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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1897
Page
2
A proposed public statue to Frederick Dongliss in a Rochester square would mark one of the first public monuments to a Black man in the United States. The piece aims to celebrate achievement amid a period of growing civic commemoration.
The piece notes foreign firms monitor papers for birth announcements and promptly send birthday gifts. A London house, keeping patient records, awaits a child’s age to issue a polite invitation with a birthday catalog of toilet articles and perfumes for celebrants.
A Metical man in Dondon reported his dog stolen from May Fair Street. The notice warned that the animal had been experimented on for scientific purposes and could be dangerous if kept, offering a reward for its return. The dog came back the same day in time for afternoon tea.
A Sunday morning service at a Philadelphia Methodist Episcopal Church honored the elderly. The sermon focused on Psalm text about faith in old age, inviting all seniors and the infirm to attend, with carriages for those unable to walk and comfortable seating arranged around the pulpit.
A San Antonio visitor in a Texas town plays a grand piano in a public hall. The keys respond to touch as he performs Wagner, awakening wasps nesting in the instrument. A sudden fortissimo triggers a vicious winged attack, sending everyone to windows and doors while a defending train departs, leaving a band of men scattered.
Poem-like lines evoke rest from toil and worry with imagery of daisies lilies and sea dreams. The speaker invites a retreat from the weary road to a calm past and childlike wonder. The piece closes with a playful farewell and the author’s signature.
A Harvard freshman, Harvey, rises through college life with charm and wealth, wins Boston social queen Bessie Hill at a junior hop, faces his father’s bankruptcy, and embarks on a globe trotting quest for purpose. After ruin, he returns to school, reconciles with love, and a newspaper romance hints at their Boston wedding.
Chicago banker and street railway magnate K Cummings remains in his bedroom since January. He is ill with dropsy and cannot be cured. He contracted a bronze elevator from Chicago for 8000 to move from the bedroom to the dining room so he can receive visitors and oversee his business from the parlor floor.
The Egyptian Nile expedition discovers that deep wells can reach water in many desert areas. This could secure military viability and provide irrigation, potentially turning the Sahara into a fertile landscape as aridity stems from moisture absence, not soil infertility.
The Georgia legislature convened in Atlanta as the House opened with sharp warnings to veto new terms on the old convict lease plan. Speaker Jenkins denounced executive postmaster choices, urged economy, and warned against influence from any source. A key push seeks to cut common school funding and create state boards for arbitration, with the Senate adjournment to 10 the next morning.
The second day of the house session was dull with little debate besides a bill to sell equitable interests in property. Felder led the measure, but Fogarty sought recording bonds for title, and the bill was recommitted. MoCook’s bill to ban possum hunting between March 15 and October 1 passed 109 to 15. Felder’s judiciary report on barring Supreme Court reporters and stenographers from practicing law was adopted. A few senate local bills were also started on Thursday.
A bill to attend the constitution regarding election of judges and solicitors general of the superior court, and a bill to enlarge the powers of the railroads commission authorize the state school commissioner to grant permanent licenses to graduates of the Milledgeville Nor ital and industrial school.
Friday's proceedings sent most Georgia lawmakers to Nashville for the Centennial. The House began vending bills, including one by Mr Felder to reform Atlanta's city charter. Henderson's DeKalb bill would move the county seat from Decatur to Stone Mountain, while Blalock sought April 1 access to 400000 for teacher salaries. The Senate closed with Gray's cattle theft bill, and a joint committee was proposed to inspect Athens Normal School progress.
Thomas J. McClain was acquitted in criminal court after tearful plea claiming the firing of a pistol at his 5-year-old son in Atlanta was accidental. The jury returned a not guilty verdict after brief deliberation as Willie McClain recovers from the injury.
A Georgia penitentiary committee approved a clause allowing sale of state land at Milledgeville to fund buying a farm for women, boys, and infirm prisoners. The state constitution requires proceeds from state property sales to be applied to public debt, showing a constitutional clash in the bill’s drafting.
Mrs Longstreet resigns as assistant state librarian after recent marriage. Miss Jowett, formerly Miss Hillen Dortoh, is appointed to succeed her. Jowett will assume duties. Mrs Longstreet plans no further involvement and may back Captain Milledge in the upcoming race.
Chicago's chief of police issued an order Tuesday discharging 484 policemen and appointing a like number of ex policemen from the Star League to fill vacancies. The move aims to place the force under civil service, echoing a 1896 Republican purge.
A Denver dispatch reports a severe wind and snowstorm hitting the city on Tuesday. Property damage is estimated at $100,000 with major impact on utilities as electric light and telephone lines suffer extensive losses. One company records 4,000 miles of wire down and rail lines are largely blocked.
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