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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1894
Page
4
A compilation notes glass coffins in Russia and ostrich farms yielding profits. It cites funerals taxed in England in 1788, burial practices in churches, pyramids as royal sepulchers, and Roman epitaphs. It mentions early Christian burials near churches and various burial customs among Romans and aboriginal tribes.
A stream of alarmist and promotional text warns of widespread stimulants and poisons in daily life. It cites water contaminants, opium and tobacco products, alcoholic drinks, and various drugs, then pivots to a mix of patent medicine adverts and sensational medical claims about cures and tonics.
Georgia House and Senate review contested elections and discuss future methods for electing judges and solicitors. Several bills are killed or passed, including measures on elections timing, jail terms for drunkenness, and tax exemptions, with a push to simplify supreme court procedures.
The piece notes Utah’s path to statehood with two senators in the 54th Congress, detailing March 1895 constitutional proceedings, a November referendum, and immediate legislative actions if ratified. It adds that New Mexico and Arizona could also gain four senators, shaping next year’s Senate balance.
In Nashville Tennessee on Wednesday afternoon Chancellor Andrew Allison was fatally shot by George K Whitworth, a clerk and master. Whitworth then fatally shot himself after firing a double barreled shotgun and two pistol shots into his breast. Whitworth had served six years and sought reappointment as the chancellor had planned to appoint his son Granville Allison, which preceded the deadly event.
A fragment quotes a social remark about a woman favored by men and questioned about marriage. It mentions her numerous engagements preventing marriage, reflecting gossip on courtship norms.
A collage of jokes and quips from multiple papers. Bits include a fair misadventure with advertising and a teetering problem of mistaken claims. Lines from readers cover marriage spats and grocery quips, with brief exchanges from offices and janitorial scenes.
A Brooklyn Eagle snippet notes a suitor refused by a wary father. The father reveals a family secret: insanity, but the crux is the daughter’s mania to marry him. The brief exchange shows comic tension and social meddling. A Washington Star quip lampoons cautious shoppers and misread prices.
New York hosts six to seven thousand professional musicians and teachers, plus about three thousand five hundred workers in organ and piano factories. The city also supports two thousand more involved in diverse orchestral instruments, signaling growing independence from Europe. Treasury data show nearly two million dollars in musical instrument exports last year, while imports remained under one million.
A collection of aphoristic reflections on character ambition and social behavior. The passages praise self reliance frugality and steady effort while warning against vanity arrogance and excessive meddling in others lives.
Maryland Virginia and this state supply most chestnuts with first shipments in September and last in November to December. About 200000 bushels, 12000000 pounds, sold annually. Italian and French chestnuts arrive mid October to New Year. First price around twelve cents per pound, last six cents. Imports total 17000000 pounds with domestic 12000000 pounds. Peanuts, mainly from Virginia, begin November and stockpiles persist year round. Average yearly supply 8500000 to 9090000 pounds. opening price four and a quarter per sack, closing around three. Peanuts store well. chestnuts decline quickly, sparking rivalry in the market.
Trout campers in Clay County discover a cave under a cliff with three skeletons in ruined uniforms. Two rifles and several pistols rusted, brass buttons marked U S and C S A, suggest Civil War era Confederate and Federal prisoners sheltered then buried by a landslide. The bodies were interred.
The Detroit Free Press reports on a clever parrot that detects gaps in a sequence and actively fills them. Observations describe the bird testing phrases like Old Dan Tucker by iteratively altering words until the correct sequence is found.
The piece critiques a vanity handglass linking beauty woes to fragile self esteem. It quotes the Chicago Times on mirrors and happiness, promotes Tet terine for skin care, and includes vaudeville style gibes about dressmaking in Washington with a joke about a German horse price and Mrs Bellefield’s dressmaker plan.
Hypochondriacal despondent nervous tired men with backache weariness memory loss dizziness melancholy and discouragement are treated by correspondence at home with uniform success by Specialists of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute Buffalo NY. A 136 page book on these maladies is available sealed for 10 cents postage to World’s Dispensary Medical Association. For over 25 years physicians there have devoted themselves to these delicate diseases and thousands have consulted them.
A collection of quick bake mixes and household hints. Recipes cover cake mixtures with minimal steps, fruit pies using starch and vinegar, steam puddings, and a few methods to preserve ham, prevent rust, and polish stove blacking. Includes steps, proportions, and simple substitutions.
A Boston Herald excerpt notes Tuesday as unlucky in Mexico and warns against admitting Tuesday birth. It tells of a man who fled a factory debt, travelling to Acapulco then Panama, while the company board affirms faith in his error.
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