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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1894
Page
1
The Dakota River is estimated at 600 miles and widely believed to be the world’s longest unnavigable stream. The piece surveys other trivia from 19th century science and industry, including venomous horsemanship concerns, hypnotism tales, and Siberian population notes.
An English botanist notes that palm family plants have the largest leaves. The Inaja pela along the Amazon bears leaves up to fifty feet long and ten to twelve feet wide. Ceylon palm leaves reach twenty feet long and sixteen feet wide, used by natives for tents. Coconut palm leaves run about thirty feet. The umbrella magnolia or Ceylon bears leaves large enough to shelter fifteen to twenty people, with a specimen nearly thirty six feet wide in England. In temperate zones Victoria regia tops the scale with leaves about seven feet across, supporting about 29½ pounds as observed by the Royal Botanical Society of Edinburgh.
A long narrative traces a dream of a fallen mother and her ascent to heavenly peace, juxtaposed with a courtroom confession about Dorothea and Hillary. The article recounts Dorothea’s unraveling, the minister's note, a birch-bark theft, and Hillary’s conflicted motives as public opinion shifts amid witchcraft and murder accusations.
The court weighs Dr Lennox and Hillary testimony as Dorothea’s case unfolds. Dorothea’s husband Egbert reveals ancient family papers in an old chest showing Dorothea’s royal lineage, and Dorothea faces a trial for the murder of her child with Egbert and the governor presiding.
In a Boston court Dorothea Ingram faces a verdict amid questions of sanity and guilt for murdering her child. A King George III messenger arrives with papers demanding Dorothea’s return to England to settle the Glancy lineage, linking the case to the Lords of Glancy and a new New England Glancy line.
In England Dorothea is cleared by the judges while Egbert and a royal envoy sail home with vigilance lifted. The Sagnauck village prospers, Hillary and Ingram vanish, and a noble English family with Lord Oswald welcomes Dorothea as Lady Dorothea. An elder woodcraftsman named Mark Hillary remains trusted.
Mary Lease sick with typhoid in Kansas City. Hamilton County seeks to block 150000 bridge bonds. Alabama mining district described as quiet. Columbia South Carolina bans saloons. authorities enforce prohibition. A crippled man in Pensacola is fined and jailed for pension fraud. Good Templars push stronger prohibition enforcement. El Salvador unrest reports arrive from cable. Jacksonville backs Cotton States exposition in Atlanta. A Kansas City line train was fired upon near Horse Creek during a miners riot, a suspected robbery attempt.
Ostrich farming on St Josephs Island draws attention from prominent locals. Prof Attwater backs feasibility citing California climate parallels and potential profits. A California backed company may form to establish a farm with R H Wood offering land and support.
The Georgia Press Association met in Atlanta electing H. H. Cabaniss as president and naming officers and an executive slate. It endorsed the Cotton States and International Exposition to be held in Atlanta in 1895 and urged Congress to provide federal support and a government building.
Des Moines dispatch reports Commander Kelly sailed for Washington after moon Wednesday. His flotilla includes 150 flat boats with about 1 350 men aboard and ten boats loaded with provisions. The Columbian stamps may not be great art but are hard to lick.
The tariff amendments move toward a senate vote while a new compromise bill expands and alters many duties. The president names H. H. D. Piecre for St. Petersburg, and a D C recorder of deeds nominee is discussed in executive session. Coxey’s camp faces eviction over health concerns with potential nuisance charges as officials seek to enforce health regulations.
A Memphis Commercial poll of Southern Methodist Conference delegates finds about two thirds oppose reunification with the northern Methodist Church. The result reflects strong regional resistance within the conference to the proposed merger.
Washington special reports three Coxey Good Roads leaders General Jacob Coxey Marshal Carl Browne and Christopher Columbus Jones convicted on the first indictment count for displaying the Coxey banner on capitol grounds. Jones was acquitted on the grass-treading count. Trial centered on instructions and objections, with a new-trial motion allowed and bail discussions and bonds posted for all three defendants.
The weekly industrial review notes reduced iron output in the Birmingham district as cal miners strike, with fuel shortages halting furnaces. Coal supplies shrink and sympathy strikes spread. Despite labor troubles, new plants and mills arise across the South including Texas Louisiana Georgia and North Carolina along with several waterworks and brickworks.
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