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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1896
Page
6
The United States Circuit of Appeals in San Francisco ruled that placing a foreign brand or label on spirituous or viious products of domestic growth and manufacture is fraudulent. Such goods may be seized under the decision.
Road experts claim fitted wagons with four inch tires would make nation’s roads twenty five percent better. They note France requires four inch tires by law due to its fine roads.
The Bobolink of the Northern States becomes the rice bird in September in South Carolina and the butter bird after arriving in Jamaica. He then travels to Venezuela for the winter, based on the account.
A London Sketch writer praises the Admiral Farragut statue in Madison Square New York City as the sole true statue of civilization. The sculpture is said to transport viewers from urban bustle to the thunder of New Orleans batteries through its conception and execution.
A sociological canvass by the Federation of Churches and Christian Workers reports only one bath tub for every 7.9 families in New York City’s Fifteenth Assembly District. The note prompts questions about living conditions and whether the district represents Gotham’s “great unwashed.”
Remains of a so called great American hog discovered in the Bad Lands by an expedition led by Professor John E. Todd State Geologist of South Dakota. The fossils suggest the animal was as large as a medium sized elephant.
A New York Post correspondent recalls John H. McGraw rising from a poor Maine family to street car driver in San Francisco. He then moved to Seattle as a policeman, became Chief of Police, sheriff of the county, president of a bank, and ultimately Governor of Washington.
The Boston Transcript reports a German consignment to a large Boston china store featuring cups inscribed with relations such as To My Brother and To a Friend. The mustache cups proved oddly labeled with endearing relations like To My Sister and To My Wife, causing surprise upon arrival.
A London company operating 1000 omnibuses plans to abolish horses and replace them with motor buses. The move lowers space needs and cleaning, but it raises questions about the fate of horses once common in city life, sparking concern about a future without equine work.
George Y. Coffin the Washington cartoonist dies after a long illness. Postmaster change in Memphis follows a $12,200 shortage found in Postmaster Armour accounts. Secretary Herbert notes reports on his forthcoming navy department review are speculative. Treasurer Morgan’s annual report shows rising receipts and lower expenditures, with details on customs and internal revenue. Morton reports civil service progress and government seed distribution costs.
General officers of the World's W C T U in Chicago issue an appeal calling members to aid Armenian refugees. The plan envisions a shelter at a strategic location, possibly Bulgaria, funded by collections at meetings and supported by newspaper subscriptions and home canvassing. Names and titles of officers are listed.
Advices from St. Paul report intense cold and drifting snows across the northwest storm belts. Four deaths attributed to exposure are listed, with Moorhead Minnesota man Thomas Anderson perishing after helping a woman to her home, Henry Burroughe of St. Paul a mail clerk failing to reach town from a stalled train, and Frank Vach of Chicago found frozen near Fargo. The era's weather lore notes the word nice once meant ignorant or foolish.
A Perry area tenement near the Irving Thompson farm four miles northeast of the village burned Sunday morning. Luther Greenman, 40, his wife 37, and children Aimee 6 Lottie 3 and Arthur 11 months perished. Fire set by a defective stovepipe destroyed the interior after 6:45 a.m. Rescuers, unable to enter, found the charred remains among the ruins. the family had previously escaped a similar blaze two years ago.
A Canton special reports Major McKinley heard a request from a National Grange committee to appoint J H Brigham of Ohio as secretary of agriculture. The 250 000 member group cited his farming success and leadership, urging recognition and fair tariff treatment, with McKinley promising careful consideration.
Governor-elect Taylor announces a slate of appointments including John T. Essary as commissioner of agriculture with a 2500 dollar salary. Charles Sykes to be adjutant general at 1800 dollars. E G Salmon named prison physician at 1000 dollars. Bringhurst and Glass named coal oil inspectors for Clarkesville and New Bern respectively.
A Baroda fireworks display for the Earl of Elgin, viceroy of India, ended in a deadly crowd crush at the Gaikwar park gate. Twenty nine died and thirty five were badly injured as people were squeezed and trampled in the exit rush.
Constantinople dispatch claims another Armenian massacre occurred near Diarbekir with rumors of over 500 killed. The Daily News notes the report as unconfirmed.
Wreck of the German gunboat Iltis off Formosa Channel after a typhoon. Twelve sailors survive, no officers among them. Chinese villagers and a German lighthouse keeper assist survivors as support subscriptions open in Kobe Yokohama Nagasaki and Chinese ports for drowned sailors’ families.
Thousands watched at Mission Cliff Park San Diego as Professor Richard Earlston survived a perilous fireworks accident on a hot air balloon. Sparks set the cordage aflame and hot solder dropped on him but he stayed calm and landed safely despite a near deadly descent.
An examination of the parachute ropes showed that attempting the drop with those ropes would have caused a break and likely resulted in death for the jumper.
An English tourist returns from Nevada and recounts a close escape from a bear. Cornered atop a boulder, he pours brandy on the ground then rearms with a lighter. When the brandy flame drives the bear away, the party tracks and kills the wounded animal.
An English observer recalls a Goorkha soldier in a siege against hill robbers who risked a parapet jump to draw fire. The brave youth taunted the enemy, drew bullets, and after the volley, led a charge with a British officer to force a retreat.
Surgeon-Captain Grey was wounded in the hip after a bullet struck him as the wagon ambulance moved at Hartley. His horse circled back to him and carried him back to the column, likely saving his life, a feat Grey vows to honor. The tale comes from the Rhodesian Times in Salisbury.
Miss Fielding, Pleasant Mount schoolmistress in Wayne County Pennsylvania, frightened as a wildcat leaped from a woodpile toward the door. She grabbed a poker and delivered several blows, killing a forty pound animal before escaping unharmed into the hallway.
The New York Journal describes a screw shaped projectile formed by two twisted threads or blades. It claims greater flight accuracy and penetrating power than other projectiles, noting its body resembles a twisted ribbon with no cylindrical center like a twisted auger.
A south England farmer trains his spaniel to ride to the Southwestern Railway station, where the train guard tosses London papers to the dog for delivery. The unusual courier aids a cottage distant from villages.
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