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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1895
Page
4
The article notes that sleep begins with a gradual loss of senses in a fixed sequence. Eyes close first, then taste fades, then smell, then hearing, with touch last to vanish and first to return. Muscle relaxation follows, starting at the feet and moving upward, making sleep impossible with cold feet.
A trade expert explains artificial marble dominates nine tenths of marble-topped tables in the country. Millions of tons are produced yearly, with markings running through the block so indistinguishable from real marble. The process uses limestone chalk base, varnish baths, and repeated sulphate and zinc baths to harden and color the stone.
A collage of patent medicine pitches and quack tonics flood the page. Advertisers pitch Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters Parker’s Ginger Tonic No-To-Bac and Dr Kline’s Nerve Restorer with testimonials and free pamphlets. The piece also cites Hill's Catarrh Cure Ripans Tabs and Winslow’s Soothing Syrup aimed at parents and sufferers.
The Defender was awarded the America's Cup after Valkyrie withdrew at the start of Thursday's race. Lord Dunraven had protested interference by excursion steamers and tugs, and signaled Valkyrie would not race if the course remained crowded. Iselin proposed a resail of Tuesday’s triangle race, but no reply arrived.
New York reports a steady gold flow with Lazard Freres leading barrel shipments totaling 22.5 million dollars amid questions on a bond syndicate. Other firms including W. H. Crossman & Bro and Handy & Harman sent sizable consignments while sub Treasury officials promise reserves will recover from export-driven declines.
In Langman county circuit court at Springfield Illinois State Attorney Graham instructed the September term grand jury to investigate grave charges of corruption against state legislators. The attorney argued press reports were definite enough to demand action and not be ignored.
Hector D. Lane president of the Cotton Growers' Protective Association issues a circular to southern planters. He warns the crop will likely be under seven million bales and urges restraint, urging farmers to market cotton with intelligence to avoid lost value.
The Pennsylvania state democratic convention met in Williamsport selecting temporary and permanent officers. Ex-Congressman Benjamin Myers was nominated for state treasurer assisted by James S. Morehead Harman Yeskes Charles S. Noyes Christopher Magee and O P Breckler for the superior court judges. The platform lauds Jefferson Cleveland and the new administration. The meeting adjourned sine die at 8 22 p m.
The Kreueger family of La Porte Indiana lost seven members after eating diseased pork about a year earlier. The father mother and six children aged six to twenty were poisoned and died one by one despite medical care, last survivor Helen aged six dying last Wednesday. Doctors diagnosed trichinosis with parasites evident in their bodies.
Secretary of the Treasury issues telegram to the Ogdensburg collector ordering denial of admission to two hundred Chinese travelers recently landed at Vancouver en route to the Atlanta exposition. Officials suspect a scheme to defraud the government and gain entry for many Chinese who are not admissible.
At a Richmond Virginia meeting of the Jefferson Davis Monument Association the president announced that a June 3 collection in the city raised about 1000 to 1200 dollars in new subscriptions. A committee was named to report on inviting monument proposals as the board considers site moves within Monroe Park. The Tennessee Confederate Bivouacs met in Columbia naming officers and setting a Nashville gathering for October 1896.
A Monday morning blaze gutted the four story furniture store of L. P. Peck & Co. in San Antonio. The stock was ruined, estimated at 75,900 with 50,000 insured. Building damage about 20,000 insured. Adjacent Alamo truck factory loss about 5,000 and Texas Millinery Emporium Co 2,000.
Army worms cause extensive damage to cotton in Yazoo delta river counties including Cahoma Bolivar Washington Sharkey Issaquena and Warren in Mississippi and in Madison Concordia and Tensas and east and west Carroll in Louisiana. Columbia liberty bell begins world tour departing Chicago on a special train to Atlanta for the southern states Mexico and Europe.
In Ishpeming Michigan the miners union at the Lake Superior company section 24 mine ordered pump men fire men and other union employes to come out. The men refused saying the order is ridiculous and stayed at their posts. Twenty three bodies recovered. A rescue party at shaft No 13 Osceola mine in Houghton Michigan found twenty three dead at the fourteenth level and two at the third level with five still missing.
A Bloomington special reports Hon Adlai E Stevenson will preside at the Chickamauga battlefield national park dedication on the evening of the 19th, marking the ceremonial opening. The event will feature attendance by prominent officials and local residents.
Winnie 8 Andrews a Port Townsend Washington nurse received a letter stating her Boston grandmother died leaving her thirty thousand dollars. She has quit her job to travel east and claim the inheritance.
One hundred twenty coopers in Nashville go on strike after a proposed wage reduction in three shops, with expectations of a satisfactory settlement. Judge Van Syckel of New Jersey’s supreme court files an opinion declaring the Voorhees elective judiciary act unconstitutional.
The essay lambasts the global trade in larks and other birds as cruel and unsustainable. It warns that without strong penalties for trappers, vendors, and eaters, larks will vanish and Europe’s birds face extinction within a century. Ornithology groups in France and Switzerland urge Italy to act.
In Detroit Tribune coverage a waiter requests a heated hash warmer after a guest inquiry. The report details the exchange and the diner’s demand for comfort amid a tense dining room scene.
The article discusses milk testers for dairy herds improving butter production and herd quality, highlights the Dorking breed for table meat and crossing value, and notes British and American aspects of dairy and fowl farming alongside general farm advice from the Westminster Review and New York World. It also covers crop and garden tips including rape as forage, soap suds as fertilizer, and onion drying methods.
A collection of curiosities covers biology, astronomy, geology and history. Notes include a snail tongue with 30 000 toothlike points, a raven found in every country, a 1.52673 billion year age for Earth, and a single wasp lineage reaching 20 000 in a season.
A Cincinnati Tribune snippet recalls an onion social where girls bite onions and men bet who ate it, with kissing among winners and losers. A Modern Maid asks an old lady whether to marry a man with opposite tastes and quarrel or one with similar tastes and grow tired.
A child asks if crackers will be fired from teeth and the Reverend replies he will honor the anniversary with an oration. The boy counters that his father said the preacher would "shoot off his mouth" in celebration.
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