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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1895
Page
4
A long, dense monologue blending anecdotes on opportunity from public life and religion. It urges seizing the present hour for faith, mentions famous figures and boyhood lessons, and portrays how early choices shape destinies and eternal outcomes.
A Milwaukee trolley car plunged through an open draw at Kennickinnick bridge into the icy river. Eleven aboard, six accounted for, one woman and the motorman drowned, four passengers missing. The crash was caused by the motorman failing to stop within fifteen feet of the opening, then cutting brake as the car slid into the water.
A detailed portrait of John W. Norton a St Louis stage magnate born in New York City with ties to Thomas W Keene Frank Chanfrau Edwin Booth and Mary Anderson Norton later owned major theaters in St Louis and Pittsburgh He recounts his cure with Williams Pink Pills for rheumatism and a long life in vaudeville before expanding to theatre ownership
On farms pigeons provide self-sustaining stock. Breeding four or five times yearly, squabs fetch strong demand and old birds sell well. Various fancy breeds entertain. pigeons double as farm pets and food, costing little as they feed themselves. Exchange endorses keeping pigeons to engage boys on farms.
Practical guidance on feeding babies with pure cow milk, stressing cleanliness and boiling. Dr. A Jacob, cited as an authority, advises boiling milk for babies, using clean bottles 3 to 6 ounces, storing corked bottles in a cold place, heating in a water bath before use, and repeating heating to retard fermentation and improve digestibility. Includes humorous snippets from The Washington Star and Judge Ben Franklin Schoolkys in a fragmented newspaper mix.
A garbled newspaper collage cites claims for Hall's Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward, travel notice about Mardi Gras sleeping cars on the A and W P R R, warnings of bilious symptoms with Ripan's Tabules, free book on opium and whiskey addiction, Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, and various patent medicine lines including Clover Root and Dr. Teac Thompson's Eye-Water.
A Good Housekeeping piece extols the value of open windows and air flow to cure ills and purge damp, mustiness, and decay. It argues external air, though rough or dusty, carries healthful forces and is preferable to stagnant indoor air, while dusting restores order. It minimizes fear of draughts as mostly imaginary.
A woman steps from her carriage into a cigar store and asks for a box of cigars for her husband. She surveys Key West items and domestic goods with prices from $2.50 to $8, choosing a $2.50 wrap. She comments on shade to match a smoking jacket.
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