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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1898
Page
2
An old style medicinal ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills as top medicines. It circulates a controversial racial census claim and ends with a quip about marriage. The text reflects period marketing and social attitudes.
Advice column urging mothers to seek medical guidance for daughters health issues. It promotes Mrs Pinkham Lynn Mass and includes a reader testimonial from Miss Marti F Johnson Centralia Indiana about recovery from fatigue irregular menses and weight loss after following Lydia E Pinkham remedies.
Admiral Dewey has sent a Becker prepared memorandum to the Navy on the Philippines mineral resources. The table lists coal gold copper lead sulphur marble kaolin and more across numerous islands. Mindanao Mindoro Panay Cebu Samar Luzon and others show varied deposits with coal common and other metals present.
Bibb county residents voted to permit sales with a county majority of 1808 and Macon city also approving sales by a margin of 1288. Five hundred Macon women paused domestic duties to campaign at polling places, shaping a campaign filled with emotion and civic energy amid a campaign focused on barroom interests.
The house appropriations committee completed its work reducing the next two year school and pension appropriations by 445 200 while adding 40 000 to pensions. The state tax rate would drop at least one cent from 6 21 to about 5 21 with further cuts possible. Total cuts amount to 485 500.
Whitfield county votes to go dry in a decisive prohibition victory Thursday with Dalton’s 291 dry majority and the four wet districts totaling 383. Estimated that remaining nine precincts will push the dry majority past 700, producing widespread celebration among supporters. Savannah Florida and Western declares a 2 percent dividend as war winds benefit Plant System, boosting security values.
A Vancouver dispatch reports the steamer Culgon left Sydney with 5000 mutton carcasses 250 lambs 125 tons potatoes 81 tons onions and 22 tons carrots bound for Admiral Dewey s fleet at Manila.
U S and Spanish peace commissioners avoid a joint session as Spain asks five year privilege for Spanish ships to Porto Rico and Cuba on par with American vessels. Spanish proposals urge gradual shift, citing 1819 and 1803 treaties and seeking open door policy in the Philippines and West Indian colonies. Delays prompt Day to ask postponement to Friday as translations and deliberations continue.
Manila advices show the Independencia and other natives reject the Paris peace commission results. They vow to defend rights and resist cession claiming Luzon Vizaya and Mindanao by conquest. Insurgents in Madrid say they will not recognize a U S cession and will fight to the end.
Severe wind and rain hit Baltimore on Sunday with gusts up to sixty miles per hour the strongest in nineteen years. About 809 houses were unroofed numerous chimneys toppled trees uprooted and poles toppled. Telegraph telephone electric light and trolley poles were blown down.
A farmer Hiram Biggs, his wife, and three small children were killed when their home seven miles southeast of Perry Oklahoma burned Thursday morning. The family awoke to smoke and attempted to escape through burning front rooms but perished in the effort.
Washington plan shows President to depart on the 18th afternoon and reach Atlanta after breakfast on the 14th. He will stay until midnight the 15th before traveling to Tuskegee Alabama with a brief stop at Booker Washington's school. Additional southern visits remain unsettled with brief flyovers possible.
Havana dispatch reports the Cuban assembly affirmed a rule requiring any Cuban officer insulted by Spanish or American officers to challenge the offender to a duel. The aims are to preserve army dignity and curb insolent officers who join after the armistice and boast in Cuban uniform.
A Paris dispatch reports a two hour joint peace commission session Friday with no real progress. Spaniards await instructions and Spain's proposal for West Indies commercial privileges was not settled. Americans also await guidance on certain matters. Caroline islands questions were not debated. The joint commission adjourned until Saturday.
Maine Senator Eugene Hale declares opposition to the Paris peace treaty. He objects to the Philippine acquisition and centers his stance on the treaty section addressing the Philippine question.
Prohibitionists of Bibb County Georgia announce the election will be contested claiming fraud and illegal voters. They insist the defeat was by deceit and plan to pursue a new prohibition election in two years.
Advices from Judge Day of the Paris peace commission read at Saturday nights cabinet meeting were of a gratifying character and hopeful of the signing of the peace treaty within a reasonable time. Members of the cabinet express satisfaction at the progress and say negotiations are progressing smoothly.
Colonel William J. Bryan visited Montgomery and spoke to the Alabama assembly after a train stop en route from Nebraska to Savannah. A joint session heard a half hour address and a public reception followed in the governor's office. He praised Alabama briefly and declined to discuss current national issues.
J Rosenthal of Delaware moves through Columbus to Dahlonega Ga to file deed for all Dahlonega Gold Minings Company property. Transferred from Christian Wahl Milwaukee November 23 Chicago deal. 4671 acres with manganese tract, mining outfits, mills, rails, and heavy improvements. Capitalization 5 million dollars. Toledo home office with Delaware Chattanooga and Dahlonega offices. Georgia charter. Ohio capital backing the venture.
A German official in Berlin confirmed to the Associated Press that Germany is negotiating with Spain to purchase the Caroline islands. Spain reportedly demands 10 million francs, a price Germany deems excessive, and negotiations are not contingent on resolving any international complications, especially with the United States.
A Havana dispatch reports that Cubans have secretly acquired a substantial armament, purchasing over 8,000 rifles in the last ten days. Officials and citizens speculate on the purpose as details remain undisclosed.
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