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Newspaper
Cleveland Progress
Location
Cleveland, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1895
Page
1
Rev Dr Talmage urges a shift from building inward to outward gospel work. He compares churches clinging to foundations to fortresses needing an open campaign and asks for bold outreach to the world, skepticism, alcohol abuse, and urban poverty.
The Post Office investigates a demoralizing scheme in Kaneville and El Paso where a chain letter effort sought cancelled stamps for a beneficiary. An estimated 15 million stamps were involved as farmers’ boys delivered sacks of letters, prompting calls for a prohibitory order to curb the mail theft and disruption.
A surrogate recounts how five dollars grew into two hundred forty eight dollars as a cautionary example for improvident living. The tale centers on a savings bank credit found in a bank boot named for Mrs Polk's first husband, linked to a deceased man and a widowed survivor. The narrative blends a legal curiosity with a search for hidden assets and past fortunes, reflecting on thrift and mislaid funds.
A new political grouping the American Bimetallic Party formed from a February conference at the American Bimetallic League headquarters in Washington. Promoters say the movement seeks to unite Democrats Republicans and Populists behind a gold and silver standard, government coinage control of currency, and opposition to bonds in peacetime with an explicit call for constitutional money.
A meeting of Southern railroads in Atlanta adopted new rules and set April 1 as the birth date for the Southern States Passenger Association. A five member committee will report March 27 on officers including a commissioner and secretary. Separately a train robbery on a Southern Pacific eastbound train near Stockton-Lodi failed to secure any loot after the robbers fled before the Oregon express arrival.
D J Flummer head of International Migration Company Chattanooga chartered the Danish steamer Horsa to transport about 200 southern black residents to Monrovia Liberia as colonists. The Horsa is to depart Savannah likely on the 12th of the month with additional steamers planned to follow.
Immigrant arrivals for seven months ended Feb 1 show 113 375 versus 189 582 year earlier, a 40 percent drop. Bank closure leads Comptroller to appoint Texarkana First National Bank handle. bank held 60 000 in loans and 45 000 owed. Bond sales to Morgan Belmont syndicate total 15 000 000 coupons and 10 000 000 registered. syndicate paid about 38 000 000 in gold. Commission reports savings from clerks and other reforms totaling 607 000, with further cuts planned. Debate over future silver coinage, bank tax repeal, and deferral measures in Senate finance. Spanish recall rumors denied by Secretary Gresham. Treasury circulars limit official information. civil service amendments expand grounds to deny certification for disreputable conduct. age limits set for new class in classified service. Cabinet hints at possible extra session tied to sundry civil and deficiency bills.
Southern Railway announces duties of passenger train service effective July 1, 1904 for the Great Vestibuled Limited route operated by the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line division. Officials listed include W A Turk and H Hardwick as general passenger agents, J A Dodson superintendent, and W H Greun J M Culp general manager trade manager, with Washington and Atlanta offices named.
A president would convene the next Congress promptly if treasury gold reserves run low despite protective arrangements. The statement signals heightened public attention to the gold reserve and potential crisis implications.
The Washington grand jury indicted editor Charles A. Dana and publisher William M. Laffan of the New York Sun for criminal libel over an article about Frank B. Noyes of the Washington Evening Star. Dana appeared before Commissioner Shields and was released on his own recognizance with a hearing set for March 16 at 11. The body also notes a Vernon Alabama verdict of 5000 dollars against Allen Burrows, father of the outlaw Rube Burrows, and a New Mexico mine fire at the Old Abe shaft house with nine men trapped.
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