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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1898
Page
6
A historic description explains readiness steps aboard a battleship before combat. It covers crew positions from captain to sailors, signaling to quarters, securing nonessential gear, arming and loading, and the roles of gun crews, gunners, and powder handling. The piece emphasizes discipline, teamwork, and practical safety measures during engagement.
Century features Tronies of the Anthracite Miners with Jay Hambidge’s image of patchwork coal housing. Describes haphazard, improvised homes built by workers lacking tools or design sense, with uneven roofs, mismatched openings, odd doors, and mixed roof materials from scrap.
R Talbot Kelly recounts a Century piece about Arab hospitality and a funeral anecdote where a man urged by kindness hastened a death through ceremony. The column then shifts to country road conditions impacting doctors, recounting an Illinois physician’s mudbound travel and a muddy rescue on a tough countryside route.
Maryland farmers push for road improvements and broad tires to cut hauling costs and improve road condition. The Washington Star reports steel rail road ideas, cost per mile, and potential profit, plus local road work by Warren Maine and regional moves toward better paving and road tax exemptions. A Maine road builder pounds stones into pavement, and Indiana governors urge rut removal to advance farming.
The article recounts two cases where stomach removal left a living patient in good health. A woman had a fully removed stomach with the esophagus joined to the intestinal channel, yet the patient eats with relish. The piece ponders how far surgery may advance as old notions about anatomy are tested.
A waterproof paper church in Bergen Norway proclaims capacity for 1000 worshippers. The structure is rendered fire proof through a coating mix containing quick lime curdled milk and white of eggs, showcasing an inventive yet fragile construction.
A strand of wool from the lamb tied to Marys Little Lamb surfaced through Mrs. Thomas G. Copp of Eldorano Town. The tale traces Mary Singer of Sterling born 1806 to poems by John Naulson and Mrs Town send, with Miss Sawyer making stockings from the wool in 1880 and untravelling them at the Sterling church fair. Mrs. Copp attended and knew the family. Sawyer died in 1890.
An exchanged note tale says Reed sought a political ally in Washington. The friend raced to the capital but a railroad washout halted him. He sent a telegram to the czar reporting the delay, and Reed urged him to buy a new shirt and come anyway.
A fragmented 1904 era advertisement page notes the century beginning in 1901, offering health restoratives such as Hostellers Stomach Bitters and Cascarats for beauty and blood cleansing. It mentions Laxative Bromo Quinine for colds, Hall's Catarrh Cure, and various tonics. It includes testimonials, cures for St. Vitus Dance, and references to Dr Taber and taber’s preparations. It also cites Missouri corn and wheat production in 1897.
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