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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1895
Page
3
A collage of witty and critical snippets lampoons foreign policy sympathy for Cuban insurgents, misadventures of Bill Nye in Paterson, and a preaching arrest in South Carolina. It jokes about advertising, yellow journalism, and demagogues while noting odd obituary line mischief and a Georgia travel ad. Industry gossip, satire, and local notices mingle in a patter of 19th century gossip.
Charles Sampson, a strongman at the City Trocadero, faced a $100 wager to break two heavy chains attached to a beer wagon. The team of horses pulling the loaded wagon failed to budge the chains as Sampson subdued them with his bare muscles in a public test outside the theatre.
A report from the Atlanta Journal notes a mans failed first two attempts to reach land with his right arm injured. On the third effort the chains broke and he managed to walk free, marking a dramatic escape.
The Albany Times Union reports wide gaps in governor pay. New York offers 10,000 dollars annually with a free mansion, while several states set 8,000, 6,000, or lower. Vermont and Oregon pay 1,500, Michigan long tied to 1,000 before rising to 4,000. An ad seeks trustworthy gents for a steady Chicago job with 780 salary plus expenses.
The Cumberland Presbyterian calls for Bible reading in Nashville public schools, noting a council measure and a Tennessee Synod resolution backing daily Bible chapters in all public schools. The article frames this as a nationwide Christian education aim with broad support and implications beyond Tennessee.
A promotional pitch touts a large illustrated book titled Dollars for Workers by Sam Jones. It claims elegant binding and a limited sale by agents, offering a full agent outfit for one dollar and promising high commissions if orders are placed, urging urgency to avoid losing a salary for the next year.
An item from Southwestern Publishing House located at 208 North College Street Nashville appears in the page segment. The readable text lists the publisher’s name and address with no additional event details or dates provided.
The Paris theatre tale follows Count Ivanoff and his wife the Countess as a stolen diamond earring drives intrigue. A police officer confirms the gem’s trace, but two thefts complicate identifications while the couple debates returning the second earring. The affair ends with the loss of the countess’s famed jewels.
Ambitious youths are urged to enroll at the Atlanta Business College, described as a leading commercial training school in Atlanta. It offers bookkeeping banking shorthand penmanship typing and English subjects taught by skilled teachers with free circulars mailed on request. Address Whitehall Street Atlanta Georgia.
An 1899 Albany advertisement proclaims Georgia Balm cures bleeding piles after years of failure. It claims relief for Piles Tetter Ringworm Itch ground itch burns scalds cuts bruises ulcers cracked hands and feet with testimonials from Peter J. Strozier and others.
An advertisement seeks an insurance broker to represent New York and Chicago Lloyds offering reliable fire underwriters. It solicits applications for house, gun house risks at reasonable rates and promises cures for itch, mange, dogs and stock using Woolford's Sanitary Lotion sold by Stovall & Forbes Druggists.
An old advertisement promotes the Atlanta Weekly Journal as the cheapest south paper at less than a cent weekly or five cents monthly. It touts improvements, a ten page issue, and world news from the Daily Journal. It highlights Sam Jones and Bill Nye content plus Juvenile Journal and household items, with a 50 cent yearly price and a combined offer with The Vienna Progress at $1.25 per year.
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