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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1898
Page
7
An excerpt notes a trolley shock described by an ambulance surgeon and a victim's quip about a wife talking on the phone. It then shifts to sound money debates before promoting various medical cures and patent remedies, with ads for catarrh cures, nerve restorers, tonics, and coffee, reflecting late 19th or early 20th century newspaper miscellany.
Rev. George H. Hepworth resumes his New York Herald column sermons after Armenian mission trips, urging unwavering faith in Providence. He contrasts earthly pain with eternal hope, cites Bedin and Sedan battles, and envisions a future world healed by divine power as he calls readers to steadfast Christian action.
Rev Dr Lalmage Pelle preaches from Isaiah imagery about the Lord’s mighty arm rolled back to the shoulder. The text urges workers to remove hindrances and prepare for divine action, likening toil in Palestine and modern mills to the unfolding of a promised transformation.
Reports from Alaska tell of fearful experiences for prospectors climbing to the Klondike. Avalanches wipe out outposts at Lake Bennett and Chilkoot Pass routes are blocked by blizzards. Freight is stranded, many are frostbitten, and one Los Angeles party found sixty miles of river with no gain.
Popular Science items review a jointed drawing rule with sliding steel points and a built in spirit level, a UVA study on Roentgen ray absorption by substances, a Parisian method to extract fragrance by soaking flowers in water, and planetary distances. It also covers a subterranean hot water reservoir near Boise City, a Montevideo lecture on yellow fever serum, star visibility limits, fog light absorption by London fog, high butterfly prices and fraud in insect trading.
Leslie's Weekly describes Guanajuato Mexico hosting the largest catacomb in the new world. An excavated underground corridor in a treeless cemetery stores coffined and unnumbered remains, with arched rock ceilings ventilation, and walls displaying partly preserved cadavers.
The piece notes the seven hundredth anniversary of coal use as fuel per a Pittsburg Times historical view. It also reports South Dakota ranchers killing numerous coyotes whose wolf pelts are used to cover house exteriors to block wind and cold. Pelts dried in spring will be shipped to market per the St Paul Pioneer Press.
Journal of Hygiene warns that salt is overused across a wide range of foods. It notes the taste of salt masks subtler flavors and that only a small amount is needed if diets are well balanced. A farmer's wife quips about endless work and a minister, adding a humorous exchange on home days and resurrection.
Fragmentary OCR advert lists various products and brands including Savannah Georgia items. Mentions Smoke Sledge Clearetios and Chow Star Tobacco. Repeats phrases about soothing syrups and child care, with unclear product connections and stray misspellings.
Letters from Mrs. Joan Willitame of Englishtown New Jersey and Mrs. Josmn Peterson of Warren Pennsylvania praise Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for severe womb trouble back pain and dizziness. Both say after several treatments they are cured or greatly improved and urge others to use the remedies.
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