Obscure 1900 Vienna Georgia Obituary Fragments
Obituaries and editorial excerpts from Vienna Georgia dated June 1900 recount local leaders, a re election rumor for General Clement A. Gries, and opinion pieces on legislative sessions. The clippings mention Savannah Morning News editorials, Unadilla and Cordele commentary, and a long note on temperance and beer as a social issue.
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Vienna
Clement A. Gries Pia
Teunion
Memphis
Mobile
Landmark editorials on Georgia and anticipation
The Norfolk Landmark discusses Georgia and anticipation with skeptical yet hopeful notes. The piece contrasts readers' interest in progress with newspapers' democratic stance and calls for balanced possession of upcoming developments.
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Georgia
Savannah News
Norfolk
Pileoune Tigger and malt liquor demand cited in temperance note
A historical note argues per capita pileoune Tigger consumption rose not at all while malt liquor tripled. It attributes the shift to demand for a milder drink and brewery control of most urban saloons, warning that breweries aim to portray beer as temperance and push it into every household to protect the saloon industry.
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Brawer
France
M. Jules Clarette
Paris
Germany
University of Munich
George Kibbe Turner
Chicago
United States
Card party tale with fifty dollar corset remark
A Cleveland Plain dealer society note recounts an afternoon card party moment. A stout woman asks a neighbor to pick up a card while explaining she wears a brand new fifty dollar corset and fears straining it. The exchange elicits envy from another woman.
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Cleveland Plain
Not Guilty by Insanity Plea Sparks Court Row
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt quotes a court dialogue where a juror insists the insanity plea was proper. The foreman argues that anyone who fails to see the case for insanity must be crazy, sparking debate on how the verdict was reached.
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Philadelphia Ledger
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A brief exchange from the Cleveland Leader shows Hobbs telling Blobbs he will ignore Miss Gobbs after her remark last night. He emphasizes his change in attitude and dismisses further attention to her.
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Blobbs
Miss Gobbs
Hobbs
Cleveland Leader
Freshman Mathematics Quip From the Ledger
The Jewteh Ledger quotes Freachby-Professor noting a close approach to the greater from the lesser when the conceit is removed from a freshman. The remark hints at a playful take on mathematical reasoning and freshman folly.
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Freachby
Jewteh Ledger
Reed’s collar caper in Portsmouth 1901
Ex-Speaker Reed, waiting for a train in Portsmouth New Hampshire in summer 1901, buys a large collar. Clerks note no such size. he is directed to a shop three stores above, which turns out to be a harness shop. The anecdote highlights a comic misdirection during a routine errand.
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Ney
Reed
Portsmouth
N. H
Watchdog Cited After Early Morning Home Robbery
A man bragged to a friend about a daring robbery at his home the night before. The intruder entered the dining room and seized all silver, then took the clock from the mantel. The tale notes the dog served as watchdog and the incident prompted discussion of the burglar’s nerve.
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Susie
Fido
Baltimore American
Papers Delivered in Vienna by Atlanta Constitution Agent
Dobschew Avan announces delivery of the Atlanta Daily and Sunday Constitution in Vienna. Daily 12 cents per week, Sunday included at 14 cents. Constitution arrives several hours later than afternoon papers, often with key items 2 hours ahead. Orders welcomed.
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Atlanta Daily and
Sunday Constitution
Vienna
The
Constitution
Excursion Rates to Sea Shore via A B and A Railroad
New excursion rates announced from Vienna to Cumberland Island and St. Simons Island through the A B and A Railroad. Ten day limited tickets go on sale Saturday with final limit September, connections at Brunswick offer steamers to the sea shore. Prices listed for Vienna to Cumberland Island and St Simons Island with variations for Beason and others.
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Vienna
Cumberland Island
Simon's Island
Beason
Brunswick
St. Simons
Cumberland
W. H. Leahy
Atlanta
E. M. Smith
Ticket Agt
Fertilizer Until Sold Out Sold At $20 Per Ton
D. B. Thompson announces weekly Friday sale events featuring fertilizer at twenty dollars per ton while supplies last. The notice promotes aquatic novelty with the shop name Fish Fish Fish and invites customers to hurry for limited stock.
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D. B. Thompson
Novel Name Scheme Re-uses Classic Trio Tom Dick Harry
An uptown club discussion mocks odd baby names and faces a banker who chose a novel scheme. After five years the banker completed naming three sons Tom Dick and Harry, echoing the famous trio. In another scene a distressed man laments a letter V in a dramatic crowd moment.
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Tom
Harry
West End Avenue
Ftch
Tom, Dick
New York Times
Dignity of the English Walter
The English hotel Walter is part of a fading race, carrying a melancholy aura of the doomed. Each inn Walter exudes a monumental manner with no trace of avarice, and if he accepts a tip it comes with the air of a disgraced king, as noted in London Sketch.
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Walter
London
Where Women Are Wanted in New Zealand
The New Zealand Herald notes a shortage of women across Auckland and the country. It observes men outnumber women, leaving many men without wives and prompting social concerns about population balance.
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Auckland
New Zealand
New Zealand Herald
Not Sanguine Majestic Torson Do You Know
A whimsical dialogue where a boy questions if every British boy can become prime minister of England and a youngster cheekily offers to sell his chance for a shilling in a playful exchange from a period-style piece.
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Torson
Tad
England
The Shillalah Craft in Wicklow Timber
The Shillalah name derives from trees once grown in Shillalagh Wicklow. Best is a root sprung sapling, not a branch from a full tree. It is seasoned in a chimney then oiled and wrapped in brown paper buried in a hotbed and watched daily by its owner to prevent warp.
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Shillalagh
County Wicklow
New York Tribune
Public Opinion Fragments on Taxes and Population Trends
A survey notes many favor heavy auto taxes while opposing driving. It cites rising female demands and declining marriage rates among men. It warns of future child rearing in incubators and references a slogan urging order in a boys upbringing from age two to sixteen.
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