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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1896
Page
2
A reflective verse notes that sunny days follow clouds and happiness includes tears. It links growth to pruning borders and finding forget me nots, while skies and dreams contrast day with night and hope with sorrow amply.
A daughter torn by her father’s crime discovers her lover’s loyalty as her father reveals he is innocent of the fraud. The confession unites the family and blesses the couple with a hopeful, morally redemptive ending.
The article cites Harrison and Bowdoin on the Electoral College origin. It notes Maryland's early use of electors selecting state senators by districts, compares to the Holy Roman Empire and the Cardinal College, and explains U.S. electors are renewed every four years.
An old Broadway stage, once ornate with gaudy decorations and side pictures, now serves as a chicken coop in a New Jersey town. The stage sits on four posts with a roof tree and a nearby stream, retaining a doorway used by fowls. The duck and chicken pictures on the sides contrast with the coop’s rural use, while a rooster crowing marks its unchanged spirit.
Derbyshire miner Job Boden was buried by earth and water at forty five yards on January 13 1797. He was found alive January 20 emaciated but strong enough to return to work after fourteen weeks. He had several children with one born within a year of the accident. Boden weighed about 170 pounds at forty nine years old.
A collection of maxims and reflections on wisdom, virtue, money, concentration, habits, forgiveness, and justice attributed to Anon, Franklin, Emerson, Fielding, Goldsmith, Shakespeare, Sydney Smith, and others. The lines urge self improvement, prudence, and principled living.
A Philadelphia Times piece quotes a bone importer debunking ivory myths about false teeth. He notes walrus tusks and elephant tusks as sources, with dentists profiting from high marks. vegetable ivory is rising, potentially lowering prices to as little as $1.25 per set.
A Windsor Magazine account recalls a telegraphic feat at the Albert Hall where an evgenine device sent a message to Teheran in Persia and back. The signal path ran via Germany South Russia Caucasus Armenia to Teheran and returned, triggered by a press of the sender’s key by the Prince of Wales.
The article describes frog eggs forming underwater before becoming eggs proper. Eggs start enclosed in a thin membrane, quickly absorb water, and transform into jelly-like lumps linked into strings. Inside each lump the eggs mature, contributing to frog populations.
The Georgia Democratic executive committee met in Atlanta and ordered one primary on June 6 and one state convention on June 25 to select delegates for Chicago and nominate state officers. Macon won the convention site, signaling south Georgia support. A proposal to allow primary voters to indicate Senate preference was sent to county committees.
A comparison notes that a woman holding a baby is a more pleasing sight than a woman carrying a dog, reflecting a cultural preference expressed in a brief description.
Rome reports a major Italian defeat in Abyssinia with heavy losses, possibly 8 000 killed. General Albertone and General Debermids are named among the dead as Baratieri faces political pressure and censorship prevents full casualty details from emerge.
General Gordon of Georgia responds to General Walker of the G A R on the proposed July 4 joint parade in New York. He says the Richmond reunion dates should stay June 30 to July 2 unless a majority of United Confederate veterans camps favor change to accommodate Richmond hosts. He stresses restraint and goodwill toward Union soldiers.
The New Rugby Oil Company organized in Chattanooga with M. Gibson of Boston as president A H Sanborn of Newport Rhode Island as secretary Sol Moyses of Chattanooga as treasurer O E James W D P Morosa F X Bransdell and others as directors The firm controls 6000 acres in Fentress county centered in the Allardt area with capital stock at 500000 Leases were secured by Captain R A Bowie, an early field prospector, and development will begin soon.
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