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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1899
Page
6
The Vienna Progress notes admiral Dewey’s fame is secure as a new rose is named for him. The Pittsburg Times mocks Germany’s fate if challenged, while the Philadelphia Public Ledger praises American soldiers in the Philippines for courage and skill overseas.
About seventy percent of the estimated total mercantile marine shipbuilding of 1898 occurred in Great Britain. There were 761 new vessels of this class, only seventeen sails, and including forty-one war ships, the United Kingdom produced 2,?02 vessels totaling 1,650,126 tons. British shipowners fear rising competition from Germany and the anticipated challenge from the United States.
The article notes about 130 million Muslims under British rule and estimates India’s Muslim population at 80 million. It cites rising numbers from natural growth and Hindu conversion, warning Brahmins fear diminishing influence as militant Islam grows, per the New York Sun.
The New York Observer notes courage as an inherent trait part mental part physical, not much altered by cultivation. It says true courage born in combat endures, appearing at times as absolute indifference to danger, with a small number of men in every army who not only ignore risk but enjoy it and gain intellectual stimulation from it.
A New Zealand cave may surpass Mammoth Cave in size though the claim is doubtful. The tale contrasts such curiosity with a real hero, Flagman Martin O Malley, who sacrificed his life saving a girl at a Chicago railroad crossing without fanfare or reward, embodying true heroism.
A rustic lyric describes a boy loafing through a sunlit day, gazing skyward and dreaming of flight. The scene contrasts the joy of idleness with the value of labor, noting the annual holiday as a brief spell of rest before work resumes.
In a village garden a philosopher doctor Vaughan pretends to diagnose Mrs Dorrack's heart ailment and flirts with her daughter Miss Darrack. The stormy encounter leads to a budding romance as Vaughan returns for a planned cure and social visits, reshaping life at The Cedars.
A dramatic scene unfolds as Vaughan confronts Helen Dorrack about her heart condition and his own conflicted feelings. Mrs. Dorrack departs as Vaughan probes Helen about her tumultuous heartbeat while hinting at a deeper, transformative cure. The moment closes with a shared, suggestive invitation.
Historic medical note describes two cure cases of lockjaw from wounds using induced sweating. A twenty two year old burned by threshing gear recovered after days of intense perspiration via lime heat. a day laborer with a hobnail toe wound also improved similarly. The article follows with brief mentions of early wireless telegraphy trials in 1895 and spices trade between Zanzibar and Pemba.
The Georgia supreme court ruled that a railroad clerk's salary is subject to garnishment. The decision reversed Judge Lumpkin's court and follows a broader debate on earnings for clerical workers in the state.
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A continuity of market items shows prices for coffee sugar rice canned goods and produce. Entries include Green cafes choice 110 falr Ty 84yo sugar standards New Orleans prices for sugar and syrup, dairy items like cream and cheese, crackers oysters flour grains and meal with varied patent and first grade prices, cotton market steady at middling 59-16.
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