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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1899
Page
2
A Vienna GA article recalls the legendary act of a heroic surgery that left Admiral Dewey with half a liver and notes a local universal banquet and reception committee formed by enthusiastic fellow citizens intent on celebrating and possibly honoring him further.
The Columbus School Board will again try to establish national training in schools. A single building will be devoted to manual training with students from various schools attending at assigned periods. This approach reduces equipment costs and better uses instructor time.
City acts to restore trees after extensive losses. Officials emphasize trees protect sidewalks from heat, absorb pollutants and vapors, and help keep air clean. In crowded tenement districts trees would lower heat and may reduce death rates during midsummer heat.
A writer in the New York Independent states that current speeds range from sixty to ninety miles per hour and foresees air travel at 125 to 150 miles per hour, with electricity and storm highways enabling vastly faster transport in the near future. The piece reflects expert engineering conviction, not prophecy.
Admiral George Dewey, a naval commander and political adviser, returns to public life in a modest, action oriented manner. He is expected to give speeches, though history shows few attempts at ornate rhetoric. His career is portrayed as bold and unblemished by scandal.
The New York Times discusses professor pensions, arguing educators deserve secure retirements and dignified status after long careers. It contrasts American practices with German, French, and Italian systems, noting many rely on charity and emeritus titles rather than proper support.
The United States praises the triumph of Senor Aspirea as Mexican Ambassador in Washington over a social boycott backed by Austria and Belgium. Aspirea, once Judge Advocate-General of the Mexican Army, helped condemn Maximilian, ending Napoleon's monarchy plans in the Americas. The State Department’s backing is seen as strengthening US–Mexican relations.
A poetic scene unfolds as a bell ringer waits in a city belfry while leaders debate and a nation awaits its birth. The crowd greets a hopeful signal with ragged shouts and a sudden bell rejoice then sweep across the land in a rising chorus. The old man’s vigil ends as the bell finally rings, signaling liberty and unity.
In a bold stand on Long Island in July 1776 the Maryland Battalion under Colonel Smallwood, led by Mordecai Gist, repelled British advances near Cortelyou House. Sterling’s troops, with stubborn courage, halted Cornwallis’s assault, covering a perilous retreat and earning enduring praise as an epic act of patriotism.
A fragment from a 18th century battle recounts the First Maryland regiment’s last stand at Fort Washington on November 15. The remnants with Rawlings’s command held Hessians and Waldeckers at bay until 800 Prussian troops forced them back. Bancroft notes the combat left officers dead or disabled and rifles fouled from close action. The piece also cites a reflection on the ideal woman as perceived by a man and a quote from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch via Sienkewicz.
Poem excerpt by Emma Dowd reflects a progression from small sparks to large fires and financial impact. The verses describe ten stages from a spark to a major blaze with imagery of timber, flames, and a ten million dollar figure.
The historic Sutherland estate of General John B Gordon in Kirkwood near Atlanta was consumed by fire on Wednesday night. Neighbors and local women aided in rescue efforts, saving much clothing and furniture, with only the library and some relics lost. Insurance totaled 10500 dollars across residence and contents.
Surgeon General Wyman received a cable from Dr Park of the quarantine office reporting fourteen yellow fever cases at Santiago port and four deaths. The marine hospital service had earlier received reports of the scourge with five cases noted five days earlier.
An Austin dispatch reports the old town of Carrizo in Zapata county between Laredo and Rio Grande City has been swept away by the Rio Grande flood. The river is higher than in forty years and continues to rise rapidly.
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