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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1909
Page
3
Readable notes indicate a change in gin operation days at East Vi Ginnery with Thursdays as regular open days and a tentative further schedule until announced. The entry mentions a Cotton Oil Co. in the same vicinity.
An advertisement-style notice discusses Thompson’s new store on the corner offering seeds and seed onte and fertilizers including lime bricks cement and guano. It also promotes seed oats Hastings and Feagin with high yields, offers a home-based money opportunity, and lists Joliette Illinois as the address for inquiries and grain sales details.
For sale a six room residence on Sixth Street or will exchange for desirable property. Also 250 bushels of seed oats with no smut or rust, a Woodward vat, and a fine three year old Jersey bull. Seller J. M. Woodward.
The Vienna News informs subscribers it will review arrears on the first of November and drop any names unpaid to comply with Postal Laws. Readers are urged to send the due amount to avoid being removed from the mailing list.
A survey of famously long or playful English words from 19th and early 20th century sources. It cites gargantuan terms from Liverpool and Edinburgh journals, Welsh place name candor, and quips about longest words like ultrantidestablishmentarianists and antidisestablishmentarianism, ending with a humorous note on the word longer.
In a political speech Joseph Chamberlain lampoons opponents with a centuries old parable about a farmer who borrows an umbrella. The farmer complains the item is troublesome despite one week of use, noting no doorway could be found to pass it through and finally tethering it in a field.
Fond mother counsels George to break off with a pretty girl warning about housekeeping and risk to life and happiness. She recalls dyspepsia that felled her husband and notes the girl knows nothing of housekeeping. George argues she can learn before marriage.
In a reminiscence a clergyman nicknamed Mr C recounts his life after a railroad wreck that cost him a foot. He humorously notes his wife’s beauty and quips that “remnants” attract ladies, revealing his cheerful, self deprecating outlook.
The article outlines iceberg navigation risks with wireless charts guiding mariners and warnings of drifting ice. It also recounts a Sweden auction joke where a young woman is purchased for 10 000 crowns and later marries the farmer who bid.
An Aberdonian visiting his son in London tells of losing his luggage on the journey from Scotland. The cork came out, he quips, explaining the misfortune in a humorous Aberdeen accent.
A collection of humorous reflections on prejudice and social behavior. The author notes prejudice occupies quiet, crowded spaces in minds and argues it resists eviction. The piece contrasts insuring against common risks with the impossibility of insuring against prejudice and lampoons miscommunications in a railway telegram joke.
A Paris contemporary recalls Alexandre Dumas at a Swiss inn unable to speak German. After exhausting his phrases he sketched his dinner request. Moments later the innkeeper returned with a large open umbrella, leaving Dumas to rue his linguistic troubles.
The New York American notes evidence that Europe was once ice covered with arctic climate reaching the Mediterranean. It also cites fossils showing earlier epochs where Arctic lands hosted tropical climates with flora and fauna typical of the equator.
A short exchange shows a mother cherishing word from her son Arthur about winning a scholarship while Rustic Party recalls pride when a pig won a medal, reflecting light local humor. The dialogue captures small community moments and warm family pride.
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