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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1909
Page
3
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Miss Gentles learns Jenny Ransome has left Broad Wynd after Captain Stonor’s nephew’s affection causes trouble. A quiet rescue by Dr Cuthill sends Jenny to Hill o Cairnie, where she becomes Mrs Stonor’s ward and gains a new life away from her faulty past.
Jenny Ransome is found after a long disappearance in Broomferry. Miss Gentles, ill but hopeful, welcomes her with news of reconciliation and plans. Jenny learns she is to marry Hubert, stay at Cairnie with his regiment abroad after the wedding, and leave Broomferry behind with renewed faith.
A barnstormer staged Richard the Third on a One Night Stand. He shouted the famous line about a horse and kingdom as a quip about quitting, while a tired gallery voice deadpanned about catching the ten-tutty trolley.
Virginia voters are urged to back road bonds amid anti mud tax sentiment. Greenville County seeks an $80,000 road bond election, Culpeper raises funds for completed state aided work, Augusta shows two new highway projects, Roanoke targets $5,000 toward a $15,000 county road fund, and about 600 convicts are employed on road projects statewide with more demands for labor as counties organize crews.
Article argues road funding should shift toward elites, proposing a universal property tax to fund highway improvements in rural and urban areas. It notes city residents often pay nothing on local roads while automobile use rises, and suggests extending state road systems with broader taxpayer participation.
Virginia counties eager to improve roads. 90 of 100 counties meet conditions to receive state funds matching local spend. While total funds fall short, building a few miles of top quality highways per county could trigger further appropriations, boosting population growth and real estate values. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce offers 500 dollars per mile for new road construction in Dinwiddie Chesterfield and Prince George counties, starting at the city’s corporation line.
The Lancet cites early morning tea as a risk when consumed before dental cleansing, suggesting a poisoning risk. It notes the British Admiralty banned carrier pigeons last year due to wireless telegraphy success, with the French Admiralty preparing to follow suit.
Professor G R Smith argues sin is seen as social wrongs rather than offense against God, warning that eroding the sense of sin dulls the need for salvation. He cites Jesus focusing on moral reconstruction, not social changes, and urges a theology that preserves sin as a divine law violation to sustain conviction and redemption.
A discussion compares electric signal travel around a globe and interstellar distances with a temperance sermon. It notes seven wired circuits could send a signal around Earth in one second, then explains Alpha Centauri would take four years on a wire, while the Sun would take eight minutes, urging temperance in churches and families to curb drunkenness.
Rev Frank Crane voices critique on modern culture saying authority corrupts character and responsibility is key to any real development. He argues neglect harms virtue and progress.
Readable odds and ends cover tin foil telegraphy on moving trains and experiments on tuberculosis rabbits. It notes okra stem pulp for paper and a Hibiscus plant species, plus an August meteor stream and a 7200 degree heat comparison. Edison telegraphy history is briefly recounted.
In Newark yesterday, Pat Mandeville of Chicago sued H Koch & Co for 322 dollars over a carload of Missouri eggs shipped instead of Iowa eggs. Witnesses testified farmers use electric lights in chicken coops at 2 am to fool hens into laying two eggs a day, producing smaller eggs. Judge Helsley questioned the method as hens are led to overwork.
Estimates cited by W. Thwing of the International Reform Bureau suggest ten to twenty percent of Chinese males use opium, with up to eighty percent in some areas and at least one tenth of women. Before anti opium campaigns, Foo Chow had over a thousand registered dens. The drug is referred to as the black ride.
A Washington Star note quotes a Chevy Chase caddy saying President Taft appeared out of form during a round after a voyage to Cuba. The caddy recalls Taft apologizing for poor play on the first holes and attributing it to the voyage.
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