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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1895
Page
5
A Detrait Tribune excerpt shows a woman admitting she placed the wrong button in a contribution box and seeks an exchange. The scene features a calm male figure urging disclosure and a pointed, moralizing voice amid a flurry of old time remedies and quack medical ads.
Georgia readers hear that Brunswick begins a new depot project with swift construction and no planned delays. Meanwhile Savannah railway lands in receivership after alleged mismanagement, with John Screven named as receiver. The piece notes beef price rises spur Georgia farmers to expand cattle raising and reports a Charlotte area freight inquiry, a lumber contract bid, and a broad survey for a new Augusta to Chattanooga railroad route plus a Columbus to Atlanta electric railroad proposal tied to Cotton States expo plans.
Article discusses using waters of the Chattahoochee above Atlanta and at Columbus factory site to generate electricity for rail service, promoting both cities and the state. It notes a state plan to create the Penn Georgia colony near Macon, Twiggs County, with communal labor and shared profits under Governor Northen.
The House of Commons resumes after Easter with Speaker-elect Gully taking the chair. A royal commission including Lord Herschell greets him and confirms the appointment, and Gully then addresses the house in a brief speech of thanks.
Fall River mills reopen under wage scale in force before August 20 1894. Twenty four thousand workers will benefit. Prospects for fair trade in summer as mills are well sold ahead. Since the last wage cut there has been a severe labor shortage due to sickness low wages and fear of a strike if wages aren’t raised.
At London Tuesday morning the grand jury returned a true bill against Oscar Wilde and Alfred Taylor. Prosecution witnesses were guarded by police in a house in Croydon Street to prevent mobbing. Wilde’s solicitors say he will not plead guilty. the case will be fought. Wilde’s art and bric a brac collection will be auctioned, including Carlyle's writing table.
The Tennessee House passed a bill creating a court of chancery appeals to supplement the crowded supreme court. The governor will appoint three judges, one from each state section, serving until the next general election when eight year terms begin.
The February 4 to March 23 report by receivers John McNulta Edward Lawrence and John Mitchell to the U S circuit court in Chicago details the whisky trust finances. Gross receipts amount to 3 852 246 dollars with expenditures of 3 669 839 dollars leaving 182 508 dollars in McNulta’s hands as the other two resigned on March 23.
Judge Bunn of Wisconsin will preside over the Debs conspiracy case on May 6 with Woods and Jenkins of the United States circuit court ordering the assignment. The clerk will summon 150 men to form a jury from a larger pool. earlier trial drew 200 jurors but fewer than half were seated.
Central News reports an imperial proclamation praising Japan's war effort, unity of government, army, navy, and diet. It urges humility, education, and refined living while strengthening defenses without excessive armament. It urges obedience to the emperor and forgiveness in foreign affairs.
J E Lovett, cashi er of the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad at Savannah Georgia, vanished after leaving the city without notice. An early review of his books showed bad keeping and a small shortage suspected though the precise amount was undetermined. In Austria Laibach was rattled by a violent earthquake with thunder, causing several buildings to collapse and residents to flee to fields.
A blaze at the School of Arts and Industries in Paris wiped out models and machines prepared for the 1900 exhibition. Loss is estimated at about 1,000,000 francs.
By a vote of 47 to 33 the Tennessee House concurred with the Senate resolution urging Congress to pass a law for free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at a 16 to 1 ratio.
The New York senate defeated the police reorganization bill in a 16 to 16 tie. Republicans Brad ley, Coggeshall, Reynolds, and Robert son joined the Democrats, crossing party lines.
A Wednesday blaze gutted the Reinoehl Lumber Company planing mill in Lebanon Pennsylvania. The loss included 330000 worth of lumber and a total value of about 100000 with 19000 covered by insurance. County fire officials investigated the blaze for cause and origin.
A Nashville special reports the investigating committee found fraud and corruption in the Franklin county farm transaction and the penitentiary contract. It cites misused laws, biased bidding, payoffs to architect Lawrent and planner Smith, altered specifications, and improper recommendations. The panel urges funds to be returned and notes further actions pending.
Washington reports exact plans by Great Britain to land troops at Corinto Nicaragua and to occupy the customs houses with British officers to collect duties. A three day ultimatum threatens seizure of Corinto if indemnity is not paid, provoking sharp international tension and fears of occupation similar to British footholds abroad.
A Shanghai dispatch reports a Beijing crisis with generals favoring war and censors opposing Li Hung Chang and his treaty. Indemnity relief is questioned as officials defer to the emperor. Possible cession of only the Pescadores, not Formosa, and port changes to Chung King Han Chow Soo Chow and Sha She.
The defalcation of Paul Schultze, late Tacoma land agent for the Northern Pacific, climbs from thousands to an estimated 50 000 and potentially over 200 000 as experts finish auditing the accounts. The report notes deaths by suicide and ongoing financial review. In Delaware, the 118th senatorial ballot produced Higgins six Ad dicks six Pennell three Massey three Ridgely nine Tannell one.
The U S Supreme Court order reserved May 6 for rehearing arguments on the income tax petitions. It signals possible full rehearing on whether to reopen the entire tax issue or limit to rents exemption. Health notes on Justice Jackson and unusual court action referenced. A wage raise and railway survey also reported.
Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds a law treating life imprisonment as an absolute divorce decree without further proceedings. Potteries Close Down at Knowles Taylor Knowles in East Liverpool Ohio. three hundred workers laid off amid overproduction concerns.
Mr. O Grady presented a petition and a resolution in the New York House of Representatives urging the annexation of Canada to the United States. The resolution was adopted.
A humorous survey of ladies dress handling including the plain upright dress clutch keeping arm by side for safety and comfort. It contrasts poses with akimbo left arms and forward folds, noting balance, wind, and the idea of reefing sails as a metaphor for adjusting frocks.
A group of forward thinking English physicians promote a food cure that uses simple foods as tonics diuretics febrifuges and all medicines defined in the pharmacopia. They claim foods contain all elements needed for cures and foresee a ten year shift reducing ordinary medicine use including quinine and anti fevers. Critics warn profiteers profit from the plan and urge caution about unproven claims.
A compilation cites early tobacco analysis by Vauqueline in 1809 and notes Scotch snuff color from ochre. Cuban tobacco often has under two percent nicotine. Lord Clive died by suicide, and the brilliant Mouthey faded into mental stupor before death. Socrates reportedly spoke with a guardian spirit. The government notices a dangerous counterfeit two dollar silver certificate series 1891. US agriculture projects a southern corn crop near 500 million bushels, up 48 million. Animals store provisions for winter with behavioral patterns tied to weather. Cold-climate mammals have wool underfur and shed it in summer. Russia’s wheat, rye, barley, and oats outputs are given, noting no famine.
A mistress asks the butler to learn if any tinned salmon remains without upsetting the new cook, who has eaten it and feels uncomfortable. The snippet shifts to a 19th century advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure, offering a $100 reward for catarrh and describing the remedy and endorsements from wholesale druggists.
A disciplined guidance outline for infancy to childhood emphasizes consistent obedience, clear promises, practical demonstrations, and calm, non angry correction. It argues against rewarding crying and warns that calm reasoning shows the folly of misbehavior, urging steady self-control.
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