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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1894
Page
3
A new law office opens on Cotton Street near the New Court House. The firm will practice in all state courts and in the Federal Courts at Macon and Savannah. Dated March 13, 1894. lgr.
Baptist Church Rev W Davis pastor holds preaching on every Sunday at 11 AM and 7 PM with Sabbath school 10 AM Saturday morning preceding. Methodist Epispocal Church South Rev Co Branch preaches 1st and 3rd Sundays at 1 PM and 7:30 PM with Sabbath school 9:30 AM. prayer meeting Thursdays 7:50 PM. everyone invited.
Local notes report several light frosts and ongoing beef delivery service by T. R. Smith & Co. Vendors Powell Bros and W. C. Willis & Co announce groceries and oats. Dr Miles Pain Pills advertised, court dates listed, and community notices mention weddings, sickness, and school events in Vienna and surrounding areas. Medical cures, farming updates, and local commerce fill the page with brisk business and social snippets.
Advertisement notes all sizes of $1.25 shoes priced at 90 cents or 5 shillings, urging remittance and announcing closing out sale by Willis & Co.
Poem laments the death of a child named Olney. The speaker recalls the boy with affection, notes flowers and toys left behind, and imagines a future in the Father’s house and peaceable heaven. The verse contrasts innocence and loss, ending with a comforting glimpse of heaven.
Col Ellis of Cordelo visited Vienna on Saturday and others including D L Henderson and J E Howell traveled to Atlanta. Numerous locals and guests, from Cordele to Americus, visit Vienna for church, school, fairs, and social events with teachers, dentists, and merchants noted among attendees.
A 1641 notice from Barrizan and Winsor declares no goods charged to any on their books this year and promises low prices. It notes efforts to aid customers amid a depressed economy and assures readiness to help with payments when possible.
Fall millinery reductions sweep every line. Stock from headquarters promises style elegance Beatty and cheapness. Mrs C. Vo Morgan invites Vienna and Dedy County ladies to view arriving goods daily, touting fashion, fullness and beauty at startlingly low prices.
Cordele and Topeka announce the marriage of J Lynn Smith, general manager of the Cordele Sentinel, to Maude Parker of Topeka Kansas on November 7. Smith is a leading Cordele business figure and well regarded in the newspaper fraternity. The Progress offers congratulations and welcomes the Kansas bride to the Eden of the South.
Last Tuesday at 1 PM in Cordele Methodist church Rev. Guyton Fisher of McRae joined Miss Birdie Avant of Cordele in marriage with Rev. H. W. Joiner officiating. The church overflowed with friends and was adorned in evergreen and flowers. The groom is a popular McRae minister and the bride a Cordele beauty loved by many.
Orange Blossoms Mr Thomas Bush of Seville and Miss Norma Stewart near Americus wed at the bride’s parents home five miles east of Americus last Wednesday morning at 9. The ceremony was led by Rev B W Davis. Miss Stewart is a prominent Sumter figure and Mr Bush, with Bulloch Bush and Co., is a noted Wilcox businessman. Congratulations and best wishes sent for a long married life.
Death occurred last Tuesday night at his Union Springs Alabama home. Thomas W Brown formerly lived in Dooly County and was a prominent Union Springs citizen and proprietor of the Josephines hotel. He served in the Confederate army and was buried with Masonic honors. His daughter Mrs E S Lasseter learned the news in this city.
The Democratic Executive Committee of Dooly county requests a meeting at the Court House in Vienna on Thursday November 1 at 10 oclock a m A full attendance is desired S W Coney Chairman Dem Ex Com
Herring and Miss Gertrude Sheffield were married Sunday afternoon at 4 o clock in Pinehurst. The ceremony, by Rev G T Jennings, was witnessed by a small circle of relatives and friends. The groom, depot agent at Pinehurst, is well regarded in the county, and the bride is noted as one of Pinehurst’s beautiful and accomplished young ladies. The Progress extends hearty congratulations and wishes for a pleasant voyage on the sea of matrimony.
On Sunday afternoon Mr S G Walls near Pinia found a newborn girl in his buggy shed wrapped in a white sheet with a note reading keep the child until called for you will find money on it. A sealed envelope with ten dollars was also found. The infant, about forty eight hours old, had been placed there Saturday night. Walls took the child in pro tempore. The mystery has caused excitement as the community asks who will call for the child.
A house occupied by Mr C W Hicks, an Hart Lumber Co employee at Fenn, burned Sunday morning the 21st. Origin traced to a defective flue. Dry warm weather aided the spread. building owned by Hart Lumber Co. was reduced to ashes. Hicks saved most contents. Loss about 800,000 with no insurance.
Miss Jeannie Morgan advertises the latest and most stylish French patterns with the Tailor System of French Fit promising a perfect fit after measure. She offers in-home service on South Street for customers seeking the prettiest designs and no fitting trials.
A brief business note references W A Davis and O with a motto linked to their Macon Georgia addresses at 405 and 407 Poplar Street, identifying their location and branding.
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