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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1897
Page
6
The Vienna Progress notes a harsh reader about U S stance in Haglund matters. Harold Fredéric, writing to the New York Times, argues Mastara developments amount to little while the Lark remains seen as artful dodger.
A Baltimore American item notes that every dollar of gold costs over two dollars and that only two of fifty thousand gold mines worldwide have paid. The reflection targets a person preparing to head to Alaska and suggests the warning is timely.
New York area reports reveal Mary Hansen aged sixty four as the leading swindler over two decades. She allegedly earned about 250000 from Jersey City to Brooklyn while living lavishly, now jailed awaiting grand jury action.
Municipalities in Chicago Maine and Columbus discuss bicycle taxes as a new revenue source. Chicago plans tax on all cycles and faces owner opposition while Maine reports general adoption and road improvements impact. In Columbus a vehicle tax proposed at seventy five cents per bicycle yearly raised constitutional questions.
A survey notes Americans who reside in England and abroad, including William Waldorf Astor who entered New York law in 1875 and served in state politics, Brat Harte, Henry James, William Livingston Alden, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, J. 8. Sargent, and others. It cites careers in diplomacy and the arts, with addresses and exile paths through public service.
Dr Michael Nordau recounts a night in Cayuga Bridge where a ride through New York state forests ends with a brutal ambush. He is bound and anchored atop sharp forks over water, recalling the Auburn prison escape and shifting from observer to unlikely survivor.
A poetic fragment describes the wind blowing through wheat and fields with imagery of flaked moons and hedges. It references nature, stars, hares, dewdrops, and a religious simile hinted at the Lord of fonts, attributed to McCulloch Williams in Harper's Weekly.
A doctor recalls a near death night on a railroad bridge in Auburn. He describes silvery moonlight, rushing trains, an instant of peril, and surviving after being dragged by a coupling hook. The story ends with brain fever and lingering horror. From Strand Magazine.
The famed tightrope walker Blondin tries to cross the Seine in Paris with caricaturist Cham as passenger. Cham jokes he will carry Blondin, then quips Blondin fears being dropped as Cham insists on riding Blondin, turning the challenge.
A collage of humorous lines from multiple papers including Detroit Prog Press Washington humorous verse and Chicago Post. Snippets joke about politics church jobs and marriage reflect early 20th century wit and social satire with quick quips and light irony.
A humor note from Chicago Record cites a typist advised by her boss to ease her keystrokes in hot weather while stamping stamps only at the corners. Other quips include a father noting his son will likely explain past rejections after college and a conversation about submarine tech progress with poor stability.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer column jokes about actor Bancroft being knighted by the queen and questions who he is, noting the disparity between his status and active performers. The exchange lampoons retirement and obsolescence in the profession.
A York Sun report describes a Cuban funeral in Santiago de Cuba for a child. The pallbearers carry an uncovered coffin with the lid set at the grave, while white clad children scatter flower petals and musicians lead the cortege. The outcry over open eyes shows tension between belief and realism regarding the child as an angel.
Georgian press reports a mix of civic issues and disputes. Georgia authorities plan a fish hatchery in Bouy, while a Washington congress session sparks movement toward a new Georgia institution. A sheriff and solicitor pursue criminal actions amid indictments. Prohibition voting results in Muscogee are listed, with calls for a state convention to discuss convicts, roads, police, and sanitary matters statewide.
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