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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1897
Page
2
The Vienna Progres reports that most ocean liner captains claim children seldom suffer seasickness and suggest remedies may not prove effective. It adds that a former Siberian convict escaped and was sent to prison in San Francisco for burglary, while another accomplice was hanged for murder and the rest described as habitual criminals.
A Garden Forest Japiness correspondent notes burdock, called gobo in Japan, as a valuable food with tender shoots boiled with beans and greens eaten as grown. The plant has been cultivated for centuries with an estimated value near 400000 dollars. Physicians sometimes use a small electric lamp, nicknamed the pea lamp, resembling a tiny pea and featuring a carbon film coating.
The Savannah News notes the rise of news media and preaching as powerful educational forces. It argues both fields should remain free from sensationalism to educate and elevate the public, warning that newspapers seek sensationalism for readers while preachers risk attracting crowds via shock value.
In seventy three years the American Sunday School Union founded 100000 schools yielding 6000 church sites. Your city started 1000 Sunday schools and 108 churches emerged from schools. Most work occurs in Minnesota, the Dakotas, Montana, Idaho, Texas, Kansas, Indian Territory, Oklahoma and mountain Virginia regions.
A USDA bulletin notes a new industry in France and Pennsylvania growing spiders to coat wine bottles with cobwebs for an aged appearance. In Loire near Philadelphia, species Hpeira vulgaris and Nephila plumipes are bred in quantity and sold to wine merchants at about $10 per 1000.
Australia claims the largest auto mobile carriage ever built for nod tual service. The seven ty-five horsepower vehicle travels from Coolgardia to the coach to transport merchandise to mines, pulling two trailers over 400 miles. Water is conserved by recondensing exhaust steam for reuse along the route.
A mysterious Parisian artisan produces charcoal filament used in incandescent lamps. Sold by the gram, filaments for twenty candle lamps fetch $8000 per six pounds and for thirty candle lamps $12,000 per two pounds. Filaments for ten candles are so light 1,600,000 of them weigh a pound, totaling about 187 miles long.
A poem-like piece reflects a child's belief in being part of God’s plan as she helps others and keeps faith that her small acts matter. A weary father echoes the resolve to do his best, reinforcing the theme of everyday righteousness.
Grace Rivers unveils a secret courtship as Cecil Warrington returns to claim Nannie Ripley. Nannie weighs love against duty and family expectations on the terrace, choosing to stay rather than pursue a promised heroic life elsewhere. The Ledger
Cornell’s forestry and herbaceous collection adds three inch high Arctic trees from Greenland with perfect specimens found near Godhaven on the Isle of Disko and Wilcox Head. The white birch Betula nana bears edible fruit and the crowberry Empetrum nigrum also fruits, cited as a vital food source in Arctic regions.
Harold Frederic notes English experts studied German arming of cavalry with lances and report a tentative step being taken by the Twenty-first Hussars. Tubular steel lances ten feet long are used and more units are expected to follow. Rhinish Guisarssiers previously hesitant now favor the weapon, with officers predicting improved charge confidence and execution compared to sabres.
Figures show a decline in migrants from Great Britain during the first quarter of 1987 compared with January to March 1986. The data indicates lower arrival numbers and highlights a shift in migration pattern from Britain to the unspecified destination.
The Ringling brothers announce a bold Florida project to breed wild animals for exhibition and sale. Fatima the hippopotamus will join a thousands acre Everglades site near the St Johns and Kissimmee rivers to house lions tigers elephants and more with keeper quarters and a stockade. Director William Winner says the plan aims for a profitable, largely free natural-life farm starting next autumn and possibly supplying private pet orders later.
In an interview, Louis Sookalexis, a prominent Native American right fielder for Cleveland, discusses his background, education, and path to the major leagues. He denies wild west stereotypes, notes widespread offers from other teams, and explains choosing baseball over football while maintaining ties to his people.
The Herald reports twenty New York City owners hold about 352 million of the city’s 2 billion assessed real estate value, suggesting one sixth to one third of rents. The list includes William Waldorf Astor, John Jacob Astor, Roosevelt estate, Langdon estate, and other prominent names amid a wider 2 million renter base.
A humorous anecdote recalled by President McKinley features Senator Mason telling a tale that made the President laugh as he joked about distributing pie. The joke centers on Pat McCarthy serving neighbors and allocating chicken portions. A separate Milan pig tale reports a pig containing two notes worth $250 found after the animal was killed.
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