Progress note on small dues and Georgia events
The text urges readers to settle small debts at once, noting many little amounts add up. It mentions Macon as ideal for the State Fair, Georgia dog tax passage, Judge Felton’s fines on slot machines in Macon, Cordele’s proposed city court with militia jurisdiction, and the death of Vice President Garrett Hobart. It also references the failed bid to elect railroad commissioners by the people and Mercer University’s victory in the State Oratorical Association contest with John Temple Graves’s medal awarded to Mark Bolding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer University
Atlanta
John Temple Graves
Mark Bolding
Wordy defense of working girls and moral stance by Dalton Argus
A reader letter from the Dalton Argus defends working women against scorn and praises the valor of factory and service workers. It extols modest pride over vanity and criticizes pretentious airs while noting the editor’s prior stance on respect for labor. Includes a brief closing plug for Simmons Liver Tonic and Dr Stovall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acworth Post
Hhem
Dalton Argus
Ideal Newspaper: our creed for honest, useful journalism
A compact manifesto on how a newspaper should operate with ideals of truth, integrity, and public service. It urges honesty, non slander, and fair treatment, stressing support for home industries and local communities while welcoming constructive criticism to improve rating, county, town, and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiat Justicia
Jerusalem
Notice to Debtors in Vienna Georgia
Last notice warns all parties indebted by note or obligation to settle promptly with W H Wroeen at Vienna Georgia. A transition of business to Col MA Fleming is planned for settling accounts. Signed by W H Wroeen with courteous urging for early payment.
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Weenant
D H Jordan
Vienoa
Col MA Fleming
W. H. Wroeen
Dooly County
J. H. Woopwarp
Prosperity Promise at Vienna Depot Stables
An advertisement by D. B. Thompson urges buyers to cash purchases and avoid credit as the Sunny South nears a wave of prosperity. He invites customers to bring their horses to his Vienna depot stables to demonstrate how he can help with cash deals, claiming groundbreaking economic improvements.
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South
Vienna
D. B. Thompson
Move to Vienna Ga four room house for cash or terms
For Sale or Rent. Move to Vienna and send your children to school. Four room house ceiled throughout on a newly built four acre lot with garden cow burn artesian water and seed cone bed. Also one piano for sale cheap. Apply Mrs L E Ridenhour or James R Kelly Vienna Ga. Dr Tichenors antiseptic 50c a bottle.
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Vienna
L E Ridenhour
James R Kelly
Cordele Clothier Ads Promote Fitting and Goods
The Cordele market features Westbrook and Strouse & Bros offering tailored clothing, quality fits, and a new stock of shirts, hats, and trimmings. Advertisements tout male grooming, anti lacing fashions, and Dr. Tichenor’s Antiseptic for hoarseness with a 50 cent price.
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D A ‘Taylor
J F Galhoun & Co
Overproduction Poem Reflects Surplus Across Life
A poem catalogues excess in crops, livestock, goods, and social life. It laments surplus in cotton and corn, bread and potatoes, tools and furniture, clothing, books, and minds. It critiques too many workers, too many spouses, too many graves, and a society overflowing with ignorance and inequity.
Pants for sale and outdated remedies in 20th century ad copy
Fragmented sale ad mentions pants and jeans at 45 cents and up at Kke Gunn in Pinehurst Georgia, along with unrelated lines advertising a patent remedy for menstrual regulation and a book sales pitch for Admiral Dewey. The jumble includes miscellaneous local business prompts and promotional appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kke Gunn
Pinehurst
Tax Notice of County and State Tax Sessions in 1899
F J Lewis T C D C posts tax collection routes for 1899 with dates at Zoar Oct 9 and 30 Navy 20 Byromville Oct 10 and 21 Unadilla Pinehurst Findlay Cordele Dec 1 Arabi Vienna every Saturday and other cities including Drayton Paige Fuqua Snow Spring Kerns Tipptville Richwood Sibley Dakota and ends December 19 by law. Book closes that night.
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Zoar
Navy
Byromville
Unadilla
Pinehurst
Pee
Findlay
Pinia
Fuqua Dee
Snow Spring Dee
Kerns Dee
Tipptville Dee
Richwood Dee
Sibley Dee
Dakota Dee
Vienna
F. J. Lewis
The Carnival Is Coming Buy A New Suit Ad
Mr T Williams of Senoia Ga endorses Simmons Liver Medicine from MA as over fifty percent stronger and better than Zelin's Regulator for biliousness costiveness indigestion sick headache sour stomach and related liver issues. The ad invites Cordele residents to shop at J T Weebrook for new attire ahead of festivities.
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J.T. Weebrook
Cordele
T Williams
Senoia
Simmons
Zelin
August Flower advertised as cure for indigestion in old ad
Question Answered. Yes, August Flower has the largest sale in the civilized world for indigestion biliousness. It claims to cure by closing the system and stopping fermentation. Sample bottle available at Dr. C T Stovall's Drug Store.
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August Flower
August Binner
Green
Dr. C T Stovall
Cordele shops boost wool and footwear in fashion year
Cordele merchants tout woolen garments and CT Stovall shoes from J T Westbrook and CT Westbrook stores. The ad highlights J Westbrook of Cordele, GA offering suits and hats, with Dr MA Simmons Liver Medicine advertised for health and vitality.
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MA Simmons
CT Stovall
Hess & Bros
CT Westbrook’s
Cordele, Ga
Mystic Cure for Rheumatism Promises Fast Relief
An advertisement claims a “Mystic Cure” for rheumatism and neuralgia can cure in 1 to 3 days. It asserts the remedy removes the cause and disease, with the first dose offering notable benefit. Price 75 cents. Sold by Dr C T Stovall, Vienna Georgia.
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C T. Stovall
Vienna
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Educat'n
Ordin'ry
County Court
Postesfee
U.T. Stovall
Wooly County
Macon
Georgia
Felten
Tracy
Garrett A. Hobart
Patterson, N.J
People's
House
M A Simmons
C T Stovall
McElree
Perera
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
West
Nashville
Prince of Clothiere
O T Westbrook
Strouse & Bros
JT Westbrook’s
T Stovall
JF Calhoun & Co
J T Westbrook
Strouse & Brothers
Westbrook
Admiral Dewey
Murat Halstead
The
Dominion Company
Caxton Bldg
Chicago
Howard M. Smith
Second St
J. H. Woodward & Son
Jordan Bros
Heinz
O 'T Stovall
Jordan Brothers
Vienna, GA
J. C. Hamilton
W. C. Hamilton
Bank OF Vienna
Capital
Georgia Southern
Business College
H. R. Wilder
South Georgia
Cordele Sash, Door and Lumber Company
W. Thigpen
J ‘le Westbrook
R. Boniske, Vroe
the Fair Store
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