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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1894
Page
7
A historic house in Haverhill Massachusetts displays the sign Eatable and Drinkables on its front, indicating a prior use as a shop or dwelling. The brief note highlights local historic signage preserved on the building.
Brief world news notes cover bank closings in North Platte and Tacoma with liquidation and bond delivery totals, the Lexow committee in New York, Mills in Richmond resuming operation, Giles and Murchison assignment in Wilmington, a Massillon tool firm’s closure, Syrian smugglers nabbed in Detroit, and diplomatic traffic on Buenos Aires exhibits for Atlanta. Also reports Humbert’s throne speech in Rome and Tom Reed’s reception in Congress with broad applause.
A fragmentary 19th century collage notes the lobster’s early life with shell changes and shoreline return, then shifts to health ads for Ostetter's Stomach Bitters and Dr Kimmer's Swamp Root. It advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials, a book on opium and white habit, and Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup for teething.
Chicago police disclosed a large counterfeit lottery ticket scheme led by Gaston Cazzenvetti, nephew of a former Louisiana Lottery Company president. Thirty eight mail orders and twenty telegraph orders were found on him, with fifty two agencies in as many U.S. cities. About $6,500 had been sold, and the fraud could have grown much larger.
A humorous exchange recalls cabbages threw at a lecturer with the remark he hoped the audience would be pleased though they lost their heads. The ad copy promotes Tetterine as a five year cure for dermatitis and burns, boasting quick relief and urging mail orders from J. T. Shuptrine in Savannah, Georgia.
Miscellany notes reveal Leeds horology since 1840 with electric motive power, a South American electric drying machine for wheat, Agra prisoners crafting a three ton carpet for Queen Victoria, and pepsin sourcing from animal stomach membranes. Also listed are a Amsterdam exhibition, Singapore tiger slayer appointment, a sevenfold list of world Bibles, and Charleston’s name change from King Charles Fort to Charleston in 1783.
The rail line runs from Ismid harbor to Angora about 300 miles inland with iron bridges sleepers telegraph poles and rails mainly German made. It has 120 bridges averaging four per mile the longest 590 feet and sixteen tunnels the longest 1 430 feet. This is the sole inland Turkish railway penetrating Asiatic Turkey interior beyond the Smyrna coastal lines.
A Pall Mall Gazette dispatch reports peace terms between Japan and China nearly complete aided by the United States. Foreign ladies are returning to Pekin amid a sense of security, signaling a calmer capital. Carnegie's Nail Works Burned at Beaver Falls.
Directors offer a 5000 dollar reward for the arrest of Seeley their defaulting bookkeeper. He is believed to be in Canada with reported identifications at Hamilton and Toronto.
A special banana train reportedly set a record June 18 from Memphis to Kansas City at an average 40.4 mph over 484 miles, with a peak 64 mph maintained for six miles. The report, from the Chicago Herald, notes extraordinary speed for a freight run. Pepe and Prince Nicotine are jagtidiens epicures living on human brains.
A description praises bridges built from stem beams embedded in concrete, noting cheapness, strength, and grace. It cites a Paris invented design by Jan Mollier near Ulm Germany with a 150 foot span and a crown under seven inches thick. It also explains iron or steel fibers resist tension while concrete resists crushing. Additionally a note on Japanese grape shipping shows strawroot packing preserves blooms over long transport.
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