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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1899
Page
2
In Vienna Georgia readers mock the idea of widespread advertising to every visitor named Tack. France’s stance toward Britain draws public ire as Molly is labeled a French trait. The two dollar bills are praised artistic, while a New York waiter buys an $18,600 home with tip savings and endures French menu mispronunciations.
The loss of the Charleston will hasten the department's plans to build light-draft gun boats for patrol duty in the Philippines and accelerate surveys and charting of the islands essential to commerce and national interests. The bicycle craze spread from youth to adults, leading to broad interest in automobiling. estimates show over 10,000 Americans in auto manufacture and 11,000 machines in use in Europe, with 6000 self-propelled carriages in France.
The piece details the locomotive's heavy moving parts and astonishing speed. It notes a 600 pound piston and connecting rod, parts moving five to ten times per second, and drive wheels turning hundreds of times per minute at sixty miles per hour.
The text notes that in 1887 Europe produced 215 dollars per agricultural person while the United States produced 425 dollars. It argues that U S farmers are more productive due to wider use of improved implements and smarter methods. It credits Mulhall and a New York Independent writer for the assessment and suggests Americans continually seek better machines.
The mournful annual summary reports fifteen Gloucester fishing vessels lost this year with a value of 79750 dollars and insurance of 64201 dollars. Sixty lives were added to the grim total, thirty two from actual wrecks, the rest lost overboard or drowning while hauling trawls. Fifteen widows and twenty six children mourn the losses.
Brownsville, Pa. reports a gas explosion at the Stockdale Coal company mine entombed between forty and fifty workers. Rescue efforts continued as officials and survivors described a catastrophic blast and widespread mutilation, with many bodies recovered after extensive search and delayed ventilation.
Charles H. Cole, former Globe National Bank of Boston president, was arrested in Redondo California on a warrant accusing him of misappropriation of government funds. Cole had served with the bank for thirty years and resigned two months ago amid a sensational event.
A Monday morning collision on the Northern Pacific near Bear Mouth Montana killed four men and injured several others. The wreck followed the operator at Bonito allowing a westbound freight to pass the siding. the operator fled into the hills after hearing of the disaster.
Large crowds gathered at London stations to bid farewell to Field Marshal Lord Roberts as he and his wife and two daughters departed for South Africa. Enthusiastic scenes, cheers, and prayers accompanied the moment, with officers and friends hosting a semi private reception before the train left.
Secretary of State Hay orders a thorough investigation into reports that British cruisers seized several cargoes of American flour off Delagoa Bay South Africa. Instructions go to the American consul at Lorenzo Marquez to inquire and prevent illegal interference with American commerce. Ambassador Choate to query the British Foreign Office. The episode spurs debate on contraband of war and neutrality in Washington.
A Manila dispatch says the Charleston court of inquiry report exonerates officers of the stranded warship. It commends the vigilance in crew embarkation and the boats being well handled, indicating no fault by the officers.
Jim Martin and Frank West were lynched by a Mississippi mob at Baker's Creek bridge near Bolton for the murder of Milton Hairo and an attempted assault on his niece Miss Curran. The crime is described as one of the county's most cold-blooded.
General Brooke leaves Havana on a steamer bound for Florida. The ship grants a major-general’s salute as it departs the harbor.
A London dispatch reports the American hospital ship Maine sailing from the West India docks for Cape Town at 2 30 Saturday afternoon under favorable auspices. The vessel flies the Red Cross flag from her foremast the queen's ensign from the main and stars and stripes from the mizzen.
Dr Talmage uses the Pillars of Smoke from Solomon to depict the church’s centuries of persecution. He cites martyrs and abuses by Catholics and Protestants, urging steadfast faith amid social mockery, workplace scorn, and worldly compromise.
A religious orator extols the church as a defending divine force while denouncing persecutors. He uses vivid imagery of smoke and heavenly symbols to praise the church, discuss martyrdom, and urge unity against violence, weaving theology with social critique. The speech contrasts sanctity with crime and champions the church as enduring.
The body of Lieutenant Thomas M. Brumby U S N was carried from Washington to Atlanta and laid to rest in Oakland cemetery. Honorary pallbearers a Fifth regiment unit and police escorted the casket through the state capitol rotunda under a naval guard. Floral tributes included a President marked wreath and a Georgia Friends committee offering.
The text recounts apocalyptic imagery of fire consuming cities from New York to Boston and a future where continents rise as pillars of smoke. It contrasts cosmic ruin with the offer of heavenly securement if Christ is savior, then shifts to a Georgia funeral with a grave ceremony, escort, and taps by buglers.
A delegation of Black residents urged Georgia Governor Candler in Atlanta on Wednesday to veto a bill requiring sleeping car firms to run separate cars for white and Black passengers. The governor gave a patient hearing and said he would study the bill before deciding.
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