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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1904
Page
1
A long miscellany of social maxims and early 20th century domestic guidance. It covers flirtation and marriage, women’s roles, dress, culinary skill, and virtue, with notes on self improvement, thrift, and manners. It critiques fashion shifts, urges practical housekeeping knowledge, and warns against instalment buying as risky.
J R James lost his right arm in a gin accident in the lower county when the saw caught his sleeve as he tried to pick cotton with his fingers. His arm was severed near the shoulder. he was rushed five miles to Cordele for treatment and is recovering. He had operated the gin for years and was skilled, but the mishap proved fatal to his hand and left arm. He is a son of W S James, known as Beckum.
A Sunday evening lightning strike shattered the chimney and tore a door shutter at the G. Hamil ton residence in the 14th district. Sherod Hamilton’s son Watson Hamilton was instantly killed as the family was searched by the flash. The article also notes comments by Prof Richet in Paris on death tolls in the 19th century and broad reflections on commerce, farming, and advertising in a series of echoed observations.
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