20 Feb 1894
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1894
Page
1
A compendium of odd clippings and commentary notes from 1893 covers Yale culture and Ouida on nineteenth century fashion, charity pawn shops, famine risk in India, and a ban on dime novels in Danville. shipping declines at Baltimore, New York health data, population estimates, and bankers’ letters in the South reflect a shift from credit to cash in Southern farms and a tighter national economy.
Rev Dr Talmage preaches that wisdom surpasses rubies, using biblical references to ruby lore and royal worship. He contrasts worldly wealth with divine comfort, extols Christ’s sacrifice, and envisions heaven as reunion with saints and God, proclaiming wisdom superior to gems.
Dr J P Peters recalls his five year stay with tribes near Arabistan marshes during an 1888 University of Pennsylvania expedition. He describes deplorable conditions and depraved behavior among locals, notes half cooked barley bread as staple, and cites wage struggles as diggers and guards demanded boosts.
A father killed his seven family members to spare them freezing deaths and then planned his own end. The house was found with the victims fatally slashed, and reports say twenty others died of freezing in Oklahoma. A grim dispatch notes the mass tragedy amid other distant war and mining news.
Lieutenant C L Collins reports the annual department study on stall arms practice. United States whites led in meritorious scores, with notable data on height, eye color, and racial breakdown among 2,200 personnel. A single Indian trooper tops revolver scores in the Second Cavalry, while overall results place Australia and Wales near the bottom in the compiled rankings.
A garbled OCR fragment describes a Temple Church door on Fleet Street London with a heavy key weighing seven pounds and eighteen inches long. The readable portion hints at an old deck and ice or nold a irious usey and lockers attached to the door.
The report covers activity in the Fifty third Congress noting roll call errors, quorums, and journal votes in the House, with Bland silver seigniorage debate, eulogies for Senator Stanford, and attendance changes. Senate finance work on tariffs advances, petitions on wool and coal, and the St. Louis Merchants Exchange note.
A sweeping storm lashes New York harbor while steamers face its force. In Massachusetts 220 weavers strike over wage cuts at New Bedford’s mill 6. George W. Childs Drexel named head editor at Public Ledger in place of George W. Childs. Attorney General Charles M. Gwinn dies in Baltimore. News associations plan an east west coast organization to pool world news. Boxed silver rises in London and farm markets discuss shifts. A Paris cafe bombing injures at least twenty four as police link suspect Leon Breton to anarchist group. Duluth board of trade building destroyed by fire, 94000 loss. India protests silver policy changes. Richmond Terminal reorganization details revised. Mexican American syndicate pursues Pacific telegraph line from British Columbia to Chile. American amusements spending estimated at 400 million dollars daily.
A dull Valentine day in Congress with few attendees as speeches on the Bland pill proceed. Reports note Patama Rail road news from Para and Color, with Admiral Stanton arriving aboard the Kearsage. Senate confirms multiple nominations for customs, consuls, and judges, while a House rule amendment aims to curb nonvoting by deducting pay.
Wednesday's session considered a house bill requiring railroad companies in territories to maintain stations at towns established by the interior department.
Fire broke out Wednesday in the colonade between the agricultural building and machinery at the world’s fair grounds. Fire gained rapid headway before engines arrived, threatening large adjacent buildings, but was brought under control. Loss deemed nominal and origin suspected incendiary. Camp Hardee requests information on delegates for the United Confederate Veterans reunion in April.
A fire in Colliersville Tennessee destroyed the bank and dry goods stores of Mitchell & Wadley and P H Humphries Co, with total losses around 30000 dollars. Reports from Mississippi Louisiana and Tennessee describe severe weather wind rain and blizzards across the region with property damage and loss of life unconfirmed in some areas. A small pox case in Knoxville prompts health precautions. a tri state fair is planned in Chattanooga. a court case in Knoxville settles about 300000 dollars related to reconstruction of the Knoxville Southern railroad.
The suit seeks to determine title to consecrated ground in Independence where a temple was planned. The case, involving the reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and the Church of Christ of Independence, sits before the United States circuit court at Rapid City. Also noted is the Twenty-sixth annual meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Washington with delegates present.
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