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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1917
Page
15
Cynthia Higginsbatham of Meadoreville Kentucky aged 65 recounts her liver digestion issues and constipation. She notes weak appetite and strength loss before trying Black Draught and reports appetite return and improved bowels after a few doses.
Column extols the Woman's Christian Temperance Union as God sent force to combat drink, narcotics, and social evils. It praises unity, sacrifice, and mission, urging mothers and women to join, support, and embody temperance through faith, home life, and public virtue.
Washington reports that ordinary treasury receipts have surpassed one billion dollars for the first time in the fiscal year. Through June an aggregate of 1,015,881,817 is recorded, up from 660,400,953 a year earlier, driven mainly by higher income taxes and earlier payments. Revenue from other internal sources reached about 425,000,000 with notable increases in various categories.
Atlanta statistics show the May 1 1917 net freight car shortage hit 145 449, more than double January 1 levels and nearly 8 000 higher than the prior high in February 1907. Traffic men warn the shortage threatens severe supply disruption across railroads and industries.
The piece notes canary prices rising from 3.50 to 6 dollars before the war, then surging to 12 to 15 dollars as German imports faltered and British blockade reduced supply. Dealers say demand remains strong with no fixed price, and birds are sold quickly as wartime disruption fuels rising costs. It also contrasts battle conditions with vivid trench descriptions at Pozieres and Ypres, conveying war’s impact on ordinary goods and landscapes.
The text discusses how scarcity and pricing arise when staple use is misaligned with supply, citing rice as undervalued when potatoes rise, and wheat as bread’s sole ingredient despite corn’s abundance. It notes Shaw’s London Chronicle remark on the Somme front and describes makeshift wire ties used for securing cords and handles.
The American cowbird is described as an outcast among birds for laying eggs in other birds nests. These fostered young often outcompete the rightful nest owner, leaving a weary song sparrow to feed the oversized fledglings.
The article explains Albino as a term once linked to Portuguese mischief and now applied to people born with red eyes and white hair. It notes Albion as an old name for England derived from the Latin word for white, tied to white cliffs along the southern coast associated with Julius Caesar’s landing in 56 BC.
A garbled OCR snippet shows a speaker rejecting royalty with saccharine tone and another voice interrupting while discussing autocracy. No clear names, places, dates, or events are identifiable in the fragment.
A playful column questions whether polite closings like De Sir and Yours Respectfully are ever sincere. It notes that sometimes writers use courteous phrases without genuine belief, inviting readers to reflect on the gap between words and intent.
An anonymous author cites Daniel Lambert as the heaviest man in history, born 1770 and died 1809, weighing pounds at death, alongside notes on Banting diet and medical figures. The passage also describes a factory-like process with a chain carrier and vertical rods for processing items.
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