17 Jul 1884
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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1884
Page
1
A fragmented OCR shows vehicle related items and names of officials and attorneys across multiple Georgia towns. Mentions include Maj Campbell, John T Grant, Seaborn Wright, and Somo law offices and real estate mentions in Marietta and Athens with scattered references to courts and counties.
Fragmented text suggests a historical medical blurb praising a remedy and its lifesaving potential. Mentions mothers, pain reduction, and promises of safety, with scattered names and places. The unusable OCR yields a hazy glimpse of a period advertisement or medical notice amid unclear context.
A mid July dispatch reports great confusion in the Blaine camp as the letter of acceptance is revised to emphasize reform and tariff positions. It notes Blaine’s reluctance, the attempt to frame the campaign as defense, and mentions figures Elkins Butler and Flower weighing strategies and endorsements supporting Cleveland.
A treasury official explains the outsized public debt, noting only three percent bonds can be paid presently and that surplus funds may retire them in about two years. The piece details unpresented securities, dormant or lost certificates, and the mystery of unredeemed bonds dating back decades.
Private dispatches from Jamaica report Aguero-led insurgents attacking government supporters at Santa Martin and Lamarcedes plantation, burning buildings and machinery after a two hour skirmish. In Sagua district, insurgents repelled San Domingo division with three government dead and multiple wounds. insurgents suffered one light wound.
A Cheyenne delegation appeals to Commissioner Will H. Price for aid, alleging stockmen aim to drive Indians from homesteads on Powder River. They claim 70 Cheyennes lack homes and basic necessities, request eastern investigators, livestock, tools, food, clothing, and education support, and insist fences block settlement. They cite ongoing missionary work and baptism of children.
Financial turmoil spreads through Indianapolis with bank runs on Rit zinger Fletcher & Churchman winding down as confidence rises. Pendleton bank suspends after Fletcher & Sharpe failure. Yard & Company assigns for nearly a million. Goldsmith & Son in liquidation. Miners strike and public order tensions rise in Nelsonville. Hiram Campbell & Sons fail with liabilities around $300,000. Defaulting teller Cashman returned from France with recoveries. Knapp & Co shoe factory plasterers end strike with wage rise. Atlantic Cotton Mill to shut July 26, resuming August 11. Petersburg tobacco factory burns, $10,000 in losses.
Reports from Marseille Toulon and Paris describe cholera deaths and quarantines. Wives of officials and police officers are among the deceased as governments consider health measures and maritime inspections. Washington and European capitals discuss delays and diplomatic tensions amid rising cases and looming conflict.
A lengthy conference in Washington featured John Gillespie and colleagues from Washington and Professor Gorton of the deaf college. Talks covered the educational status and future of the South, urging national aid limited to self-help communities and teacher training, with emphasis on non-salaried official budgets and wartime postwar recovery. The session opened at the capitol and included addresses on the industrial and cotton centennial, plus papers on the educational outlook and war supplementation.
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