Two Readers See Worlds Apart In Shared News
Two men read the same day’s news yet form two distinct sets of impressions and motives, living in worlds apart despite shared facts and events.
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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1898
Page
2
Oregon battleship proves name True to motto with long cruise
The battleship Oregon demonstrated there is something in a name after all by completing an 18,000 mile cruise at a phenomenal speed. The vessel proved true to the motto alis volat propriis she flies with her own wings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
Australian ballot system proposed for land transfers
The Australian ballot system now proposed for land transfers would abolish the current cumbersome title search process, a move opposed mainly by lawyers but welcomed by others. The note observes that newer nations have much to teach older ones in such reforms.
Compare Nations in Progress and Treatment of Dependent Peoples
The New York Mail and Express praises Britain and the United States for leading in art science and governance. It urges comparisons among Canada and Cuba, Poland and Australia, Philippines and India, Moors and American Indians to highlight differences in how dependent peoples are treated by major powers versus Russia France and Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
United States
New York Mail and Express
Canada
Cuba
Poland
Australia
Philippines
India
Russia
France
Spain
Armored drivers lead naval arms race report
A Scientific American tally shows world powers possess about fifty first class armored drivers, completed or under construction. England has eleven, France fourteen, Spain nine, and the United States two. The piece argues these fast, heavily armed ships outperform slower battleships and shape future warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
England
France
Spain
United States
Qwe
New Louiton float belt boats welcome safety aid
A Chambers’s Journal notice describes the Louiton float a new life belt that avoids bulkiness of cork vests. It resembles a conger eel with conical ends, made of sheet rubber and worn around neck chest and waist, inflates in one minute by mouth, weighs about one pound, and is flexible light and easy to wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers
Nations weigh U S war resolve and foreign sympathy
The piece argues powers except Great Britain watched the U S near war readiness with skepticism but UK quickly extended sympathy. It asserts American improvisation in navy and army proves worth, while condemning other nations as ungrateful, promising to gauge true motives after conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
United States
Trenton
N. J
England
Ships Come In At Last in Clara Williams Verse
A Boston Transcript poem by Clara W. Williams laments distant ships and shorelines. The speaker longs for ships to return, imagines wrecks and broken masts, and ends with hopeful lines that the ships may come in at last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara W. Williams
Boston Transcript
John Shad the Woodsman and Dinah Bebb’s Conversion
John Shad, a shy, religionless woodsman in Hattock, is drawn to Primitive Methodist preacher Dinah Bebb. Her striking sermon and prayer move woodlanders, including Shad, toward a spiritual turn. Shad later joins the Quakers but is kept outside by doctrinal fit, remaining devoted to nature and hunting while his entomology and bird studies gain recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shad
Dinah Bebb
Primitive Methodists
Hattock
How Dinah Bebb and Dinah Shad Shaped Quaker Memory
The passage recalls Dinah Bebb becoming Dinah Shad and John Shad’s quiet life after rejection by conservative elders, with lingering Quaker influence in Hattock. It notes the Society’s Discipline against demoralizing sports, the faded Quaker presence, and the enduring allure of the Book of Sufferings as a window into their past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinah Bebb
Dinah Shad
John Shad
Shad
Society
Hattock
John Shad Last Keeper of Quaker Meeting House
An elderly New England gardener and sole surviving Quaker, John Shad, preserves a vanished faith. He tended the old meeting house with reverence, living amid rock gardens and orchards. Swallows yearly return to nest above, a sign of continuity in his quiet, austere life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Shad
Nature
Last Quaker of Hattock Dies In Discreet Silence
The Boston Guardian recalls John Shad, lifelong solitary worshiper in a woodland burial ground. After decades of silent devotion his presence reformed a local countryside, and a violent intruder choosing escape over confrontation witnessed his steadfast faith. His will, found in his first day coat, directs burial outside the family plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dinah Shad
Litttle
John Shad
Wayfarer
Anyra
Hattock
Boston
England
Guardian
Mule Atask Tasty. Cowboys eat mule to avoid slaughtered beef
Idaho cowboys hunted horses and grew hungry, then killed and ate a young mule for meat instead of a steer. Albert Blocker recounted the tale at Ebbitt, noting the steak from the mule was praised by one observer. The remark links growing horse meat interest abroad to mule consumption at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
Albert ©. Blocker
Ebbitt
Washington Post
Philippines in Gold Gift To Canovas Widow
The widow of Canovas del Castillo received a gold relief map of the Philippines for admirers of the late statesman. The map features rubies for towns sapphires for names and diamonds for the dedication, framed with gold and jewels, topped by a gold bust, and enclosed in a carved wood box. Valued at $30,000, the Duchess of Canovas is poised to be the sole Spanish possessor of the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Canovas del Castillo
Canovas
Duchess of Canovas
New York Sur
Good Roads Notes Bowing the Seed and Trials
A textured look at the good roads movement, tracing seed sown a dozen years ago, varied reception, and the need for long term, patient effort. It cites nature’s sowing metaphor, outlines steps from object gaining interest to cost and apportionment, and notes trials in India and army camp roads.
Roads as arteries of prosperity urged by Kentucky speaker
G E Johnson of the Loninville Courier Journal argued before the Kentucky Commercial Convention that good roads are essential to prosperity. He compared roads to arteries in the body, warned of mud hindering commerce, and urged state aid and legislative agitation ahead of the next General Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Johnson
Loninville Courier-Journal
Appius Claudious Owens
Rome
Capia
Israel
Red Sea
Kentucky
General Assembly
Greatest Cycling Road in the World in India
The road runs twelve hundred miles from Lahore to Calcutta and is dubbed the Grand Trunk Road. It is a flat route with no section more than a mile where a rider would need to dismount. The description notes its unique vastness and compares it to English roads, ending with a remark around Battersea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Lahore
Calcutta
England
Battersee
Good Roads Petitions Rise Under Higbie Armstrong Law
State Engineer Adams of New York reports four more Higbie Armstrong Good Roads petitions from Rensselaer County bringing total to fifty covering about 856 miles. With only 50000 dollars in appropriation, work will be limited but a road segment in each petitioning county is expected to serve as an object lesson in road building across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams
New York
Rensselaer County
Higbie- Armstrong
Afty
Wider Tires Earn Tax Exemption for Rockport Teams
Rockport voters exempt wide tire using teams from taxation and consider partial aid for new wheels. About thirty teams haul three to five tons of lime rock on narrow tires over roads they must bear. The piece notes Good Roads funding in New York and road plans in Orange County while critiquing cobble paving in Philadelphia and road conditions around Bar Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockport
Portable Breast Works Shield Aids Attack On Rifle Pits
Two hundred portable protective shields with steel fronts are built in this city for use by U S forces in Guba. Each device uses two large wheels and a seven foot axle with a twenty foot ladder. The ladder, attached eighteen inches from one end, serves as a pushing mechanism while the shield blocks bullets. When near a pit the ladder drops and the shield swings down to shelter troops, enabling scale of works. Washington Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Guba
Washington Star
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tatea
Bebb
Quakers’ Meeting House
John Shiad
Good Roads Notes
W, Bulletin
America
Orange County
Board of Supervisors
Philadelphia
L. A. W. Bulletin
Bar Harbor
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