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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1894
Page
4
The article describes a secure specie locker aboard an ocean steamer located in the stern over the screw. It is a six foot high half oval vault with doors and steel bars, designed to be tamper resistant and away from the crew. The purser handles the gold, inspecting seals and weights. Gold is shipped in bags of 5000 dollars or kegs of 50000 dollars, with bars varying in size and silver ingots weighing about 125 pounds.
The piece explains fading causes from hot water and offers care tips. It notes brown hosiery may retain russet color in cold water, while woolens should not be washed cold and white goods can be boiled. It warns printed lawns cottons and linens are at risk with hot water.
A collage of early consumer advice warns parents to shade babies from the sun to protect tender eyes, cautions about silver cleaners that may ruin ware, touts patent medicines for digestion and kidney health, and promotes shorthand courses and travel deals. It includes notices on catarrh cures, educational ads, and a railroad teaser for Boston and the East.
A promoted laxative claim notes Syrup of Figs as a pleasant, effective remedy for cleansing the system and easing constipation. It asserts benefits to kidneys, liver, and bowels without weakening them, selling in 50c and 1 bottles, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. Only its name appears on packages.
A digest lists cholera deaths in Germany, labor commission in Chicago, Eli Whitney III’s cotton picking machine, a Spring Valley miners’ strike settlement, a deadly watermelon bet, a Brooklyn Biscuit plant fire, and political shifts in Delaware. Also reported are naval incidents, Paris warrants, Milwaukee smallpox action, New Bedford mills, Pythian session, and international tensions in China and Senegal with foreign fleets deployed to Tien-Tsin.
A Washington special notes Captain Thomas H. Barry joining the Cotton States and International Exposition board in Atlanta. Treasury, gold reserves, and sub-treasury receipts rise, while President Cleveland departs for Gray Gables. Nominations failed in the Senate are signed, and reports from the state department signal a crisis in Peru. Officials from several departments are named to the Atlanta exposition board.
Shanghai dispatch to London agencies cites a letter from Chemulpo asserting Chinese forces defeated Japanese at Ping Yang. Japanese 6,000 men landed near Taiton Kiang. Chinese cavalry split formation, heavy artillery fire caused panic. 1,300 Japanese dead. Chinese claim Chang Ho may be in Chinese hands. Japanese re-embarking baggage at Ping Yang inlet as cavalry scour lands and take prisoners.
The Central News from London notes China failed to float a 1,000,000 tael loan guaranteed by merchants. Shanghai reports urge Japanese residents to abandon Chinese dress and many return home. Seoul minister Oteri is said dead amid conflicting accounts. In Texas, Buck Kilgore defeated Yoakum nomination signals changes in the third district race.
The Fifty-Third Congress ended its stormy session with adjournment sine die at 2 p.m. on Tuesday after hours of sparse House attendance and a packed Senate gallery scene. Members and Knights of Pythias witnessed the closing acts including the death of Rep. Shaw and a joint committee’s farewell to the president. The Senate, led by Vice President Stevenson, adjourned with thanks to the presiding officers and wishes for a safe return home.
Primaries in the first Mississippi district were held Tuesday. Twenty two of the thirty four delegates elected favor Hon. John M. Allen, insuring his re election to congress.
The Journal of American Politics notes a total of 48,000 papers and magazines worldwide, with about 20,000 published in the United States, highlighting global and U.S. publishing scales.
The article notes world periodical circulation by country with the United States leading at four billion copies and Britain, Germany, and France following with various counts. It also discusses home cleaning with gasoline, child remedies, and bird songs, then highlights a tobacco habit cure claim in Bessemer Alabama and the No-To-Bac product, with testimonial details of Jos Bunker’s reported recovery and dosage.
Electric fences for cattle in Texas show how charged barb wire can halt stampedes and how telephone transmitters at convenient points could link rounders to ranch HQs. Also warns about ill fitting shoes for growing feet and promotes Tetterine as a local skin cure. brief note on properly fitting footwear and a Tuscaloosa tonic.
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