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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1898
Page
6
A consular report from Switzerland highlights competition with the United States in exporting watches and watch parts to Japan. It notes U S exports to Japan were nearly three times Swiss in 1897, signaling progress in high grade manufacturing and delicate specialization.
An expert cites that more than 15,000,000 dollars are spent annually on golf in the United States. The figure covers club investments totaling over 10,000,000 dollars and excludes private grounds expenditures, highlighting golf as the costliest amateur sport in the nation.
The Christian Register notes universities and colleges are recovering from a business slump. Enrolments are rising with the new academic year and endowments are increasing, signaling a more flourishing era for American higher education.
The writer muses on how history might have differed if England had funded Columbus instead of Spain. Questions loom about potential British control of the Americas and the broader impact on world progress, suggesting a speculative bonus for readers.
A new concept uses an on plow motor with a traveling chain to draw furrows. Two field side wires supply current via trolley wheels from a central power house. Simple poles around the field feed power to anchor cars and reels for mobility in any fold.
An excerpt reflects on misfortune and sorrow, contrasting with hopeful love. It muses how life shifts between summer and winter, asserting faith in true hearts. The passage attributes the lines to George Macdonald.
Captain Blake anchors off Lower Guinea after storm and brings in a tigress cub. His daughter Louisa pleads to spare it. Aboard, Brand and Earle face danger as the tigress returns, Brand sacrifices to save Louisa, and the creature is driven to the sea by the ship’s anchor. The captain forgives his earlier judgment.
The War Department reports an enablegram from Thursday stating the United States will possess Porto Rico by October 18 with Santo Domingo to hoist the flag at San Juan at noon that day. The Spanish commission agrees on completion by or before October 18 and the joint commission has adjourned, ending contention over possession.
Comptroller Dawes ordered the Tioga National Bank of Oswego to close its doors and cease deposits after a bank exam found a large defalcation by assistant cashier Eli W. Stone who later died at home after confessing to the examiner. Vanbrocklin was placed in charge of the bank amid the investigation led by Senator T. O. Platt, president of the bank.
Washington officials state the war continues until a peace treaty is signed and ratified. Soldiers requesting mustering out are told discharges depend on sickness or disability and require approval by colonels and higher officers.
A Rome cable says Britain Russia France and Italy rejected the porte's Crete evacuation modifications. The four powers send an identical note to Constantinople demanding Turkish soldiers leave Crete within the ultimatum deadline and rejecting the sultan's fortified garrison proposal.
Tom Langford, last of the Desk gang, stands trial in Zebulon for the two year old murder of Sheriff Gwynn. Attorneys include Thomas E. Watson G D Dominick and S N Woodward. Langford has been jailed since his July 1897 Arkansas arrest.
The war investigating commission reviewed Alger's documents on troop movements and communications, revealing Miles favored Isle of Pines occupation and a pre-Santiago operation near Porto Rico that Alger disapproved. It also noted friction between Miles and Shafter at Tampa and a plan to transfer command to Wheeler if Shafter fell ill.
A large fire in Macon Georgia destroyed the Winn Johnson company candy and cracker factory and the I C Burke & Co oil and paint store early Thursday morning. The losses include 240,000 stock and 20,000 building for Winn Johnson and 62,000 stock and building for Burke & Co, with total losses around 122,000 and additional damages estimated at 2,000.
Griffin dispatch reports Private Henry Dickson of Company B Third Regiment was shot near Locust Grove Thursday morning by nine men from Camp Northen during an attempted arrest. Dickson resisted and was shot while trying to kill a soldier.
James Hill, the Jackson Mississippi internal revenue collector, appeals to Jacson Lyons in Washington for help for several thousand colored residents left jobless by a yellow fever quarantine. He says whites have fled and 4,000 to 4,500 colored people need charity to be fed.
Rumors from Manila claim Macabulos, head of five northern provinces, has rebelled against Aguinaldo with fighting reported between factions. General Rios at Iloilo reportedly sent emissaries to sway natives to favor Spain and delay independence for the Philippine islands.
A Washington dispatch reports Major General Fitzhugh Lee telegraphing Major General Greene that Mrs Lee is critically ill. Greene was asked to assume command of the First division, Seventh army corps, and he left Washington Saturday night for duty.
The fourth day of Macon's Diamond Jubilee featured a Living Flag and queen's ball as Augusta plans a winter military camp with water mains and an electric line, while the Georgia division will fund Winnie Davis memorials. Bibb County plans a December prohibition election amid 6,000 voters and an Anti-Saloon League effort. Senate results show Mathew W. Gross as a Populist challenger. war department orders set winter camp sites near Atlanta. State official counts favor Terrell, Wright, Spear, and Stevens in key races, with several margins close and some counties not yet reporting.
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