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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1895
Page
4
An asbestos based flexible pad embeds electric wires to provide steady heat for warmth and medical use. It operates from lamp sockets or batteries, can be moistened, and regulated by a switch to 130 175 or 220 degrees. Variants include foot warmers and cape coverings for neck and upper body.
An array of patent medicines touts Stomach Bitters and Syrup of Figs as universal remedies for digestion kidney liver and rheumatic troubles. Promotion highlights Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy No To-Bae and claims of cures and pamphlets free with laboratory and physician endorsements from 1891.
Acting District Attorney Taggart says Miss Flagler’s case will go to the grand jury on September 9 after a coroner’s jury exonerated her. The Merchants' National Bank of Rome Ga resumes operations after compliance, with capital uninsured. Navy maneuvers depart New York bound for Newport and Halifax. Cuban filibuster claims are not officially acted upon. Atlanta to be recalled as Cincinnati serves the squadron. Postoffice receipts top 7.46 million for Q2 1895. New Orleans shows growth, San Francisco and Washington fall. Mexico extradition issues with Row brothers discussed. Rawson health improving. Comptroller fights bounty legality. advocates press for warrants for Oxnard Beet Sugar. Japan faces possible famine from heavy rains hurting rice crops.
Recap of the Chicago contest between Horr and Harvey over monetary policy. Roswell G. Harris summarizes the arguments, noting Harvey’s claims that the 1873 act harmed value measures and that the 1878 act was surreptitious, while Horr contends the other side misstates facts and that bimetallism remains uncertain.
Telegram from Danville New York reports the death of Mrs T De Witt Talmage. Since the Brooklyn tabernacle fire she suffered nervous exhaustion. She grew worse after the doctor re entered the burning church for personal belongings and went to Rome seeking relief. She later returned to Danville and died in the sanitarium as Dr Talmage hurried home from a lecturing tour to be with her.
Governor Bullock of Georgia asked President Cleveland at Buzzards Bay to press the electric button to start the Atlanta exposition on September 18 and to provide the Gate City Guard as honorary escort October 23. Cleveland agreed to press the button but declined the escort to avoid display.
District Attorney Barnes announces fourteen jurors will be empaneled to try Durant to prevent delays from illness or death. Both sides agree due to the case likely lasting months. Extra jurors will not participate in verdicts unless called as alternates. this is the first use of the California law enacted two years ago.
Trouble flares again at Spring Valley Illinois as mob rule prevails after a peace accord on Wednesday. Italian miners refuse to allow Black miners to enter the mines, halting work and stirring tensions.
Missouri Democratic convention opened at Pertle Springs with Richard P. Bland as temporary chairman and De Armond as committee chair. Resolutions endorse free coinage of silver and gold at 16 to 1, oppose a single metal credit currency, and urge enlarging the state committee to 34 members. Delegates name candidates for additional state committee members.
Justice Howell E. Jackson of the U S Supreme Court died Thursday afternoon at 3 45 o clock after a period of illness at his home near Nashville Tennessee. Born in Paris Tennessee on April 4 1832 he pursued law in Tennessee Virginia and Lebanon before serving as a state judge and legislator. He was an 1881 Tennessee senator later appointed district judge for the western district of Tennessee and then associate justice of the U S Supreme Court.
Household tips suggest strong alum water to deter vermin and adding borax to baths for invigorating softness. Save cooking water for soups, cream butter by adding sugar slowly, and keep poultry longer by dry-precking. Practical notes cover threading, rat deterrents, jar seals, and a quip about a bicycle for Johnnie ending with a joke about attic stairs.
Bradstreet's review notes a large volume of trade across lines with strong steel and iron demand. Western buyers import eastern billets, corn and spring wheat show renewed confidence, and Chicago to St Louis areas see rising in-person sales. Mixed activity elsewhere with 221 business failures this week versus prior periods.
A mass meeting of white miners in the public square ended the war on negroes by Italians in Spring Valley. The Spring Valley Coal Company may resume operations, and the negro residents will return home. About 500 attendees, primarily English speakers, attended with interpreters for Italians and French.
Mrs Oldboy notes her husband comes in late and swears profanely after a house-cleaning. Mrs Nabor asks why, and Mrs Oldboy explains he removed his shoe to steal upstairs and stumble into a trove of neglected tacks. The exchange presents a humorous slice of domestic life and misadventure.
The Georgia Railroad Commission complaint about fruit rates was concluded in Atlanta on Wednesday afternoon before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The case will be argued soon before the full commission in Washington, with the result awaited with interest. Some say friends are loyal to one another and protect reputations.
Italian miners and officials in Spring Valley Illinois led a campaign to expel Black residents, with women and children forced from homes and belongings ruined. The mayor and police protected the action, sparking widespread condemnation and a governor interest. Sheriff Clark reported inaction by local officers and asked by the governor for details.
Albert Tillis a 12 year old killed Annie Avant 9 as they walked from school. He struck her with a lightwood line dragged her into the woods and partly covered the body with leaves. The boy acted on his father's orders after a quarrel with Annie's family. Both families are described as well to do.
A Reading woman died after sixteen teeth were extracted. Muskegon County Michigan townships boast over 1,000 acres of peppermint. Holbein’s Barber-Surgeon painting offered for sale at $75,000. Mastodon jaw bone and tooth found in Missouri. A Connecticut church ads promise cool physical and warm spiritual comfort. Mrs Adam Hahn and daughters all died within 24 hours in Ohio. A Kentucky man grows a peach-plum cross fruit. A Tsar Kid minister yielded 151 quarts of strawberries from a 20 by 20 foot patch, valued at $1,500 if sold at 11 cents a quart. An insane Seattle ranch resident sent to asylum, solitude blamed. Krupp 139-ton gun fires 15 miles, two shots per minute, $1,500 per round. Early pins sparked shop-hour restrictions. Napoleon house replica proposed for 1900 exhibition. 1581 Elizabethan brown-stone jewel sold in London. various antique items fetched hundreds. A light joke about Jakey’s school exam ends the note.
A Wilmington Messenger reader from Laurinburg recounts a dramatic recovery from severe rheumatism after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. George Russell swears before a justice of the peace that the treatment restored health, appetite, and strength from 121 pounds to 160, and enabled him to run and jump again. The ad claims cures for weakness, nervous issues, female troubles, and general debility, with pricing and manufacturing details.
A 180000 mile per second electrical speed is explained with a Sir Robert Bell illustration. If a 25000 mile telegraph line encircles the earth seven times, a signal sent in at one end would complete the circuit in one second.
An electrician J Cooley of Howellsville NY has invented an air ship claimed superior for serial navigation. A small model tested successfully. the craft features a twelve foot wing span and a twenty foot body. A practical manned machine is being built with electric propulsion and easy steering.
A compact collage of vintage quips on women and dress humor, including a Philadelphia Press critique of a skirt and sleeve fit in riding wear. It contrasts male and female behavior, ends with a humorous Grandma Mazie exchange on wills and deeds reflecting social wit of the era.
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