14 Sep 1895
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Newspaper
Daily Evening News
Location
Modesto, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1895
Page
1
Freight trains carried passengers as crews halted at hubs including Ogden, Lat and Hertland while the Meade route faced delays. Richard Hay, general manager, announced limited service windows from early morning to late afternoon with special trains to connect New Orleans, Kant, and Francisco regions.
Lord Dunraven’s Valkyrie LIT pulled from the third race against Defender for the champion cup. The American yacht won race one by eight minutes. Valkyrie led race two by 47 seconds but fouled Defender’s rigging at the start causing a sail-shift delay and a 47 second margin. Report notes English bullheadedness over possible defeat and praises American superiority in this sportsmanlike contest.
Ww Powell of Atlanta Georgia enlisted as a private. After a firefight he vanished from his comrades. He left a wife and baby boy. the widow drew sixty dollars annually from the state. Powell, after many years, returned and confessed desertion. He hid in Tennessee and North Carolina under an assumed name. His son drove him from the house and his wife rejected him as a coward. He returned to his hiding place with a dishonored name.
Fresno reports about half of the needed funds raised for the valley railroad. About 420,000 of the 40,000 expected? The committee continues to seek money as two local papers urge delinquent citizens to provide cash subscriptions.
United States Marshals seize Chinese workers in San Francisco lacking regular registration papers. Source cites order from Attorney General Olney and anticipates numerous deportations. A stove fraud running south of the region uses installment notes to third parties.
An advertisement claims Dr. Pierce of Buffalo asserts his Golden Medical Discovery cures indigestion and liver complaints. It urges readers to request a medical treatise for six cents and exhibits testimonials including Thomas Fletcher of Clifton Station praising the remedy after extensive self trials with various tonics.
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