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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1893
Page
4
A fragment from a Boston manuscript discusses how stems branch without thinning, with branches maintaining equal diameter until they end. It asserts nature’s imperative laws govern growth, suggesting unity of branches and stems and linking the law to original substance.
An anecdote recalls Bismarck’s fury in a Berlin courtroom when a court officer’s conduct provoked him. The judge warned that the court would handle the matter, and Bismarck improvised a joke about ejecting the judge if decorum did not improve.
A mix of antiquated science notes on Nile floods and star motion, followed by brief health ad blurbs and a royal rumors snippet. The Nile description cites six inch annual rise, immense yearly mud, and flood cycles affecting Egypt’s valley. Also notes stars move, contradicting fixed star ideas, with pedestrian medical ephemera and a Brown’s Iron Bitters plug.
A New York Times feature describes Rose Madison in Madison New Jersey where 40 to 50 growers cluster within two miles and ship 10,000 American Beauty roses monthly from ten rosehouses. It details propagation by heated benches of sand, multi potting, and heavy glasshouses with roof ventilation, plus the rise of Catherine Mermet and Bride varieties amid a 70 acre estate under Mr Slaughter.
A New York Mail and Express excerpt describes a western state canning plant where women pare pears and quarter them for canning. Pears travel through a two-tank system exhauster and cooker on a long carrier, cooking uniformly in minutes without using a recipe book.
Indian guides describe bear wintering dens along Grisley Bear River in the Rocks. They say bears lie from December through March in a torpid, leaf-covered retreat with only an air hole visible, the bear nourished by nothing.
A New York Herald reminiscence tells how Colonel Peter A. Sarpy, famed Indian trader and American Fur Company figure, lived freely among Omaha wigwams. An argument over Indians leads Sarpy to confront a critic, threaten with weapons, and end with the stranger fleeing in darkness.
Copenhagen sits at the Sound’s mouth on Zeeland and Amager, a hub between central and northern Europe. The old fortifications are gone, replaced by promenades and boulevards, yet Danish courage and patriotism sustain growth and a hopeful future. Historic fires razed much, including 1728 fires, 1795 quarters, and 1807 bombardments by the English, leaving scant relics and a quiet historic air.
A New York Times report discusses Colonel de Rochas in Paris and his supposed exteriorization of sensitiveness into water. It notes skeptical crossings by Doglishwan who claims subjects were tricksters and that Theosophists and Spiritualists lose a revenue stream, while Tesla and Mahatma ideas are also involved.
A Society of Arts paper by Mr. Bennett H Brouzh recounts that since 1867 over 50,090,000 carats of diamonds were exported from Cape Colony valued near 330 million dollars. The diamond weight would top ten tons and fill large volumes, estimates by T Rennart, a trusted source.
The article argues dehorning improves safety and handling, counters claims of reduced vigor, and discusses feeding for fattening cows. It includes ration examples per 1000 pounds, stresses the need for hay or straw to bulk digestion, and advises dry meal with digestion aids. It also covers tuberculin testing for cattle and dairy herd health practices.
Northwestern Florida swamps yield reports from mariners of distant smoke and faint fire lights at night. Explorers fail to penetrate the swamp, with volcanic origins once proposed and mosquito columns also suggested as sources of the glow.
A Cherbourg electric canoe operates in France. Sun and earth compositions are similar. the sun's heat is small. A Boston device auto-plays banjos and guitars. Sea water yields little gold. sea salinity grows. Carnivorous plants host micro-organisms aiding digestion. Sea fowls lay nearly conical eggs that roll in circles on cliff edges. Sunspots link to magnetic storms. solar heat is tiny. Electrical sunstroke affects aluminum workers. Atmospheric lift and meteors imply air extends beyond 60 miles. Liverpool's overhead electric railway travels six and a half miles in seven and a half minutes at high cost. Selkirk glaciers shift color due to forest-fire ashes.
San Francisco Chronicle argues that Tucson Arizona predates St Augustine Florida as the first European settlement in what is now the United States. It cites a 1552 Spanish cartel for the Pueblo of Tucson and Padre Niza’s witness account, suggesting Arizona and Southern California hold the earliest colonial presence.
The red ecypode crab of Indian shores makes fiddling sounds with its claws. When a robber crab enters a burrow the owner vocalizes in tones that rise from a few broken notes to a continuous growl as the burrow acts as a resonator.
In Belfast Ireland a new ship design named Taste is being built with no keel for about 120 feet from the sternpost. Six feet of the sternpost are cut away and the hull slopes down to meet a curtailed sternpost. The bottom stern area and vessel stern are not connected. It is a twin screw with propellers operating through a small aperture and gaps between them and the water, ensuring they remain in unbroken water.
A Scribner's excerpt describes Naples faced with overpopulated slums. It notes population rising from about 400000 to nearly 600000 within eight kilometers. Excluding churches and public buildings, six square kilometers remain, highlighting housing as the first major misfortune for the poor. The piece cites no bread or work and quotes a poor man’s harsh comment on limiting birthrates.
A Sedalia Missouri telegraph operator is described as deaf and dumb. He deciphers messages by sensing the relay armature’s movements. He places his head against the instrument to feel the jarring sounds and interprets the dispatches.
A fragment suggests a writer contemplating a hidden sheet within a sheet and the blurred act of finishing a letter with a flourish before rewriting, reflecting a reflective, archival tone from the Boston Commonwealth.
A collection of practical tips on food storage, cleaning, and remedies. Includes guidance on cooling bread before storage, keeping vegetables fresh in water, cooking meat when signs of spoilage appear, and odor management in milk. Also offers home remedies for burns, toothache, toothcare, and stove maintenance, plus a note on early turnpike construction and historical patent medicines. Mentions Brown's Iron Bitters and Dr. Isaac Thompson's Eye-water and a price claim for druggists.
Household warnings urge using Royal Baking Powder exclusively to ensure pure uncontaminated food. State Chemists report proves Royal contains no ammonia alum lime or harmful ingredients while government checks show other powders may include impurities.
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