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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1900
Page
8
Local notices report J J Calhoun & Co tin ware and seed rye sales, auctions, and loans. Cordele Carnival dates October 10 11 12 are set with king B H Palmer and queen Essie Harris. court contracts and real estate deals also noted along with wedding and family updates.
By order of the Ordinary of Dooly County I will sell at public cash sale on the first Tuesday of November 1900 the town lots No. 2 1 and 272 in Cordele along with the Planing Mill Plant and fixtures. The sale is at the county courthouse during usual hours and will continue daily until sold. Terms cash. McD Gain JR executor of William J. Bipp.
A condensed notice lists locations and dates for State and Count taxes due in 1900. It includes Byromville on Oct 8 Oct 29 and Nov 16. Pinehurst on Nov 11 Dec 1. Findley and Drayton entries with district notes. Cordele and surrounding towns cited with individual names. and additional checkpoints in Vienna and nearby communities with specified Saturdays and December dates.
The Cordele Morning Call notes a series of mysterious deaths including Ed Robinson and Mary Eliza Henderson. A coroner's jury ruled Henderson’s death from heart failure, while an infant’s cremated remains were found in a cheroot box as investigators probe parentage, with speculation of foul play dismissed by the coroner.
Advertisement seeks several persons to represent the applicant in their counties as district office managers. Willing to pay yearly $600 plus additional opportunities. References required with self addressed stamped envelopes. Contact A Park at 20 Caxton Building Chicago.
Bradshaw report from Oct 2 1900 notes Morgan Peavy trip to Macon and local social visits. Mentions Carlton McKinney Jim Screws Lewis Cross blessing with a son, visits to Tippettville and Benn, sickness of Mrs B W Reynolds, and a buggy mishap when a young man’s horse bolted during a visit to his sweetheart.
An advertisement from J. P. Heard and Sons announces available buggies and wagons described as daisies, inviting customers to come and see their stock.
Savannah counterfeiters altered packaging to mislead buyers prompting a warning from the wholesale drug and whiskey firm. The ad cites a physician from Conway Arkansas praising Johnsons Tonic for fever and malaria relief with rapid fever reduction and swift recovery.
Very scarce local news as residents stay in. Wyley Crozier and Mrs Victor Rangs visited Hawkinsville. G R Sanders and daughter Miss Lonnie traveled there. Mr and Mrs Jacob Lewis visited Mrs J B Feagan in Crousel. Next Sunday service at Wesley chapel led by Rev Dickerson. Fountain mill remodeled and busy. A young man and his girl rode out together with a suggested proposal. Ed is asked. Odessa Dupree attended Blue Spring church with Ed.
One of the finest lines of ladies and men's shoes is now shown at Jordan Bros in Vienna. The display highlights quality footwear for all tastes and occasions.
Pleasant Valley notes from Oct 2 1900 report travel by B Lewis to Montezuma visits from Dooling and Montezuma residents. local sickness improves. Forehand child ill. plans for church prayer meeting next Saturday. local chatter on watermelons and early community progress including a steam gin grist mill and telephone connection ambitions.
Cordele announces a full day program with a band concert at 9 30 a m and speaking at 10 00 a m by Col W H Dorris and Col M P Ball in Cordele. A grand parade, water battles by Cordele fire companies, band concert, vaudeville show and electric fountain display follow through the evening.
The Houston High School at Arabi grows to 150 students with 80 boarders. A 60 by 84 hall was added for pantry, cooking, and dining. Principal Prof Brown visited Saturday seeking another teacher.
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