23 Jun 1896
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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1896
Page
1
A jumble of editorial notes and clippings cites fashion trends, municipal issues, bank settlements, and immigration debates. It mentions a Denver street railway bond default blamed on bicycles, mining promotion critiques, agrostology, typewriter legality, and Scandinavian immigrant patterns in the U S Midwest.
Reverend Talmage portrays Attila the Hun as Wormwood the bitter star from Revelation. He warns that empire, wealth, and power corrupt when used selfishly, turning nations to wormwood. The sermon urges Christian virtue, generosity, and righteous governance to sweeten life and avert national ruin.
A Tuoslooss Ala special reports Vice President Stevenson received a royal ovation on his arrival Monday. A large procession led by local military escorted him from the depot to the courthouse where no formal reception was held. On a decorated platform stood Stevenson, Governor Oates, Congressmen Binkhead and Stallings, and Mayor Jemison amid a noisy, festive atmosphere.
Florida Democratic state convention met in Ocala to nominate officers and select eight Chicago-bound delegates. Samuel Pasco chosen temporary chairman. Credentials committee named. proceedings adjourned for reporting. Delegates went uninstructed with four listed as gold and four as silver supporters.
President Cleveland states the Democratic party should not adopt free unlimited coinage of silver. He urges unity, warns that such a move could injure the party and country, and calls for sound money Democrats to remain vigilant at the party convention. He emphasizes loyalty to democracy and the people's welfare.
The Georgia fruit crop this year is expected to be very poor due to a long May dry spell and insect damage. Reports from across the state say young fruit is dropping, with experts estimating the statewide crop may be at most half of a normal fall yield. Prospects briefly improved earlier, but rains arrived as insects attacked the remaining green fruit, lowering expectations and raising prices for growers. Commissioner Nesbitt cites widespread letters confirming a shortened crop and limited marketing.
A historical sketch traces William McKinley Jr from his birth in Niles Ohio on January 29 1843 through his formative years. It covers his enrolment in the Twenty third Ohio Infantry, rapid promotion, Shenandoah campaigns with Sheridan and officers like Hayes and Matthews, and his postwar return to law and politics culminating in his rise in Ohio politics and the early path to the presidency. It notes his family background in iron manufacturing, his religious life in Poland Methodist Church, and his marriage to Ida McKinley of Canton Ohio.
Confederate veterans in Georgia split on whether Governor Atkinson should attend the Richmond reunion where Jefferson Davis monument cornerstone will be laid. Disputes stem from campaign remarks the governor denies making and from opposition to the Confederate flag symbol being accepted in Walton County.
A Havana dispatch reports rebel attacks in Pins Rio and Pasco with casualties among Spanish troops and volunteers. U S court in New York will try Howard, Murphy, John OBrien and others for involvement in a filibustering expedition aboard the Bermuda.
The report summarizes a quiet yet active industrial week across the South with steady iron and steel markets and busy southern furnaces. Alabama sees a 500 ton pig iron sale to Italy by Tennessee Coil and Railway, while talks continue on 50,000 tons yearly supply. new mills and firms emerge in Birmingham and surrounding areas.
The weekly crop bulletin notes cool nights hurt cotton in northern counties, grass and weeds common, but most fields remain clean and well cultivated. Cotton blooming widely. corn excellent and promising. wheat and oats yields fair to short. Melons fair. gardens generally thriving. fruit crops strained by drought in places.
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