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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1897
Page
2
The excerpt notes that New York's foreign trade was higher than the national total in 1805 and lower than half of it in 1896, while overall U S foreign trade grew. It highlights New York held over half the nation's trade in 1805 and less than half by 1896.
Experts estimate foreign potato shortages at 1.0 billion bushels and rye shortages at 895 million bushels. The New York Mail and Express notes active demand and rising prices for nearly every ground product.
Former Gladstone followers divide into Liberal Unionists Rosebergians Harcourtites Labondorians Dillonites Parnellites and Healyites The Times terms him the Grand Old Party Splitter as party factions fracture.
A German paper notes Aachen AlxTA Chapelle consumes 800 tons of steel yearly to produce 4 600 000 000 needles valued at 1 600 000 dollars. It raises the lingering question, what portion of all the world’s needles come from this region.
Money is prepared for a geological survey of American territory in the Alaskan gold fields, but the government will not send a party into the region until next spring. Officials say they will proceed with caution, while fortune seekers rush ahead with hopes of wealth and safety in the harsh winter ahead.
A medical note claims injections of a treatment reduced diphtheria deaths in Paris from about 2000 to under 800. If true, this shows major progress against a deadly child disease. Victories of medical science come without pomp and are quietly recorded in a civilized country.
The piece argues for bold action against anarchism, urging law, international cooperation, and preventive measures. It notes the global spread of the movement, the clear identification of members and meeting places, and calls for decisive legal disruption rather than reactive punishment. It contemplates an international congress to address stamping out thearchy and preventing bloodshed.
A fragmentary religious verse urges believers to share harvest abundance and aid a brother in need. It envisions God present when hearts open to charitable deeds and urges giving, serving, and balancing burdens among kin and neighbors. The text cites Theodoric and Williams as possible authors.
In Wakefield a titled solicitor Gregory Gilmour guards a dark family truth as his son Frank uncovers a web of lost love. Rosa Noyce, the woman Frank loves, elopes with another, and a hidden photograph reveals the killer link to Gilmour’s past. The revelation shifts loyalties and ends with Rosa in Paisley, a fortune looming, and a choice of marriage for Frank.
In a fragment from a Boston Guardian piece, a father speaks of £15,000 as a young rascal exits the room. Boo comforts him, and a whispered misreading leads to a charged confession. Passionate kisses interrupt and resolve little, in a seas of emotion.
A collection of aphorisms on truth caution humor and human nature. Notable lines include truth as a rock for all to stand on caution as a risk worth taking and wisdom gained through experience.
The article argues for welcoming school entrances with home-like warmth, evergreen trees, seasonal flowers, and vines. Inside, maintain harmonious colors across floors, walls, and ceilings with ivory white ceilings to reflect light, and use color choices that suit room function and light. Wood should be painted to match walls or stained to age gracefully, as discussed in The Atlantic.
A Columbus Dispatch anecdote recounts the Northwestern Ohio postmaster appointment. A blunt admirer asks the unseen pull. the German replies he studied with the Congressman, saying the townspeople were “chumps.” Despite mockery, he secures the four year post with a good salary.
A new range finder for field glasses features a flat dial plate aligned with focus, attached near the adjusting screw with a fixed frame pointer. A small wheel on the screw aids quick focusing for varying distances and helps estimate the speed of approaching or receding objects.
The Royal oculist Duke Carl of Bulgaria reports carrying out nearly 8000 cataract surgeries mostly between 6 and 8 in the morning. He says his nerves are strongest and head most steady at that early hour.
The Mankato Press argues creameries spur road improvement as milk remains perishable and value rises with quality. steel country roads proposed with inverted trough rails would cut traction and costs vary from about 1000 to 8500 per mile, depending on design and grading.
A Minnesota convention highlighted practical road improvement using existing means. Emphasis on thorough drainage, surface material per locality, and effect of wide tires for efficiency. New Jersey law cited as model for shared cost between state, counties, and abutting property owners to ease farmer burden and spur road upgrades nationwide.
Ted Battersy of Liverpool Hingland ran from Llanberis to Snowdon summit and back in 53 minutes and 38 seconds, stating the climb was completed in the fastest time amid strong winds.
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