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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1899
Page
2
The English official Receiver in Bankruptcy reports that over one hundred forty million dollars from British investors vanished into unworthy pockets in seven years. Losses to creditors reach nearly forty million and shareholders over one hundred million, a figure tied to bogus City of London promoters and gullible victims like widows and orphans.
The Philadelphia Press notes cities will be judged by both development and material wealth. It cites Glasgow and others spending on municipal art while London clears slums and builds model tenements. It urges focus on urban artistic planning and overall city advancement.
The passage contrasts ancient travel by land and sea with the modern era sparked by Stephenson’s self moving engine. It notes travel sped up, economies grew, and railway transport brought rapid, comfortable, luxurious options enabling wide development and new energy.
The rise of locomotive building in the United States attracts attention as a prominent English railroad company orders about thirty locomotives from American shops. Experts cite the engineers' strike and large foreign orders as factors, yet conclude the shift signals broader opportunity for U S under the old adage that an ill wind that blows near good.
Local newspaper promotes ultra low advertising rates aimed at business owners. Slogans invite readers to try the columns, noting learning curve and safe investment in promotional space.
A lyric tribute to the Marquis de Lafayette and the young French ally who joined American cause. The poem recalls his voyage from Georgetown to Brandywine and his role in liberty, praising Washington and the alliance that helped found the United States.
Journalist recounts meeting Jack Conyers an artist returning from Ireland about to wed Kathleen O Neil. The tale follows jewels stolen during a Dublin merchant’s collapse and the strange recovery via mesmerism and a desperate plan to restore sanity and wealth.
A hypnotic abduction plot unfolds as Conyers uses mental control to rob a jewel case from a desk while O Neill is forced into a trance. Mrs O Neill and Kathleen comfort the captured pair as the scene ends with a hinted future reunion.
A Washington Star note recalls a teacher correcting a girl on tight lacing and hygiene lessons. It follows with large figures from the Board of Trade Journal on world potato production and per capita consumption across nations, highlighting Ireland and Germany.
A St Louis Post Dispatch report cites Scottish statistics showing 1594 single men aged 30 to 35 die per 100000, while 865 married men die in the same group. The implication is that matrimony acts as a hygienic safeguard.
Special from Manila reports American troops and the gunboat Petrel bombarded Iloilo, burning the town and forcing rebel evacuation. Casualties on the American side are few, with several wounded among the Twentieth Kansas and Utah artillery. Rebels behind intrenchments and sharpshooters faced a complete cordon as orders and rumors spread from Caloocan to Malolos.
London dispatch reports the steamer Bulgaria, with 139 aboard, sinking at latitude 40 43 long 43. Weehawken later said the vessel had three holds full of water and its rudder and machinery disabled. Weehawken rescued twelve crew and eleven passengers.
Washington notes say the late Representative Henry Fitting Dingley was eulogized in the House on Saturday by colleagues closely linked to him. The day featured routine work in the morning and a special order of eulogies for the rest of the session.
Georgia officials announced that due to treasury conditions, January salaries for state teachers will be paid on March 1. Reports include a Lee county jail mob freeing three black suspects, New Georgia orders, and local military and civic news across Atlanta and Macon.
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