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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1901
Page
7
A Chautauqua Herald report describes a New Jersey grain to candy operation. Grain is ground, heated, and evaporated into thick syrup then cooled into masa. Workers shape long strips, cut them with a rapid machine, producing creamlets termed Malt.
In a reunion reminiscence, guests recall Storey of the Chicago Times shaping headlines from lean text, disciplining a correspondent by deducting pay but later restoring salary after a sharp headline caused dispute. The piece also notes Cities Without Slums and a parade of quirky prison dialogue, plus stray lines on Huddersfield and Mexico’s mixed population.
An experienced asylum doctor warns that many in asylums are driven to madness by excessive happiness. He recalls cases including a wealthy man who became convinced he was a pauper after learning of his father’s death intestate, a London student whose joy upon hearing exam results collapsed into despair, and a man ruined by a proposed engagement. Additional tales involve a woman whose elated reunion with her husband triggered insanity and others where strong emotion precipitated mental collapse.
Uncle Allen Sparks notes that Americans abroad may adopt an English accent, but Englishmen returning from the United States rarely speak with nasal affectations or say I guess after a season overseas.
A London Telegraph excerpt describes extreme purity rules in Ottoman harems. Turkish women reportedly avoid touching foreign items such as dolls and letters, worship clean hands and doors, rely on servants for everyday tasks, and uphold strict post and inbound item handling to prevent contamination. The piece notes caste and class anxieties influence such rituals, with the high-society habitus shaping behavior amid fears of corruption.
The piece references sparrows, brood counts, profitability of farms, and disturbances from cats. It mentions valerian plant toxicity and long records of plant life, plus an expected animal development timeline and a French anatomist analyzing skeletons.
A garbled dispatch discusses maritime warnings about iceberg proximity, three fires in U.S. history, and odd exchange fragments about a farmer, a woman in Oregon, and a dental joke. It appears as a collage of unrelated notes, with stray names and places woven through a stream of clipped phrases.
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