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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1894
Page
4
A fragmentary poem describing a silent valley in a haunted border region. Vivid imagery invokes Wurder mountains, Dask and the Dawning, and silent, dreamlike nature, with a note attributing the text to Martha M. Williams in Harper's Bazaar.
In a dim back room in Paris Pulaski leads fourteen conspirators to kill the rich oppressor of the poor. A black bean seals the messenger’s fate, but the narrator is chosen and must kill or die. In a garden pursuit a child shields the old man, and the messenger kills him instead.
Chicago Herald recounts Napoleon Bonaparte facing extreme danger from Toulon to Acre, noting bayonet wounds and horses shot, plus his hidden wounds to preserve morale. It claims his staff kept silent to avoid undermining his invulnerability and asserts his life influenced Europe’s fate.
The article explains teaching deaf mutes to form vowel sounds before a mirror and feel laryngeal vibration at the throat. Pupils imitate the vibration by touching their master’s throat and then their own throat. It notes lips are less supple and require exercise while eyes learn to fixate for lip reading.
The Navy Department plans to buy a German canvas folding boat for the torpedo cruiser Cushing. Conventional boats are impractical for davits and escape needs. canvas folding boats stiffened with reindeer hair cushions resist gunfire. Britain recently purchased forty, drawing House of Commons criticism. The piece also notes 1880 nervous disease deaths at 113.9 per 1000 known deaths.
A collage of comic exchanges and gags from late 19th century magazines. Items include witty exchanges on love and marriage, travel culture, clever retorts, and humorous vignettes about domestic life with brief captions and punchlines. The piece features multiple short quips and jokes credited to periodicals such as Life, New York World, Detroit Free Press.
A collection of maxims on love debt honesty work and personal growth. It urges timely effort scarce opportunities faithful friendship and the value of character guiding readers toward self awareness and moral conduct.
The article recounts several old anecdotes of rings recovered after long lapses. It cites Van Notten, Byron’s mother, a Tyne incident, Inverness, and a heather seal tale with coincidences. A gardener, a jeweler’s boy, and unexpected discoveries by peats and potatoes appear, with a Saturday Review closing remark.
Dr Edward Bedloe of New York portrays China during the China Japan war era, noting lack of national debt and literacy, a well educated officer corps, a strong navy, Foo Chow arsenal, and a large gun factory. He identifies General Lieu as commander, his Formosa governorship, and his resemblance to Li Hung Chang, highlighting progress such as a self built railroad and electric lighting at his palace.
The American notes that madstones, believed to draw poison from wounds, lack scientific backing. Various items have been touted as madstones, including feldspar and four hard substances from a deer's stomach, but experts reject these claims.
A New Hampshire Bible distributor who died at 76 distributed 120000 Bibles. A Cranberry Park New Jersey tramp camp hosts about 400, awaiting cranberry picking with little food or money. Western Australia liquor laws impose a £50 Sunday serving penalty. Perth hotel-keeper fined £150 for Sabbath refreshment of three. Licenses restrict absence from licensed premises to 28 days yearly without magistrate permission, provoking trade ire. The term cottillion refers to petticoat and a skirt dance origin. Holystone deck cleaning comes from Sunday use and kneeling.
A bed cover of heavy white linen or unbleached cotton sheeting is described with blue and green crewels, fringe, and a woodbine crewed design. The piece features hemstitched edges, a yellow crewel fringe, and a matching narrow scarf for pillows, praised for easy care.
The Boston Courier notes children need gentler cleaning than adults. Wash on rainy days to keep indoors, use warm soft water with castile soap, add a touch of alcohol to aid drying and stimulate the hair, and let hair dry fully before combing.
A simple cream soup method suited for children and the ill. Simmer one quart chicken broth, wash two heaping tablespoons rice and cook half an hour. Stir in butter and sifted flour until smooth, add salt and one pint scalded milk, keep stirring until thick and smooth.
A restaurant scene shows the head waiter collecting wine orders from customers. The punch line comes as the butler in the pantry proclaims Calixte three bottles of red. The ad promotes Ho tetter s Stomach Bitters for various ailments.
Fragmentary OCR item from a New York page notes a royal bake related topic with unclear details and a partial address line. Strong entities are scarce but the fragment hints at a feature about a bakery or product designation in New York with year-like markers.
A New York Herald note describes Aunt Dinah’s Maryland biscuits made with flour lard and salt kneaded into a stiff dough baked twenty minutes for brown crispness. It contrasts eastern shore hand shaping with western shore beating to create flaky versions, both lauded.
The Laos vicinity natives fear a plateau marking their border with Anam. Dense forest and perpetual rain are linked to a superstition that hunters must not speak, shoot, or light fires lest rain be triggered. They attribute the rainfall to supernatural causes, not natural science.
A visitor complains to a hotel manager that he cannot sleep due to a neighboring German musician playing a clarinet. After briefly dozing, he is awakened by banging on his door and asked to stop playing the same key to avoid disturbing others.
The Brooklyn Eagle quotes two Boston scientists in a lively exchange about a debate. They urge a practical analysis in a laboratory of foaming beverage shown on a street sign. The item blends scientific banter with a humorous lab impulse.
Scientists offer diverse end of world hypotheses such as land submersion, gravity collapse, cremation by sun, human retrogression, and equatorial freezing. The piece notes the irony of earning a living while awaiting apocalyptic forecasts.
The Nebraska Women's Weekly argues civilization grants mothers their rights and that mothers will in turn protect their children's rights as a natural sequence. The piece frames maternal advocacy as essential to child welfare and societal progress.
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