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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1894
Page
3
The article extols Vienna’s robust growth despite broader market woes. It highlights rich agricultural surroundings, rising wealth, affordable farm lands, cheap building materials, and improving infrastructure including waterworks and public schools. Merchants remain confident, with a favorable cost of living and strong community morals.
Dooly County posts a remarkable tax record for 1894 with no county taxes due. Surplus funds over expenses have funded a $30,000 courthouse, while the tax rate remains low. Strong local pride follows increased wealth from fertile land and timber, inviting homes in the south.
Dooly lies between the Ocmulgee and Altamaha river basins near Albany, Georgia. The county has 46 miles of width and extensive pine and wiregrass soils. Lumber and naval stores industries attract investment, with many new farms opened. Rich climate yields reliable crops, and some farmers harvest as much as two bales of cotton per acre. Settlement grew after 1688 roads improved access. today 18,000 people call Dooly home and wealth rises with agriculture.
Johnson explains he was chosen as an impartial arbitrator in the road dispute. Thompson points out he is a stockholder, noting stockholders have not received a dividend in fifteen years.
A distressed lodger laments inability to pay rent to Sweet Marie. Repeatedly notes bills sent and the burden of lodging costs, ending with a sorrowful confession of debt and financial strain.
Dr. H B Roberts, a recent Dooly County resident from Douglasville, writes a glowing comparison of Dooly with Douglasville. He praises climate, soil, labor markets, and hospitality, arguing locals can thrive with steady work, and notes Georgia’s ongoing economic resilience despite the nation’s money panic.
M Ziem recounts how Casimir-Perier paid Millet's 12 year old butcher and baker bills totaling 22,000 and 24,000 francs to secure Corot's Biblis in 1875. The deal valued the painting far above market price, later estimated around $80,000, and remains with the Casimir-Perier family.
Dooly County hosts the Parrott Lumber Company of Richwood described as the region's largest industry. The chartered plant employs 300 workers, runs 700-horsepower boilers, 14 engines, 14 miles of rail, and ships timber to Palatka and beyond. The firm cultivates land, grows crops, and experiments with melon syrup as a market strategy, with manager J J West praising Dooly as Georgia's best farming region.
J C McCormick unveiled a dual seed sowing and fertilizing machine praised as the best and simplest planter yet. The 66 pound device can drop corn oats cotton seed and peas with precise spacing, distribute guano kainit and acid, and operate with minimal effort while stopping if misfed. It features quick gauge changes, a plow mounted front hitch, and automatic shutoff so it runs smoothly and saves labor. McCormick will display it at the state fair.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recounts a boy named Johnny confessing to his father that he swam and lies were avoided after a wet head and clean hands. The story centers on the moral lesson that honesty is valued above personal comfort or pride in front of his parents.
A fragmented dialogue features a playful exchange between a pursuer and a maid as she digs for clams. The garbled text hints at a comic or stage moment with a puckish speaker and a muddled rural setting.
A collage of comedy snippets and quips from various papers. Jokes about modest finances, broken engagements, political campaigning, melancholic poets, and a store boss warning about powder. A mix of witty lines, puns, and social observations from the era.
A fragment from Harpers Bazaar referencing an old man Jobson and a dispute about a place. The dialogue mulls piracy as freebooting and humorously questions language. The snippet evokes a breezy 19th century tone with quips about name and pastime.
A humorous exchange shows a suitor praising a daughter’s beauty while the father tests his resolve. The suitor swears to die for her, yet the father interrupts with a sharp retort, exposing the social awkwardness of flirtation. The scene ends with the youth abashed and retreating.
The dialogue features Bridget and Pat debating flavors with humor as they consider fruit flavors and onions in their sodas. The scene captures characters’ accents and domestic chatter, highlighting social interaction in a snack bar or life setting.
A World described note explains the silkworm’s exclusive appetite for mulberry leaves. It contrasts the mulberry with other trees which are stripped first by grasshoppers and army worms, leaving mulberry for last. Kansas locusts are said to avoid mulberry until no other foliage remains.
A collection of aphorisms from Ram's Horn extols faith as a cure for worry, cheerful giving, prudent debt, and honesty. It laments deceit, notes the power of soft words, and contrasts appearance with virtue while warning of self deception and social judgment.
Professor P R Uhler of the Peabody Institute notes an unusually high mosquito presence in Baltimore due to spring rains. He describes about twenty to thirty local varieties, five invading homes, with the yellow mosquito most common. He explains female mosquitoes sting, males do not eat, and each female lays seven to eight hundred eggs after breeding once yearly. He adds mosquitoes help by consuming decay and malaria, and offers muriate of ammonia to ease stings.
This vignette recalls the early life of the wife of a prominent Ohio legislator. A bayou town girl named Gipsy grew up selling fruit and confections on trains and depots to support her family. At fourteen she began telegraphy training with help from a generous admirer, later moving to Columbus for operator work where she met and married the future representative.
A bicycle railroad tested for a year and a half on a one and a half mile stretch at Patchogue New York shows promising results. Proposals seek a longer experimental line in Queens County with claims of speeds of 100 miles per hour or more. Proponents say construction is cheaper, rolling stock lighter, friction lower, and electric operation costs about eight cents per mile.
Sophronius the Greek patriarch of Alexandria is the oldest bishop, ninety five years old and has worn the miter for fifty five years. Archbishop Kendrick of St Louis ranks second with fifty three years in the episcopate. Pope Geo XIII celebrated his fifty one years as pope.
Atlanta, Ga October 13 1894 Chief Justice Logan E Bleckley resigns from the Georgia Supreme Court citing failure to pass a constitutional amendment to expand the bench from three to five judges. He argues overwork, slow opinions, and the need for reform while noting his health and long service. He states resignation to take effect October 29 with thanks to supporters.
In a Pittsboro Chronicle Telegraph fragment a young Mr. Hilltop asks his lawyer to break his aunt's will. The attorney remains confident, noting the request concerns a woman's will. The clipping mentions neck bows and fashion tweaks in the era.
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