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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1897
Page
5
The notice lists 36 inch Percales with 8 and gc grades for 6 12 and 7c and 36 inch Percales at 10c grades for 8c. Single width Westeads were 1o and 15¢, now 8c. 28 inch mixed Suiting was 15c, now 10c. 40 inch mixed Suiting was 360c, now 20c. 28 inch all wool mixed Dress Goods was 30¢, now 28 inch mixed Dress Goods was 25c, now 20¢.
Vienna readers note residents visiting in Vienna and Cordele with tax collections and church notices. travels include E Varnadow in Vienna and Dr C T Stovall to Unadilla. Public events include a Christmas season kickoff and the John Robinson and Franklin Bros. Shows in Cordele on December 1.
The Vienna Board of Education invites applications for spring term 1898 positions in the Vienna Public Schools. Open roles include superintendent, principal of the white and colored schools, eight white school assistants, music, art and elocution teachers, and a colored school assistant. Apply to R Kellam, Secretary.
Yonkers Statesman notes a Woman's Rights speaker taunting men over unpaid household labor. A mild husband in the back stands, finally allowed to speak, marking his first chance to assert himself. An advertisement urges treatment for back pain via Dr. J. H. McLean's Liver and Kidney Balm priced at $1 through Dr. C. T. Stovall.
A cluttered local ad lists J F Calhoun & Co and Smith & Baker offering merchandise from syrups and frames to ladies wear and shoe sales. Howell's Stable and Towell's Stable advertise horse care and carriages. Also noted is Dr Vic henor's antiseptic and Dr C T Stovall selling it.
The Palace Barber Shop on Union Street next to the Post Office offers easy shaves clean mugs and towels skilled workman who is kind and polite and serves customers. Ladies hairdressing at residence with home calls and bath facilities also available JW Reports Propr W M Moore barber.
The city of Cordele will hold an election December 11 1897 in the Council Chamber to decide the issuance of seven bonds of 100000 each due in thirty years bearing 6 percent interest for public improvements. All qualified Cordele voters may vote. Mayor F I J Bivins certifies November 2 1897.
By order of the Ordinary of Dooly County an administrator sale will be held December 1, 1897, at the courthouse door. A 170 acre tract of land in Dooly County, part of lot 230, 6th District, known as Lewellen Cason home place, will be sold between legal hours. November 3, 1897. John Winson, Adm'r.
An 1870s style advertisement promotes The Drug Store in Vienna Georgia offering Bee School Books Song Books Blank Books Stationery and a wide array of lamps pencils inks and pens at low prices. Dr C T Stovall Wholesale and Retail Druggist urges customers to come and save money.
Our counters shelves and storage rooms are packed with dress goods shoes hardware groceries buggy and wagon stocks. We must have more room and offer rare baggins in dress goods worth thousands of dollars. Come and inspect the long counters to the other end where every piece is a model of itself.
A Lynn, Illinois, drug firm Johnson Bros reports their three year old son of Jd A Johnson suffered severe croup but was saved by Chamberlain's cough remedy. The father cites physicians, rivals, and strong sales of the remedy as proof of its superior effectiveness in throat and lung diseases. Sold by Dr C T Stovall.
Advertisement from the W B Donkey Company offering agent positions for holiday subscription books and "The Silver Side" texted book. Claims exclusive territory, large commissions, and competitive terms with multiple Chicago addresses listed for inquiries.
Money to loan on improved Dooley county lands with New York brokers arranging a first mortgage for fixed years at a set interest rate. Brokerage and title abstract fees are borne by the borrower. For cheap money, contact John H. Woodward & Son, Vienna, Ga. Also a political note about Congress meetings and a projected deficit of 48,244,762.
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