17 Oct 1893
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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1893
Page
1
A brief verse fragment from Miraceline 8 in Bridges Home Journal praising a pale tender flower as it hides in grass. The poem speaks of sun dew friendly winds and heavenly guardians recognizing its humble grace and beauty.
In Chapman a rural family helps neighbor Clark during illness while harvests drag on. Pierson and others organize a Labor Day procession to honor effort and generous acts, transforming hard times into communal support. The Hawleys gain allies and a stronger standing, ending with renewed hope.
A forgotten 19th century curiosity describes a double catfish joined breast to breast found in Cape Fear River near Fort Johnson North Carolina. Professor Siliman examined the pair noting a hollow connecting tissue allowing a tube between bodies and a split size due to their joined life.
London Chronicle reports Signor Fiocca examined animal saliva and found cats carry a fatal bacteria form that killed rabits and guinea pigs in a day when inoculated. Dog saliva holds many bacteria including unpleasant types and parasite eggs. Horse saliva also contains bacilli, streptococci, and spirilla, with three noxious forms detected.
A Wal nut street gentleman carries a very unique handbag that travels with him around the world. He writes the name of each town and country visited on the leather surface, turning the bag into a map of his journey. The bag has visited many obscure European towns, each now marked on its cover like a Chinese labyrinth.
A collage of humorous sketches and quips from multiple sources. Bits include playful dialogue from Atlanta Journal and Puck, jests about balls in houses and stag parties, a tale of money flying, naval tacking jokes, and satirical exchanges from Life Texas Sittings and Detroit Free Press. and a deaf mutes convention report prompt misdirection.
A London Funeral Directors' Journal fragment surveys quaint epitaphs in English churchyards. It notes candor, self‑glorification, and humor in inscriptions from Penrith, Bakewell, Ilfracombe, Salisbury, and Stonehaven, with mockery of solemn brag and a look at a Cossack uniform and brigand raiding in the Russian Empire.
A Congregationalist article extols electric motors for farm and home use. Windmills can store power for saws, feed chopping, and outside tasks, with mowing and cultivator work likely in the future. Heating and lighting now become safe, clean, and cheaper than gas, costing about $2.50 per light initially, and the current about gas.
The New York Journal notes cold snaps boost optician trade as sudden temperature shifts crack lenses and warp frames. Wearers panic when glasses fail and seek immediate repair, with many rushing to local opticians for replacements or adjustments.
The Wednesday news notes Prince Bismarck's continued improvement while Pittsburg glass workers go on strike amid non union labor. A fatal Orkney Islands mail boat accident leaves six drowned. James Houston, longtime Associated Press manager, dies in New York. The American flint glass workers vote to strike over the glass trust policy.
The week shows modest gains in manufacturing and payrolls but overall demand remains insufficient to keep current staff fully employed. Reports from cities, including Pittsburgh iron and steel prices and wool market hesitancy, signal sluggish trade. Exports stay sizable despite failures rise. monetary uncertainty skews mercantile assessments.
Governor Northen appeals to northern readers through T J Palmer to raise subscriptions for Brunswick sufferers amid plague. He notes siege by cordon, starvation, and waning relief as frost delays supply. He urges northern action and collective charity to rescue the city and support science.
A large Memphis Shelby County gathering praised Senators Bate and Harris of Tennessee for their stance on the silver bill. A committee read resolutions endorsing the pair for their faithfulness, while some speakers harshly denounced President Cleveland as a stage driver whipping Congress. The meeting was dominated by Democrats.
Striking Louisville and Nashville shop men at Decatur Alabama admit loss and seek reinstatement at reduced wages. Decatur officials report the company attorney was contacted by the strike chairman on Friday night with a proposal to return to work at the lowered scale.
Southern items report bank liquidation in Clarksville with deposits to be paid in full. Brunswick yellow fever tally shows 35 new cases and 2 deaths, with Jesup, Georgia reports no new cases and improving conditions. A 65‑man delegation arrives in Del Rio, Texas, claiming to be mechanics and miners en route to Alabama. Holston Methodist conference in Knoxville opens with 350 ministers and delegates. Middlesboro water works placed in receivership. plant built during boom but failed to grow. Laplace, Louisiana sees a foggy wreck on the Mississippi Valley line injuring several crew. investigation ongoing. New Orleans Police Officer Toole throat-slash attack tied to Mafia activity and pending trial.
A West Indian cyclone slammed the coast with forty to sixty mph gusts, hitting Savannah and Port cities. Vessels in Tybee roads seek refuge as tides rise, with Brunswick Jacksonville and Sea Islands fearing major damage and possible fatalities. No deaths reported yet.
At a Chicago county convention on Wednesday supporters urged Governor Altgeld to pardon the anarchists and denounce Judge Gary. When Gary’s name came up for renomination ex-Judge Moran faced heckling and threats as he spoke in Gary’s favor.
Monday at the World's fair drew an estimated 725000 attendees. Two people were killed in transit related incidents and hospital counts rose from forty or fewer minor injuries to 125 after two hours.
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