kenneth until all are rejoined in heaven. Includes local literary ad and medical ad segments.
Town youths enjoyed a Monday social at the Southern hotel. A gold medal engraved L I M was lost and may be recovered by delivering to the Progress office. Local legal note: Crum and Jno Fy Powell traveled to Cordele for a Stovall case new trial motion. verdict expected soon. Obituaries will be trimmed to 26 free lines, with extra lines billed.
A heartfelt tribute notes the death of Tommie E Reeves born March 16 1887 who died October 31 1898 after a short illness. He leaves a mother and father seven brothers three sisters and many relatives. His burial occurred Tuesday evening in Vienna Ga with a funeral led by Rev P G McDonald. The piece closes with a sentimental verse and a cousin sign off H Ferguson Vienna Ga. A separate ad promotes De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve and a humorous exchange about kissing.
An old advertisement claims McElree's Wine of Cardus cures female troubles and monthly misery. It asserts the product makes women beautiful and keeps them young, sold at 1.00 per bottle in drug stores. A stray joke about autumn leaves and falls closes the piece.
An 19th century market ad touts English Spavin Liniment claiming removal of hard and soft lumps from horses and livestock. It advertises savings, a doctor salesman in Vienna Georgia, and includes other patent remedies and slogans. The text mentions Woolford's Sanitary Lotion for animals and a local druggist Dr LT Stovall.
Money to loan on well improved farm lands in Dooly county with easy terms. Write or call JIL Woodward & Son in Vienna Georgia. Also a cough remedy claim for One Minute Cough Cure marketed by Dr. CT Stovall noting it cures croup bronchitis pneumonia grippe throat and lung diseases.
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