08 Dec 1894
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1894
Page
1
Secretary Herbert ordered the Marblehead fitted for a three year cruise on a foreign station. After a stay in the West Indies minor defects appeared but do not affect home station use. Repairs in Norfolk will take about 80 days to ready the ship for overseas deployment.
A brief advert notes strong lines in school footwear with unusually good quality and varied styles. Available in narrow, medium, and broad toe shapes, with plain and tipped toes.
Axprnsox, Ind. December 7 The Peace Transfer company reports omnibus horses have learned to follow train schedules on Big Four Panhandle and Midland routes. After changes to depots and times, the animals wait near old depots, then move with precision when trains arrive, showing remarkable intelligence. A test is planned to verify mail delivery timing and route adherence amid recent storms and rough seas in accompanying reports.
George Bohen a Georgetown University student from Richmond Va remains alive and conscious after a severe back injury suffered in a Thanksgiving football game with the Columbian Athletic Club doctors say death is imminent He has been informed he will die and asked that no blame be assigned while university partisans accuse Columbian players of deliberate injury to force his retirement
Dec. 7 reports from Sueisyville Indiana describe great excitement in Starke and Marshall counties as Claude Ransbottom of Marshall County is arrested on abduction charges after fleeing to Knox. A jail guard was posted overnight to prevent lynching. Also noted is the death of General Eliakim Shannon in New York after a long career including Seminole War service and leadership roles in the Mexican War and at Camp Chase.
The House Banking and Currency Committee voted to start hearings Monday at 10 am on the president and secretary of the treasury’s currency recommendations. Invitations will invite Treasury officials and others to present views, amid debates on elasticity for national bank notes and public land reservations.
Dr. Jacobs and Mrs. Buck, traveling from Kansas City, allegedly inveigled Mea Helen into a machete incident. They arrived in town with a man posing as Rev. Mr. Harvey, after which they checked into a hotel and were later arrested. Defendants are tied to a Masonic temple building in Chicago and an alleged plot involving Velatta.
An east bound Texas and Pacific passenger train halted near Marys Creek Fort Worth when a danger signal stopped it at six o clock. Four robbers covered the crew and rifled the safe as the train stood for 90 minutes. They took money gold bullion and checks on a route from San Francisco to Washington and Texas Pacific.
Mrs. Virginia B Baird, aged 65, lived with daughter Mrs. A C Woolley at 472 Courtland Street in Artayta. Described as bright cheerful and loving she faced her final year with grace. At breakfast she appeared at the table with the family before passing in her usual manner.
The article outlines a prolonged fraud tied to a table business and fake orders. Postmaster Hosing reports a direct order from General Piasalt, while Ella Haines sues Luther Bryant’s estate for $230 000 in government stocks allegedly promised before his death and not returned by executors. The case proceeds in the January term of the supreme court at Bacoville.
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