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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1894
Page
4
A Western Plowman article argues pruning to low spreading growth yields wind protection, easier cultivation under trees, quicker harvest, and simpler pruning and spraying. After bearing, fruit loss from wind is reduced and gathering is easier, despite slightly more initial cultivation.
A fragment recounts a committee offer to break ice for a swimming match to honor a fair, amid dispute over who pays travel expenses. The piece includes ads for tonics and health products from late 19th century catalogs, with claims about Stomach Bitters, Brown's Iron Bitters, and Swamp Root. It also mentions a $100 reward for catarrh cure and other promotional items from long defunct firms.
Georgia mourns as Senator Alfred H Colquitt dies at age in his Capitol district home. The late statesman’s colleagues in Washington drape the senate chamber in mourning and plan funeral arrangements. Colquitt, a former Confederate major general and governor, rose from farmer to congressman and state leader, shaping policy through war and peace.
The remains of Senator Alfred Holt Colquitt were transported from Washington to Atlanta and Macon for funeral services. A large crowd gathered at the depot, capitol, Mulberry Street church, and Rose Hill cemetery. The ceremonies featured prayers, scripture, and eulogies, with Governor Northen and Judge Candler among speakers. The interment followed a lengthy procession through Atlanta and Macon, ending at Rose Hill cemetery.
Fire devastations across Memphis Tennessee and Rives Tennessee destroy a lumber plant and a stave factory with losses totaling around 300000. A federal court in Birmingham discharges a jury box and contemplates a new grand jury. Severe freezes in North Carolina and Alabama ruin fruit crops and gardens, killing peaches pears apples and many veggies. A colored clergyman Leiber Mitchell ordained in Boston marks a historic first for the city. Overseas and internal political tensions surface with potential revolutions in Central America and turmoil in Nicaragua and Mexico. Local transit disputes in Savannah and Birmingham industry trade amid wage and forecast tensions. A major bank Silverman resumes payments after suspending in August. A Florida-like drought and forest fires threaten timber and cattle ranges in northern Mexico.
A broad briefing from Washington notes the river and harbor bill passed committee with about nine and a half million dollars. Hatch anti option bill advanced. Bland seigniorage bill urged to the president. judicial cases in Georgia and Virginia set for April. discussions on Nicatanguan canal bonds and Chinese treaty proceed without action. Attorney General Olney cites urgent witness fees. several nominations to customs posts and postmasters are forwarded. President faces pressure from congressmen and business interests over seigniorage, with mail and wires flooding the White House as Richmond and other cities voice objections and caution. The president weighs all points, signals openness to conviction, amid a surrounding flood of lobbying.
The text notes a 1880 campaign marked by endorsements and opposition, ending in a majority over an opponent by more than 50,000 votes. Colquitt was elected to the United States Senate in 1883 succeeding Senator Hill and again in 1889 succeeding himself.
At the Boston annual meeting of Bell Telephone Company stockholders the net earnings for the year ended December 31, 1893, were 3 925 485 69, up 503 010 91 from the prior year. Expenses totaled 1 856 591 30 with regular extra dividends to stockholders of 3 339 156. Value of assets including telephones, real estate, stocks, and receivables stood at 45 712 340 52.
John Wilts home at McKendree West Virginia burned Thursday morning killing his eight children and servant Miss Mollie Heurick. Two infants were six weeks old. Mrs Wilts tried to save them but perished with the others as the roof collapsed. Wilts worked as a watchman for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company.
A blaze consumes livestock head and drives numerous families from their homes as flames race in a north-westerly direction. Regional crews battle the fast moving fire to protect property and livestock, with containment efforts ongoing.
The doctors of the world assembled in Rome for an international medical conference held triennially, postponed from last September due to unforeseen circumstances. Speakers span every medical and scientific field, with an American delegation nearing two hundred names.
A Philadelphia special reports organized labor plans a clash that could impact international affairs. The Knights of Labor threaten a strike against twenty or more St. Louis wineries controlled by an English syndicate, foretelling idle breweries and millions in English capital going unproductive within months.
New York dispatch reports sixteen Gravesend election inspectors pled guilty to conspiracy and receive prison terms from twenty nine days to six months plus fines for election fraud actions.
A Kansas woman guards a 175 year old Bible. European blotting paper dates to 1465. Confederate command hierarchy listed. Morsseau makes microscopic diamonds from carbon. U S adults wear about 20 pounds of iron each year. Boston sells Trinity church mold spoons. Philadelphia Pedagogy School has 11 professors and one top student. A Massachusetts youth mails greetings to European rulers, earning czar and king acknowledgments. Grover Cleveland Young born during Harrison's 1889 inaugural. Hungary hosts gypsies with 185000 counted in census. two thirds nameless, only about 8000 literate.
A historical note argues milk is a food, not a drink, detailing its digestion process. It cites Persian eating habits of chewing milk with saliva, describes curd formation, and contrasts with water as a beverage. The text warns rapid nursing stalls digestion and urges milk to be used as part of meals.
The Russia n thistle now covers about 48 000 square miles with wheat lands of 1 000 000 acres in the Western region. Losses reach 2 000 000 dollars last year and exceed 4 500 000 dollars this year. Congress and states are urged to grant relief and a warfare plan to eradicate the weed, with Senator Hansborough proposing digging up plants before seeding.
A humor strip shows a Museum Agent criticizing an ad that misstates a midget's height, the Manager correcting the copy to thirty six inches to boost crowds, and a mother scolding a son for missing dinner with a twist.
Knowledge Brings comfort and improvement and tends to enjoyment when rightly. The many who live better than others will attest the value to health of the pure liquid laxative Syrup of Figs. It cleanses the system without weakening kidneys, liver, or bowels and is free from objectionable substances. Manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co. 50c and $1 bottles.
Washington Star notes a humorous exchange about Mistah Tuckson and deacons. The tale hints at a membership reinstatement and a trial centered on alleged chickens, with no conclusive proof beyond tub.heys. The piece plays on wordplay and social satire in a business function context.
A California study notes redwoods cut sixty years ago sprouting into trees 3 to 5 feet in diameter and 100 to 150 feet high. The rapid growth supports age estimates from annual rings, though some doubt remains about their true age. A separate humorous exchange asks a joke conundrum about proposing.
Letters from Kempsville Virginia and Brighton Ontario praise Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets as curing consumption and scrofula of the lungs. They describe dramatic recoveries, strengthened flesh, and renewed health, urging readers to consider the remedy despite skepticism. The ad promotes a medical treatise and a popular medical adviser publication by the World’s Dispensary.
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