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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1894
Page
2
A Georgia weekly editor offered a sewing machine to readers, Tom Wetson is nominated by Populists of the Loth district for Congress, and various political snippets include tariff law, Kansas ballot sight gags, and comments on Tom Watson and Boss Wimberly with local campaign notes and humorous anecdotes.
The Americus Times Recorder says evangelist Saint Jones will visit Americus late October for a week long tabernacle event. Large Southwest Georgia audience expected as the public hears Uncle Samuel’s message in a big upcoming gathering.
Quotes from Rev Sam P Jones Rev J I Oxford Harvey Ware N 1 Driggers and Mrs J J Falbert Terry praise a medical remedy named Royal Germetter. The ad notes pricing at $1.6 for $3 and mentions Stovall Forbes as sellers for ease of purchase.
Advice urges pride in town and its leaders to attract growth and criticism-free promotion. Also letters praise King's Royal Germeteer as a transformative remedy, with J B Hawthorne of First Baptist Church Atlanta extolling health gains for self and wife and urging others to purchase the medicine.
In a Shelby Springs lecture to the Alabama Chatnaqua Sam Jones derides gold buggery and silver diggery. He warns against avarice claims God values character above chattels and money urges honest living and true manhood. He contrasts Nancy Hanks with Sullivan and Corbett and says Grover Cleveland is purchasable.
The piece argues against 5¢ cotton profitability noting Georgia average lint yield of 183 pounds per acre and labor costs. It contends most families need full labor to earn enough, condemns flatterers, urges export duties to protect U S mills, and warns of foreign domination if prices stay depressed. It calls for unity to boost domestic production and prices through policy action.
Mr Sam Felder, former newspaper man in Rochetle Georgia, publishes the Camilla Clar ion. In the latest issue he recalls an amusing scene where a Georgia cracker, wanting whiskey but lacking money, makes it regardless of revenue officers or the ice of corn, revealing a sly, defiant device for waging.
The excerpt describes whiskey making using a heated mash inside a pot covered by a blanket. The blanket absorbs condensed steam and is wrung out to yield whiskey. It notes the brutal claim that the whiskey is so strong it inspires theft to buy tools for harming a mother-in-law.
Parson White of Crawford county declines the populist nomination for Congress in the third district, favoring the coroner's post. The report also names "Blue Fred" Wimberly as the populist candidate for Congress, noting his prior defeat and predicted repeat outcome.
The Dawson News notes Rev. Willis Warren a famed local preacher in Palmyra Lee county. He recently held a revival baptizing 109 converts, with his large flock believed to be on the road to glory.
J. E. McDonald principal seeks support for Unadilla High School promising thorough instruction, affordable board, and college prep for boys and girls without extra charge. Also notes money lending service at 6 percent with immediate loans on securely valued property through Allen & Co., New York.
The Dooly County sheriff will sell blocks 260 261 962 263 264 265 and 266 in Cordele Georgia at the courthouse door on the first Tuesday in October 1894 between legal hours. The sale is by virtue of a county court fire from Sumter county in favor of Arthur Rylandery Georgia and Alabama Construction Co J J Williford as makers Americus Investment Co as acceptors. Property of defendants tenant in possession notified. Date Sept 3 1894. G W Sheppard Sheriff D C
Notice of executors sale in Dooley County Georgia under orders of the Ordinary Court. Property includes Lot 176 and adjacent parcels totaling about 343 acres in Pinehurst district. Auction to occur October 1 before the courthouse with cash bids. Also guardianship and maintenance proceedings for Minnie L Bowman and Lou E Kinsey ward. Court dates set in October and November 1894.
An insurance notice urges readers to buy Union Casualty and Surety Company or Public Conveyance Tickets to provide $3,000 for accidental death or $15 weekly for 52 weeks disability, with a $5,000 death or $25 weekly disability for Public Conveyance Tickets. Ticket costs vary by coverage duration. on sale at the Ticket Office. U. S. Bazemore. Aer.
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