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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1896
Page
2
In the snow the country rests as winds sweep across hills and trees. Snowflakes fall over bare oaks elms and birch while a village fire glows faintly in the sky. The poem speaks of rest for dreamers and forgiveness as night folds the land, with Angelina W. Wray credited in Harper’s Bazar.
Bob Griffin faces a ruined ideal as Gracie confesses plans to run away with a suitor. in Allingbury he confronts the crisis, protects Gracie, and persuades her to re consider marriage, while Maitland Lowe departs for a license, leaving Gracie torn between romance and a safer plan.
In a tale from Illustrated Bits, Gracie rejects a marriage with Maitland-Lowe and declares she will marry the other suitor instead. Mr Maitland-Lowe later learns the lady disappeared with the gentleman whose card was shown, as they plan to wed in London.
The Chicago Record notes celery from around Chicago and northward toward Kalamazoo is small and inferior in appearance but flavorful, with California celery fetching two to three times the price of domestic. Oranges face Florida crop failures, with fruits from Messina Valencia Palermo and other varieties filling demand as cheap Ocean freight lowers domestic costs. Bananas remain around 1.50 while sensitivity to temperature affects shipments, risking spoilage and price swings.
A strip of Tecumseh skin and his powder horn once owned by Indian Bill Morris were donated to the Huff Post Grand Army of the Republic in Lawrenceburg Indiana. Morris, who died at 104 in Switzerland County, gathered the relics after Tecumseh's death at the Thames battle on October 5, 1813.
The Ledger reports on primitive ore waste contrasted with a new chemical method that recovers 75 to 85 percent of copper. Water from mines passes through tanks with precipitating solutions, copper settles, is removed, and prepared for shipment, marking a major efficiency breakthrough discovered by accident.
Professor W E Britton of the Connecticut experiment station advises a few young men per township to obtain spraying outfits and start spraying neighbors crops to prevent blights rats and insects. J H Hale supports cooperative spraying with a sliding scale payment tied to fruit quality.
A historical survey of Valentine’s Day traditions from pagan rites to medieval saint veneration, plus modern literary and regional customs. It notes Bishop Valentine martyred in 270, relics, and papal honors, then traces evolving customs in Britain and England, from name drawing to valentine gifts, poems, and humorous eighteenth century editions.
A New York Press excerpt recounts the carp craze of twenty years ago, its failures and misadventures. A farmer who built a half acre pond found carp multiplied rapidly, feeding on crops and driving farmers to desperate measures. One neighbor bragged of killing seven barrels. the reply: phosphating them as disposal.
The halberd emerged as the Swiss chief weapon at Morgarten and Laupen, contrasting with Teutonic and Latin nations who favored cuts or thrusts. German officers note vertical swordplay in 1870 and medieval foes used varied weaponry, from English battle axes to Flemish go dendags, while Swiss halberds combined thrusting points, pulling hooks, and a heavy blade capable of cleaving armor and riders.
A Florida Citizen quotation credits Dr G R Searles with praising apples as a medicinal food. It states that eating apples before bed aids sleep, aids digestion, supports liver and kidney function, prevents throat diseases, and serves as an antidote for thirst and cravings linked to alcohol and opium habits.
Five month old baby saved by burglars who chloroformed Mr and Mrs Dunn and Annie Whalen at a Woodbridge New Jersey house. Fearing fumes might kill the child they wrapped the sleeping infant in a blanket and placed it beside an open window.
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