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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1901
Page
7
A garbled excerpt recalls Charles B. Hanford debating hiring actors and assistants during a Texas tour. It includes quarrels over staffing and a Broadway style exchange about flattery and money, followed by a cautionary tale about a wife shifting morning hours and the saying The early worm will turn.
Major Pond recounts Ralph Waldo Emerson speaking at Ol South Church Boston to raise funds to save the building. Emerson loses his place risibly then resumes amid a moved audience as his granddaughter prompts him and tears flow after he waves listeners out.
The interviewer quotes Alderman Swelhed who resists a radical change in the grammar school curriculum. He says he does not wish to force plans on the public and needs more time to study before endorsing any alteration.
A Boston Globe report narrates a Texas man walking toward the courthouse with a revolver. He vows to shoot lawyer Johnson who he blames for a lost case, but agrees to wait 40 minutes while Johnson argues a case, offering a drink and a "gentlemanly" death.
A collage of humorous quips from newspapers notes a man who speaks 14 tongues yet struggles with his wife language. It quotes puns about debt and Chinese, plus a barbed Chicago News comment on advice and castor oil, reflecting period wit.
A scrambled excerpt mixes a Barthe-Gould style Dartmoor description with humorous anecdotes and quips about travelers and a landlord. The text includes a tale of a bat and a marsh, a mocking description of a wife in a will, and a New York Weekly joke about a hotel owner.
A London physician notes a trend of people dying young due to low milk consumption. He claims even in rural areas milk is scarce and children suffer malnutrition, contradicting hygienic laws and suggesting milk is essential for health.
The State Agricultural Department advocates expanding hay and forage crops to feed more cattle and milch cows for dairy and meat markets. It argues that better pastures and abundant grass will increase milk, butter, and beef while boosting rural incomes and reducing reliance on outside regions.
An English family member corrects a passenger that the longing for terra firma after a voyage was misheard as terra cotta. The anecdote reflects shipboard banter and cultural misunderstandings aboard the crossing reported by the Washington Post.
A Pearson's Weekly anecdote recalls Sir Charles Russell jousting with a solicitor in court. The scene ends with Russell’s assault of the solicitor and a later shipowner’s plea to avoid losing his counsel. The shipowner finally secures Russell’s return by apologizing.
A Chambers Journal note recalls Lady Dorothy Nevill as a witty London figure and laments declining guest quality in elite gatherings, contrasting past luminaries like Brown Ing, Whistler, and Henry James with present parties.
An article notes sweet potato yields up to 80 bushels per cornner and 600 bushels per acre in Georgia. It details bed preparation with manure and sand, planting orientation, vine management, weed control, and tips to prevent early sprout growth, all from the State Agricultural Department.
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