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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1899
Page
2
An antipendiary magistrate in a Yorkshire town once fined a cab driver for furlongs driving. After the trial the magistrate, detained at court, hurried to catch a train and rode with the driver who kept a gentle trot despite the fine. The exchange ends with a humorous taunt about speed and punishment.
Fragmentary OCR text reports men arrested near Norristown for alleged conferting by mousing the teech and stenting the con, mentions U S Vermont ship and antlers, with garbled phrases about medical issues and ship parts. Unable to determine clear facts or entities due to corrupted source.
OCR fragment mentions Christiane and Aflaheed dated 1 ib Teel Lt with unclear context and potential names. No full event details or actions are readable.
An old advertisement extols Hood s Sarsaparilla as Americas Greatest Spring Medicine. It claims blood purification, strength for the frail, and cures for various ailments including running sores and coughs. Testimonies from multiple people in towns like Lowell Annapolis and others praise its benefits after use.
The passage explains canned beef methods, noting two types of canned meat, one roasted and one boiled corned beef. It describes packing large fresh meat pieces, removing bones, cutting, disinfecting, sealing, and the use of retorts with heat and venting to remove gases. Swollen cans indicate improper packing leading to destruction.
A vintage advertisement extols Syrup of Vigo as a safe laxative, praising its standout formula from the California Fig Syrup Co. It warns against imitations and asserts the true remedy is the original product marketed by the California firm, claiming health benefits for constipation, headaches, and digestive discomfort.
The New York Press reports Pitcairn Island sees its first capital crime in 110 years as Harry A. Christian kills a young woman and her child. The mutineers’ descendants, led by John Adams, once lived a god fearing isolated life.
The article recounts the Pitcairn mutiny led by Fletcher Christian, the eventual capture and trial of a descendant murderer by a British Judicial Commissioner aboard the Royalist, and the islanders’ unique culture and governance. Pitcairn lies in the South Pacific with 141 inhabitants from five families. England oversees but rarely intervenes.
A Detroit Free Press piece contrasts ancient Egyptian female empowerment with modern limits on girls schooling. It notes royal and priestly roles for women of old Egypt, then laments widespread illiteracy and restricted education for modern Egyptian girls across classes, focusing on domestic sewing and obedience.
A striking photograph from Burrington Coombe England features the limestone Rock of Ages associated with Rev. Augustus Montague Toplady. The image shows a sheer cliff seventy to eighty feet high along the Blagdon road with a deep fissure and fern growth at its center.
London discovers a vast underground lake of pure water beneath a chalk basin about 2500 square miles, with 280 billion gallons annual recharge. An artesian well at Chapham already yields about a million gallons daily, promising inexpensive water supply for the city.
The Philippine group notes Ta Bataan’s chevretain or mouse deer a tiny pigmy creature that feigns death when trapped and bolts away when freed. The Philippines host civets wildcats porcupines lizards snakes and alligators. The ohacon alligator variety is valued for supposed earthquake immunity.
A twenty two pound pickerel caught near Delavan Wisconsin carried an aluminum tag from the Fisheries Exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. The tag states the fish is five years old and weighs fourteen pounds on one side.
Judge Monks and others concur that grand juries may indict Highway Commissioners who neglect duties. Judge Wright says public officers must be probed and punished for criminal neglect. Oswego County residents fund road improvements in other counties under Higbie-Armstrong law, with state and local shares explained.
A bulletin summarizes MacAdam on road metal: pressed broken stone coheres to bear loads, while earth mixed reduces friction and strength. Moisture expands clay volume, and toads rot in wet weather if clay is used. Thicker or thinner coverings behave differently under rolling, demanding clean metal free from clay for lasting smooth surfaces.
An Illinois city publisher pledges $1000 to fund road improvements to benefit farmers and the city. Payments of $100 each will be made to township highway commissioners upon completion of one mile of road per site within three years, built substantially under engineer supervision.
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