Local notes and ads from The Progress 1902
Pecans ripening and new syrup on market with a subscription offer for a bushel of black walnuts. A horse died near E G Walton. J Yolds builds a house for J P IMeard. Valdes Hotel name pokes fun at locals. Lewis Bros Co offers $25 prize for jar money guess with shoe and hat ads. Vienna delegates attend Atlanta horse show. local editors praise red ads. Shade trees and fruit bearing advised. Texas fleas threaten poultry in Georgia. Cordele patronage noted. Houston Baptist Association to meet November 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Bros. Co
Progress Family
Thompson Gin Announces Biweekly Tuesday and Thursday Run
Notice states after November 1 a Thompson Gin will operate on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The plan emphasizes scheduled runs on those days and invites participation or attendance.
A J Bundrich in Jail After Sheriff Capture
Andrew J Bundrich was captured in Crawford county at daylight and jailed in Vienna. His brother George is also wanted for the murder of John Shrouder, with Mrs Shrouder wounded. The pair allegedly shot Shrouder as he rode with his wife and fled. Andrew surrendered after being trapped in a Roberta area barn fire set to force his hand. He denies involvement and says George acted alone. The case also includes divorce and alimony suits and a $20,000 damages claim by Mrs. Shrouder, tying up all Bundrich property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
George W. Bundrich
John Shrouder
George Bundrich
Cordele
George
Andrew Bundrich
Mr. Shrouder
Mrs. Shrouder
Bundrich
Andrew
Ile
Macon
Sheppard
Dooly County
Tattlejohn
Andrew Buudrich
Two Local Deaths Interred From Out of State
The town notes the burial of two former citizens brought in from Mississippi and Florida. Mr Nicholas Hardin arrived from Mississippi to Arabi and Mr Mason Doughtry came from Jacksonville to Unadilla. The tribute follows the recent death of Mr Needham Fr Smith aged 53 who resided near Kerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Needham Fr. Smith
Kerns
States
Nicholas Hardin
Mississippi
Arabi
Mason Doughtry
Jacksonville
Fla
Unadilla
Curious Plantings Yield Mixed Melon Results
A Denver farmer recounts testing squash and watermelons planted together on about a third of an acre. The rocky Ford melon seed produced dense fruit that rotted as harvest approached while watermelons bloomed yet decayed. pollen mixing appears to have influenced fruit.
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Ford
A. Homan
Denyer Field
North Carolina looks to revive silkworm industry
Bulletin 181 from the state agricultural station outlines steps to revive sericulture in North Carolina. The report notes Florida operates three cassava starch factories and discusses sugar beet seed imports. A Maryland farmer links shock fever prevention to watering cattle before pasture. Tennessee horticulturist Keffer hints at promising apple growing over 1600 feet.
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North Carolina
Florida
Germany
California
Colorado
Maryland
Keffer
Tennessee
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E. G. Walton
J. Yolds
J. P. Imeard
Valaosta
The
Valdes
Volday
Atlanta
John B. McDonald
Mamie Sheppard
D. B. Leonard
Bertha Leonard
M. P. Hall
South
South Georgia
Texas
Georgia
Progress
Houston Baptist Association
Ebenezer Church
MNO
Bedgood
B. A
Thompson
ED. Howell
A. J. Bundrich
Andrew J. Bundrich
Tured
Crawford County
Presbyterial Institute
Blackshear
Lonsdale
Hamburgs
Crockery
J. C., Tracy & CO
Cordele, Georgia
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