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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1898
Page
4
Subscribers in arrears to the Procresk are urged to pay promptly whether in Vienna county or beyond. The note warns continued nonpayment will lead to discontinuation, stressing it is a business necessity to run and deliver the weekly paper.
The document directs that dockets show all case amounts for officers LD Thompson J P Powell and G W McClendon. It urges buying a standardized table for new J P courthouses, notes roads as fair but underworked, and prescribes ditching, grading, and water flow standards. It lists immediate road repairs and bridges, opposes local school tax, and details appointments and tax-collection actions.
The court notes monthly payrolls for named individuals and recommends borrowing funds to cover current expenses. It extends juror and bailiff pay to two dollars daily for the next year and lengthens Superior Court from the second to the third week. It approves publishing the presentments in five county papers and thanks Judge Z A Littlejohn and Solicitor General for services.
John Alonzo Lewis son of John B and A M Lewis born October 18 1891 died July 24 1898 after a nearly three month illness. Funeral text laments loss and faith noting he rests in Paradise and the arms of Jesus with a message from Mama.
A reader questions T. J. Rea s view on electing judges and solicitors. The writer argues for public selection, cites experience from other states, and challenges claims that elections taint judiciary. They emphasize the people’s consent and warn against political manipulation.
The Dooly County Veterans Association met at Vienna on September 23 1898 to draft resolutions honoring Winnie Davis daughter of the Confederacy. An advisory committee prepared statements praising Davis and expressing loyalty and sympathy with her bereavement. The resolutions call for publication in county papers and allied outlets.
An advertisement describes social pressures on women’s nerves and health, listing headaches and back pains as symptoms. It promotes Bradfield's Female Regulator as a standard, physician-endorsed remedy from vegetable materials, sold for one dollar per bottle with free literature, by The Bradfield Regulator Co. Atlanta.
Money to loan on improved farm lands in Dooly County at a low rate of interest. Borrowers can obtain money in from ten to fifteen days. Apply to W W Harvard Vienna Ga or J W Haygood Montezuma Ga. 127 97 6m.
An advertisement claims McElree's Wine of Cardus can relieve female troubles from irregular monthly periods and other ailments. It promises to make women beautiful by curing illness, keep them young, and offers bottles at one dollar in drug stores.
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