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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1899
Page
2
The article recalls a historic incident where Norwegians hissed and snowballed the Swedish Crown Prince at Christians, warning that Norwegians Swedes and Danes united could curb Russian and German encroachments, while fearing Stockholm may someday become Russian and Copenhagen German.
The passage notes a rare joint use of force by the United States and Great Britain affecting a distant region. It marks a mutual policy with far reaching implications, signaling a historic display of allied action in a area where U.S. interests were previously limited.
The Mississippi Valley Apple Growers' Association is formed in Illinois to secure best methods for selecting planting cultivating and disposing of the crop. The association aims to advance orchard interests amid rising exports and recognizes orchard products as highly profitable for farmers.
A historic wireless telegraphy feat across the English Channel demonstrates Marconi’s system sending a newspaper dispatch from France to England without wires. The innovation marks a remarkable advance in applied electrical science with lofty transmitters for sending and receiving signals and hints at future long distance, mechanical apparatus free transmission.
In Franklin County Pennsylvania a judge's decision may overhaul how liquor licenses are enforced as the law lacks fixed closing hours. Licensing judges already impose conditions on location neighbors and applicant character. Bar closings vary by case with license revocation possible if disorder occurs.
The author contrasts sour and cheerful views of life noting that some people endure sorrow and yearn for yesterday while others find delight in each day. It suggests happiness comes from perspective and effort, not wealth, as even servants can feel content.
In this New York Journal narrative, Attacio a Luzon mestizo patriot seeks wealth from revolution, clashes with Aguinaldo over funds, is forced into exile in Hong Kong, and later disappears as Aguinaldo's forces rise. White mediation and naval events in Manila Bay influence his fate.
A shoe store owner in Indiana kept his wife as a saleswoman, paid her wages, then borrowed from her and later became bankrupt. The court ruled that a domestic wage agreement is not binding, but a wife may claim wages and borrowed funds as a creditor, removing an ancient restraint on married women's rights.
The bishop is elected master of Pembroke College and has served as Ramsden preacher at Cambridge and select preacher at Oxford. He has published a standard Greek syntax, is a keen botanist geologist antiquary and musician, and boasts he can carry episcopal robes and an evening suit in a smaller compass than any bishop.
The Canadian Government purchased 140 Eskimo dogs for shipment to the Klondike region to carry mail. Imported from Greenland and Labrador at $30 each, the canines were chosen for speed training and weight.
The Marion Law versus Western Railway of Alabama case in Columbus ended with a jury verdict for the plaintiff at 5 000 dollars after two hours deliberation. The trial concerned a 20 000 dollar claim and the verdict is said to stand.
Work began Tuesday on the Lanette cotton mill No 2 at Wear Point West Point Ga with President L Lanier turning the first shovel of dirt in the presence of local citizens and mill operatives. W F Gallivan of Flint Construction Co of Palma Mass arrived recently and aims to turn the building over to the community by September.
A Washington dispatch reports Colonel Barr and other JAG officers have been drafting an answer to a brief submitted to the attorney general in Captain Carter's case. The unsigned brief consists of many printed pages, and war department legal staff do not know who prepared it.
President approves findings of a military court that investigated Major General Milox and beef supply issues during the Spanish War. Censures General Miles for delay, Colonel Maus for not reporting a chemical treatment, and General Eagan for vast canned beef purchases. Packers cleared. court declines further proceedings.
A War Department order renames Tybee Island fortifications and the military reservation Port Scriven, honoring James Scriven a Georgia militia colonel and brigadier general killed at Midway Church on November 24, 1778.
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