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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1901
Page
3
A family recounts the first meeting with Ruth K L on Halloween. The narrative blends sentiment about a newborn daughter and a future property sale notice at court house next Tuesday describing Lot No. 27 in the 6th district. The item also includes a local note on pronunciation debates and a rustic anecdote about language use.
John Sheffield returns from Alaska after three years, with a welcome home. Elks fair attendees from Mavon and Findlay visitors calm chatter about local events. Sallie Lou Oliver and cousin Mrs. Sheffield head home to Blakely, while Misses Gunn visit Harmony relatives. William Haslam shows slow recovery after ten weeks illness. Reverend Atkinson preached sermons and Methodist conference planned with baskets. Joe Brown from Vienna visits on business.
A fragment from a local piece notes a large crowd at Rock Spring singing on Sunday. It mentions visits by Virgie Johnson from Cordele and Mrs Sallie Johnson, plus friends and neighbors. It warns Duff residents to vote a prohibition ticket in the November election and notes Duff as a dry village.
Sheriff Sheppard escorted five convicts to Albany to serve terms for crimes in Dooly. Claude Johnson, Cordele blind tiger, received twelve months. Speedy, George Washington, Frank Johnson, Jim Jones, and Jim Westbrook each drew nine or ten month terms for various offenses. Johnson led the list for running a blind tiger in a barber shop.
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