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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
2
The piece argues jurors' diverse opinions complicate jury trials yet generally serve justice. It notes witnesses may lack confidence or lie, while skillful cross examination can reveal fabrications. It urges targeting perjurers who corrupt proceedings and stresses preserving witness integrity within the system.
The New York American argues for strict labeling of poisons with bold warnings and proposes a large red metal tag for firearms to prevent accidents. It stresses safe handling rules, such as removing safeguards before showing a gun, not touching triggers, and counting cartridges to avoid misfires.
A critique of horses shown as mathematical prodigies in exhibitions. The article argues the animals merely follow trained cues and blind habits, with spectators reading meaning into actions the horse itself does not understand. It notes the common manipulation by trainers and dismisses equine counting as illusion.
A reflection on the United States Constitution minority rights and freedom of speech. The passage recalls the First Amendment ban on law respecting religion and abridging press and assembly, praising tolerance as a foundational mortal law guiding nations from Spain to the Ottoman realm.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a fracas near a mountain setting with Ed and a party, involving seconds leaping and a tense scene. The text also mentions George Meredith and Reribner's Mostly, suggesting a literary or travel fragment amid chaotic wording.
An aged professor, once betrayed by his wife, shares a quiet hearth with a loyal servant who has tended him. The servant confesses a lifelong atonement and begs to be restored to his former role, revealing the wife who was lost to time and love.
Scarlet fever remains the leading eruptive illness of childhood though smallpox diminishes with compulsory vaccination. The piece notes its antiquity and uncertain cause, cites a declining death rate, and argues modern doctors focus on prevention over violent remedies.
The mackerel catch in Guysboro Nova Scotia this season is the largest in twenty years. It notes fishermen commonly net 1200 to 1800 mackerel in a day with occasional totals reaching about 2000 dollars in value.
State Entomologist says black root disease cost Georgia farmers about one million dollars yearly. He notes the disease kills whole cotton stalks, worse than boll weevil, and urges a ten thousand dollar appropriation to fund resistant cotton varieties and more field experts. The bill's passage would aid farmers and protect seed products.
In Turner county Georgia the oat crop is described as the largest to date with Ashburn area harvests noted. Honorable A. B. Bussey near Ashburn yielded eighty-five and a half bushels of oats from one acre and threshed about three thousand bushels. Corn on the same plantation is expected to reach seventy five bushels per acre. Cotton also promises a record season, with expectations cotton will surpass all prior yields in the area.
A strange disease among Eldorado cattle prompted residents to alert Commissioner T. G. Hudson of agriculture in Atlanta. Dr. P. F. Bahnsen examined a dying cow and diagnosed poison from fungus on grasses after heavy rains and heat. Cattle show brain fever and itch within hours, often dying within a day.
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