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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1895
Page
4
An advertisement extols private home distillers to produce pure water amid typhoid and malaria fears. It touts low cost, self running operation, and weekly cleaning. It notes city water limits, automatic distillation, and the water content of the human body to stress water's importance.
A proposed moon voyage project by M. Mantois aims to bring the moon within six miles of observers. The plan features a nearly 200 foot telescope with an objective glass over four feet three inches in diameter the largest in the world. The horizontal colossal tube will use a six foot diameter mirror plane to reflect the moon’s image.
A humor spread notes an absent minded young preacher who requests the female members stay after services. It also mocks misnomers and highlights patent medicines such as Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters and Tyner’s Dyspepsia Remedy with testimonials and dealer notices.
A Chicago meeting of the new Irish movement adopts a platform calling for independence of Ireland by any lawful means. It denounces English rule, endorses armed struggle, and urges support from Irish and American friends. Officers are elected, with ONeill Ryan as vice president and P. W. Fitzpatrick as treasurer.
President Lyman promised to begin the work immediately as the officers-elect were introduced. Vice President Ryan declared the organization would be planted in the heart of London within months. Delegates rose and sang My Country Tis of Thee and God Save Ireland before the 6 p.m. adjournment.
About 20 000 New Yorkers joined a Sunday liberty parade with brass bands and flags to oppose strict Sunday alcohol laws. Roosevelt reviewed the march as speakers urged more liberal Sunday laws, banners mocked him, and crowds gathered at Sulzer's Harlem river park for further speeches.
Defense prepared for a surprise plan as 37 witnesses testified in nine weeks of the Durant murder trial in San Francisco. Prosecutors expect to finish their case soon, while the defense signals it will not dispute key testimony about Blanche Lamont joining Durant at Clay and Powell streets and then separating near Market Street. Durant aimed to keep an engagement with Mrs Mary Vogel and a student at the moment of the meeting.
The Oliver Iron and Steel Company mill in Pittsburg Pennsylvania opens to union men after the Amalgamated Association lodge at the mill requested open status. The firm previously refused to recognize the union or sign its wage scale, keeping operations going without union rules. Many former employees may return but no skilled workers will be rehired to replace strikers.
Rev Dr Talmage of Brooklyn accepts co-pastor role at First Presbyterian Washington DC church. He will share duties with Dr Sunderland and likely preach half the sermons starting October 27. Sunderland led church for over forty two years, marking his fortieth anniversary on February 5, 1893.
A dispatch to The Manufacturers' Record says the LaFollette Coal and Iron Company of New York City plans a large scale development in East Tennessee. The railway will run from Coal Creek to LaFollette with branches to Middleboro and Jellico, possibly extending to Knoxville. Much grading is complete and ties have rotted and been distributed for the Coal Creek to LaFollette section.
At Syracuse the New York state convention opened with temporary chairman Belmont Fore presiding. Delegates crowded the hall as early as 11 am seeking seats while the Kings county roll was processed. Belmont urged excise reform and unity, citing 1873 platform roots and calling for sound money plus local option licenses.
The New York state democratic convention opened with 2000 attendees as credentials were debated. A proposed division of representation gave Tammany a four fifths vote and Grace-Fairchild one fifth, prompting protests and the Grace-Fairchild faction to march out amid cheers and jeers.
Delegates in Syracuse approve a platform with home rule and excise planks and endorse a five pointed star emblem for ballots. Nominations are Secretary of State Horatio C. King Attorney General Norton Chase Comptroller John P. Judson State Treasurer D C Dow Engineer Russell R Stuart Judge John D Teller with Flower as permanent chairman.
Herman W. Mudgett also known as H. H. Holmes was arraigned before Judge Finleter in Philadelphia on the murder indictment of Benjamin F. Peitzel dated Sept 2 1894. He pleaded not guilty as District Attorney Graham urged October 28 for trial and the judge set the date with limits on continuances.
The Industrial Situation for the past week shows firm prices and rising values in southern products. Lumber prices improve with possible market maintenance if producers unite. Cotton plans remain firm to secure higher prices amid hot weather. Iron and coal hold steady with upward tendency as southern mills gain business and new plants are formed in Arkansas, Texas, Georgia, Tennessee, and others. Several new mills and facilities are reported in Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Kentucky, and nearby states, indicating broad industrial expansion and capital growth.
New York announces the engagement between the Duke of Marlborough and Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt. The couple confirmed the arrangement at the Waldorf Astoria, with the wedding planned for later this year in New York.
North CarolinaWeather Bureau reports severe drought across the state with September temperatures about 15 degrees above normal. Highs reach 90 to 100 degrees and moisture is at record lows, injuring crops and causing many upper cotton bolls to be blown off.
A Shanghai dispatch reports the Chinese government deposited 30,000,000 taels in silver in Shanghai to fund the supplementary indemnity owed to Japan. This payment is linked to the variation of the iso Tax Penalty.
In a discussion from the Houston Post and Washington Star clipping, a claim that corn profits surge when used to fatten hogs and mules is echoed. The South is said to keep cotton king while corn could double its value if redirected to animal feed and export.
A Berlin Physiological Society report cites Professor Zuntz describing that tiny salt of sugar solution and even weak saline tastes heighten sweetness. The article adds John Ruskin’s tribute to a true wife from Ethics of the Dust, praising enduring fidelity and wise self renunciation.
An old whitewasher testifies in court. The defendant's lawyer questions him about prior crimes. The man admits prison time twice but clarifies he only whitewashed a cell for a lawyer who cheated clients. The exchange underscores courtroom wit and truthfulness under oath.
A mixed collage of sensational snippets includes a cannibal king tale with a missionary in the Pacific, a misleading note on Russian birth statistics, a Murray home health advert line, and references to Cardui and various patent medicines claiming miraculous cures.
A witty item from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes a joke about ancestry and beauty. It suggests Garnet cites her father who runs a paint store as the source of her complexion.
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