This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1894
Page
4
A collection of old weather proverbs links signs like a cat washing its head and birds in flight to rain or fair weather. The text shifts to advertisements for Ho stetter’s Stomach Bitters, Hall’s Catarrh Cure, and business prospects with B F Johnson & Co, urging readers to act and send for testimonials.
The American Cotton Oil company declares a 3 percent semiannual dividend on preferred stock payable June 1 in New York. Union strikes and labor unrest spread from Vienna to Vienna’s May Day parade as police hold back rioters. A Baltimore proprietor George Abell dies suddenly. A bi metallic conference opens in London with notable financiers. A New York dyeing plant explosion kills two and burns five others. Coal miners in Ohio form a Coxey army unit under General Whittington planning to march on Washington. Louisville Nashville Railroad reports April earnings down from last year. Colonel A L Newman of Mars Massachusetts commits suicide amid Maverick bank troubles. Paris deputies attack government over clergy and capitalist influence. Centralia Ohio miners threaten walkout as fruit train fuel fears rise. Minneapolis depot strike disrupts eastbound traffic. Don Pedrito tours Calaveras healing the afflicted amid widespread excitement. French arsenals burn at Mourillon causing millions in damage. May Day crowds in Vienna disperse amid rain and police restraint.
A 6000 to 7000 strong mob gathered in Cleveland's public square on Wednesday marching to destroy multiple factories. Windows shattered at Variety Iron works and Upson Nut and Bolt works, workers driven out, and men ejected from Church Furniture. Police charged, mounted officers deployed, and numerous arrests followed amid high tension. IN MEMORY OF CHILDS.
Dr Edward Bedloe formerly consul at Amoy China presents Mrs George W Childs with a letter from Col John A Cockerill president of the International League of Press Clubs. The letter conveys admiration for Mr Childs and transmits engrossed resolutions of regret over his death.
Happenings abroad and at home show organized commonwealtry marches toward Washington while Cleveland braces with troops. Strikes loom in Ireland and coke regions. Notable trials unfold in Cedar Rapids London New York and Minneapolis as labor talks steer toward Cleveland May 15 and a double Tennessee convention dates set.
The World's Fair in Luck directors announced a 10 percent dividend on 10 000 000 worth exposition stock. About 30 000 stockholders will receive checks by mail. Shareholders updating addresses are asked to notify the company office. To date 130 000 shares have been donated to the Field Columbian Museum fund, yielding 130 000 from the dividend.
Governor Tillman reports over 100 new military organizations seeking admission to the state militia. Most will join the reserve due to a 100 company limit. About twenty companies, including three in Columbia, will be deprived of arms for riots, to be allocated to new units. Disbanded companies may keep funding and equipment if they move locally as allowed.
The Great Northern railroad strike affecting 5,000 employees over 3,700 miles ends after two weeks. A joint committee of sending business organizations adjudicated the employee and road claims rather than arbitration, restoring freight and passenger traffic.
Reports from Atlanta and multiple states cover licensing for liquor in Georgetown Aiken and Winnsboro Tennessee politics and court rulings in North Carolina Mississippi bond sales Alabama milling and iron shipments Nevada? No. Factory incidents in North Carolina and Virginia wage disputes in Roanoke and Norfolk and Western while Alabama Grand Army encampment and booth hosted in Birmingham. Fatal boiler explosion at Williamston mill injures workers. Coal Creek Jellico miners loom large with threatened strike plans amid tension over union action.
Carl Brown and Christopher Columbus Jones stood trial on charges of violating federal statutes and interfering with an arrest. Coxey faced unlawful entry and display of a banner at the Capitol grounds and damage to shrubs. Bail set at 500 dollars. both men and Browne granted jury trials and released after bond.
An entire family of seven was poisoned near Richardsonville Edgefield County South Carolina. They fell ill after breakfast with severe vomiting. Animals that ate the vomit died instantly. Doctors say there is no hope for the victims.
Dun and Co. reports continued trade depression amid large scale strikes across coal, coke, mills, and railroads. Money remains tight in New York and beyond with lower prices, shrinking payments, and fewer new loans. Failures edge down slightly nationwide, none of major consequence in the list.
The Tradesman notes a robust Southward industrial week with lumber firms hopeful for rate relief and price coordination. Forty-six new ventures emerge, led by Harris Automatic Car Coupler in Spartanburg and major rail, mill, and canning operations across Texas, Georgia, Virginia, and the Carolinas.
Six hundred Whitwell miners walk out as Cumberland range mines consider joining. Possible warrant to replace strikers with convicts sparks riot fears. U S grand jury indicts Nat Poyntz and Ollie Poyntz of Orlando bank for embezzlement and false returns. Kenwood felt mill in Albany burns, 175 workers affected with $250000 loss. Coal Creek miners refuse work. most Coal Creek district mines idle except Rockwood area.
A collage of curious notes touches on pulversized crickets eaten by Oregon Indians, New Orleans first rice elevator, Longfellow quip on ambition, banana skin paper, the world’s largest map under construction, a moving Oregon mountain into the Salmon River, a water meteor near London in 1616, Jain long fasts, the Empress of Austria’s burial codicil, a Washington writer who kept shorthand, Oklahoma’s fruit growth, and a Boston Transcript exchange about publishing private affairs.
The article explains a glass curtain knitting process using timed needles and a chain bar mechanism. blanks on bars prevent movement. It also notes two Iceland volcanoes for sale in the Danish Gazette, priced at $400 each. A joke about asking for a goat free pass and a quip on indifferent checks closes the piece.
Public acknowledgment commends Roads ventures for coordinating a special train from Montgomery to Dallas via New Orleans and Marshall with cay coaches and wash facilities. The service, offered by the Atlanta and New Orleans Short Line among others, avoids sleeping cars yet ensures comfort for delegates, praised for reliability against floods and high water marks.
Royal Baking Powder Co. at 106 Wall Street New York listed RC Ne in its trade notice. The fragment references the company address and a short notation likely indicating a registered or official contact.
The survey for a transcontinental railway from the United States through Mexico and Central America to Buenos Ayres shows feasibility with elevations of 7000 to 12000 feet. The 4300 mile line would cost about 200 million dollars, funded by interested countries, linking Canada to Patagonia. The piece notes a superstition about thirteen and tells a tale of an automatic steam engine fooled by a lazy boy.
Augusta Means Wilson argues that political rights threaten domestic harmony and feminine delicacy. The piece asserts women's rights should be expressed within the home, avoiding public polling, to preserve social order and reverence for women.
Letters from local well regarded citizens extol Mrs John Foster of 33 Chapin Street Canandaigua New York for eczema relief after trying many doctors and Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. A Jackson North Carolina merchant Mr J A Buxton also endorses the remedy after skin disease and weight loss left him near consumption.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.