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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1896
Page
5
A physical culture teacher urges lifting the chest to improve posture and mental outlook. He says the chest governs overall carriage, elevating the head and shoulders naturally, and that a ready chest can lift mood, dispel blues, and influence confidence. The piece cites psychology linked to physical form and notes the chest as the seat of nobler qualities.
W D Mahon president of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employers of America warns a general strike could spread to New York Chicago Boston Worcester Milwaukee Detroit Philadelphia and other cities. The strike would begin immediately in this city unless a 10 hour day at 20 cents an hour is conceded. Mahon says no third parties will intervene and calls it a fight to finish. Massachusetts contributed more troops to the army in the revolution than any other state.
The senate will likely pass the agricultural bill early in the week. Du Pont election case will be taken up Wednesday with Senator Mitchell supporting Dupont for the Delaware seat, while Senator Turpie backs the minority view. The vote is uncertain with Republicans needing Populist support, and Democrats likely opposing Dupont. Other bills include Arkansas settlement accounts and railroad land grant refunds, plus tariff discussion on the silver question. The House faces Cuban resolutions with limited chance for unanimous consent and possible suspension rule use, while Treasury, post office, and other appropriation bills fill the rest of the week.
The Chicago Times Herald recounts a Missouri tale of Governor Bob Stewart who in office pardoned an aged convict he recognized from a steamboat days. The governor recalled past brutality, pardoned the man, and warned him to leave the capital, noting Stewart’s later, convivial repurcussions in Washington.
European capitals study by statistician M. Bertil ion shows Paris with 181,000 foreigners plus 47,000 naturalized, and 86 percent native Parisians. Berlin, Vienna, and London follow with lower foreign shares. Immigrant groups include 26,868 Germans in Paris and 45,000 Balgians the highest foreign bloc.
The article asserts that most European royal houses descend from German roots. It notes the British, Austrian, Spanish, Danish, and Swedish lines as German or largely German in origin, with Bernadotte-linked Sweden partially French ancestry. It claims Turks and Balkan rulers remain German, leaving only France, Portugal, and Italy as non-German among Europe's royal houses.
A collage of short satirical snippets and quotations from a newspaper page. It includes a child’s remark about a rabbi’s speech, Cape Horn’s treacherous seas, Civil War veteran statistics from West Point graduates, observations about New York as a harbor and manufacturing center, a note on a common rule exception, and a store clerks’ counsel, all presented in a dated, humorous tone.
Topeka February 28. Thomas H Bain attorney and prohibitionist leader and president of the Pan American Coupon Investment company arrested by United States authorities charged with using the mails to carry one lottery. He posted $1000 bond. J E Day secretary of the company, of Denver, also arrested with reports of further arrests at Emporia Kansas and Houston Texas.
The article argues sea salinity dates to creation, citing Moses and Dr. Hunt, with G. W. Littlebales and Appleton's Monthly. It notes salt formed early, enabling calcareous skeletons that built continents, and links salinity to ocean currents and climate distribution, alongside unrelated notices about Doebel and Marlborough events.
Harper's Weekly outlines for 1896 include new departments Life and Letters and Amateur Sport with coverage of art literature music drama and social questions. It pledges independent advocacy for good government and sound money with strong fiction including Howells and Crockett serials and a prominent Scotch feud serial. Subscriptions begin with current issue. orders via postoffice money order or draft.
Harper's Bazar enters its twenty ninth year in 1896 with fashion notes Paris New York and Berlin items patterns for home sewing and professional dressmaking features from Mary Wilkins and Mrs Gerald plus Catharine DeForrest Paris letters and discussions on labor capital and social life Special departments list music personals questions and correspondence responses Readership urged to remit by post office order Address Harper Brothers New York City with subscription offers for Harper's Magazine Weekly and Round Table
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