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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1899
Page
6
The item blends scattered observations on animal language polar exploration and a quip about love. It notes courage in exploration and hints at debates over value of scientific knowledge versus danger. It also comments on educated women judging love and marriage choices in turn.
The article lauds the American Artisan for worldwide prominence in diverse products from car axes and revolvers to bicycles and sewing machines. It notes American agricultural machinery dominance, steel rails linking colonies, bridges across rivers in Todia and Egypt, and locomotives powering Liussia's government railroad.
Skagway absorbs its rival Dyen by moving all buildings across the bay and placing them inside its limits. The process continued despite an earthquake warning. The takeover leaves one city dominant and the other diminished, with no apparent harm intended.
The passage notes persistent mystery in the heavens and beneath the earth, and in human nature. It compares adult curiosity with childlike development and suggests ongoing fascination with unresolved questions and puzzles.
The Philadelphia Press extols international parcels post, noting European models with insured prepaid service. It cites Switzerland for prepaid postal cards, Holland for bill collection, and Germany delivering farmers produce to city customers as examples. The German post handles 161 million parcels.
Dr True director of the Office of Experiment Stations argues for wise land management to secure affordable meat. He notes small land-owners are hindered by large holders who move livestock across public ranges and neighboring irrigated lands. He suggests laws to allow settlers to control surrounding ranges to support grazing with irrigation farming.
Joe Ligealn from Philadelphia writes of a bygone garden filled with old-fashioned blossoms. The poem recalls morning glories sunflowers hollyhocks and roses as symbols of maternal care and lasting love, ending with a tribute to a treasured childhood scene in the city.
In Macon County, Ashby Grantham, a junior clerk at the Farmers' and Traders' Bank, schemes with cashier Mr Graves to bolster security after a string of regional bank robberies. They covertly plan a defensive system around the vault and safe, training Ashby to handle money calmly while awaiting heavy cattle buyer deposits and eastern currency by express train.
In a storm on Main street a daring robbery ends when two masked men crash through a floor trap. Ashley Grantham uses a revolver to help defend the bank as hostages flee. The robbers are captured. two accomplices jailed and the boy becomes a rising hero at the Farmers' and Traders' Bank.
Detroit Free Press notes a social scene where two young women discuss Harry, a boisterous but well funded brother who might improve with guidance. They plan to introduce him to a suitable partner, hoping sentiment replaces roughness.
London advices report Ladysmith situation uneasy but not alarming as Boers regroup near Dundee with estimated 17 000 against 12 000 British. Censorship tightens while White's leadership is pivotal amid supply and defense concerns.
A Ladysmith dispatch dated October 23 reports the 18th Hussars, misled in pursuit of Boers after Glencoe, reaching Ladysmith after fighting through with three horses lost. General White's October 24 telegram from Reifontien states twelve killed and eighty nine wounded with five missing among British forces, mainly in the Gloucester regiment.
Naval Intelligence in Washington releases Madrid document revealing the Spanish Supreme Council acquitted all officers involved in the 1898 Santiago capitulation. The official war minister organ notes the proceedings absolved every officer.
A Washington dispatch reports Civil Service Commission findings that soliciting campaign funds by letter from federal employees falls under section 12 of the Civil Service Act. The ruling cites circulars by W F P Burdett of Ohio Republican finance committee and aligns with Senator Edmunds views on postal solicitation being prohibited.
Intelligence from Capetown to Natal reports General Symonds has had a bullet extracted from his wound after being struck down while leading his troops at Glencoe. He is cheerful and doing well as he recovers.
Professor Dean C. Worcester, a Philippine commissioner, reached Washington on Wednesday to attend the Philippine committee meeting.
Sunday was busy at New York barge office as 3000 immigrants passed inspectors. Ships Augusta Victoria had 373 steerage passengers while Campania had 621, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 642, California 877, La Provence 677, and Rotterdam 794 aboard.
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