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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1899
Page
2
Complete returns indicate 262 ships of various classes are in different construction stages nationwide, representing over 62 million dollars in investments. The note highlights English becoming an active linguistic exercise among the Ha-fauao, who prepare to enjoy and use their new liberties, with a smooth transition to bilingual comprehension anticipated.
A terse Santa Clara Cuba official note says eighty percent of the population perished during the revolution. The commentary highlights a vast tragedy within Cuba Libre’s grim tale. The piece also notes a shift in university scholarships favoring working class London youths over aristocratic lineage.
In light of the 1900 calendar, scholars announce it will not be a leap year despite divisible by four. The text mocks arithmetic precision, noting leap year will come in 1904 and ridicules the fragility of exact figures amid abstract calculations.
O. Gregg, superintendent, notes that improved farming by state lecturers and the State School of Agriculture at St Anthony Park has strengthened rural life. He argues this college fosters pride in occupation, healthier living, and better business for country youths, slowing urban migration as exports and farm prosperity rise.
The narrator recalls childhood farm life and the old bell cow that led the herd before reflecting on human foibles. He notes people who appear genuine versus those who gild themselves and lead the crowd, contrasting modest worth with counterfeit charisma.
A narrator hiking near a Shilka tributary in October 1407 encounters a colossal Mongolian tiger stalking a pool. After watching the beast dive for fish, he shoots from about fifty yards, wounding it as it thrashes in the water and sinks toward a rock, then fires a second time to finish it.
A hunter describes sinking a tiger in a river, wading ashore the dead beast, fearing a second tiger, and returning with Cossack companions to haul the carcass and skin it. The tiger measures over eight feet without the tail and about five and a half feet across.
A historical note discusses plant sleep, noting mimosa and many species close leaves and sink stems at rest, while some plants remain active at sunset. It cites various bloom times, such as the evening primrose and night blooming cereus, and describes the Victoria Regia pattern, alluding to long-standing questions about plant rest and the role of nervousness in plants.
The Philadelphia Record notes a young man has spent five years saving to build a cane collection of about two hundred pieces. Each cane carries a history or intrinsic value, including a bamboo cane from Japan carved by a native with a two thousand figure scene, a Siberian Alaska piece illustrating tribal history, ship timber canes, and a blackthorn said to have belonged to Tom Moore.
The British government weighs a plan to build a 25 000 horsepower power plant at Assuan Falls on the Nile, transmitting 100 miles to light the Pyramids interior corridors and pump irrigation for desert cotton districts. An American firm is favored for the contract.
A Washington special reports Admiral Dewey requests the battleship Oregon for political reasons and immediate dispatch. Officials discuss possible European intervention in the Philippines and the effect on insurgent loyalties. The Oregon is expected to reach Manila around March 10 after Honolulu arrival and refueling.
After a two hour session the Washington court of inquiry adjourned pending witnesses. Former Commissary General Eagan testified on army beef contracts for Porto Rico Cuba and the Philippines and vigorously denied any knowledge of chemical treatment to preserve beef or any government involvement. He defended the canned roast beef sent to troops.
A New York dispatch reports the second trial of Mrs Payne Strahan Moore, wife of a Sing Sing inmate serving nineteen years for extorting money from Martin Mahon, hotel proprietor. The case accuses her of complicity with her husband in the Mahon affair. Mrs Sarah Strahan of Atlanta attended with her daughter.
An adjutant general order orders a thorough reorganization and rehabilitation of the state militia. In Columbus a fall street fair is planned with free admission and varied attractions. a mass meeting formed a representative committee to organize it. The Cobb County Fair Association elected officers for the year and will exhibit at the Atlanta state fair. Professor James Hunnicutt takes editorial charge of The Southern Cultivator in Atlanta. State Treasurer Speer reports pension payments totaling 78,820 under an appropriation of 660,500.
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