23 Oct 1902
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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1902
Page
1
A contrived collection of aphorisms and maxims on virtue, temperance, work, and ambition. The piece urges diligence, self-control, and industry, urging men to seek purpose, shun laziness, and align with religious values while warning against wastefulness and bad habits.
The Indianapolis police judge endorses the whipping post as a cure for petty crime triggering heated local debate. Northern papers and Delaware support its costless, sharp lesson and potential effectiveness despite global disdain for the ancient punishment.
A prisoner asks a young lawyer to obtain a writ of habeas corpus for $25. The prisoner says he has no money or friends. The lawyer dismisses him, offering only spiritual advice and a polite farewell.
A story of a western girl who started with five cents to pursue education. She sold sunbonnets and aprons to fund studies, earned land from her brother, grew a $40 sweet potato crop, and graduated from a state school and then a Baltimore medical college. Her success highlights faith, resourcefulness, and late barriers faced by women pursuing professional careers.
A Cincinnati man on Walnut Hills boasts of living rent free in his father in law's house. He explains he would own the place when the father dies, but paying taxes now would complicate his finances. He avoids tax by not taking ownership yet.
The city of Americus proposes to host a college to be built by the Macon Presbytery offering a site and 5000 dollars in cash. Citizens praise the location and climate but warn that alcohol issues could derail the project.
A series of farmer advice emphasizes hands on management on the home farm. Recommendations cover timely planting and soil care, crop diversification from grain to pasture, manure use, terrace work, wintering cattle, and careful record keeping. Emphasis on self sufficiency and avoiding debt, with a call to grow food for family and stock and to value Georgia’s mild climate for year round farming.
A satirical dialogue portrays a reform crowd debating a rumored corset trust. Characters quibble over profits and fairness, noting how such an arrangement might affect consumers and politics. The exchange hints that decisive action rests with a future democratic congress.
Judge Emory Syccer refused to confirm the sale of the Millen and Tennille cotton mills saying the price was too small. The Millen plant cost $150,000 and sold for $50,000 while the Tennille mills cost $112,000 and sold for $40,000. All judges are not asleep.
The coal miners strike ends with demands for an eight hour day higher tonnage wages a standard mine ton and union dispute mechanisms. A race riot in Littleton Alabama leaves three white men and eight African Americans dead. Pittsburg dealer James O Brien faces a swindle charge in Georgia. Prohibitionist Rev. Wm D Gay campaigns for Alabama governor while a Columbus bailiff thwarts mob lynch threats. James Younger of Jesse James fame dies by his own hand in St Paul. A 70 year old man Ben FE Pettit dies while acting as peacemaker between two fighting locals.
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