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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1893
Page
4
A health note warns housekeepers about dangerous baking powders containing acids and caustics sold for profit. It praises Royal Baking Powder as pure cream of tartar and soda, endorsed by Dr. Edson, Commissioner of Health, as the safe leavening option and urges consumers to avoid cheaper impostors.
The air thermometer is a recent English device for warning of a fire. It uses heat expansion of air in a ceiling air box to inflate a rubber diaphragm, activating a squall rod to close a circuit and ring an alarm bell while a semaphore indicates location. The system comprises an air box, a pulsator, and an indicator with sensors placed in rooms or distant spots.
The Congressional Directory lists that twenty two Representatives were born abroad. One is Black. Ireland provides eight members, Germany four, Canada three, Norway two. Florida has three, with no native Floridians on the floor. Georgia sends five to other states. Many members had varied careers, including farming, teaching, printing, and carpentry. Eighty seven graduates and thirty one college dropouts. Two hundred seven lawyers. Forty two served in the Union army and forty seven in the Confederate army.
A historical remedy advises grinding salam moniac sublimed sulfur and cast iron filings into a dry powder. To use, mix with twenty parts water and iron filings to form a paste, apply to the broken parts, and the mend may become as strong as the metal itself. Also notes flying foxes and the poisonous nettle in Australia harming farmers and livestock.
In a witty exchange from New York Weekly, Eastern man asks how things are in Dugout City and the Western man replies that business booms, noting he obtained a third mortgage on his house in under thirty minutes to raise spending money last week.
News from the lower coast reports nearly 2,000 dead and five million dollars in property lost after a devastating hurricane. Grand Isle, Chemere Caminada, Bayou Joke, and many settlements were destroyed. only scattered survivors remain amid wrecked levees, boats, and crops. Relief pushes underway from New Orleans as death toll climbs past 2,000 with extensive rail and vessel damage.
Summary of multiple congressional days: Senate and House discuss repeal of the 1873 demonetization act, silver question, and related measures. Debates include Mr. Sherman on fraud, Mr. Dolph on repeal, Morgan and Peffer on banking and mint provisions, and remarks on Geary Act enforcement and tax and currency plans. Also coverage of executive session nominations and various routine bills and resolutions.
The New York Herald telegraphs from Santiago that Argenta’s government has quelled the Santa Fe revolt and subdued uprisings in Buenos Aires. Brazil issues a decree quarantining ships arriving from European ports.
Virginia funded debt bonds of 1891 with face value ten thousand dollars sold at 513 on Thursday at the New York Stock Exchange. The same bonds were listed Wednesday and issued under the settlement reached July 1, 1891 by the Virginia bondholders committee.
A fragment notes a speaker's constitutional argument interwoven with factual remarks on the current political climate. It mentions his amusement at listening to a gentleman from Indiana and another member from South Carolina, indicating lively parliamentary exchange.
News dispatches from Huntsville and Brunswick report resumption of about twenty posted guns in the county, easing fears of trouble. Other items note nine new Brunswick health cases, five discharges, and cholera updates in Italy. Local politics touch on the New York and Lincoln conventions, white cap rumors in several states, and a court ruling on Bank of New Hanover receiver action.
R G Dun weekly trade review reports about 4,000 failures and $150 million in liabilities this quarter, with 329 US failures and 34 in Canada last week. Confidence wanes as silver pill delay and weak demand curb orders, though cotton and print cloths improve. Iron mining declines, Norris iron mine closure signals limited output. Amalgamated Association dispute near end in Pittsburgh region.
The Brunswick health board reports 16 new yellow fever cases 9 discharges and 2 deaths in 24 hours with totals 148 14 deaths and 51 under treatment. North Carolina cotton expected to be harvested by October 20 and Alabama gins fear disruption amid strikes and arson threats.
Democracy support for Governor Altgeld and his stance on pardoning anarchists was publicly demonstrated at a Chicago county convention on Wednesday. Judge Gary’s renomination faced protest as ex-Judge Moran, a respected jurist, was booed and threatened with violence when presenting Gary’s name.
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