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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1899
Page
6
The Vienna Progressive notes the strong global market for American bicycles driven by Yankee ingenuity and design. It highlights education's evolving role from kindergarten to college, praising early child development as shaping good citizenship and resisting negative surroundings.
The Midland Railway of England buys twenty locomotives from American firms. The Dry Goods Economist says this shows Britain turning to American innovations and hints English engineers strikes delay domestic production. The piece notes unions harming the country and workers, urging a lesson for American labor.
A discussion recalls nineteenth century changes from gas and electric lights to railroads and telegraphs. It notes a renaissance of poisoning as a murder method enabled by modern travel and rapid communication, citing Mrs. Botkin’s California murder convictions and the ease of delivering poison in confections across continents.
The Fairfax Virginia safe holds Washingtons detailed personal estate listing assets and losses. Expenditures show frequent deficits at year end and cash owed or missing. Letters reveal hardship, debt pressures, and alleged crimes. the Aurora accused him of murder during Braddock campaign.
An Oak Park druggist reports the Chicago Inter Ocean found Martha Washington's oven among family heirlooms. The kettle like iron pot has a history dating to 1778 when given by Martha Washington to Mary Denning, later passing to Elizabeth Renshaw and E W Wright, with tales of hiding $300 during the 1812 war and later storage before its rediscovery.
Alexandria and Mount Vernon figures highlight Washingtons tall frame large hands and shrewd character. The article notes his voting at Alexandria Braddock meeting and his last troop reviews near an Alexandria hotel. It recounts his duel scare with Lieutenant Payne and their reconciliation over wine. Washingtons appetite and frugal table are described along with wealth from lands and slavery.
A reflective verse imagining how George Washington might fare in modern American politics if he sought public office. The piece considers his honesty and the challenges of contemporary political life through a fictional gaze.
A teacher and scholar exchange questions about George Washington. The scholar notes Washington's famous last words let me die in peace and adds he married a widow, prompting further discussion in a concise classroom vignette.
Obscene letter case in Augusta ends with Mrs. Gleason found not guilty. Senate keeps Brunswick work in river and harbor bill amid Georgia support. Georgia Medical Association to meet in Macon April 19 marking a semi centennial session with notable physician attendees. Boundary dispute over land in Tennessee and Georgia heads toward suit after Tennessee delay. A cooperative town near Jackson, six hundred acres on Oemungee river, aims to boost Georgia industry with a seven foot water fall for spinning. Plans for Cumberland Island teachers’ convention and forthcoming state fair preparations draw state leaders’ attention. Georgia Northern railroad charter fight moves to injunction denial and potential new court action. Cartersville prospects rise with a $5000 donation offer for a 50,000 spindle cotton mill and a seed oil mill option. State fair planning expands as counties pledge exhibits and Governor Northern seeks prompt county coordination. Exposition park buildings and fencing will be repaired as needed.
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