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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1909
Page
6
A New York Evening Journal piece argues luck is a scapegoat for inefficiency. It credits popularity, opportunity recognition, and persistent effort for success, urging readers to discard luck as a factor and to rely on perseverance and skill.
A Harper's Weekly essay argues surplus wealth harms no one when circulated through wages and commerce. It laments idle vaults and idle luxury while urging continued spending by rich women and men to keep money moving to workers through consumption, investment, and industry.
Georgia legislators report 1910 school appropriation remains $2,225,000 while 1911 rises to $2,500,000 after a committee vote. Debates on biennial General Assembly sessions and tax digest gains are noted along with an osteopathic examiners board passing the senate.
Moultrie Georgia reports a surge of sheep shipments from Colquitt county as wool growers profit from a rising market. Farmers sell carloads despite range decline, dog losses, and last winter’s forest fires. Prices reach 1.75 per hundredweight fob Moultrie.
Five hundred Sea Island cotton growers met in Savannah to form the Farmers' Union Sea Island Cotton Growers' Association. They discuss building a large Savannah warehouse to store cotton and press for higher and more stable prices. Mayor Tiedeman welcomed attendees and Colonel G Arthur Gordon warned against broad price swings.
The Mercantile Cotton Crop Reporting company of New York appears in Albany to organize a new firm to gather crop data opposing the agriculture department. Incorporators include David H. Miller L L Fleming and N L Carpenter with Theodore H Price as secretary. Arthur H March may become president. They plan correspondents district wide to align with government report timings and may absorb Mrs Bertha Burch from the Washington statistics bureau.
The first bale of Georgia's 1909 cotton crop was grown by Deal Jackson of Dougherty County. Weighed 381 pounds, it was classed fully middling and sold to the International Cotton Company for 20 cents per pound. Stored with A. W. Muse Co and to be shipped to E. A. Cutts & Co. in Savannah for immediate dispatch to New York.
Savannah Georgia reports Thunderbolt plans two new hotels within a short span. Each modern structure aims to be ready for occupancy this winter. One hotel will be built by the late M J Doyle estate and the other by Mrs Bannon.
The Retreat, a summer home on St Simon's Island built in 1700 by James Spalding, burned. Distinguished visitors included Aaron Burr and Fanny Kemble. The two century old hewn oak structure withstood the 1898 storm until today.
United States Commissioner L M Erkin held Frank Guill a Haycock county white farmer and Pierce Chatman a colored farm hand on charges of distilling. Deputy Marshal Frank Riley captured them during a raid at Guills farm where the still and product were found and the plant destroyed.
Petition for charter filed in Columbus Georgia to form Fletcher Guano Company. Incorporators include John T Fletcher and associates. Plan to construct a fifty thousand dollar fertilizer factory and related facilities.
The first bale of Georgia cotton arrives at Savannah from Albany and sells at auction to Esteve & Co. for 20 cents. It will be shipped to Bremen.
During the great San Francisco fire a burned hotel collapsed trapping massive iron girders. An electric dynamo used as cutting blades sliced the metal through its hard substructure, enabling removal. Workers wore cup shaped goggles as bright electric rays pierced steel.
A collection of antiquated statements depicting women as deceitful, dangerous, or subservient. The quotes attribute male authority and reinforce stereotypes about beauty, virtue, and marriage, featuring writers from Anacreon to Euripides.
A Vogue letter paints Rothenburg as a red city with old women dwelling in guard towers. Lamps glowing at night create a charming medieval tableau as visitors explore narrow streets and loopholes. distant hills offer wondrous views, while sunset scenes fuse romance and a dreamlike quality.
The Lake Michigan and Great Lakes yards launched 35 255 tons in April and added 4 091 to the merchant fleet. Seven lake steamers were launched, including a 6528 gross ton vessel once seen as ocean liner size. The lake navy lines up high speed, large capacity craft, with Wolverine and militia cruisers as training ships.
A lawyer pressures witness Mr Giles during cross examination about a May 16 1904 incident in which neighbors allegedly beat a father with a club. The witness denies understanding the question as irrelevant to the case.
A Portsmouth Star report laments that fast moving cars damage hard surfaced roads by soft rubber tires which do not shed dust to bind stones as iron tires do. It cites France's concern and explains macadam theory, urging plans to save roads without hindering auto progress.
The Cleveland Leader argues that improving U S roadways will expand the automobile's range and usefulness. It asserts no American industry is better assured of growth and success in the future than motor vehicles.
A statistician estimates United States spending on bad roads wastes vast sums. He figures that shifting to good roads could save up to 250 million dollars annually in crop transport costs.
The text argues that a broad good roads program would greatly benefit the United States by improving transportation and reducing costs. It emphasizes roads as essential to the nation and notes impassable routes have long burdened the people and hindered travel and commerce.
Fragmentary report describes Vermont efforts around road funding and state projects. Ambiguous phrases mention the state, places, and policy debates without clear outcomes or names.
The United States produces more wheat than any other nation, with about 146 000 000 bushels out of a total 643 000 000. This era shows the country’s dominant share of global output.
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