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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1896
Page
3
An ad style piece notes Sunday School dialogue on baptism stating water and a baby as essentials. It then promotes Halls Catarrh Cure with medical claims and a cash offer for cures, urging readers to send for circulars and buy the remedy through To ledo and local druggists.
The Georgia Southern and Florida Railway offers a ten dollar gold prize for the most fitting name for its new daily Pullman line between Macon and Tampa passing the Suwannee River by daylight. Submit the clipping with your name and address and two potential Florida visitors to G A Macdonald in Macon. Also includes assorted brief health and patent medicine notices common to the era.
A Boston Transcript report describes an inventor’s device that prints telegraph messages at about 200 words a minute. The system uses perforated tapes, a synchronized second machine, and a front end reader on standard typewriters to speed delivery, reduce tapping risk, and produce page form messages ready for dispatch.
A Chicago Times Herald editorial notes a major migration trend toward milder southern climates. It argues people seek lower energy costs and more comfortable life, citing postwar southern recovery, new business channels, and thriving cities like Birmingham, Chattanooga, and Knoxville. It posits the Negro question is settling, removing a barrier to this movement.
A furniture polish is prepared by mixing one pint linseed oil one pint strong cold tea the whites of two eggs and two ounces of spirits of salt. The mixture is poured into a bottle and shaken before each use. A few drops on a soft linen pad are rubbed over the article to be polished finishing with vigorous dry chamois or silk handkerchief.
A Chicago Record brief notes a conductor remarking on a man who refused to ride free for his infant, insisting the six month old boy be charged full fare, highlighting a humorous exchange between conductor and gripman.
Berlin reacts with alarm to the Transvaal crisis and Kruger's victory over Jameson. German papers demand protection for the South African republic while Berlin notes British censorship and rising anti British sentiment in England. The German emperor congratulates Kruger, fueling strain with Britain and calls for arming Britain.
Telegram reports from Constantinople indicate Turkish forces ambushed and retreated to Marash after a successful action, while Armenian forces claim a victory and around a hundred prisoners. Interior letters warn Turkish troops to spare none, and a Protestant pastor from Zeitoun acted as envoy amid negotiations with Armenians who hold the town.
A gun battle erupted in the Union theater at Victor near Cripple Creek Colorado after Manager Smith accused Tom Pasco of leading local tights. Three men were killed George Smith Tom Pasco and George Ferguson with additional wounded including Robert Smith and Fred Ellis. The town fears further trouble as violence spreads through saloons and dance halls.
Bradstreets notes a slow week as New Year holidays reduce activity in trade and stock taking. reports show mixed signals with declines in iron and steel, rising bank clearings in several cities, firmer leather and cereals, and 400 business failures this week.
In Berlin a bronzed Easterner named Rhannin claims an elixir makes skin impervious to metal and sharp implements. He squeezes through a hoop lined with knives and nails, passing unharmed, while physicians debate whether his immunity is genuine or a fakir’s trick.
The passage notes many foods raise body weight including sugar starches cream and fats. It warns against becoming fleshy yet unhealthy and explains cod liver oil adds weight as a fat producing food but also restores normal nutrition and organ function.
A New York Herald dispatch from Key West reports the entire Havana province up in arms against the government. Western regions Havana and Pinar del Rio are under martial law as government troops fall back before the rebel army, with no details on clashes.
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