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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1901
Page
4
The Progress notes Chas J Welburn appointed state librarian and reflects on politics, cotton prices, depots, and social issues. It mentions Governor candidates, Guerry, and a Goebel related case. Also reports on a Savannah marble game death, Fall River strikes, and wage debates.
A windy political column surveys Roosevelt's actions and White House drift. It notes Roosevelts dinner optics, the South's reaction to inviting Prof. Washington, and how reformers face a shift in black voter leverage. It also critiques McKinley’s death rumor, Philippine reinforcements, and tax policy critique.
For sale at once for 1000 dollars cash owners offer 100 acres with 15 acres cleared, timbered land, a five room house, barn, horse stable, water, fruit trees, and a good lot. Located in a healthy neighborhood eight miles from Vienna. Suitable for farmer lawyer or doctor. Apply to Mrs A P Shaw Kerns Dooly County Ga.
The catalog advertises nearly 100 strawberry varieties plus dewberries, asparagus, rhubarb, grape vines and more. It offers illustrated free catalogs and ships across the continent with plants as fresh as when dug. Specify shipping or fancy garden varieties.
New York politicians return from Halifax recount a tale about Congressman Sulzer of Tammany Hall. A florist in Halifax shows a bed shaped as a crown with a union jack, claiming seeds were sent by Sulzer to decorate the garden. The story circulates in Democratic circles amid laughter and denial.
The father in law of Europe King Christian of Denmark has six children who occupy or will inherit thrones across Europe. Crown Prince Frederick married Sweden’s and Norway’s royal line. Alexandra is queen of England. George rules Greece and married Olga sister to the late czar. Dagmar is dowager czarina after marrying Russia’s Alexander III. Thyra weds the Duke of Cumberland heir to those thrones. Valdemar married Marie daughter of the Duke of Orleans. No such royal web has centered in one family before.
A recent regulation outlines conditions for Russian officers to marry. A prospective wife must have good manners and social standing, while the officer must be at least 23, earn $600 in pay and allowances, and hold real estate or capital meeting set thresholds.
An account from the Chicago Tribune describes the first car crossing the Sahara reaching a breakdown halfway between two dunes. The owner abandons the vehicle for a sighting and orders wireless contact with Fezzan station, requesting they send a camel. The coordinates noted are latitude 26 29 N and longitude 14 87 E.
The Ladies' Home Journal quotes Lilian Baynes Griffin praising James Abbott McNeill Whistler as the most picturesque American artist. In London a shopper mistook him for a clerk and criticized his hat. Whistler retorted that the shopper’s coat and trousers did not fit either and would be changed.
Practical guide on airing and drying bed linen, turning mattresses, and maintaining ample sheet and pillowcase supply for guest rooms. Orchestrates bed make up without excess starch and emphasizes daily airing. Offers concise, age appropriate vegetable cooking times for common produce.
The English tea basket appears in our land as a handy receptacle for luncheon on picnics or auto trips. It comes in sizes to serve from two to ten, with blue and white agate ware, knives, spoons, forks, butter dish, sugar and cream, sandwich tins, cake box, milk flasks, alcohol lamp, and kettle, all compactly packed for easy service.
A playful exchange between Impossible Willie-Pa and Pa-Shi centers on why their language is called the mother tongue. Pa-Shi argues the father never gets to use it, prompting a lighthearted dig at family speech roles.
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