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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1911
Page
6
The column surveys a patchwork of social quips and curiosities from Viana Georgia to Philadelphia and New York, spoofing fashion, science, and daily life. It touches on summer signs, the appetite for novelty, and light jests about culture, gossip, and small misfortunes.
In Kansas City Kansas the curfew law is urged to be enforced more strictly by city authorities. The nine o'clock whistle from packing plants, once a civic signal, grew into a habit for workers to head home, with police enforcing curfew if needed. The practice spread among men and families as clocks and watches synced to the whistle.
A Winnipeg editorial lauds municipal ownership of utilities, noting investments over 30 million and upcoming municipal power and street railway plans. It outlines public control of water, telephones, quarries, waste disposal, and a city cemetery, highlighting growth from a distant post to a major wheat market hub.
Vienna matchmaker Miss Yrma Bleyer arrives in New York to pair American heiresses with Austrian titled youths. Two princes age twenty three and twenty five, both army officers with Bohemian castles and three million dollars each, seek wives bringing fortunes matching their own. Count Hugo Kristalnigg, aged about thirty, toured America for heiresses but found two unsuitable.
MOINTAIN GROVE MO An egg laying contest planned by the Missouri Agricultural College will run September 1 for one year at the state poultry experiment station. Fifty entrants allowed with six hens each, fifty identical pens, monthly prizes, breed awards, and final prizes with published reports nationwide. Ownership kept confidential unless disclosed by the owner.
In Matagorda County Texas the ten-year-old Paul Graham was rescued after an all night battle with a four foot rattlesnake in an abandoned twenty five foot well. He was bitten twice but is expected to recover after suffering shock and injuries from the ordeal. He freed himself climbed rocks and finally killed the snake with a rock. A search party pulled him from the well at dawn.
Dr H H Crossfield, president of Transylvania University, faced two sleeping brethren during a revival in Los Angeles. One slept through a sermon as a song book was tossed by Crossfield in a bid to wake him, while the other remained unfazed until the benediction. The scene drew amused titter from the congregation.
In Evansville Indiana seventeen year old Albert Henachelman fell from a wagon. His chin struck hard and his teeth pierced his tongue, removing a large portion in a tragic accident. His condition and the full details of the incident are yet to be disclosed by local authorities.
Sir Genille Cave Brown-Cave twelfth baronet of Stanford and oldest noble English family member has resurfaced in Brooklyn as a Balvarian party janitor earning 3.50 weekly. He seeks 100 dollars for Salvation Army officers’ school fees inspired by a Salvation lassie. His life spans sea service in Egypt and Afghanistan, Boer War, travels in Asia, and Kansas City street cleaning. Born 1869, Norman lineage, claims antique title and estate but prefers cowboy skills and steer roping records.
A countryman caused a riot in an uptown Memphis restaurant by overturning chairs and shouting for help as a rat crawled up a man's leg. The proprietor grabbed the man by the trouser leg and the rat dropped out then scampered away while patrons fled.
A three year old girl in Louisville near Chappell's Gap died of fright after a large gander grabbed her dress and attacked with its bill and wings. Her mother rushed out and the child expired immediately in the yard.
An assortment of quoted lines and pseudo adverts mentioning Hoods Sarsaparilla, health maxims, and humorous exchanges. Notes include a quip about discouraging a singing girl, a meditation on friendship, and a brief reference to a doctor’s stomach aiding pellets.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference distemper and a stable illness, a medical car service in Goshen Indiana, and a quirky exchange about sending a kitten to keep company while a move occurs. The reader sees terse snippets about illness costs, travel, and a brief personal interaction.
A playful item riffs on a society scene with a customs inspector and a wife boasting pearl necklaces hidden in her bonnet. The punchline hints at a bid for social prominence and newspaper fame.
In Harper's Weekly a judge scolds Aparling for repeated appearances this term and remarks on the man’s company. The judge orders him sent to the island with a 30 day credit.
An exchange contrasts a brick absorbing a quart of water with a pugilist brother not being a brick. The Professor questions the meaning while the Pugilist quips about the brother’s absorbency, highlighting a humorous dispute.
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