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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1901
Page
7
The New York Times recounts Richard Croker testing a reporter during an interview and notes Croker’s stern reply to a police captain at a Bryan arrival crowd. It recalls Croker and another prominent Tammany figure meeting William J. Bryan in New York, with a massive crowd and tense police guidance.
The London Mail advises avoiding trees haystacks houses and large water if outdoors. In open plains lie down away from structures and seek distance from tall trees. Inside adopt Franklin’s plan find the room’s center use a hammock or sit between chairs with a feather bed beneath. Do not sit under a chandelier and avoid chimneys or metal masses while staying patient.
Thoroughbred birds for sale with guaranteed quality. Prices reasonable. Call at the seller’s place seven miles from Vienna or write to Vienna. Hatches this year are strong and healthy, offering birds that cannot be surpassed.
Mrs G Newman of Campbell Park Chicago suburb faced court action after bay window overhung the building line and had her handsome white stone house torn down. She sought revenge by erecting a shanty on the site painted yellow and inviting a noisy family of at least five red haired boys to occupy the new house.
The London Chronicle notes Mr. Chamberlain, at 65, is among the youngest MPs. He appears ten years younger in daylight with slim, alert figure though hair gray. The colonial secretary claims to avoid physical exercise, riding only when necessary, yet stays in constant training with gout as the sole reminder flesh is mortal.
The article reviews attempts to shield vineyards from hail via artillery. It notes limited success in France and Italy, with trials using large cali ber guns. It concludes that large parks of artillery may be required for real protection and even then not guaranteed.
The London Mail praises Abdul Hamid as a courteous, charming figure with a modern outlook. In a visit by Dr. Herzl, the Zionist leader, the sultan is described as staying in touch with contemporary developments and avoiding medieval notions.
A wandering passerby questions a hotel sign misread as Hixouse, noting a broken first pane awaiting replacement. The scene shifts to Washington Zoo where three baby lions resist bedtime, receiving a squirt from a hose to guide them to their outdoor quarters. The keeper uses gentle discipline to settle the cubs for the night.
A Scottish speaker explains wad as would and the narrator adds might. Detectives later report the man smiled faintly, showing a guarded reaction to the exchange and the evolving influence of wealth in the speaker’s country.
Subbubs jokes about a Billy goat and a bill as shoppers arrive at a store. A floorwalker greets patrons and directs them to the dressing room where a boy will issue a check. The fragment hints at a retail scene from the Philadelphia area.
A humorous scene depicts tools quipping about life and work during a carpenter’s lunch break. The Auger complains of bore while the Screw Driver and Glue spar over depths and sticking to tasks as the Hammer and Saw join in. The punchline arrives when the hammer misdrives a nail, injuring the carpenter’s thumb.
Four year old Ada suffered a cut and her mother administered an orange and a Serine stamp. Later Ada admitted she had been sticking stamps from the stationery box onto her throat to ease her cough, after denying upsetting the box.
A step by step guide explains how to drive a fine needle through a nickel or quarter using a cork as a guide. The procedure involves inserting the needle into the cork, trimming excess, balancing the cork on two wood blocks, placing the cork over the coin, and delivering a sharp hammer blow to complete the process.
A fragment describes a metal harder than coin alloy that will bend and move when heated, capable of passing through a gin. The text hints at a curious physical property or experimental claim without full context or attribution.
Kites are described as a successful method to deter birds from rising or flying from cover where they are kept for shooting. The birds reportedly avoid the area, fearing attack from the airborne kites.
Discussion seeks a women's college in Chelsea offering a two year course on wife duties. The curriculum would cover housewifery skills like cooking and laundry plus physiology and medicine to give students mental discipline alongside manual training.
A London bankruptcy court hearing features a man who declares himself a descendant of the Pharaohs and hereditary hierophant of sacred mysteries. He asserts that the word hurrah derives from Egyptian ore and that his poem The Doom of Chaos comprises original melodious verse. He also describes a bag and fabric details from a textile sample.
Blue and gold or blue and green figured silk embroidery work bag described. Cut fabric and sew sides, form a pouch with a linen lining. Machine stitch two rows an inch apart below the upper edge to create a slide for ribbon to draw up.
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