22 Aug 1896
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1896
Page
1
Passengers aboard the Crescent City at Carrabelle watched a troll line haul in a giant sea serpent nine miles off Dog Island. The 49 foot creature, with a forked tongue and sharklike mouth, was shot after it lurched at the boat, then lifeless. Crowds viewed the carcass as the only reported sea serpent captured in the Gulf of Mexico.
Georgia Senator Bacon, returning from the Pacific coast, said Bryan would win if sentiment holds, but Republicans will amplify literature and speakers to sway voters. Chicago politics note Chairman Jones shifts Democratic HQ to the Auditorium annex for quieter operations amid ongoing campaigns. Denver and St Paul briefs report heavy rainfall, flood impacts, and parade preparations with large reviewing stands.
An Indiana judge ruled that citizens may discuss political questions in public, affirming free speech rights. Police have struggled to curb weekend debates near a post office corner, with multiple arrests followed by dismissals as the judge warned officers against using ordinances to suppress sidewalk talk.
Ray Sewell, accused cattle thief and jail escapee, was shot and killed in Deapwood South Dakota after a confrontation with butcher Fred Willard. Sewell ordered saddled horses from a livery, then pulled a gun on Willard. shots exchanged, Sewell dying from a neck wound. Local inquiry follows.
Reports from Buenos Ayres claim an American syndicate offers to swap 150.9 million dollars in silver for 100 million dollars in Argentine gold bonds at 4 percent, with sinking fund. The plan aims to move Argentina from paper to specie, using new silver dollars to absorb paper money and reduce U.S. silver surplus.
Dr. Snyder, an American missionary with the Southern Presbyterian Mission, has returned from four years in the Congo region claiming to have discovered a new lake of first magnitude. He named it after the mission president, Mrs. Snyder accompanied him, and they traveled vast wildernesss where locals viewed them as superior beings amid great curiosity.
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