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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1897
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a murder case, a garish scene with a misread dialogue, risky remedies, and a sales notice for 60 cents in postage stamps. Names, dates, and places are garbled, leaving a murky outline of a sensational crime story from a New York connection.
A garbled 19th century advertisement mix touts BB-M Medicated Smoking Tobacco and Anil Cigarettes as cures for catarrh hay fever asthma and colds. It promotes mail order direct sales from the HE-M Company Atlanta Ga with claims of $100 reward for cure failures and cites Hall’s Catarrh Cure and other patent remedies.
An advertisement claims Hood's Sarsaparilla has cured thousands of nervous trouble scrofula rheumatism dyspepsia and colds and promises to purify blood, tone the system, restore appetite and provide refreshing sleep if given a chance.
The King of Siam’s Scottish tour faced changes and delays with Glasgow resenting the shift from a full week plan to a brief Edinburgh stay. The royal party altered engagements, sparking remarks about grandeur and the damp weather interrupting the Forth Bridge demonstration as a Welsh engineer attempted to explain thermal expansion.
A preacher extols sacred music’s divine command and social value. He cites biblical calls to sing, argues music strengthens faith and morale, warns against secular dilution and delegation in services, and urges families to sing at home to revive hymnody for congregational glory. He recalls historical examples and urges action now.
Overview of early 20th century science notes. Topics include blast furnace metals and melting points, density of the sun, thermoelectric studies, and energy transmission. Reports on plant varieties, perfumes, and colors. a Central American volcano near Sal Salvador and England earthquake shocks. Australian timber durability. a magnified phonograph exhibit. and language pattern observations from Ward.
A vast fire in Moasntals Tite Texas engulfs thousands of acres of cedar timber near Blue Mountain. The blaze, started by possible arson, creates smoke balloons and bursts flames across unburned tracts as drought dries the region. Cattle owners move stock to safety. the loss hits major timber producers J. B. Paugle and Frederick and Alexander Fanbion.
The Washington Star reports Surgeon General Wyman discusses Dr Lanarelli of Montivideo and his claim of the ioteroid bacillus as the yellow fever germ. The article notes uncertainties due to many microbes in patients, the germ’s presence in blood not gut, and the toxin produced inside organs and blood rather than the intestinal tract.
An advertiser urges women to seek help for womb inflammation and related symptoms, praising Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Mrs. Pinkham’s advice. Testimonials claim relief after using the product, alongside liver pills and remedies, with an address in Somerville, Massachusetts for correspondence.
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