27 Aug 1896
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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1896
Page
1
A humorous diary style entry describes an exaggerated alligator as a creature with long body and large mouth. The narrator recalls a prowling animal in the alley and expresses wishes to be bold like the alligator and to flee school life. The piece ends with the signature Tommy Perkin.
Dr W A Candler, in Atlanta to meet Emory trustees, denounces partisan campaigning for prohibition. He says prohibition work should be nonpartisan and religion should not be entangled with party politics, praising nonpartisan methods and his gospel mission.
A poem comparing biblical David with William Jennings Bryan as a modern slinging champion against McKinley. The piece frames Bryan as a silver tariff defender facing Goliah McKinley, urging courage and faith, ending with a patent medicine promotional closing line.
A New York bride to be wears her fiancé’s military buttons in novel garter buckles. The buttons, hidden behind tiny springs reveal a portrait of the West Point graduate, while her friends display plain silver heart buckles with their sweethearts’ pictures.
The Southern Railway offers a comprehensive Summer Home and Resort Book through October 31. The illustrated volume provides routes and distances, hotels and boarding houses, proprietors, and detailed excursion rates for practical travel planning this season.
Judge Lee of Morgan county is described as hot tempered and easily excited. He confuses a marriage ceremony with the Chicago convention platform, misaddressing guests and declaring a 16 to 1 ratio in the ceremony while urging adherence to the Democratic platform and asking for objections to a Bryan presidency.
A portrait of a journalist defined by balancing conflicting interests with fair play and fearless duty. The piece likens him to a Saladin figure against sham and cites a exchanged quip between John Black and Lord Melbourne illustrating journalistic independence and pride in the editor’s role.
A Chicago Tribune vignette shows a maiden with a downcast gaze and a young man speaking earnestly. He nears a kiss as her cheeks darken briefly but do not wash, and she does not flinch. The scene ends with her color not washing away yet she remains steady.
A London paper argues that U S opposition to free coinage stems from bankers and creditors. It warns a move to bimetallic free silver would lift American labor, raise prices, loosen Britain’s grip, and redraw global trade as Congress stalls on money policy.
A brother editor notes Jim Brown’s death by suicide in a poignant, old style obituary. The piece describes him as plunging into a stream, swimming toward the other shore, where angels await with better clothes than he wore in life.
An advertisement claims Simmons Liver Regulator cures dyspepsia biliousness sour stomach and various liver ailments without mercury or minerals. It cites testimonials from Gen Holt Rev Felder Col Sparks and others and notes manufacture by J A Zeilin & Co Philadelphia.
A sensational18 described as a new form of entertainment features a “hugging bee” with tiered prices based on age and status. Charges range from 10 cents for a 10 minute hug to $3 for a widow, while “old maids” are listed as free according to the reading.
Georgia Business College in Macon announces an active employment bureau placing graduates in eight positions last week and four this week across several states. Programs include training as teachers stenographers accountants and office workers with first positions guaranteed or money back.
A Wisconsin company tested cyclometers to find wear points. A meter ran at 2,800 revolutions per minute from June 8 to July 8, covering 800,1605 miles. No wear was found. the device seemed good for 800,000 miles more, requiring 216,129,960 revolutions of a 28 inch wheel. At 5,000 miles per season, a rider would need 60 years.
A boy named Tommy returns home early and is scolded for truancy. The next day he tries to hide beneath a kitchen table holding a brick and jokes he planned to croak the dicky bird that tattled on him. The tale is recounted by the Chicago Times Herald.
A Buffalo Commercial excerpt presents a boy’s letter to his mother. He expresses mixed feelings about a new sister preferring a boy or a pony, requests griddle cakes, notes abundant game and pests, and asks playful questions about pig like helpings.
Two tiny male babies born in Hamlet Indiana, weighing 24 ounces each, have been christened William McKinley Higgins and William Jennings Bryan Higgins by hopeful parents. The infants are described as the smallest male children born to American parents and are said to be healthy and likely to live. The father is a Republican and the mother a Democrat, and their names honor the presidential candidates to bridge political differences.
In a heated Charleston exchange both candidates hurled personal insults. One charged the other with drunkenness while the rival claimed repeated failures brought wealth. A governor accused insurers of theft and a senatorial candidate piled on with jawed charges and a courtroom jab suggesting future legal trouble.
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