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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1900
Page
6
A DeKalb county farmer describes methods to fatten hogs using fall or spring sowing of oats and ensilage of cane and sorghum. He notes one acre in oats plus 1.5 acres in sorghum or top cane supports 26 head of fat hogs, with careful grazing to keep feed tender and efficient.
A Vienna Progress correspondent reports KW Roberts’s hog died of hydrophobia after biting several others. The piece argues for laws requiring dogs to stay home, deeming loose dogs a menace and suggesting immediate killing when found on streets.
Will Clark, serving 20 years for assault with intent to rape Mrs. Martha Baker, died in jail Tuesday morning while awaiting a new trial granted for October by Judge Smith. He had been consumptive and suffered a hemorrhage from the lungs before the crime. Fitzgerald Enterprise. The nicest line of Embroidery in town just received at J. F. Calhoun & Co's.
J F Calhoun and Co announce a large lumber sale at the depot yard. Available are boards one inch thick to one and a half inch thick in widths from 4 to 16 inches and random stock of various sizes. Prices are stated as low but no exact figures given.
The Savannah News surveys summer oddities linked to heat waves from Maine to Florida. Stories include a bull moose in a city street, a water fish-catching dog in Florida, rival snakes in Atlanta that refuse to fight, women killing rattlers in Missouri, goats exploding dynamite and nitroglycerin incidents near Hazelton, and a parrot interrupting a prayer meeting in Bridgeport.
Farmers Willing to gin cotton and promote standard square bale packing. Vienna Gin & Mill Co announces readiness to serve farmers, urging buyers to purchase goods and credit if profitable. A. Jack Shell, Mer.
A burglar disturbed Polly the parrot by bumping her cage and triggering loud, profane screams that woke the householder. The incident earned Polly her master's gratitude and an extra sugar allowance as the intruder fled. Also reports Florida mother hen rearing alligator brood and a Depew silhouette egg.
A speaker identified as D B Thompson argues that farmers must prosper for the entire economy to thrive. He warns that without competition and credit access the farming community remains burdened by debt and middlemen. He notes embroidery work appears at J F Calhoun & Co as a related trade mention.
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