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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1894
Page
6
The account describes China’s farming, noting numerous holdings under an acre, three crops a year, and high fertility. It highlights universal use of fertilizers, small farms, and extensive waste recycling. Manure is stored in vats and irrigation treats crops like a garden, with costs of twenty to thirty dollars per acre yearly.
The article notes apples contain vegetable fiber albumen sugar gum chlorophyll malic and gallic acids lime and water with German analysts claiming a high phosphorus content. It asserts phosphorus aids brain and spinal cord renewal and links apples to mythic divine sustenance for aging gods.
A Boston Transcript extract contrasts Tom Wickley who wandered into crime after neglecting study with his brother Fred a celebrated scholar and prominent promoter. Fred died wealthy, worth between 5 and 6 million, while Tom’s path ended in prison for theft.
A mix of oatmeal as a thickener for soups and stews is proposed, with instructions for stirring and boiling. The piece then pivots to advertisements for health tonics including Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and Dr Kilmer's Swanine Roo, claiming cures for malaria, kidney issues, nervous disorders, and a guarantee from Halls Catarrh Cure. It references ads for shorthand courses, a school of stenography, and other patent medicines with claims of effectiveness and free pamphlets.
Reports from Atlanta cover Mexico’s strong Cotton States Exposition display, Diaz’s pledge, and a successful Georgia Atlanta trip by Exposition commissioner C H Redding. The sixth annual Tri State Medical Association meets in Atlanta with leaders from Georgia Alabama and Tennessee. Athens dispensary to sell whisky by half pint to curb consumption. A severe wreck on the Atlanta and West Point line injures fifteen with one dead, others possibly dying. Constitutional amendment on supreme court judges progresses with fifty-two counties reporting results. A Georgia cotton lender touts farming success across multiple counties. Oil prospects in Wilkes County emerge with an Augusta syndicate option on land and potential power for an oil mill. Contests threaten to reshape state legislature as numerous candidates challenge election results.
The article describes a simple method for a girl new to salt water to learn swimming with a strong-armed companion. It suggests a flannel bathing suit, wading waist-deep, then an assist from the brother to lift and support, keeping the face out of the water and releasing fear as the body is buoyed.
A column of humorous snippets and cartoons from varied sources. Jokes about political ambition misdirections and public figures plus short exchanges from Life, New York Herald, Puck, and more. Light captions show social quirks and playful wordplay across a parade of comic quips and captions.
The British Association’s late meeting reveals neolithic European pygmies unearthed in Switzerland, while Herr Masche reports Moravian skeletons of a family of giants found with mammoth remains, a finding that suggests humans coexisted with mammoths. A prior note mentions a remarkable German naval expedition to the Mediterranean in 237.
The Boston Globe offers a beginner's guide to swimming with step by step strokes and safety rules. It urges daily ten minute sessions with guidance from a capable person, promises gradual buoyancy, and stresses breathing through the nose and avoiding deep water until confident.
A collection of aphorisms on morality, human behavior, and society. It argues against sin and deceit, promotes self-control, and notes how newspapers function as diaries of history. It critiques pride, fear, and social commentary with pointed maxims.
Ancient New Zealand swarmed with wingless moas lacking carnivorous threats and thriving on abundant plant food. Seven genera with twenty five species inhabited North and South Islands, from two to thirteen feet tall. bones and skins suggest long extinction timelines with debate on dates after Maori arrival. Savannah News notes the Phila. Press summary.
A Department of Agriculture summary from 25 000 western and northwest farmers and 4 000 department experts puts average wheat growing cost at 11.69 per acre for the region and 12.93 for Wisconsin. Ground rent dominates costs at about 3 per acre. Costs have stayed near normal over four to five years, rising slightly where labor costs increased during 1890 to 1898, a period when wheat prices fell about half, implying possible production restrictions or losses in part of the farming.
Berlin hosts several electric carriages built by German electricians with storage batteries guided by a driver. Paris allows three or four steam and electrical carriages to traverse streets and boulevards with smooth operation. New York has two electric carriages seen by sightseers on Fifth Avenue and Central Park though no broad public demand exists yet.
A St Louis Republic description of an early Japanese clock, noting its unique non rotating hand, thermometer like scale, and a rod sliding inside a time tube. It explains how a chain winds around a wheel and a heavy weight pulls the rod to mark the passage of time.
A quiet ceremony in St. Pierre de Passy for Mile. Chiris, bride of Ernest Carnot, contrasts French mourning norms with traditional white satin. Family wore pale gray and violet as Carnot ladies mourned, with only close relatives present and a simple bouquet. The service carried an air of quiet sadness.
A St. Petersburg letter laments the czar prefecture founded school for noble daughters only. It notes the Xenia institutes exclude daughters of service to the state or birth from commoners, while Russian nobility access full education. A New York letter adds a note about a mother repurposing a baby robe into a lamp shade with pink sash.
A physician urges mothers to ensure ample sleep for children at various ages from birth to twenty. Minimum nightly sleep ranges from 12 hours for under four, decreasing to nine hours by age twenty. Do not rush morning awakenings, as building sleep power is vital. New York Times notes growing, enlightened childrearing trends. Dirty. Disgusting Dandruff ad promotes Tetterine as a cure priced at 50 cents from Savannah, Ga. A folding wire basket offers portable market storage for suburban households.
An 19th century style advertisement touts Syrup of Figs as a natural laxative improving health. It claims comfort, cleansing effects, relief from colds headaches fevers constipation, and notes its kidney liver and bowel action without weakening them. Sold by druggists in bottles, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
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