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Newspaper
Barnesville Gazette
Location
Barnesville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1896
Page
4
The piece reflects on McKinley Bryan politics and the election's impact. It notes Inman’s death, independent voters as potential power brokers, committee appointments for J F Redding, and critique of Speaker Jenkins. It mentions Griffin’s mayoral race, a single aldermanic ticket, and Utah polling where a wife defeated her husband, against women’s suffrage. Ellen Dortch may become state librarian.
The Georgia school teachers must await funds from the state for the November quarter. The Commissioner of Education says payments will be delayed by only a few days due to insufficient treasury money to cover current obligations.
The article reviews the 1896 presidential election results showing McKinley winning a large electoral and popular majority. It contrasts state losses and gains from 1892, cites wealth and literacy gaps, notes platform issues, and urges reform within the Democratic Party. It highlights electoral shifts among states like Connecticut and Colorado and underscores calls for party change.
Democrats face a deadlock as caucuses proceed with the senatorial election. The 23rd ballot showed Atkinson 51, Clay 62, Howell 39, Lewis 15, with no clear winner. If not Atkinson, possible options include Gen. Evans, R. L. Berner, duBignon, or Hoke Smith, any of whom would be a strong senator.
The piece notes improved business outlook after McKinley’s election with restored confidence. It cites increased gold deposits, bank deposits rising nationwide, Georgia gold flowing to banks, and mills and manufactories restarting or planned, predicting broad prosperity if no major bluff by Republicans.
The article notes a large stock of cotton stored in Barnesville warehouses remains unsold. Farmers delaying sales hope for higher prices, delaying until the last moment. Warehouses reportedly earned little this season while insuring cotton freely and paying daily insurance on held bales.
The article notes Georgia supported Republican success with Bryan and Watson defeated, while Mark Hanna and McKinley are linked to Thomasville. It claims Georgia gains influence if McKinley’s win continues, citing Thomasville as a campaign start point and Thomas County’s majority for McKinley.
Official figures show Bartlett with 8236 to 4695, a districtwide majority of 3540. In Pike County Bartlett led by 256, signaling a strong Democratic turnout and a sweeping win in the district.
Frank J. Cheney of Cheney & Co. swears as senior partner that the firm will pay $100 for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A. W. Geeason witnesses the oath on December 6, 1886 in Toledo Ohio. Cure claimed to work by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. testimonials offered. price 75 cents.
The Floral Club gathered Friday afternoon at Mrs. C. T. Tyler’s residence with many ladies interested in floriculture. A chrysanthemum show is planned in Barnesville this week, promising a magnificent display of flowers. Mrs. W. B. Smith serves as president.
The ad extols Syrup of Figs as a universal remedy from the California Fig Syrup Co, noting many illnesses stem from a constipated system. It claims the product cleanses internally without weakening organs and urges buyers to ensure they purchase the genuine article from reputable druggists.
An older hunter recalls a boy Jim who traded whisky for a strong wolf dog and watched a dramatic chase with a wolf. later, a note on how the Prince of Wales does not lead fashion, contrasted with Ascot week trends spotted by observers in London.
The article notes frogs as harmless but warns of a small tree croaker in New Granada that secretes a deadly milky poison from its skin used by natives on arrows. It contrasts this with Swiss patent law requiring device work to start in Switzerland within three years of patent date.
The piece recalls Glasgow artists Graham Gilbert Horatio Macculloch and Daniel Macnee as among the early reputations before 1840. It notes tight prices for landscapes and portraits, a hard living for lesser artists, and diversions like snuffbox decorating. An anecdote describes a sitter’s home limiting a painter to a stewed rhubarb pate at dinner.
A traveling man recalls a railroad adjuster smoothly selling a claim but then pressuring for a larger payout by proposing to compensate the injured wife. The tale ends with the narrator fleeing after sensing a harmful scheme and vowing to protect himself if ever involved in a railroad wreck.
The anecdote portrays Dr. Max Nordau as urbane and humorous when told that I Zangwill praised him in The Pall Mall. Nordau eagerly asks for what was said, only to learn the compliment was a sly insult calling him an idiot. Later, Nordau encounters Zangwill in England and recalls the incident.
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