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Newspaper
Vienna News
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1902
Page
2
The piece surveys multiple 19th century ideas from Gatling plows claiming to work like 60 horses, a paper hidden in a play, and a gun pair of trousers. It notes an artificial clay from Germany for fireproof building and observes that new inventions often coexist with older technologies such as telegraph and gas lighting.
A discussion of Anglo Japanese ties predicts a vogue for Japanese fabrics and styles in English fashion. The piece notes French Franco Russian influence on Parisian millinery and foresees kimono and robes entering English wardrobes, with the kimono already present in some form. A second item cites Pulaski F. Hyatt describing land ownership in Cuba, noting most sugar plantations were held by non Cuban citizens, mainly British subjects, with some French, German, Spanish, and two American owners.
General Director Maspero announces lighting experiments at Karnak Thebes and plans to illuminate inner passages and catacombs of the pyramids The system aims to attract Egyptian visitors especially women who previously avoided the dark interior and now can explore the tombs inside the pyramids.
The Rev J Wilbur Chapman preaches from Genesis 24 on the wedding of Isaac and Rebekah as a figure of divine providence. He links Abraham’s servant Eleazar’s search to trust in God, urges listeners to follow Christ and act with compassion, and calls unbelievers to join the sacred journey with this Man.
Ram's Horn sermons reflect on Nicodemus seeking Jesus by night and the necessity of being born again. The piece questions why many neglect this path despite moral testimony and calls Jesus patient yet pressing on the eternal demand for conversion.
Fragmentary religious verse discusses conscience as divine deputy and the challenge of spiritual self-denial. The garbled text references Christ, temptation, and the notion that true restraint comes from inner discipline rather than outward acts.
A compressed digest reports Georgia peach crop forecasts, the Savannah Florida and Western railway merger, and the Southern Baptist convention adjournment. It notes a Gulf and Ship Island wreck in Mississippi, a lynching in Tennessee, and various global incidents from Martinique to Paris. Also covered are labor strikes, port disasters, political shifts, and notable deaths.
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