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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1895
Page
4
The Electrical Review reports plans for a broad consolidation of U S electrical manufacturing including Westinghouse and General Electric. The scheme is embryonic and may take shape at the General Electric board meeting scheduled for the first week in April.
An assortment of 19th century patent medicine lines tout Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Kilmer’s Kidney and Bladder Cure and Syrup of Figs with calls for pamphlets and free consultations. Mentions drinking cures in various regions and a Finland note about kissing a woman’s lips.
Georgia towns seek growth from Lexington blue granite quarries bought by Atlanta's Venables and from Dalton Crown cotton mills expansion. Mitchell County votes 127 in favor of liquor sale amid contested election. Bell System builds long distance line Griffin to Columbus via Warm Springs Greenville Hamilton Chipley. McRae militia forms "South of coin Ondets" with twenty men armed. Athens notes Napoleon willow lineage. Lumpkin County buys copper mine property. Wimberly's farm records set high production. Rumph denies peach crop scare. normal school in near opening with top educators. Savannah Plant system reshuffle names Haylow Haines. Will of Geo Dye upheld. large bequests. McDonough to build cotton factory with local leaders.
The Cotton Growers Protective Association in Atlanta urges Georgia farmers to unite for mutual protection. It calls for reducing expenses, promoting home production, establishing factories, bartering with merchants, increasing farm supplies, and using more home made fertilizers. No dues or salaries are charged. counties execute their own plans.
Captain James A. Crossman of the Alliance swears that the flag saluting the Spanish gunboat off Cape Maysi Cuba on March 8 1895 was the American ensign not the British. The affidavit was sworn before notary H I Bowman acknowledging the morning newspaper report of the incident.
A Mapima Mexico colony of about one thousand African Americans faces dissolution as families abandon the settlement and begin walking back to Georgia and Alabama. They accuse leaders of broken promises and lure to relocate.
Workers at the J Wright Tobacco Company in Richmond protested the ousting of their president after recent reorganization by Boston stockholders and Richmond interests. The plant suspended operations as the majority quit, though employees claim the move is a protest not a strike.
The New York Sun reports a finalized reorganization plan for the Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia. The plan forecloses under the tripartite or consolidated mortgage, with foreclosure outcomes to form a new company named the Central of Georgia Railway Company.
Cincinnati whisky dealers sign an agreement refusing to recognize the advance in spirits order. They will continue to quote at $1.25, showing dealers will not follow future orders of the receiver.
Market notes list varied groceries with prices and items including coffee sugar syrup cheese crackers oysters and canned goods. Also covered are eggs, live poultry, dressed poultry, potatoes onions cabbage flour grain meal hay and livestock terms, with cotton prices noted as steady.
The Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII reports finding the Reina Regente sunk near Bajo Aceitanos close to the Straits of Gibraltar. Only fragments of masts remain above water. 420 officers and men are believed lost. Divers return to recover bodies as details of the wreck are described.
A Chicago monument honoring over 6 000 Confederate soldiers buried at Oakwood Park will be unveiled May 30 with ceremonies led by General J C Underwood. The granite pedestal and bronze statue stand forty feet high, surrounded by four cannons funded by federal appropriation. Prominent generals from both sides are expected, including Wade Hampton and Schofield, as Grand Army posts join Confederate groups in the event aimed at healing sectional bitterness.
The electrical workers strike in New York ends with a total victory for the Electrical Contractors' Association and a crushing defeat for the unions. Mediation led by Bishop Potter and a committee of mason builders helped secure the settlement.
The National Gors to the Wall as a Result of the Panic of 93. The Bank of Kansas City failed to open Monday morning after a deteriorating statement issued March 5. Depositors withdrew steadily since the suspension, leaving assets at 1.8006 million and liabilities at 1.0505 million.
Davis and Zoeller, dry goods dealers in Wilmington North Carolina, resign their firm. About 26 200 of assets are in play with 5 000 earmarked to satisfy creditors.
The Georgia Cotton Growers Association was formed in Atlanta with broad delegate representation from counties across the state. J Lindsey Johnson was named secretary treasurer, with an executive committee including J Lindsey Johnson J P Brown L H O Martin J O Waddell R T Nesbitt and T R Whitley. The national plan ties state representation to cotton production and the convention will meet in New Orleans next April. An appeal to farmers urges concerted action to raise cotton prices and a wide press campaign for publication of the address.
Reports from Yokohama suggest peace talks between China and Japan will fail as military leaders push for continued campaigns. Fresh troops are being sent forward while in the Japanese House of Representatives a motion states that negotiations time has not arrived.
Seventy five Rutherford college students gathered at the Rutherfordton depot to greet a professor. Chauncey Depew boarded the train and, thinking the crowd cheered for him, stepped off to deliver a political speech. The train departed before he realized the joke.
A deadly Toledo Ohio fire on Sunday morning left three men dead two instantly and nine others injured. Among the injured is John O Leary a machinist believed fatally hurt.
A mob stormed the Walsenburg Colorado jail early Wednesday and killed two more Italians accused in the A J Hixon murder. The total killed in the incident rises to six.
The Walter A. Wood Harvester Company of St. Paul Minnesota is placed in the hands of a receiver on application by Ewarts Manufacturing Company of Illinois. Coxswerante Money was lost last year trying to introduce California grapes into the English market.
A collector lists about 8,000 postal card varieties, spanning nations and denominations. Originating in Austria in 1869, postal cards spread across Europe by 1870, with Germany issuing field post cards for soldiers and civilians. France produced balloon post cards during the siege of Paris, revealing war era usage and scarce used examples.
A Kentucky minded marble cutter refuses to inscribe certain phrases on a tombstone saying there is no better land than Kentucky. A Detroit Free Press anecdote reflects state pride. A Chicago Inter-Ocean snippet humorously notes a child’s neighborly charm and quick move in.
Mrs. Y. Curley of Clarence Iowa recounts lifelong stomach illness ending after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. She credits the remedy with restoring appetite sleep and strength after doctors offered little hope. The testimonial cites earlier ulceration fears and a transition to health within months. The ad notes price lists per box and multi box discount.
Seaboard Air Line announces deeply reduced fares to eastern cities effective March 5 1895 with prices to key points including Atlanta to Richmond 9 40 Peters burg 9 15 Portsmouth Norfolk 9 Washington 9 0 Baltimore 10 Philadelphia 11 30 New York 14 Boston 19 75 plus agent contact details and reminders to take advantage of the slow rate.
A South Side man explains his way to get even with anyone who mentions Trilby. He quizzes callers on the author Du Maurier and jokes about the novel’s identity and reception, noting its big sales and English origin in a Chicago Record quote.
A playful exchange in a 19th century style column references Herr Schweinfleish the famous anarchist and his imagined work How the Authorities Made Me Take My First Bath as a satire of journalism and publishing. The scene features a magazine editor and publisher debating sensational material.
One ton of ordinary coal yields 4 500 pounds of coke 20 gallons of ammonia water and 120 pounds of coal tar. Coal tar yields pitch creo sote heavy oils naphilis yellow naphthaline naphthal phenol aurine tonidine anthracite solvent naphtha and toluene with small quantities. From the tar a new substance gaceharine is produced and is 530 times sweeter than cane sugar, a tiny amount sufficing to flavor water.
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