14 May 1896
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Newspaper
Benton County Times
Location
Vinton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1896
Page
1
An incomplete列 fragment lists times such as 1bam 45am 225pm and 5 30pm with references to SOUTH and passengers. The readable parts show early morning and late afternoon windows but lack full context or entities to identify a coherent event or article.
A historic excerpt presents a platform asserting strict monetary policy favoring gold and silver as legal tender and the constitutional standard of value. It underscores opposition to any nonmetallic currency or altered minting rules, claiming congressional authority fixes values and can’t be overturned. Daniel Webster quotes anchor the stance.
The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway introduces a night southbound and northbound train on its Kansas Division supplementing the day train. It reaches Kansas City in the morning to connect with outgoing services, serving Ottumwa Excelsior Springs and points south or southwest. A through sleeping car runs Savanna Cedar Rapids Kansas City, with free reclining chair cars and coaches between Chicago Savannah Cedar Rapids Kansas City. Meals provided on the journey.
Resident W. Webb of the St Lawrence and Adirondack railroad has built a unique eight wheel inspection locomotive. It carries an inspection party over boiler and also hauls Webb's private car weighing 120000 pounds on steep grades. The car’s cabin extends to the smoke stack, finished in mahogany with seating for six. The design resembles the Hudson built for the New York Central line and features a wagon top boiler, 42 inch first ring diameter, 14x22 inch cylinders, 62 inch drivers, 180 psi boiler pressure, and American balance valves with modern improvements.
The article warns of cruel methods used to make aging horses appear youthful. It describes eye ballooning by piping air into the optic area, large injections of whiskey via hypodermic syringe, secret compounds, alcohol‑based tonics, and careful grooming. It notes these ruses provide only temporary results as trained buyers learn to spot the ruses.
English anarchist John Turner recently arrived in America and speaks on governance, aiming to influence U S political thought and civic action with his provocative views and proposed reforms.
The text outlines automatic air brakes, sand feeding, and heating systems on engines and tenders, with details on tender frame, trucks, and engine design. It discusses the impracticality of year round use for railroad inspectors and directors, noting heat from the boiler and safety concerns when inspecting from a fixed trackside location versus a well equipped car.
Turner, an English propagandist, travels the country explaining his mission with calm urbanity. Scotland Yard detectives monitor him as he sails in steerage under an assumed name to avoid US authorities. Once editor of Commonweal, he now leads the more radical Freedom, seeking to revive pre Haymarket strength for anarchists.
H P Crouse of Ohio, chairman of the Republican state central committee, is highlighted as a leading young politician and journalist. Born June 29, 1862 in Wayne County, he studied at Fostoria academy, worked at Findlay Republican, rising to managing editor and co-owner. Governor McKinley named him trustee of the Ohio Institution for the Blind, a post he still holds.
Dr. Lyon’s research uncovers a 17th century tale of mahogany arriving in England via Dr. Gibbon a London physician who ordered West Indies planks ground for medicine but found the wood suitable for a cabinet box and bureau inspiring widespread use among furniture makers.
A natural wonder in the Tonto basin near Flagstaff opens with rail and stage roads providing access. The 550 foot long rock bridge spans a 200 foot deep canyon through which a river flows. The arched under sides and level top emphasize its proportion as a striking landscape feature. Early library history notes emerge from Philadelphia 1731.
A veteran professor and a Washington Star reporter discuss how dangerous over imagination can be to soldiers. A skirmish tale describes a joker and an imaginative soldier whose prank leads to a fatal tragedy, underscoring the risk of fear overruling courage amid battle. The piece weaves in broader reminiscences of Halifax figures and maritime history.
General D E Sickles wears a government of Venezuela medal for aiding General Paes, Bolivar’s lieutenant general. Paes, twice Venezuelan president, lived in New York at his first election and was brought to inauguration on a U S Navy warship by Sickles. Sickles led the procession for Paes remains returning to Venezuela, actions praised by Venezuela’s congress.
Mrs William Gossip born Anna Catharine Coade in Halifax in 1809 is living in the city. She was among the first batch of prisoners taken by the Americans in the war of 1812 to 1814. Her father Capt Coade hailed from Ireland.
Arbitration between nations mirrors ordinary courts with reason as the decisor. Great leaders' aversion to war signals a growing peace bias, from Wellington to Sherman to Grant, who foresaw a future where a universally recognized court settles disputes instead of armies. The Century explores the possibilities of Permanent Arbitration.
Frederick the Great’s camp rests, candles forbidden. A young soldier secretly writes home by candlelight. The king appears, orders him to resume writing and adds a cruel twist by demanding the words I die tomorrow. Disobedience leads to death.
Dr Joseph Cook compared alcohol to a storm driving a vessel named Immortal Soul to shipwreck. He cited God's stern laws as rocks, and said the crew perished when captain Conscience and helmsman Reason died. The cause was a single shot from a pirate, Moderate Drinking.
Maine's oldest resident recalls prohibition era customs. He describes a boyhood tale of an old fellow who carried a small wooden keg strapped to his back and frequently drank New England rum, illustrating early drinking habits in a small community.
A Greenwich shoemaker Francis Duff spends twenty years on a perpetual motion model. He built a wooden wheel machine with hopes of powering trains ships and torpedoes, but the crucial first wheel remains missing. He guards the unknown power source as the key to success. The text also notes the ancient link between the Olympic festival date and the moon.
The Niagara gorge bridge will have an 80 foot arch span with the arch center 170 feet above low water. The floor will be 416 feet wide, holding two trolley tracks, eight foot roadways on both sides, and outer sidewalks of three feet nine inches.
Asbury Park milliner Madame Grison, known as Professor Mimer Grison, rode to Long Branch shore and proposed turning Shark River into a harbor of entry. She gathered nearly 7,000 signatures for a congressional petition urging government engineers to survey the inlet and assess feasibility with Engineer Kelly backing the plan. At about 80 years old she remains active riding a bicycle and advocating the project.
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