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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1893
Page
3
A local store advertises a wide selection of dry goods and clothing with marked down, "hard time" prices. It invites customers to visit and see the latest styles and best goods at the lowest prices.
The store promises unprecedented bargain prices on shoes with a wide stock arriving daily, likely by week’s end. It emphasizes a large, varied stock and asks shoppers to find a fit for every head size and style.
The notice promotes the Macon Georgia college offering stenography bookkeeping and operator courses. It claims exclusive practical methods, two to three month graduations, guaranteed better training at lower cost, and open admission for both sexes year round with emphasis on current enrollment.
The Vienna column covers bargains at W C Willis & Co and Calhoun Kelly with mentions of cigars, linens, and paints as the town bids farewell to visiting residents. It notes court trips by Col Jno F Powell and a busy auction day, along with local deaths, sick residents, and civic updates from the community.
TheSnow community hosts a Friday night festival on the 27th to aid Bruns wick yellow fever victims. Citizens are urged to attend and support the cause. Eiditor Progress. A Vienna resident expresses deep gratitude to neighbors who cared for her husband during illness and death.
The community mourns Miss Mollie Reynolds who died Monday morning at her mother’s home after a brief illness. The Cordelean extends condolences to her grieving mother.
A white boy named Youngblood arrived in town with a cotta bale and a black man who had stayed with the family for weeks. after selling the cotton they entered the woods and the man overpowered him and took his money, fleeing and not yet caught.
A dated appeal from Cannoun and Kenny asks for financial help to cover costs by October 1st. They request aid to save money and ease distress, signing the plea as friends.
C. T. Stovall, M. D. physician and surgeon, offers latest approved plans of treatment. Rates guaranteed low. Calls answered promptly day and night. Specializes in obstetrics and diseases of children. Office at Stovall and Forbes Drug Store.
Seeing is believing says a millinery dealer offering latest shapes shades fancies and fads. Hats from 15 cents to high end selections advertised as the cheapest prices in town. Customer invited to visit and feel at home in the store while shopping for headwear.
Five senses highlighted by a promotional piece praising fragrance followed by notice that Mess Stovall and Forbes, popular druggists, now offer an elaborate assortment of perfumes including Purple Lilac Heliotrope White Rose American Rose Cleopatra Jockey Club and Crab Apple Blossom.
A historic ad showcases Shoes Hats and Crockery at the Blue Racket Store. Repeats emphasize footwear millinery and tableware in a simple retail listing.
J O Hamilton announces the closure of his mercantile business and a wholesale sale of the entire stock in coming weeks. Bidders are invited to submit offers for the whole inventory.
Notice warns parties with unpaid Guano Notes to pay immediately as the business will close at once. Also invites those with cotton seed for sale to contact local agent J J Laser, representing the Farmer's Supply Co. in Vienna and Macon, Georgia.
J S Byrom offers 1000 bushels Thomas County Rust Proof Seed Oats and 75 bushels of Georgia Seed Rye for sale. Hardy S Walden promotes tombstones and monuments in Vienna Georgia with custom designs and quick service. See before you order a stone or monument. Yours to serve.
On Wednesday the 18th Rev J J Hyman officiated as Mr James F Willet of near Hawkinsville married Miss Janie Pate daughter of Hon J D Pate of Arabi. The church house was beautifully decorated and about 90 from the school, led by teachers, attended the train with many tears and best wishes for future happiness.
In a terse note, Mae Wie secures a law 263 challenge victory amid sparse context. The brief mentions a legal matter with Mae Wie as the central figure and references a formal proceedings tone.
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