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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1898
Page
2
German and Swiss demand manufactures 2 000 000 glass eyes while a French factory ships 300 000. Porto Rico boasts vast macadam roads costing 825 000 000. Professor Marshall puts US wealth at 51 750 000 000, yielding 1150 per person, yet some friends still seek small loans.
A collage of editorials notes the Edinburgh School Board adopting a simplified Ten Commandments and jokes about a Scottish Eleventh. It cites opinions on Canadian political figures, misused funds, and a silent bicycle as a metaphor. It also discusses California ship names and population growth trends in Europe, highlighting national identity and future risks.
The American Agriculturist notes agricultural lands near cities rose five to twenty five percent in value due to growing city demand for country living. City residents are staying longer at country homes, attracted by schools and improved amenities, potentially restoring farming's appeal in some regions.
An account recalls a British warship band playing The Star Spangled Banner as General Merritt's men marched at the Manila trenches. The crew of the Trenton cheered the Calliope during a perilous escape, nine years ago, reflecting enduring naval camaraderie between Britain and the United States.
A reflection on joy and sorrow, noting how love, a smile, and tears shape life. The verse by Paul Lawrence Dunbar expresses resilient humor amid hardship, contrasting simple pleasures with underlying care and seasonal mood shifts.
Mrs Darling prepares a summer boarding venture at Cabbage-stalk Farm as a Saratoga trunk arrives with two women. a Boston boarder Mrs Judge Ellis and an assistant, while confusion over room assignments creates comic tension and a foiled plan.
In a Saturday Night item, Mrs. Darling silently concedes to a secret pact with him, but breaks into a habitual exclamation, noting the familiar pattern of men. The brief line captures social humor and gendered dynamics in a single witty exchange.
The essay notes how eyeglasses became common with better light and society. It discusses monocles as showy not for the blind and claims glasses give a person a police like air and confidence. The author urges shy men to wear gold framed glasses for moral support.
The article discusses blushing as a natural, not moral, reaction governed by tiny facial capillaries. It links emotional triggers to facial color changes and notes that awareness can partly reduce the habit, though strong nerves may resist a cure.
Michael Farrell, claimed 106, says he was born July 20 1792 near Fetter Lane and served 47 years in the navy including Trafalgar Bay. He states no pension, has two sons with one killed at St Jean d Arc, drifted through North England to London, living on charity while able to see without glasses and walk easily.
A narrator writes alone at midnight awaiting a ghost. The clock chimes and a specter enters from an unknown direction. The speaker apologizes that his clock is a quarter hour fast, the ghost bows and vanishes.
Report from Paris outlines the first formal gathering of American and Spanish commissioners. General Porter and Moore accompany the Americans to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where M. Delcasse receives them. The Spain delegation is introduced and both sides discuss aims while the Gaulois cites varied views on the Philippines and possible terms.
Aguinaldo representatives Agon villo and Lopez with Gen Greene met President in the cabinet room last Saturday in an unofficial private conference. The Washington dispatch notes no significance to the call as it carried no official status.
A Copenhagen dispatch reports Queen Louise of Denmark died at an early Thursday hour. She was mother to the Princess of Wales the king of Greece and the empress dowager of Russia.
The plant steamship Olivette was raised at Fernandina Florida on Wednesday and work will begin immediately to render her seaworthy for docking and placing into the dry dock facilities.
Governor Atkinson appoints Judge E J Reagan of McDonough to the Flint circuit to succeed Judge Marcus W Beck who resigned. Reagan took oath Saturday night at the governor's mansion. Receiver Hirsch gains authority to hire a detective to pursue a defunct firm salesman and recover trunks tied to the assets.
Mr Harrison T Chandler of Cleveland a president of Chandler Price Company donated 100 dollars to the Winnie Davis monument fund. The gift honors the war between the north and south veteran who wore the bine.
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