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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1896
Page
2
A manifesto from bolting Silver Republicans endorses Henry M Teller as a presidential candidate on a pro Bimetallism platform. The text calls for free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1 with gold, condemns private banking, and urges reforms to restore monetary stability and national sovereignty.
Southern industrial conditions show a quiet season with overall dull markets in iron and steel yet busy furnaces. A Birmingham district sale of 500 tons of pig iron for shipment to Italy signals tentative expansion, while several new mills and factories are planned in Alabama North Carolina Georgia and Virginia.
The Louisiana Democratic state convention opened in Baton Rouge with Judge E. T. Baird as temporary chairman and a strong push for free silver. Delegates at large will back free coinage, urging 16 to 1, and to vote as a unit on all matters at the Chicago convention.
New York dispatch reports the Vanderbilt-Wilson wedding delayed indefinitely due to Mr. Vanderbilt's inflammatory rheumatism. He remains confined in his father’s home. All florist and caterer orders are cancelled and notes were sent to guests from Miss Wilson’s family.
The piece discusses Hartel's balliot sale as a charity event drawing praise and highlighting poverty in the city. It cites Tom Hood's Song of the Shirt and Charles Dickensian contrasts between rich and poor, urging private charity, humane treatment of debtors, and reform. It notes Governor Atkinson's mercy toward convicts and a negro boy acquitted on circumstantial evidence, urging continued charity at home and the humanity of public policy.
Senator Tillman will debut before a New York audience next Thursday at a Democratic gathering in Cooper Union. Eugene V. Debs will follow immediately after Tillman as the other prominent guest, delivering remarks to the crowd.
The weekly weather bulletin reports cooler nights in northern and central counties delaying cotton growth and a general weed issue, though most fields remain clean. Cotton blooms statewide, corn in excellent condition despite drought spots, wheat and oats harvests, and melons appearing in markets. pastures and gardens flourish with overall crop prospects viewed as favorable though oats are poor in some areas.
President Cleveland rejects free silver as a party platform risk. He urges careful convention deliberation to preserve sound money, warn against harming the Democratic cause, and stresses loyalty to the party while seeking the public good. He will not seek control but champions a united, principled Democratic stance.
Georgia Confederate veterans divide on whether Governor Atkinson should attend the Richmond reunion where Jefferson Davis monument cornerstone will be laid. Resolutions urged him to stay away, citing campaign utterances denied by the governor who defends his planned role at the exercises. Also reported, George H. Wyckoff, president of the New Amsterdam Bank, died in New York after being shot by Geo N Semple.
A caustic exchange ridicules a magazine scheme promising vast money. The caid touts special inducements to poets and amateurs while another voice warns it would bankrupt the project. The Chicago Post cites the bold claimed circulation gains as fantasy.
A German process uses electricity to color leather. Leather lies on a vine table forming the dyeing poles. Dye material is poured over it and connected to the negative pole. Current drives the color into the leather and patterns can be impressed by a pattern plate on the surface.
An advertising page touts Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a universal remedy for dullness of Romo and various maladies, claiming cures within an hour. It promotes Dobbins Moating and other soaps, offers free testimonials, and lists miscellaneous medical and patent medicine pitches.
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for menstrual irregularities and womb related symptoms with claims of relief from dizziness, depression, and backache. It notes the product’s broad support and mentions a competing root beer imitation.
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