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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1897
Page
6
The New York Tribune notes Vienna in Georgia and Boston as a billion dollar city on assessment rolls. It says Lind Wattar may be influenced by his father, while head waitresses are cited as displacing him in certain New England hotels. Women are described as performing the work well in many cases.
A fragment warns that should any great numbers succeed in entering the Yukon region via the Portland Oregonian Trail this fall, a tragedy unseen since Napoleon's Russian campaign would occur.
In Westmoreland Angill Castle once built for 70000 and later sold for 10000 now resold for 8260 amid local speculation that a mysterious guiding spirit haunts the property. The tale of superstition endures as buyers weigh the eerie claims against the declining value.
Vorome H. Raymond, once a Ghiosgo street newsboy twenty years ago, is now twenty five and President of West Vir Giid University at Morgantown. He left newspaper selling to become an office boy for George M. Pullman. He is believed to be the youngest college provident in the United States.
A New York Observer note claims opposition to singing hymns in Scotland has faded as worshippers sing. It traces lighter church unrest to years of Sankey hymn popularity and says hymn books proliferated, shaping church practice.
An English magazine during the American Revolution predicted North American population would 9 million, doubling every 25 years. It estimated 1890 world population at around 62 million, noting the forecast as remarkable given the era’s growth assumptions.
Lord Wolnotoy, commander in chief of the British army, declares the meteor flag of Hagland will not be carried into battle again. He notes regiments will fight with discipline and orders, explaining that Germans now carry poles for colors to avoid attracting enemy fire and that the old practice has become impractical.
The New York Post reports a discreet effort to split Alaska into multiple territories. May Inst native work began. petitions target interior Yukon River and mining camps. Washington attention expected by September. Lincoln proposed as the new territory with Weare as seat near Tanana River. vast gold fields and potential for governance, land titles, and citizenship incentives.
A historical account explains placer mining in the Klondike, detailing the pan method to wash dirt from streams. It outlines steps from prospecting on snowless streams to panning, separating gold from sand and magnetic ore, and notes the use of mercury for fine gold.
The article describes placer mining in Klondike using rockers and sluices, detailing mercury amalgamation, freezing ground challenges, and firing to thaw soil. It compares Siberian and Alaskan practice, notes long, seasonal work, and explains bedrock, claim width, and ore recovery. It also surveys Alaska quartz mining around Juneau, Gold Creek and Silver Bow Basin, with forecasts of new mills and machinery.
The interview with GF WuneaU recounts early Alaska exploration and the founding of Juneau. He notes the Klondike shortcut via Root Pass, hardships of mountain ascent, Indian labor, and rough terrain with moss and devil's club. He recalls Tunenti, discovery by Joseph Juneau, and Alaska's extreme climates and riches.
Boats in Busrah shaped like large baskets, wicker and plastered to keep out water, are called gophers and used by locals. The piece notes a similar form, the coracle, once common on Wales streams, valued for surviving turbulent waters and rock obstacles.
In China certain literary degrees can be purchased for about $75. A con artist sold fake diplomas claiming to place holders under foreign consular jurisdiction, deceiving Celestials with the illusion of authentic government recognition.
The article discusses masut a byproduct of yaw petroleum as a cheaper smokeless fuel for ships. It claims masut is 20 percent more heat efficient than coal enables faster faster travel and greater buoyancy due to lower density. Russia Italy and Germany are testing it with Kiel Wilhelmshaven and Danzig tanks for pumping fuel into vessels.
The University of Nebraska experiment station reports corn as a potential fuel when coal is expensive. Tests show one pound of screened Wyoming coal cost 6.65 per ton evaporates nearly twice as much water as one pound of a good yellow dent corn on the cob.
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