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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1900
Page
4
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The passage notes prohibitionists largely opposed McKinley in the last election while voting for their own slate. Congressmen supported abolishing the canteen, saying it was a moral issue, but some call the move yielding to a moral uprising or mere cowardice.
Griggs argues that Porto Rico Arizona DC and all territories stand on the same legal footing as Congress may grant rights. He rejects the idea that civil government existed there before extended authority and asserts no rights beyond congressional grant are owed to these regions.
The Fitzgerald Enterprise argues the Atlanta depot bill is not dead but sleeping. A resurrection dawns with the start of a new session, as Atlanta remains persistent in the depot fight, noting it took eleven years to fund the soldiers' home and will push state support for a depot when a receptive legislative body arises.
A Manila anecdote notes a wealthy provincial learns humility before a generous governor general after a first, offhand impression. Also in London Tit-Bits a piece on prisoners lacking mirrors shows how UK convicts, especially women, endure years without seeing their reflections.
In Georgia, prominent citizen Mr John Quopar recalls a veteran tale from the Civil War after meeting Captain Moseley in Augusta. The account centers on a Yankee hat found on the Winchester battlefield and worn by four Georgia soldiers who were killed, each bullet striking near the same hat placement.
The Rev. C. T. Brady recalls cyclone power as an appalling force in the plains. He cites incidents of horses lifted and dropped unharmed, birds stripped to their skins, a roof hole ten feet across, a safe hurled like a toy, and a whirling black cloud wrecking buildings in mock cruelty.
In Manila a sentry halted a carriage carrying Judge Taft president of the civil commission. Taft had no pass and faced a police command to be recorded, then was allowed to go with a warning. He resolved to apply for a pass afterward.
An Irish newspaper advertises Michael Ryan offering a large stock of cars wagonettes brakes hearses and other pleasure vehicles for sale or hire. The same paper recently praised Mrs B of G for sending a magnificent artificial wreath in the form of a cross for a funeral.
A witty exchange in London gossip quotes a man saying money talks but not all that talks is money. He notes that if money truly spoke, he would be wed to a fabulous fortune, eliciting the amused remark about the old saying.
A fragment from the Philadelphia Record contrasts South Sea island beliefs with Hewet missionary work. It notes village church life with white shirts and bonnets while jungle communities cling to ancestral gods of nature and hunting. The piece mixes cultural critique with seaside adventure anecdotes and a humorous domestic aside.
Pomologists argue it is impossible to enforce priority in fruit and flower names. Bartlett pear and Telegraph grape persist despite reform efforts by pomological societies. Language follows custom, as English assigns gender to sun and moon and resists change. Reformers must act before custom seizes the field.
The powder mill workers wear pocketless garments of nonflammable material to prevent carrying knives matches or other items. Trousers must not have bottoms turned up as grit collects there and even the slightest spark could be dangerous.
A Bronk and Bass-Styles' wife is described as terribly plain with no compensating attractions, yet Styles clearly values her highly. Fogg-Styles is portrayed as an odd stick, recalled as fond of mental arithmetic when a schoolboy in Boston.
A playful exchange between Helptalonita and Ethel from Philadelphia hints at a growing independence as Ethel asserts she already helps at home. The dialogue shows domestic humor and familiarly spirited banter.
The eastern edge of the North American continent is flooded by the sea causing shallow coastal waters. To reach the actual edge of the continent one would travel about 80 miles due east from New York.
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