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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1898
Page
3
In a Brooklyn sermon, Dr. Talmage urges cheerful resilience amid life’s storms. He contrasts morbid despair with biblical joy, praises nature’s sunshine, and warns against a gloomy Christianity that ignores the hopeful side of faith. He likens Martha and Mary to modern homemakers, honoring housekeepers’ toil and the moral weight of their duties.
A narrative vignette describes a village home in Bethany with Martha busy in the kitchen and Mary reclining with a book. Christ arrives with companions. Mary trusts Martha to coordinate the dinner while she rests, emphasizing division of labor and domestic virtue in a poised, orderly setting.
The Frankfort Lottery and its Louisville offices closed after twenty two years of legal struggle. No drawings occurred at the Third and Green Streets principal office. Authorities planned to prosecute the lottery, ending a long battle against policy shops in Louisville. The firm had two drawings and averaged about 10,000 in profits daily.
McDonald County Missouri farmers issued a general invitation for hunters to kill quail as the birds have become so plentiful they are deemed pests.
Reported plans from General Miles suggest a sweeping change to the U S Army dress uniform. Cavalry would wear black fur bushed hussar style jackets with braided fronts, tight trousers, and Hessian boots, aiming to surpass European rivals. Artillery and infantry will adopt similar Revolutionary era influences with minor changes, and the old almet will be discarded.
The largest mule in the world, arriving Saturday in Chicago at the stockyards, will not be slaughtered but shipped to London as a star attraction. At nine teen hands 24 inches high and weighing 1880 pounds, the nine year old animal was found by F. P. Brown of the stockyards who sold it to an English animal tamer, after deeming its Missouri origin unsuitable.
A New York Sun observation notes that unlike most fish, blind fishes do not change color to blend with surroundings. They stay uniformly dark, remaining indistinguishable yet always darker than other fishes of their kind in the same waters.
An express driver in Chicago who was jailed overnight for driving his horse and delivery wagon in a funeral procession against mourners protests pleaded in the morning that the horse once belonged to an undertaker. He could not overcome the influence of old associations and was discharged without fine.
Sally, a young protegee of Professor Janes from Harvard, is described as a thought transfer authority. The piece portrays her as the intelligent partner of Joe, a highly accomplished educated chimpanzee and Bostonian, highlighting Sally as exceptionally human among her kind.
A portrait of a woman who expresses clear likes and dislikes. She enjoys tobacco but holds a soft spot for perfumes and jewelry, items tied to femininity. She values comfort, sleeping in a real bed with proper linens, and prefers to be tucked in. She dresses herself with poised, debutante-like care.
A New York Advertiser feature explains genuine Swiss cheese as made mostly in Alpine huts called chalets. It notes a distinctive herb flavor from Swiss pasture, mixed milks from goats sheep and cows, and a careful two year salting process producing Gruyere style cheese with pebbly cavities.
A playful interaction between bluebird catbird and others quoted from the New York Press. The catbird complains of a troublesome husband while a berry incident sparks sarcasm about thoughts. The dialogue imitates a comic exchange on a currant bush.
An 43 year old woman from Greensburg Indiana suffered four years with stomach trouble. Indigestion gases pressed on the heart causing irregular action and choking spells. Doctors failed to help, leaving her despondent and fearing death until digestion improvement could heal the heart.
A patient with heart failure and stomach trouble finds cure when digestion improves. After taking Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, appetite returns, choking spells lessen, weight increases, and blood becomes purer. The article promotes the medicine as a general cure for common diseases and nervous exhaustion.
Clarence Pullen recalls a secret Maine lake stocked with landlocked salmon. While hiking near Mount Washington, he waded a drying brook and wrestled a thirty two pound monster from a summit pool, claiming the fish leaped upstream through cascades to be trapped as the brook dried.
A fragment lists Christmas beliefs: avoid spinning during the twelve nights to prevent posthumous wandering, and refrain from after sunset on Saturday to keep away mice. New Year gains luck by eating herrings, while avoid rocking an empty cradle, spilling salt, crossing knives, or pointing at stars. Dirty cloths invite angels’ weeping. pointing to rainbows invites fear. speaking of cabbages near the moon may offend a cabbage thief from past days.
A speculative English writer predicts 1808 will bring discovery of the north pole and Mars contact, wars in Europe, a South American revolution, London riots, and the kidnapping of the young Spanish king, with the South American turn deemed reasonably certain by the exchange.
Fragmentary OCR lists various ailments and supposed cures, mentioning skin eruptions and stomach issues. It references a J. T Shaptring of Savannah Georgia and a Swede named Carl Jerson influencing Turkish policy. Vivid garbled workshop scene closes the fragment.
A fragmentary notice lists cure-all remedies including To Cure a Cold in One Day and Toeke Laxative Bromo Quining Tableta with claims of refunds from All Druggista. It notes Canadian purchase requirements and mentions sample coffee brands and a Teething syrup advertised by Mr. Winslow. The text reflects period advertising language and regulatory references.
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