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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1893
Page
4
Honey, simple or mixed with other ingredients, is a desirable medical agent for throat ailments and a prophylactic food with therapeutic value. Caution is advised since honey can impair the stomach if overused, but it may be eaten freely and helps restore general health and appetite.
A court case reports a wife beating her husband with a slave poker. The judge asks if it was brutality, she says it was for economy. She explains she could not afford to break a broomstick daily.
A peppery parson in Lewiston East provokes his choir by hinting at their humming during prayer. He ends services by directing the closing hymn and implying the choir will sing along, saying he heard them humming the tune.
The excerpt presents a playful exchange about papers and a staged rescue at sea. It features a boy who apologizes for being stuck on old papers and a street scene with a quip about bravery and brains. The dialog showcases a lighthearted flirtation and a mock debate over what counts as brainy versus brave.
A fragmentary dialogue features a woman persuading a man not to marry hastily, saying her father has had bad luck and he must accept her as she is. The man responds with restraint, claiming he can wait and is not selfish or impulsive.
Time to Quit discusses breaking an engagement with Mr. Softheart while a friend notes an upcoming vacation end. The text touts Brown's son Bitters as a cure that purports to cleanse the system, strengthen nerves and aid digestion with claims of general health benefits. An advertisement is defined as an ad that adds to business profits.
The new U S consul Mr me B Hall arrived at Nice on Wednesday. The British ship Gosford was burned off Point Conception California with no lives lost. Cholera spreads in Constantinople averaging thirty deaths daily. The body of Prince Alexander of Battenburg to be interred in Sofia at Bulgaria’s expense. Dynamite found buried on Grand Island Niagara River near Buffalo with no clue. Lehigh coal collieries shut down in Schuylkill region. over 5 000 idle. Harrison informed of General Rusk’s death. sent condolence telegrams. Cochran the Philadelphia mint official found guilty in federal court. Bismarck recovering, hopes to be well by spring. 237 lives lost and 506 saved off British coast in gale. Strikes averted in Pittsburgh mills. 17 000 workers kept working. Lehigh Valley strike extends to passenger service. freight at Communipaw paralyzed. Union Pacific receivers appointed in Kansas City district. Jackson county indictments against Darragh and Satley for insolvent bank deposits. Wreck near Carbon Hill Alabama kills fireman and a tramp. 12 cars and engine wrecked. Cincinnati firm T B Thomas & Co signs to Warrington. assets under $100,000. Large coal and lumber project to form in Cincinnati with 2,000,000 investment on Gaulley river lands. Knights of Labor finances stable. Powderly’s management supported. London Lords committee on meat imports notes U S lead supplier. NZ and Australia next. Paris reports anarchist raids. Barcelona and Marseilles dynamite outrage links. Alpine party missing longer near Loubiron.
A group traveling near the mountains was swept by an avalanche at 8 o'clock in the evening and only one member escaped. In other dispatches from Washington, Secretary Carlisle plans resignation of Henry G Heffron the Denver customs surveyor and William K Carlisle to succeed him, with health prompting a European trip. The death of ex Secretary Rusk prompted half-mast at the agricultural building and President Cleveland prepares a long annual message, likely addressing Hawaiian affairs and tariff. Discussions on force in Hawaii and Blount report circulate among foreign committees as Congress considers restoration of the queen if the provisional government resists. A pension order under the act of June 27, 1890 simplifies disability wording on certificates. Iron ore finaly placed on the free list prompting tariff floor battles, while wool provisions and compensatory duties are revised.
Knox ville police chiefs Atkins Hood and Hicks were arrested as accessories in the killing of Will Smith the decoy in the Knoxville and Ohio express robbery. They faced a December 1 court date with 5000 bonds each after a brief arraignment. A separate dispatch reports a devastating Persian earthquake near Encen in Khor Isshan area with massive loss of life and destruction of Meshed.
One new yellow fever case is reported by Brunswick health officials. A busy slate of items includes a Cape Town war end, Vanderbilt’s yacht voyage, English employer liability law passage, Mississippi and Tennessee business failures, a German factory bombing, and multiple ship and rail incidents. Local disasters include a Detroit fire causing $750,000 loss with two deaths. The South's industrial week shows steady growth, new plants, and expanding mills amid ongoing commodity demand.
Dan and Co report trade is improving slowly after a period of heavy burdens. November payments are better than expected and receipts fall short of expenses by about five million dollars for the month to date. Textile mills, woolen plants, and boot and shoe industries show uneven recovery with many mills idle or limited production while overall imports and clearinghouse volume rise modestly.
Ex governor Jerome M. Rusk died suddenly at Viroqua Wisconsin at age 63. Born in Morgan County Ohio he moved to Wisconsin and held many public roles including assemblyman major and colonel in the 25th Wisconsin, congressman, governor of Wisconsin for three terms and secretary of agriculture under President Harrison. Death from a long standing illness followed a brief lucid period.
A San Francisco special reports the steamship Australia brought news from Honolulu without change in the Hawaiian political scene. United States minister Willis presented credentials to President Dole and showed no plan to press restoration of Queen Liliuokalani. Washington reflects disappointment. officials expect reinstatement by force if needed, with no official word from the state department.
Roanoke Virginia dispatch reports three indicted rioters found guilty with light penalties. James G. Richardson led mob at jail and received 30 days and a $100 fine. D Kennedy and B W Fuqua got one day and $1 fines. Abe Perry acquitted. Trial of Police Chief J F Terry and Sergeant H H Griffin began. later quashed due to a technicality.
News notes recount several destructive fires in Newberne Tennessee Jonesville Alabama and Starkville Mississippi causing deaths and
A Chicago special reports the uncovering of a major rail line counterfeit scheme. Tickets totaling over 100000 dollars passed on Baltimore and Ohio Erie Pittsburgh and Western Nickle Plate and other roads. Investigators estimate 200000 dollars in tickets may remain in circulation. Over 11000 dollars have been spent in proving the case as railroads seek penalties.
The United States Confederate Veterans announce the reunion to be held in Birmingham Alabama on Wednesday and Thursday April 25 and 26 1894. The dates follow a New Orleans meeting and received approval from Lieutenant General W L Cabell and Birmingham hosts.
A London dispatch reports the great coal strike ended after a conference at the foreign office. Work resumed at most collieries Monday morning though a few pits remained closed due to fallen timbers blocking openings.
Captain Lepeyre of Galveston notes a bird called the chaparral cock or road runner habitually hunts snakes. It stalks prey with a shielded wing and darts its ivory bill into the snake’s head, swiftly ending the fight by sunset. The bird is praised for snake control.
Home remedies for boils, burns and skin issues are outlined. A catnip and sweet milk poultice is recommended for boils, plus corn meal thickening. Linseed oil and lime paste is advised for burns, with lime sifted in muslin. Kerosene is also suggested for burns, applied with cloths and flour to cover and protect the area.
The 1876 will is on vellum bound as a volume with a private lock. Blank pages await codicils, some added. After Princess Alice's 1878 discharge and the Duke of Albany's 1884 death, further changes were made, including a note on Jubilee gifts not nation property.
Teed Cocoa is praised as a top cold drink for warm weather gatherings. The recipe calls for four spoons of cocoa per quart of water, a double boiler, half a pint of whipped cream, sugar to taste, and serving iced in glass mugs.
A short reminiscence recalls a mother and child discussing a painful toothache as a lesson. The exchange highlights humor and a street and Smith periodical tone. The fragment reflects a conversational, cautionary mood in a bygone era.
The Bank of France no longer burns cancelled notes. About 20 cancellations yearly are reduced to pulp by chemical means under directorate oversight. Each destruction averages 600,000 notes, totaling roughly 12 million notes annually, with a history of major forgeries and a notable incident involving a forger eaten by crabs.
A humorous anecdote from a New York Weekly item. An employer questions a clerk about taking a day off to marry. The clerk admits he went to the races in the afternoon to earn money to pay the preacher, revealing a comic motive behind the absence.
A Defiance Ohio resident Mrs Sarah J Cox states doctors failed to treat heart disease and rheumatism and medicines distressed her stomach and sleep. After using Green's August Flower from a neighbor’s book she recovered vitality and health.
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