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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1893
Page
4
A sweeping digest notes fires destroying a woolen villa in Pennsylvania with high losses, bank suspensions in Kansas and Milwaukee, cholera on a British steamer in transit, and major factory closures and strikes across the United States.
Topeka reports that Santa Fe management uncovered widespread fraud on the Topeka to Chicago division. The losses amount to about 17000 dollars a month as fictitious payrolls were created. The conspiracy allegedly involves officers from assistant superintendents to section bosses sharing the loot.
Briefs report Georgia historian Colonel Jones death near Angwata from Brights disease. Kentucky distiller E H Taylor Jr assigns to Lexington Trust. Fire in Susanville, Colorado, destroys sixty buildings with about $250000 loss. Ex-sheriff Harry Hill surrenders in Atlanta. Alabama state troops camp at Oxford Lake under Col W H Tinsdale. Bristol special notes Bigstone Gap tunnel collapse halting W&L travel. Rev Charles A Briggs declines $60000 testimonial. Memphis power wheel explosion kills engineer Pat McDermott. Lebanon lumber dealer Wallace loses $10000 pocket book on Nashville train. South Carolina dispensaries expand. wine price details noted. Union Stock Yards facing multiple attachments. plant near Rodeo idled. North Carolina populists plan Weaver and Watson speeches. alliance gains. Darlington dispensary order challenged. Pope vs Hudson ruling affects opening. New Orleans mint cashier Dowling arrested for $25000 embezzlement. Fire linked to mint incident.
The article compiles daily national notes from Washington including changes in gold reserves near 98 million to 97.8 million, pension roll shifts since 1893, instructions to protect American interests at Corinto, a Japanese interpreter case at San Francisco, silver price declines and Treasury purchases, postal service carrier shortages, and reforms in the State Department clerical system.
Chicago report says the coroner's jury found the deaths from the July 12 storage building fire at the world's fair grounds. It held McDonald John Skinner D H Burnham and Edward Murphy for the grand jury on criminal negligence and remanded them for further action.
Pekin reports China will assist Siam against French moves after Siam paid tribute, signaling a shift in the Franco-Siamese dispute. Anthony J. Drexel funeral details follow with arrival in New York and ceremonial proceedings in Philadelphia.
The Pall Mall Silver notes widespread unemployment in Denver with about 10 000 men jobless locally and 20 000 in surrounding towns. Officials plan to press eastern railroads for a 5 dollar fare to Missouri River to redirect displaced workers and aid harvest labor demand. The unemployment relief fund sent workers home and railways face estimates of 12 000 to 15 000 displaced. Merchants in several states report over 12 million dollars in orders canceled since the Denver panic.
Trade notes reveal mixed signals as bank liquidity improves in many centers while wholesale dealers report cautious demand. Cotton wool and woollen mills run on orders though new business remains scarce. prices shift with wheat corn pork and oil easing. Regional banks in Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Cincinnati hold currency and ease credit. Chicago shows lower clearings but loan demand stays good. Failures rise modestly with 467 in the U S and 25 in Canada. in the South markets show uneven activity with New Orleans and Galveston mixed and Charleston weak.
In Dugout City, residents report a surge as new streets are opened, boosting business and daily life. The Western Friend notes booming activity and a lively section with ongoing development across the town.
A dated admonition on married life urges daily self denial and restraint. It counsels never speaking ill of one's partner, avoiding grievances, and prioritizing mutual yield and loving words. It stresses absolute unselfishness as the key to domestic happiness and urges confession of faults and seeking forgiveness.
The London Spectator notes that between 1859 and 1889 India absorbed 117 million pounds of gold and 227 million pounds of silver, totaling 344 million. It claims much silver is hoarded wealth, while gold circulates little, stored as ornaments or pawnable treasure, with gold under many peasants’ floors in Punjab and eastern Bengal.
A writer argues that vegetarianism provides strength and cites an advocate claiming the strongest animals are vegetarians. It notes lions’ ferocity, elephants, horses, reindeer, antelope, and other fast endurance creatures as vegetarians. Dog trainers and hunters sometimes feed vegetarian diets to animals.
A New York Weekly excerpt recalls a court exchange about a deceased woman's mental state. The clerk testifies he knew her in a large store and observed eccentric behavior, noting she shopped in person and bought a spool of thread for herself.
A Dickensian dialogue about surprises in gifts and attire from the Detroit Free Press. The piece contrasts a wife’s simple honesty with a parodied insult of sarcasm about a spring bonnet.
A survey notes Italians and Parisians eat fried snakes in certain low class eateries. Dishes named anguille and matelette d anguille may hide common snakes from Vincennes wood. The piece also mentions acceptance of unconventional meats like horse, mule, donkey, and dog. A stray joke about money and marriage closes.
A humorous exchange notes that baldness is nature's provision and jokes about barber shops being draughty. The barber contends draughts threaten health, while a bald man can have his hair cut without removing his hat, illustrating comic paradoxes from New York Weekly.
Claims promote California Fig Syrup Co laxative for ladies and Brown's Iron Bitters for malaria and energy. Includes testimonials from J Holtensworth Co in New York and Albert Burch in Ohio. Offers prices by mail and asks readers to write for particulars. Contains Beecham's Pills and various promotional lines.
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