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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1897
Page
6
A long volcanic eruption occurred in Tesland near a glacier when subterranean fire forced a column of ice to rupture. A postman observed huge ice blocks and torrents of water as lava and ice debris showered the plain, halting travel for ten days along the coastal region.
Fragment describes seal skin preparation for commerce with terms like skina and sealing, noting similarity in tint and grain. It mentions shaving upper and lower surfaces, deeper implanting along the halva, and a browling browling outcome. The text indicates the process is technically formed as pailing.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Toledo and standard dollars with references to market terms and dates. It reads as a disrupted historical notice with scattered names and places, offering little clear context or actionable detail beyond partial monetary and locality hints.
An aged advertisement markets smoking tobacco and cigarettes with medical claims for catarrh colds and general health, stating no opium or harmful drugs used. It encourages direct mail orders via a Georgia company, urging safe, tradeable tonics and pills, while noting cautions about consumption and urging buyers to follow provided directions.
The Temple Garden flower show opens today with an extraordinary orchid from Mr Sundar of Fort Albion. The specimen, Onattleya Reipeckiana, has white wings and a gold vermilion body, eight inches across, valued at a thousand guineas. Orchid hunter Arnold, who died under unclear circumstances, inspired the tale of peril in pursuit of rarities across jungles and seas.
A zoologist with nine years in ostrich farming in South Africa, Conwright Schreiner, rebuts the belief that ostriches run by waving their wings. He explains running involves a lowered head, forward position, and a sinuous neck while keeping a steady gaze. Wings rest along the body, not used for balance or defense.
The preacher extols prayer's secret place of thunder as God answers from hidden power. He recounts personal conversions and parish reforms sparked by faithful supplication, urging ministers and congregants to seek private prayer to fuel public fervor and societal good.
Red Jacket Michigan, a mining town in Houghton County, supports vast underground shafts and a daily influx of wealth. Its adult foreign residents greatly outnumber natives by more than a hundred to one, with about 8000 residents and over thirty nationalities including Americans, Welsh, German, Italian, Polish, Hungarian, Irish, Greek, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Swiss, Turkish, Chinese, Mexicans and Moors.
United States Consul Maultius in Turin reports growing concern over burying alive. Prominent physicians and laymen work on preventive tests to be showcased at the National Exposition in Turin next April. Similar global efforts seek solutions. public interest in the United States is urged.
Wastington Sands of East Robeson, Berlin County, grew sick and fell behind on corn shocking. Neighbors gathered after moonrise and, despite poor health, worked through the night to shock the field. The next morning Sands found the entire corn harvest completed by his neighbors.
In 1895 a group of Grand Army of the Republic Indians founded Fitzgerald in Irwin County, Georgia after selecting the spot of Jefferson Davis arrest. By 1897 the county seat moved from Irwinville to Fitzgerald as the town grew. County valuation rose from just over $1 million in 1895 to about $3 million in two years.
Muller surrendered in Rotterdam confessing the murder of his wife and child. Police found four human skulls from his pocket and two bodies at his house. He then confessed to killing his parents and fourteen wives in various parts of the world.
Sheep raising in eastern Oregon has boomed as lamb prices have surged from about seventy five cents a head to eighty one and a half dollars. Purchasers report difficulty in finding lambs at the old low price and buyers are hesitant to sell at current high rates.
A Havana dispatch reports the coasting steamer Triton wrecked between Do minca and Manuel in Pinar del Rio province. Over 200 aboard including soldiers and civilians, with 92,060 in silver for troops. Many lost as two lifeboats capsize and others drifted away seeking escape amid heavy seas and a long vigil by rescuers.
In Chicago on Saturday former Judge Vincent, chief counsel for the defense in the Adolph I Merger trial, delivered a closing address to the jury. Applause erupted as he bowed, the jury stood, and order broke down briefly before court adjourned amid tension. State's Attorney Deneen to close for the prosecution on Monday.
Police in Havana province Gaines have arrested Senorita Blanes Ortega from a distinguished family and Senorita Vargina Castellanos, alleging they conspired in connection with the Evangelina Cisneros affair.
Chicago dispatch reports attorney Phalen defended Luetgert accusing police of witness intimidation and naming perjurers on the state’s side. Vincent to close for Luetgert as the defendant’s tearful parting from his sons marks adjournment amid a charged courtroom scene. Morgan favors annexation as he returns toward Washington with his daughters readying for Alabama.
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