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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1901
Page
2
The text urges steadfast service and active help in all tasks. It highlights helping the needy, comforting the afflicted, and aiding the fallen, with Lincoln’s era examples and a call to toil in life’s vineyard. It emphasizes diligence over fortune, and doing good wherever one stands.
Marjorie Raymond faces a sudden demand to fill the leading lady role in the Magpie Amateur Dramatic Club’s A Golden Heart. Robert More urges her to take Sybil’s part, promising rehearsals and a chance to prove she can convey love on stage.
A Berlin Royal Wilhelms Gymnasium pupil aged nine was expelled after saying he regretted that the hatchet attack on Kaiser Wilhelm at Breslau failed. The headmaster, praised by the throne, expelled the child despite his good character, provoking controversy among teachers and observers.
Ancient Nantucket landmark dating to the mid 18th century stands as a stone mill with a doorstep groove. Four mill frills along Yarrows tines mills show earlier builds from 1728, with a daring 1836 experiment blowing up one mill to test fire resistance. Revolutionary War signals used the towers for warnings.
The text notes American ships of the presence and position of nearby British cruisers unseen by Americans. It mentions the vanes indicating direction of British vessels and that many full freighted ships avoided capture. It also recounts a mill likely built for C Twain, later tended by Timothy Twain, using oak from Dear Horse Valley. In 1828 J Gardiner bought the mill for firewood but repaired the sturdy frame. During the Revolution a British shot pierced the mill, narrowly missing the millers.
Joseph A. Beronlo of Memphis Tenn describes a tool to rapidly remove barrel hoops. A foot fulcrum and curved hook detach hoops by lever action, enabling ends to be removed or inserted. Reversible fulcrum and look for hogs heads or large barrels claim rapid operation without damage.
A French description presents the Hygienis windowpane by Dr Legrand as a perfect ventilator. The perforated pane has two channels one outside and one inside. Fresh air enters from the bottom while warm air exits at the top. It fits like a normal pane without reducing light.
A New York Herald tale warns of flattery as a sly fox charms a lamb in a green wood. The fox pretends admiration then hints at dinner, ending with the lamb unable to escape and a punchline about beware flatterers.
A tale from The Christian Register describes Jocko the monkey imitating Betsy’s laundry. He steals soap uses coal as cleaner, locks Betsy out with a bolted door, and ruins lace collars and handkerchiefs before being kept out on Monday mornings.
The London Globe notes that women outlive men with higher lifespan figures. Germany shows 418 male centenarians per 1000 reach fifty, while 500 female per 1000 make fifty. United States records 2583 female to 1898 male centenarians. France has seven women to three men among 10 centenarians. In Europe overall, 16 of 21 centenarians are women.
The sea cucumber is a jellylike ocean creature that can evaporate water from its body to shrink and squeeze into narrow cracks, effectively evading predators. This remarkable defense highlights its flexible anatomy and survival strategy.
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