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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1897
Page
6
A clipped era summary notes western cities enforcing curfews, shifting populations in Greece Turkey and Europe. It claims 9.5 million in Turkey in Europe and 9 million for other regions while noting French wrath over Napoleon era losses and Crimea trophies sent back to Russia.
Over the last four years initiation shows that spirits consumption fell by more than a third and wine by nearly half. The Atlanta Constitution credits the decline to an economy driven by hard times.
The source notes Stanley's estimate that ivory consumption reached about 1,000,000 pounds per year in Europe and the United States, with later figures showing Europe at 750,000 pounds, radio at 180,000, and the United States at 76,000, totaling 1,000,000 annually. It cites an 1889 to 1898 average of 1,600,000 pounds, with America taking 200,000.
Florida faces a large remaining group of Seminole War survivors eligible for a yearly $96 pension since 1899 but many cannot prove eligibility due to missing muster rolls. Legislators resist a $1700 appropriation to obtain copies from the War Department.
An objection in the British House of Commons challenged a proposed railway right of way arguing it would harm the Earn valley and its lake. TheHouse was influenced by James Bryce to recommit the bill to the committee for further examination.
The report notes high illiteracy in Ilavio'States of Russia Sergin and Roumania and the Latin regions of Italy Spain and Belgium while Teutonic states show minimal illiteracy. Switzerland reports 2.5 percent and the German empire about 1 percent with Sweden Denmark Bavaria Baden and Württemberg near zero.
The Bavarian Solnhofen lithographic quarries may be exhausted and aluminum proposed as a substitute, per Neueste Erfindungen und Erfahrungen. However the National Drugeist notes Tonunesses lithographic quarries can supply vast quantities of engraving quality stone equal to Solnhofen.
When the charter for Greater New York takes effect three municipal officers will earn more than any other public servant except the U S president. The Mayor will receive 15000 annually, 5000 more than the governor. The Comptroller earns 10000, surpassing a cabinet officer and equaling top federal pay, with the corporation counsel also set at 15000.
J YoMori, vice president of Naippon Railway Co of Japan, visiting the United States, notes narrow gauge Europsen style roads but open to improvements. He cites Tanga with 8000 miles of railway and a prospering nation while Japan builds war vessels as finances allow. He warns Japan cannot match the pace of the United States, China, and Russia in trade and urges vigilance to sustain recent advances.
A poem by Margaret Vandegrift narrates a family scene about work and choices. It contrasts turning and grinding as paths for youths and reflects parental hopes, practicality, and the appeal of honest labor. The speaker questions whether youths will learn to grind or turn, weighing dreams against duty.
Dr Charles Pateu returns to Blissfield after five years away to a medical career marked by frigid indifference to women. His resolve softens when a young Miss Dayton arrives as his betrothed, bringing a new match of youth and romance that tests his professional reserve.
Eloise meets Dr Charles and Tom at Blissfield where a romance unfolds. The physician claims Eloise as a sister then seeks a deeper bond as a kiss sparks tension. Eloise learns her father has died and Tom faces a return to college amid family upheaval.
Eloise leaves her home to seek learning eastward and writes a lonely note requesting a visit to the Dayton family. Dr. Charles discovers her plea and the tale of Tom Dayton’s neglect unfolds as Eloise returns, revealing pride, love, and a second chance at happiness.
The peanut gains worldwide importance as a versatile supply source. Norfolk Virginia hosts a five ton daily capacity oil plant with projected daily receipts of 418.90 dollars from refined and crude oil flour meal and stock feed. Estimated yearly profit from a five hundred ton factory reaches 10 725 dollars.
A Budapest underground tunnel lacks ventilation with over two miles served by a single vent. Trains compress air like a dynamite gun and passengers have nearly suffocated when cars lift from tracks. Officials plan to add air shafts numbering about ten per mile and install large exhaust fans to end the danger.
Dr Willey, after two years in the South Seas, reports success in finding eggs of the pearly nautilus, the lone living ammonite. He trapped specimens in Melanesian baskets for food, built a submarine cage at Lifu, fed them daily, and by December some eggs had spawned. Government grants supported the work via the Royal Society.
General Maltzeff of the Czarist army leaves twenty nine mines to heirs with fifteen of high importance. The mines employ over 60,000 workers, a scale unmatched in Russia save for Elim Demidof. Officials announce bubonic plague in Jeddah Arabia.
A fragment describes muzzling women in Cologne’s penitentiary and a death in a muffled cell alleged as suffocation. It notes charges of manslaughter against authorities who were acquitted. The piece then shifts to fashion commentary on Dresden gowns and matching accessories with vivid period imagery.
The firm runs parlors showing designs and sample gowns. Customers pick designs and materials from samples, with a guarantee of perfect fit and finish. Each gown is made to one design, ensuring uniqueness. They have built a flourishing New York business and have received high salary offers from major houses specializing in stylish ready-made gowns and waists.
In Cleveland Ohio Justice Hart presided as Miss Martha Elder aged about seventeen wed elderly suitor Charles T Wilkes. A trio of young women in bicycle outfits and a gray bearded man witnessed the ceremony as the bicycle bride took the vows in the justice’s office.
A Brooklyn seventeen year old girl at Adelphia Academy sets a running high jump record of 6 feet 1 inch in history for women, surpassing prior marks and highlighting a lineage of athletic prowess in her family.
Prominent women in the literary world are described as blondes, notably Marie Corelli and Frances Hodgson Burnett, with portraits of their appearances and careers, interwoven with anecdotes about their personalities and a group of authors including Mary Wilkins and Louise Chandler Moulton.
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