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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1902
Page
2
Local items note HI D Smith as editor, shipping notices, and postmark details. Reports include floods in Brunswick causing damage, deaths of Captain James Wilson and W B Berry, a shooting in Dalton, and travel by J Pope Brown. Business, politics, and advertisements mix with general commentary on commerce and hustle.
A playful verse by Antonio presents a bachelor farmer as the subject, praising his shy, honest character and good home life. It hints at a hidden beloved and invites readers to guess the farmer’s fate with a note. The riddle closes with a prompt to write.
Sostanic Blood Balm for the blood is advertised as a remedy for ulcers poison ivy cancer skin sores and rheumatic conditions. It claims to purify and enrich blood and offer free medical advice with a sealed letter sample and prepaid shipment from the Blood Balm Co Atlanta GA.
An advertisement touts Smith's Kidney Cure as a guarantee of perfect health and urges readers to try a bottle. The drug is advertised at 50 cents and available from Vienna Drug Co.
After November 1st Thompson Gin will run on Tuesdays and Thursdays and the up-town Gin on Wednesdays and Fridays. Cotton delivered on non gin days will be bought in the seed at top market price. Wienss Cotton Oil Co. Ed Howell, Manager.
A scientific study documents the March 9 to 12 1901 dust storm as one of the era's most remarkable events crossing 25 degrees of latitude from Sahara to Denmark. Dust carried at over 43 miles per hour along a low-pressure air stream with minimal precipitation in Austria Hungary and farther north. American bridgebuilding boasts that modern spans over 500 feet have been built since 1870, with engineers advancing the craft rapidly to a level unmatched elsewhere.
A Buffalo Commercial note discusses general eavesdropping, citing a Stockholm Sweden government exchange experiment that signals subscribers if the central operator is listening to their call. The piece notes changes in detection and a sudden in voice tone as a sign of intrusion.
A Charenton woman repeatedly tried to kill herself on her husband’s death anniversaries. On April 30 1894 she lit a chafing dish for the eighth time, neighbors intervened, and she urged wait until next year. Paris Messenger notes her persistent grief drives the danger. Brain expert Sir James Crichton Browne discusses insomnia’s effects and how some brains sleep in sections with centers shutting down in turn.
The text notes Senator Spooner is worth about $250,000 and does not want more. It extols him as a capable provincial lawyer in the northwest and suggests he could earn a fortune in law. He implies that wealth might spoil hardworking, ambitious young men and expresses concern over pursuing riches.
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