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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1897
Page
6
Official estimates predict the country will need 9 billion postal cards over four years as people resume simple joys. In Baltimore forty one vagrants challenged law by demanding jury trials after arraignment, ending up jailed with ample time to reflect.
The report notes that Canada purchased merchandise valued at sixty six million dollars and South America sourced goods worth 38 million dollars. Britain and colonies took 57 percent of total exports, Germany boosted US imports by 27 million, Belgium and France gained 6 and 10 million more respectively, and Holland saw a 2.8 million rise.
Balliol College admits a 23 year old married mill hand from Unionshire who entered the university after factory hours aided by free libraries and extension lectures. He passed Greek in eighteen months, won the Brackenbury history scholarship worth 400 dollars a year for four years, and is pursuing an honor degree in history.
The Marconi experiments in wireless telegraphy conducted in Rome and Spozzia draw vast attention from royalty, government, press, and public in Italy. The Westminster Gazette notes the discovery could enable distant explosive effects and automatic synchronized signaling to all watches in a town via airborne wireless timing from a central clock.
The court held hypnotism not legally admissible as evidence in murder trials. The decision affirmed that hypnotism cannot be used to establish innocence or guilt, though a judge noted possible future relevance in different contexts. Justice McFarland partially dissented, suggesting the law's stance could evolve.
The piece argues Americans' spendthrift temper and appetite to match neighbors drive demand for a revived economy. It notes five years of enlarged economy, rising industry, falling idle wheels, and growing population and wage earners. It predicts a surge in housing, clothing, and food needs as industry hums and famine memories fade.
A reflective stanza urges choosing kind language to avoid harming friends and spreading pain. It notes how harsh words turn friends into foes and linger in memory, while kind speech can restore peace, urging us to speak like white-winged messengers of love.
Miss Bradford, a pretty young woman, travels with her sister to the Presidio. Captains Soutter and Milford circle her in a garrison romance where duty, promises, and rank clash with personal desire. Bradford navigates flirtations and loyalties as her sister watches, unsure of outcomes.
Miss Bradford devises a chemical froth to clean white gloves for a gown worn to a hop. Captain Soutter joins the scene with tension as misunderstandings and a secret engagement unfold. The froth incident prompts jealousy, a cold to the colonel, and an eventual broken bond.
A dog dies after saving his master on Jersey Central Railroad tracks near Elizabeth New Jersey. John Walker of Roussle New York recalls the moment as the Royal Blue Express struck the dog while warning failed. The dog died in Walker's arms after saving him from the oncoming train.
Congress will be asked for an appropriation to place bronze statues at the National Zoological Garden in Washington. Howard Kemeys, renowned sculptor, to carve images of the red man and American fauna, as Capt Kemeys returns from a six week Washington visit and resumes work on the project.
Dr. Snille of Washington read a paper for the anthropological section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Miss Zelia Nuttal s absence. The author argued that the Aztecs are not extinct and many live today as vigorous men and women who still speak Montezuma s language. The paper sparked much discussion, largely favorable to her views.
A rural column covers may weed invading worn paths and pasture edges, milk fever risks in first calf cows, and management tips. It urges dry feeding before calving, warns against overmilking near calving, and argues scrubs resist milk fever. The piece links orchard pests, poultry in orchards, and integrated farm practices for broader health. It discusses pigs, fowls, and soil, with practical ornament about movable roosts and orchard shading.
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