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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1894
Page
4
A 19th century tip instructs mixing twenty pounds of air with ten pounds of sal ammonia dissolved in seven gallons of water. Bottled solution is kept in each room and, in a fire, thrown forcefully into the blaze to extinguish it. The method is described as simple and worth trying.
A senate irrigation committee urges locating reserver sites and canal lines for arid land surveys and calls Congress to fund the project. Advertisements promote Kilmer's Swamp Root kidney remedies, teething aids, and Shiloh's Cure with testimonials and guarantees.
The Pall Mall Budget notes curiosities from the Bank of England include archaic denominations such as £1 £15 and £25 and the oldest surviving note dated 1699. A £1 000 000 note was written by hand for a government transaction, with vaults storing tens of millions in notes. Notes weighing ninety one tons occupy 13 400 boxes, originally valued at £1 750 626 600. Notes are legal tender between the public only when the bank can redeem in gold, and not in Ireland or Scotland.
This fragment discusses proper word choice and contrasts expressions such as feel well versus feel good and among three versus between three. It references advice on phrasing, then shifts to notes on hay crop value, Princess Tom of Sitka, and a marketing blurb for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters claiming nerve and digestive benefits.
Knowledge endorses Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system and relieves colds headaches fevers and constipation. It markets widely through druggists in 50c and 1 bottles and is manufactured exclusively by the California Fig Syrup Co with its name on every package.
The grand lodge of Odd Fellows of North Carolina met at Goldsboro with about 7000 members in the jurisdiction. Other items: NC agriculture’s world fair standing is sixth. Memphis merchants endorse the Atlanta Cotton States Exposition. Louisiana constitutional revision report submitted to the legislature. NC naval reserves to demonstrate war vessel handling in July. Railroad construction planned in East Tennessee. Jacksonville bond suit and local civic debates continued. Jacksonville sanitary funds and yellow fever relief noted. boxing contortion in Florida under legal challenge. Tallahassee to hear state demurrer on June 12.
The South Carolina Supreme Court rules no power exists to issue liquor licenses. Florence city action on an injunction is granted while the 1892 dispensary act is deemed unconstitutional aside from license bans. The petitioner faces possible indictment under existing prohibitions and city ordinances. Governor Tillman says lack of funds prevents enforcing prohibition.
A Caracas dispatch to the Herald says a severe quake struck Venezuela on April 23. Merida La Guayilla Chignara and San Juan are reported destroyed with many villages wrecked. Officials fear about ten thousand lives lost.
Citizens gather as President Cleveland attends the dedication of the Mary Washington Monument in Fredericksburg. Governors, Cabinet members, and thousands witness ceremonies on a sunlit day with prayers, speeches, Masonic rites, a banquet, a poem, and an evening ball.
Cable reports say 8000 miners are on strike in Olmuz with extra troops sent to curb disorder. In Maryland ex State Treasurer Stevenson Archer is pardoned after a five year sentence for robbing the state treasury of 133000 dollars. Altoona railroad shops to a four day nine hour week affecting 7000 workers. Rotterdam steamship Edam fire damages cargo but ship sustains only minor injury. Kanawha strike forces C and O to cut twenty telegraph offices and suspend many crews. Drexel Morgan buys bonds aiding Richmond Terminal reorganization. J A Mahoney v Birmingham Tron case yields default judgment of 536846 dollars. Dartreut robberies rise in Chicago. Belgium allows smoking in origins for good behavior.
R G Dun notes enduring resilience of U S business despite widespread labor unrest strikes in coal and coke sectors and other industries. Prices for iron and steel rise with continued demand, while gold exports from treasury and tariff uncertainties apply pressure on money markets and customs receipts. Failures show 233 in U S this week vs 216 last year with Liabilities down overall though regional disparities persist.
The House pursued government printing office site purchase in committee of the whole and later resumed naval appropriations discussions. News included the death of Representative Brattan and adjournment. The Senate opened with executive session on the Chinese treaty, examined Gear's credentials, and debated the tariff bill with Allen and Sherman trading points. Aldrich spoke on amendments.
The National Farmers Alliance and Industries Union executive committee met in Washington to debate forming a national farmers exchange aimed at cooperation for 5 to 8 million farmers. Discussions covered fixing cereal prices, Chilean nitrate trade reciprocity, railroad freight rates, and summer encampments. Also noted is the Dakota River, about 600 miles long, believed the longest unnavigable stream.
A historical note recalls the blue glass craze for home windows to prolong life and happiness, later seen as a market excess. It claims tinted light aids certain diseases, with green soothing sore eyes and red tint in windows helping various ailments, while warm, subdued light offers comfort.
Royal Baking Powder Co., 106 Wall Street, New York. Advertising notice for a brand product with company address.
A sixth century fan once owned by Queen Theodelinda, believed to aid marriages, is kept at Monza Castle near Milan. The gilded two leaf fan bears a Latin prayer and a gold gem inlay. Milanese girls visit yearly to touch it for a speedy, happy marriage.
Auction in New York sold 300000 lace curtains and 5000 pieces. The best westward Atlantic record is five days 1% hours 45 minutes by the Lucania. The Canpania piston speed nears 1000 feet per minute with a five foot stroke. Germany marks the 60th anniversary of matches invention. Pennsylvania Railroad equips a tower with electricity and 1 switch. New Hampshire savings deposits rise from 41,686,182 in 1884 to 77,024,282 in 1893. Erie Railway orders 1000 freight cars at 660 each. Natal hosts Africa’s only woolen mill, producing 1800 yards monthly. Dyewoods reached England in 1650. England used 10000000 worth of dyes last year. A Reading Car Factory builds a 25 wire audible whistle. Syracuse Salt Works evaporates over 12000000 square feet. Cushions hold 36880 ten thousand dollar bills, 14805 five thousand bills, 47324 thousand-dollar bills in circulation. A New York pie factory operates 2am to 2pm six days, yielding 20000 pies daily. US operative families, 1795, spend 14.01 annually on eyes. Central Park NY contains over 10000 building lots valued about 200000000. New York City property value rose from 27000000 in 1871 to 55000000 in 1903.
The Covington Kentucky Post recounts Judge John M. Rice of Louisa Lawrence County who after six years of sciatic rheumatism and near death credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with reviving his health. He describes long treatments at Hot Springs Wakefield Silurian Springs and eventual recovery aided by the pills. The Louisa druggist notes growing popularity and the pills’ claimed blood and nerve benefits.
The article discusses asteroids as fragments of exploded planets or comets in the solar system. It notes they orbit between Jupiter and Mars, are photographed via powerful telescopes, and that by 1893 there were 372 known asteroids with more discoveries expected. It ponders inhabited toy planets and whimsical traveler images.
A patient from Oakfuskes Alabama describes severe leucorrhea bearing down pain backache and weakness. After taking Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets regularly for seven months she reports full recovery and renewed health.
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