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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1897
Page
6
The item notes that famine prevention in India is more important now than during past famines. It recalls that in 1878 about 3.6 million natives died of starvation and that between 1860 and 1878 the population loss reached around 72 million souls.
A Boston church appoints a woman poxton to lead stranger welcome efforts. The long trusted figure, described in the New Orleans Pica Vitno, vows to make the role plain, attractive, and steady, stepping into a new outreach with firm resolve.
The piece argues that European armies rely on American horses for cavalry needs. It notes the Atlantic crossing is not a serious risk and urges breeders to study the qualifications of horses suitable for military use, warning that quality determines success in this field.
The text describes Minnesota and adjacent areas as vast and sparsely populated with about 68,460,000 acres in Minnesota of which 6,000,000 are cultivated. It notes Minnesota could hold 7,600,000 people if density matched Ohio, mentions many lakes and extensive river systems including the Mississippi, Red River of the North, and Rainy River Basin, feeding a wide network across the region.
The New York Times praises Gomes and Maceo for Napoleonic strategy in the Cuban revolt now seen as a war. It notes bold battle choices by Spanish commanders provoke criticism as cowardly but credits the two leaders with high level military acumen and practical sense valuable to a future self governed nation.
The cited sale to Charles Payne of 200000 acres in New Mexico aims to keep the land as a game preserve for descendants. Private preserves across New York total nearly 900000 acres, shaping the Adirondack forest zone. State funding for Adirondack acquisitions remains inadequate as private holdings grow.
Poem excerpt warns of time passing as youth fades and old age nears. It reflects on vanity, missed opportunities, and the relentlessness of time while urging awareness of aging before friends depart. The voice laments unheeded lessons as three months pass and fortunes fade.
Mr Elkington debates collateral influences and strict law as he confronts James Orsig, a trusted clerk who embezzled two thousand dollars. After a tense scene, he pursues legal action despite pleas from Orsig and the appeal to spare the innocent mother, until the other man’s fate hinges on a firm commitment to justice. The tale shifts to Baltimore where the offender awaits exposure and faces moral reckoning.
In a tense scene Elkington offers Craig money and guidance after a failed plan. The pair discuss travel toward New Orleans as the young man seeks a fresh start, and Elkington extends trust with a fifty dollar loan. Craig counters with twenty dollars, promising repayment if he survives, and receives a banknote to aid his way.
Ten years after his disappearance, a Southern merchant named Andrew Floyd visits the North and reveals his true forged identity to Mr. Elkington, confessing he rebuilt his honor as Floyd and urging cautious justice to avoid harming others, with a New York News tone on moral reflection.
A North Side grocery owner seeks price and meaning of wolf peaches. Dealers mishear tomatoes and confirm the term wolf peaches as California tomato variety popular in rural New England. Fancy California stock quoted at 1.50 to 2.00 per four-basket case, common tomatoes at 1 to 1.25 per case.
The Hamburg American Line has acquired two steel tugs about thirty feet long with ten horsepower petroleum motors capable of hauling 400000 pounds at over nine miles per hour. They will be stationed in the West Indies and moved between ports to haul lighters, making the line independent of local lighterage. The motors start quickly and need no boilers or coal.
Old recipe notes advise lime in cellars to absorb moisture and odors as well as dirt over roots to guard against freezing. It also includes a United States Department of Agriculture hog cholera remedy: mix charcoal sulfur salt soda hyposulfite sodium sulfate and antimony sulfide, dose one pill per 200 pounds weight daily.
Advice from The Silver Knight on reducing waste and indigestion in horse feeding. Grinding or crushing oats improves digestion and reduces losses. A French source suggests soaking oats for a few hours lowers ration by about a third by swelling the grain and aiding mastication.
The article stresses winter egg value for hatching, noting losses from poor hatch rates. It favors hens over incubators in cold weather, explains the need to shelter broody hens, and emphasizes keeping chicks warm to maximize returns from egg costs. It urges preparing a warm sunlit brood area and aims to raise every chick to lower overall expense.
Mr O M Powell emphasizes careful breeding and sanitation as keys to profitable hog farming. He urges clean, well-ventilated pig housing, regular feeding of sound unfermented feed, and constant disinfection. He advocates lime and carbolic disinfectant, and shares a cholera preventive mix of lime sulfur copper dissolved in water with shelled corn feed.
P H Hartwell New Jersey argues good roads costly but worth considering. He notes fifty miles of roads require about 1800 dollars yearly, with stone roads costing 8000 dollars per mile and tax increases. Drainage and practical, cheaper improvements could yield lasting roads without heavy taxation.
The note argues for intensive farming as a modern, profitable industry and urges farmers to engage in clubs and institutes. It stresses oiling harnesses, practical farming, and the link between agriculture and chemistry. It calls for fairs to educate families without conflicting with schools and churches, highlighting agricultural colleges reinforcing farmer education.
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