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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1895
Page
4
A collage of moral advice and patent medicine pitches. It includes a father urging a daughter to kiss her mother to brighten her face, a doctor’s advice on baths and light gowns, and multiple ads for Stomach Bitters McKiree’s Wine of Cardui Tyner’s Dyspepsia Remedy Hall's Catarrh Cure and No-To-Bac with claims of cures and health benefits.
A Philadelphia Times poem by Bennet Bellman imagines two hearts meeting under blooming thorn and clover in summer. It muses on love reborn, the bright songs of birds, and the hopeful yet fragile blossoming of affection amid spring and renascent joy.
A vivid portrait of Janet Townsend from seventeen to twenty seven in Bohemia and New England. The piece traces her dream of art over family duty, a moving stage career, and a lingering romance with a famed stage star. Janet’s evolution from farm girl to celebrated illustrator unfolds through memory and quiet longing.
Janet and Robert discuss Bohemia as a mindset and place, blending memory with present scenery. They plan to send Rachel away, cancel engagements, and reflect on family duty, art, and freedom under chestnut, pear trees, and the open sky. The scene emphasizes poetry, home, and a shared ideal.
In New York City arrests for a post office robbery reveal the infamous Joe Killoran alias Howard.
Mr and Mrs Whitelaw Reid recently returned to New York after seven months in Egypt and the Holy Land. A desert sand storm forced them to lie on the ground with heads covered for hours to avoid suffocation. The seven hour ordeal left their faces cut and eyes red, with sand in clothes, books, and even trunks.
The passage highlights figures like John Wanamaker and Gladstone as avid readers who built wealth through reading and practical knowledge. It notes Wanamaker's self-education, Wanamaker’s business focus, and Peabody, George, Peabody, and Cecil Rhodes cited for their insatiable reading, shaping opinions and influence despite varied paths.
A South Dakota party prospected central Georgia land around Macon and may invest heavily. Twelve thousand teachers will visit Atlanta in late October from Maine California Chicago and other states. Governor Atkinson grants a 30‑day respite for John Ford awaiting clemency review. Atlanta hopes to lure Southern Railway HQ from Washington. The Chatham Artillery reorganizes with new officers. The Southern Pine Company of Georgia forms in Savannah with $1.25 million capital. The Fifth Regiment camps on St Simons Island in Camp Mercer honor. Georgia tax returns show declines. several counties report decreased values. Exposition features emphasize southern life and resources over national scope. The fair aims to highlight colonial relics and southern heritage in Atlanta.
The Louisville Courier Journal urges advancing the plan along the outlined path, stressing continued progress and expansion.
Reports describe rapid improvement from appendicitis for Governor Atkinson. After four weeks in sanitarium, he has regained strength, appetite, and color, with physicians optimistic about an imminent return to public duties. If weather cooperates, he could leave his room within a week.
A letter from the board of railroad commissioners asks Southern Railway officials to explain why Atlanta and Florida and Georgia Southern and Florida should not be treated under rule one. The rule unites lines under one company for rate setting, potentially replacing local rates with a through rate, saving shippers.
The Georgia Editors annual meeting at Gainesville saw W S Coleman reelected president with H W J Ham as first vice president and R N Bardwell as second vice president. Officers include Shackelford recording secretary Herrington corresponding secretary and Anderson treasurer. The gathering featured speeches, a banquet, toasts, and plans to hold the next session in Elberton.
The article notes tea can cause mild intoxication in small amounts and that tannin may enhance exhilaration, comparing it with betel nut and mate. It also describes an electric camera device, attachable to circuits, that can reproduce images of speakers remotely, showing movements and facial expressions across distances.
The guide prescribes turning shirts inside out to avoid dust during drying and starch setting. Flannel should be washed in tepid suds, gently squeezed, rinsed in warm water, then dried, with soap fully removed for clarity. Stockings should not soak, but be washed immediately. colored textiles need warm water with boiled wheat bran for best results.
The Beck and Fitchburg Worsted Company mills at Fitchburg Massachusetts announce that on July 29 the wage schedule will be readjusted and advances made as business allows. The change affects 600 or more operatives who had suffered a prior reduction during the downturn.
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