Vienna Town Council Minutes March and April 1901
Vienna Town Council met in regular session on March 25 1901 with finance and water works committees reporting the books in good shape and plans to post cemetery notices. April 8 1901 minutes show water works to obtain pump prices, streets progressing, and city servants relieved from street duty. Bills approved including Peavy Powell Taylor and Mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Treasur Waterworks
Fourth Street
Church
Pine Street
W T McDonald
BM Wood
O&t
Z. T. Peavy
J. P. Powell
D. A. Taylor
WT McDonald
C&t
Vienna Town Council Adopts Levy and School Funding Plan
Regular meeting notes show Mayor W. McDonald and Aldermen approving a 5 mill ordinary levy and 6 per cent extraordinary levy with 8 mills for the school fund. Tax books opened Sept 94 1901 and due Nov 15 1901. Finances report lists various collections and uncollected FIFAs with names linked to debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
W. ‘. McDonald
P. G. McDonald
J. J. Cooper
C.R. Morgan
Wily
Thigpen
Oden
Clk, & Tres
B. M, Wood
W T McDonald
BM Wood
O& T
Drug Store Ad Promises Largest Stock and Reliable Goods
ih YAILS Drug Store carries the largest stock of drugs chemicals patent and proprietary medicines druggists sundries school books blank books garden and field seed south of Macon See them when you want anything reasonable prices charged competent service rendered and reliable goods furnished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Vienna Town Council Borrows for School Building
In a July 26 1901 meeting at Vienna Town Colo present Mayor W T McDonald Aldermen P G McDonald CR Morgan W Thigpen and J J Cooper the council moved to borrow 450 to complete the school building. The session adjourned with BM Wood and others noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna Town
Colo
W. T. McDonald
P. G. McDonald
CR. Morgan
W. Thigpen
J. J. Cooper
Cowneil
BM Wood
W .Tt McDonal
O& T
Tax Notice and Local News Recap from Savannah Area
Tax notice opens city taxes with Nov 15 1901 closing. News items report Mrs Fed Story of Warwick death, Tallulah Falls Exposition praise, South to build monument for martyred President, more courts needed, Louis M Ashley Savannah killed wife, Savannah rail trip rates for State Fair, Irwin county prohibition vote Oct 17, Rev G P Ravire injured by falling timber near Oglethorpe, Montezma Record notes estate value of late president and McKinley life income to Mrs McKinley.
The Camphor Tree Description from Good Words
The camphor tree is a large subtropical evergreen laurel family member. In native Asia it can reach 60 to over 100 feet tall with trunks 10 to 15 feet in diameter, spreading branches and lustrous light green leaves. Small white flowers appear February to April with ripe fruit by October.
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United States
Asia
Masquerading In the Past in Venetian High Society
A Saturday Review excerpt notes seventeenth and eighteenth century Venice as a model of masquerade mania with Paris and London following. It describes public and private revelry, guards raids, and aristocrats attending masked events with their families in high fashion and social rank.
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Venice
Monte Carlo
Paris
London
Soho
Saturday Review
Salt Mackerel Cooked by John Chamberlin of Washington
A New York Herald quote extols John Chamberlin of Washington for cooking salt mackerel. Soak fish 48 hours changing water, then cover with cream in a large pan and bake until brown. The result, Chamberlin asserts, beats all other mackerel cooking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chamberlin
Washington
New York Herald
Advertising as a business tonic and its limits
The piece likens advertising to a medicine chest for business, noting that magazines suit some ailments while newspapers act as a quinine for graver business ills. It emphasizes that success hinges on prudent prescribing by the advertiser or "doctor."
Jury Awards Mr Wise for Finger Loss in Tax Case
A Chicago News note reports the jury awarded Mr Wise $2,000 for the loss of a finger. The tax collector questions the total value, with Mrs Wise and Mr Wise discussing the broader worth and proportional damages.
Irrepressible Doctor Delivers Grim Banter
A humorous exchange shows a physician amused by a patient’s defiant attitude on illness. The doctor jokes about deathbed chances while the patient remains witty, highlighting a resilient, if irreverent, bedside temperament.
Discovery date for California gold by Marshall named
The Society of California Pioneers declares January 28, 1848, as the exact discovery date by James W. Marshall at Coloma on the American River’s south fork. A corn plaster recipe is given detailing ammonia wax acetate copper verdigris ingredients and application method.
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California
Society of California Pioneers
James W. Marshall
Sutter
Coloma
American River
Business College Advertises in Americus Georgia
The ad promotes a Day and Night Business College in Americus offering combined experience of over 26 years in business college work. It claims former Walden's Business Colleges proprietors from Austin and Fort Worth, Texas, and promises thorough training for good positions at reduced rates. It urges immediate contact for enrollment.
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Walden’ Business Colleges
Austin
Wort Worth
Texas
Georgia
California
Great National Weekly Newspaper of America Ad
The Toledo Blade presents a promo for a weekly paper claiming broad state and territorial reach and clear topics for busy readers. It touts 178,000 yearly subscribers and sections beyond news for all family members. One dollar a year, free specimen available.
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America
News of the World
Parta
U. S
Blade
Changing the Subject at Dinner Party Conversation
A host at a dinner party ended a tense topic by proposing a change of subject. A young man avoided the discussion, with hostile glances failing to shift the mood. The host declared, Now, lets change the conversation, and quoted a German phrase as a cue.
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Amtonshand
Amion
FIFAS
Calhoun & Co
Violet Hall
Mrs Stovall
W S Howell
Will Walker
Jack Fields
Zack Gilbert
Tom Owens
Dock Leonard
John Collier
Burt Turton
Bryals & CO
Pinehurst
J.D. Ot. Evers
Pinehurst, Ga
Bushee
Calhoun & Bushes
Simon
Jin Clegg
J J Cooper
C W Thigpen
B. M. Wood
Fed Story
Warwick
Tallulah Falls Exposition
Louis M. Ashley
Savannah
Irwin County
Irwin
Wilcox
Oglethorpe
G. P. Raviere
Montezma
Congress
McKinley
Dooly County
Woodward & Son
Vienna Dooly
Adenney Gr Fallon Fay
Walden
Business College
Americus Georgia
South
L. A. and
A. BE
Walden's Business
Amberica
Athst Weekly
THE
Toledo Blade
Toledo, Ohio
Satandari Oil Co
J.M. Ward
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