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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1897
Page
6
Fragmentary report discusses a missionary to Sioux tribes, a claim on the origin of the term hobo, a new Argentine tax on Morrish men, and a proposal to use the Nile cataracts for electric power, noting Niagara’s greater output and the odd idea of a Nile trolley line.
The article cites the 1890 census showing the United States real and personal property valued at 845 087 091 gold dollars. It explains scale by imagining gold stacks forming a wall twenty eight miles long and a carpet five square miles wide, illustrating national wealth with vivid but abstract figures.
J G Merryweather of Gordon suggests church towers be equipped with water tanks fed by a pump from a well or other source. From the tank a pipe with hydrants would reach the nave, enabling jets to combat outbreaks immediately. The plan is said to be inexpensive and could save sacred buildings, with Canterbury Cathedral and St George Hanover Square cited as examples of fire risk.
A fragmentary quotation by James Russell Lowell urges simple words to awaken the free nature of the weak and friendless. It presents reflective verse on humane influence and moral duty.
The piece argues that cooking is increasingly viewed as an art or science. Dr Pilcher notes food preparation deserves high talent, Edward Atkinson says cookery is still in its infancy, and the New York Observer weighs moral consequences of culinary skill.
A veteran captain recalls a fall voyage in 1872 when a mysterious father and his enchanting daughter Brandon boarded seeking passage to England. The daughter bewitches him. her father hides a crime, embezzlement and a plan to fake death. The captain aids their escape, a funeral mockery ensues, and the pair vanish with money.
Classic home moving methods described using common soap as a grease for tracks and girders. A windlass and pulleys pull the house on runners, sometimes afloat on shallow water or ice, with noted successes and mishaps from New York and Long Island.
About six months ago farmer eighty year old Mr Spotts of Rochester Indiana developed gangrene in a foot. Doctors refused amputation but his wife sharpened a butcher knife and amputated the foot herself using a grindstone. The patient reportedly improved.
The article notes about 80,000 sermons preached each Sunday in England and Wales. It estimates average Sabbath attendance between 10 million and 11.5 million, with one place of worship per 600 people and one minister per 700.
A historic remedy advises dissolving one fourth pound of saltpeter in water and ditches along cucumber and squash vines. The solution is sprayed or poured to deter striped squash bugs and squash beetles that damage vines.
Compact account notes a theory of spontaneous combustion in a barn fire. Examination of charred material shows varying heat exposure and a strong odor days before the blaze, with no definite proof but strong circumstantial evidence.
The article suggests slowing horses’ eating by adding clean pebbles to feed. It also recommends grinding grain and mixing three times its bulk of hay or twice its bulk of straw to slow consumption.
The article explains that roses should be kept from fruiting to extend flowering. Cut away all faded blooms immediately, including overbloomers, to force new growth from leaf axils. This second growth sustains a longer bloom period, per Mehan's Monthly.
A Dakota Farmer writer offers guidance on dairy herd management. Select top cows for keeping, judge milk by butter fat yield, raise heifer calves, weigh cows’ milk outputs, use a proven dairy sire, record breeding dates, limit drying off to four to six weeks, promptly treat udders, and feed calf milk soon after separation.
An old advertisement promotes a multi use clod crusher for preparing soil and smoothing land. The copy describes a unit with three logs and an oven as features, aiming to crush lumps and level the surface. The wording reflects a practical farm tool from the period.
An 1895 Pennsylvania experiment notes hay fires often start in stored clover hay, with barns fully burned before investigators identify origin. In a cow stable mow 18 by 23 feet and 28 feet high, fire spread after top drafts stopped and wet blankets shielded the hay, prompting rapid removal of 80 tons of hay while a hydrant kept the top saturated. The center of the mow smoldered hot, exposing air and delaying ignition evidence.
A note warns that a single chicken-catching hog will soon affect a large herd, turning it toward ravenous chicken consumption. The message highlights the high cost and frustration of managing hogs that threaten poultry.
An old boot leg forms a leather blind tied across a hog’s snout to curb chicken predation. The method blinds the hog’s view of chickens, only revealing edible targets near its nose, teaching restraint after repeated lessons. A month of this “leather specs” cure calms the ravenous thief and returns order to the homestead.
Poultry notes stress separate housing for cockerels and pullets, mark nest eggs to avoid market mix ups, and favor sunlit coops. Feeding rules urge cockerels for flesh and pullets for future layers while emphasizing brood management, cleanliness, and disease prevention through good diet and fresh water.
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