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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1897
Page
7
The London Lancet warns that tiny writing errors can cause dangerous septicaemia due to ink contaminants. Nigrosin and red blue inks yielded bacteria. a three month open bottle ink produced fatal results in mice. Ink in schools should be kept covered when not in use.
An advertisement touts Dr Henry Henley of Atlanta offering cure-all medicines for female weakness uterine troubles and related illnesses with promises of permanent results without surgery. It cites disease cures, nerve restoration claims, and a free trial bottle plus instruction on ordering at 45 00 per month. Also promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething with a 25 cent bottle.
A Scotsman article recounts foxes deceiving handlers by escaping after capture and biting their captors, a cat carrying a weasel home then dropping it, and a dog retrieving a corn crake that later revives and escapes. It discusses feigning death in animals like squirrels and elephants, paroxysms of fear causing death, and a train-surfaceman tracing cataleptic fear effects.
Reports challenge the tale of camel speed and endurance. A writer claims camels rarely exceed seven and a half miles per hour and cannot sustain even that pace for more than two hours, contradicting popular legends of great stamina in desert travel.
Reverend Dr. Talmage argues that Eve’s curiosity led to the Fall, warning against unhealthful inquisitiveness. He contrasts healthful curiosity in science and art with dangerous probing of divine mysteries, and stresses women’s powerful influence at home shaping nations. He closes with a tribute to home life and a Tennessee farmer’s 106 years.
An interview recounts Amoe Taquaya of Columbus Centre New York detailing a dramatic recovery from severe kidney trouble and diabetes after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. The patient cites long illness, failed medical care, and gradual improvement over six months before full cure, crediting the pills and recommending them to others.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a mob attack on Pris Cone latanting’s house in Achaia with no one to repel the assailants. The text includes garbled phrases about poems, virtue, and various unrelated terms, lacking clear dates or names. The readable content emphasizes disruption and confusion rather than a coherent report.
Report phrase contains a quotation about Matilda during an event at spaiaty. Matilda used a magnifying plasney to observe four mice thrown through a window. The lines attribute the incident to bad boys and describe the moure ool like a wharf rat.
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