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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1899
Page
2
A Victorian column from Vienna Georgia discusses calendar reform in Russia and women’s rights to propose in marriage. It notes Dreyfus’s misery and laughter after five years, Asian trolley fears in Korea, Seoul deaths by electric cars, a mob attack on a trolley, and a Utah town excluding women over water and land titles amid mining claims.
A Texas drive to incorporate manual training into the public school curriculum is led by a 32 member state committee planning statewide organization. Chairman W. W. Grubbs blames a false standard of personal respectability for poor industrial conditions and biased valuation of manual labor over professional and literary fields.
The article notes trolley travel expanding from New York to Boston with a single break and soon Philadelphia to Harrisburg, Gettysburg and Baltimore. It cites extensive service across New Jersey and Long Island and suggests a national network reaching Albany Troy and Saratoga, making streetcars nearly essential for rural residents alongside city dwellers.
E B Martin criticizes intercollegiate baseball in Harper's Weekly for rowdyism and tricks. He argues the game should use bats and a ball with two nine players and umpires, not rely on coaches or verbal tactics, and calls for better manners and standards in baseball.
A lyrical meditation on fleeting beauty and memory as life moves between light and shadow. The speaker recalls a passing glance that stirs longing yet fades with the crowd, asserting life is bound to future tense and the enduring pull of love amid dreams.
Radmore, a newsman with the English advance near Kerreri ridge, witnesses lyddite bombardment on Omdurman and clashes with a wounded dervish. Stung by a scorpion, he endures intense pain, applies ammonia, then shoots the assailant before crawling back to safety at El Gemuaia.
A returned volunteer officer confronts a heartless sweetheart in a tense scene. He aces a cold reception as a hustling commercial traveler has claimed her affections. He exits in step with a final drumless march, while she mockingly commands a soldier’s left.
The first Plymouth church building was the fort with the first meeting house built in 1648. In New England, initial services occurred in tents or under shelters, and Boston’s first meeting house had mud walls a thatched roof and earthen floor used until 1640. The old Hingham church, the Old Ship, stands from 1681.
An Associated Press dispatch from Washington lists Major W. J. Kendrick of Atlanta taking a captaincy in new Philippine regiments. Georgia also gains multiple officers, while Will Lucas found guilty of murder with life imprisonment recommended. Athens discusses railroad prospects to Chattanooga or Birmingham, and Cartersville braces for growth with a possible new courthouse and five mills nearby.
The Iowa Democratic state convention at Des Moines nominated Governor Fred E. White, Lt. Gov. M. L. Bevis, Judge A. Van Wagenen, Railway Commissioner W. H. Koun, and Superintendent B. P. Holst. Populists endorsed the ticket. Cato Bells withdrew, aiding White. Bryan praised. war in the Philippines denounced as contrary to liberty and the founding doctrines.
Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock arrives in New York City as America's Cup challenger, sailing from Faillie on the Clyde August 3. The Shamrock traveled about 3,200 miles with the steam yacht Erin towing and achieved a best day’s run under sail of 286 knots.
The transport waronne sailed from Seattle with 400 horses belonging to the Third Cavalry on broad.
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