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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1896
Page
2
Four men from Gwinnett and nearby counties were jailed in Atlanta on suspicion of plotting to assassinate Deputy Mataral Lance near Gainville. The piece notes related political shifts, freight-rate tensions involving the Southern railway, and local calls for dispensary reform, with updates on pardons and public notices.
The Georgia State Agricultural Society opened its semi centennial session at the Rome courthouse with about 260 members from across the state. Judge Branham delivered the welcome and spoke on farming income while Col. Mobley lauded veteran members. Speeches by Col. Waddell and others traced the society’s origins from 1846, emphasized unity, and urged practical, educated farming for Georgia’s future.
The Georgia agricultural convention adjourned after debates on rural planning and price stability, urged mutual effort to keep farms viable, heard Captain H H Colquitt on cotton markets, and elected J Pope Brown president as Savannah to host the next session.
The Tennessee Republican gubernatorial convention met in Nashville on Wednesday and, after temporary leadership by Hon. Henry R. Gibson and a formal report from the permanent organization, nominated Hon. G. N. Tillman for governor by acclamation. The hall was filled with delegates and spectators as H. Clay Evans was chosen permanent chairman and addressed the body.
A cable dispatch reports Clara Barton president of the American Red Cross began her return to the United States after completing her mission to distribute relief to Armenian sufferers.
The article notes numerous federal postings and appointments: George O. Seibels named assistant pontain, with 150+ applicants. West Point cadet appointments include Walter H. Smith Thomasville GA Paul Foley Brooklyn NY Armin Haupt NY Louis N. Raphael Houston TX Thames Knox Ranch Rock Hill SC. U S Marshal Harrell in Macon GA ordered to seize Dauntless and others for filibustering attempts. mission proved futile. Treasury official Eckels discussed party alignment and sound money. Reports on President Cleveland and potential resignations. executive stance on neutrality laws in Cuba. vessels Dauntless Three Friends Laurada monitored. Cadets Bishop and Commager discharged from West Point for hazing. President condemns hazing. Bryan speech revised. changes include quotation of crown of thorns and cross of gold. distinctive divisions reorganized.
The department of agriculture reports drought and heat injuring cotton in the Mississippi Valley and western states, with scattered improvements in Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama. July rains damaged Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, and portions of Georgia, while overall maturing fast across the belt. Treasury officials discover circular 128 includes Senator Stewart's speech, prompting a new edition without the speech.
The heat wave in New York and nearby areas claims hundreds of lives with 159 deaths in New York and its suburbs, 95 within the city. Prospect Park opens as a sleeping place for the public, about 2,000 use it. New England reports over a hundred deaths and many prostrations. cool hydrant floods in tenement districts are used as a rough relief. In Cleveland, militia removal fights erupt as merchants demand order and Weyler refuses to recognize new American consuls until credentials are issued.
Study suggests month reveals inherited traits and personality through lip shapes. Thin lips with sharp downturns imply narrow views and limited empathy, while full red lips indicate pleasure seeking and impulsiveness. Upturned lips hint at charm but lack of deep experience, and downward curves signal seriousness and gravity.
An old remedy advertisement touts Peatered Day and Night as easing nervousness and dyspepsia, promising calm nerves and relief from anxiety. It praises Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters for similar effects and promotes Dobbins’ Floating Borax as a superior, pure soap product, warning against imitations.
A Cincinnati Herald-Presbyter item tells of a farmer who asks what a plant raises and is told currents and that they are sold by the shock. A New York World quip follows with a man asking to borrow a dollar after an abrupt compliment to a woman.
A woman from New Bedford Massachusetts reports twenty years of indigestion headaches and heart palpitations eased after using four bottles of Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She praises the remedy and notes her physician’s earlier misdiagnosis.
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