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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1901
Page
3
Narragansett Isles include Conanicut Island near Newport with Jamestown as its principal village. The chapel of Cranefiguration, a practical church, features oak pews and a brass organ. Rev. Charles E B Preston of St Matthew's Jamestown originated and supervised its construction.
The Mission of the Transfiguration, organized in 1893 at Conanicut Park near Jamestown Rhode Island, prepared a moveable iron chapel for summer worship among sparse western island residents. The Pilgrim chapel, eighteen by twenty seven feet with a removable belfry, was built to pass under wires and held its first service April 28 with consecration June 3 by Bishop McVickar. The wider note recounts a separate case where James Grant’s child was held as collateral for a debt, a habeas corpus action occurring in Spokane as the guardian prepared for departure to Sweden.
A movable chapel on wheels possibly seen at Conanicut Park in summer, with the rest of the year noting debt paid. Grant consulted authorities and habeas corpus proceedings followed.
The New York Sun notes diamonds are worth about thirty percent less than twenty years ago despite war driven price rises. Changing cutting styles and a larger output cut diamond values, making heirlooms hard to cash. Dealers warn buyers not to expect old prices and caution about stolen-stone risk in private sales.
Minneapolis Times reports Dr Soren Christensen from Missoula witnessed a medical attempt to revive a man dead two weeks in Noestved Denmark. Direct chest massage restarted the heart after hours. breathing resumed briefly, color returned, but full recovery failed as respiration ceased again.
A collection of maxims contrasts virtues and vices with sharp judgments on gender, self respect, and social conduct. It questions fame, opportunity, and restraint, noting dangers of pride, indulgence, and gossip while praising prudence and virtuous living in home and public life.
Miss Wharton spoke to the New Century Club in Philadelphia praising eighteenth century girls while contrasting them with twentieth century standards. She cited Miss Anne Payne, Mrs. Madison's sister, famed as the belle of Washington City for a season with five dresses including white muslin and white silk.
An Indianapolis Press quip notes a man signals sincerity by loud delivery. The Cornfed Philosopher asks if speaking loudly reveals earnest intention, observing the paradox between voice and heart. The remark reflects humorous commentary on rhetoric and authenticity.
Kansas Experiment Station reports large scale inoculation of soil with Maine soy bean cultures to enable nitrogen fixation by leguminous roots. Trials show successful cultivation and the method allows widespread soybean growth on Kansas soil. Soybeans offer forage and enrich soil by extracting nitrogen from the air for reuse.
J. B. Morrison in Practical Harrow describes an eight foot harrow with fifty eight five inch teeth and a nine foot sweep. Three horses pull it, covering up to thirteen acres daily with teeth two inches apart preventing clods over half an inch. Built from two by fours with bolt braces, it equals three times the pulverizing of a double A harrow and outperforms old row toothed designs.
A Philadelphia Record summary explaining how crops need different nourishment, the roles of carbon from air, soil mineral uptake, and the benefits of crop rotation with clover, legumes, and root crops to improve soil for grains and grasses. It notes peas, beans, clover, and alfalfa fix nitrogen with bacterial help and stresses avoiding consecutive heavy grain crops.
Over the last year the Gold Coast saw nearly thirty thousand dollars more in monkey skin exports. It is estimated that at least one million monkeys were killed in that district alone, highlighting a sharp increase in wildlife loss and trade.
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