11 Jun 1896
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1896
Page
1
A regional shop advertises wide ranging deals from tea and hosiery to belts, Oxford shoes, and box paper. It touts aggressive cash discounts, bulk pricing, and new bargains on textiles, stationery, ink, and household items with emphasis on value and quick turnover.
Justice Brown at a Chicago Bar Association banquet denounces gigantic trusts and financial combinations as a source of unrest. He argues governance cannot grant absolute freedom amid dependence on living, warning that socialism must be avoided while people seek fair living conditions and national unity.
The June 10 session of the state convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union urged establishing a state reform school for young criminals. It also endorsed compulsory education. Other notes include re-elections and local touts, with various names and places mentioned in passing.
Anice Dyer, Reading's baby farmer, was executed at Newgate prison after confessing to murdering numerous infants entrusted to her care. Authorities traced victims to the Thames with bricks weighed down, while letters showed parents knew the fate planned for their babies. The case linked to Arthur Palmer and involved broader investigations into infant deaths and flooded by the Thames.
The house, halted for a Saturday leg day, saw little public interest and empty galleries though a Wheat Pit scene formed as members crowded around the speaker’s desk. Debates included printing revelations and a Turner’s coinage study, with bills and procedures pressed before night adjournment.
A devastating cyclone struck Wyeth City in Marshall county along the Tennessee river, 30 miles west of Gadsden, leaving 15 wounded and several missing. The storm lasted about five minutes, uprooting trees and wrecking the town, with early reports of fatalities and extensive damage. Rescue and relief bands mobilized, a local meeting raising funds for survivors.
An OCR fragment reports a deadly incident nearby with several named individuals and a dynamite blast about a mile below Eddy. It mentions victims including Danvieg ae ee of betes gas Boek tees 199 Pack wee Witt and cites complaints to the State Export New York dated Jane 1. Dr. J. Delgado and his son J. M. Delgado, American citizens, arrived in the city aboard the steamer City of Washi from Saas.
Dr Charles Parkhurst and his wife departed New York aboard the steamship Germanic en route to Europe. In an interview before the voyage he warned of a prime conflict in the coming presidential campaign between decency forces and Tammany indecency. He urged understanding of the 1807 election stakes and suggested a coalition could influence the political climate. In Chicago, Civic Captain Shippey and Woodlawn police face a local galico mystery.
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