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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1894
Page
4
The Baltimore American explains why certain portraits seem to follow a viewer: when the face and eyes face forward the iris sits at the eye’s center. as the head appears oblique the same facial breadth remains, creating the illusion of the gaze following the spectator. Flat boards and vivid colors enhance the effect by preserving facial lines.
The Book of the Dead, an ancient funeral rite, records the soul s journey to immortality. Exhumed mummy inscriptions declare the osiris lives after death and divine rejoicing. Origins traced to 2000 3000 years before Christ with cases from the great pyramid dated 1700 years before Jesus.
A mother's question about Grace's brief nap prompts Grace to declare she slept all there was. An 19th century quip on stoic awakening closes with a tonic pitch for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, touting remedies for dyspepsia liver complaints nervousness sleeplessness and sagicity as a general tonic.
Georgia notes report that GC Baldridge located twenty immigrant families from Illinois Pennsylvania and Ohio in Tifton with over 2 million dollars in capital to be invested locally. It covers the Tri State Medical Association session in Atlanta and a Washington press note on a southern military department. It cites Park Morrill winning the national weather forecaster post and details on Georgia tax returns including railroads and the anticipated Southern Railway purchase of the Central. It records the death of Rev Walter R Branham aged 81 near Oxford and praises his long ministry. It closes with weather prospects for crops. corn and cotton outlooks and Georgia geology work by Prof Yeates and assistants on marble corundum and old gold mines.
A forest fire near Cromwell and Hinckley Minnesota left entire areas burned including the schoolhouse. Eighteen bodies were found in a dugout near Pine City while relief crews search eastern lines. Officials urge directing all cash donations to the state committee for proper use. Survivors near Pokagama begin recovery and planned rebuilding as crews cremate scattered animal carcasses.
A weekly industrial report notes southern railroad reorganization nearly complete, with immediate extensions and resumed unfinished lines. The cotton mills remain strong and several large new mills and many enlargements are planned, with 31 new industries, 10 factory enlargements, and 8 major new buildings listed across states from South Carolina to Texas.
Colorado Springs dispatch reports Miss Winnie Davis did not move to vote in favor of suffrage. The only basis is a sister visit. Miss Davis remains resident of Mississippi and does not plan to vote here. She is opposed to woman suffrage.
The Ramon Delarrinaga cleared Port Royal South Carolina for Liverpool carrying 2800 bales of new cotton 10000 sacks of new flour 100 tons of lumber and logs and 350 tons of coal for bunkering. The ship arrived from Tampa Florida with 3000 tons of phosphate rock and will sail directly to Liverpool without stopping at Norfolk for coal.
Analyzes the 1880s Georgia push to raise Supreme Court judges from three to five. Argues more work due to population and wealth growth justifies extra judges, noting current per-judge caseload in Georgia surpasses other states. Claims modest cost and long term savings from better reasoned opinions.
National Labor Day was celebrated as a unified event with parades and picnics. Washington organized the effort to establish the holiday and gain national recognition while cities like Cincinnati New York and Nashville held large parades and gatherings.
A Montgomery special lists Democratic congressional nominees chosen in district conventions across Alabama. First District Richard H. Clarke renominated. Second District Jesse F. Stallings. Third District General George P. Harrison to succeed William C. Oates, governor-elect. Fourth District Marcus Wood to succeed Robbins, defeated. Fifth District Judge J. E. Cobb. Sixth District Bankhead leads with a slim margin amid deadlock. Seventh District W. H. Denson renominated. Eighth District Gen. Joe Wheeler. Ninth District Oscar W. Underwood to succeed Turpin.
The New Orleans cotton exchange issued its official crop report for 1893-94 on September 1. Port receipts 5,940,092. Overland 931,706. Southern net consumption 678,019. Total crop 7,549,817 bales. Gross southern consumption 718,515. Also noted is a Shelby county lynching case with Governor Turney offering a $5,000 reward for arrest and conviction after a consultation with Criminal Judge Cooper.
A collection of curiosities and statistics notes diverse topics and figures from history and science. It covers library size, tower bridge traffic, rice production, compressed hay roads, Vesuvian lava, fishhook design, crab curiosity, Adamsville remains, ancient mammoth teeth, Mexico Tehuantepec railway, a vast earthbound toad, and army officer demographics.
A Chattanooga Press feature recounts Mrs. J. G. Wilson of Dayton Rhea County recovering from years of invalidism after using Dr Williams Pink Pills. The account pledges strong results for women and notes the pills’ claimed benefits for both sexes and various illnesses.
Dr Alfred Springer of Cincinnati unveils an aluminum violin claiming fivefold volume over wood. Musicians split on tone quality, some favoring orchestral use, others preferring wood for solos. Also an ad notes Tetterine for skin diseases at 50 cents a box, shipped postpaid by J T Shuptrine Savannah.
The article extols atmospheric dust as essential for daylight, color, and weather, arguing dust particles diffuse light, determine sky hues, and serve as nuclei for rain, snow, and fog, making life and existence meaningful.
In sultry weather clothes dampened overnight mildew easily. Rub with buttermilk and dry in sun to fade mildew if not severe. Salt and vinegar provide another remedy. Poorly mildewed garments cannot be whitened completely.
A Montreal based New York Mail and Express report recalls a Lyons 1867 case of a girl who could not see in daylight and needed a dark room. At night she displayed near telescopic vision, distinguishing moving figures on a road while others saw only darkness. Her family fled to Paris, doctors noted her case, and she died insane yet retained night vision until death.
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