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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1896
Page
2
The Argus notes Canada has earned the little international mug for yachts and may target the Defender's Cup. It reports breadstuffs exports grew by 24 million dollars in the year ending June 30 compared with the previous year.
The article notes Italy tops Europe in self inflicted deaths and homicide rates while Russia surpasses in the proportion of professional men, notably doctors, who kill themselves.
The fortunes of T. H. Rogers, newly elected Sheriff of London, mirror a rags to riches tale from a small London room where he cut shirts. He built a large business and now employs about 1800 workers in the garment trade.
An elderly Bodmin resident, mother of seven sons in the British army, received a portrait from the Queen and a $50 check in recognition of her service to the country. The scene evokes Napoleon era patriotism as the woman pledges support to her sons' military duties.
The article cites Max O'Rell denouncing the Anglo-Saxon new woman as a ridiculous modern production and a potential ghastly failure. He argues she seeks all male privileges while keeping female ones and notes she will not become a man but may cease to be a woman.
A Department of Agriculture circular compares three years showing exports down by 75 million dollars in 1895 from 1894 and 246 million from 1892 while imports rose by 87 million from 1894 to 1895. Shrinking prices kept export quantities steady, widening the deficit in receipts.
Norway and Sweden plan rapid replacement of old ordnance with modern arms. A likely 1 million dollar expenditure on field and machine guns may go to an English firm, signaling broad purchases across the region. Old rifles sold cheaply after collection for disposal.
Harper’s Weekly reports a long standing danger at the Fulton Street terminal in Brooklyn where a pillar beside the Fifth Avenue trolley line has crushed and killed commuters since January. After months of deadly near misses, officials required cars to halt at the pillar beginning July 11, sparking outrage over prior inaction.
The World questions Bryan on silver and free coinage. McLaughlin supplies detailed answers tracing 1792 mint origins, 1834 and 1837 ratio changes, and argues free coinage restores parity, benefits debtors, and strengthens U S finances while warning against panic and dependency on gold standards.
The discussion covers pension payments in depreciated money, effects on building and loan associations, and the broader impact of free coinage of silver. It cites gold and silver values, insurance and wage-earning concerns, and world silver production versus gold.
In a Wheeling Register critique, the goldbug view on free coinage is lampooned. The piece argues that under free coinage a silver mine owner would gain either a fifty-cent or a one hundred-cent dollar depending on the value assessment, exposing the inconsistency of gold advocates.
The remark notes idleness does not breed vice but often causes melancholy. It frames leisure as a cause of gloom rather than moral failure, suggesting a disciplined routine to preserve mental health and civic virtue.
RS. M. T. McARTHUR, visiting Oakland, tells of surviving the Milton disaster of 1882. Captain McArthur, his wife, and crew fled the fire in three long boats after the ship burned near Cape St. Lucas. Hunger, thirst, and loss followed until rescue by the Newbern, with only Mrs. McArthur and her son Newbern surviving.
George Bietauser a New York brewer with a white bulldog and a Scotch terrier took his wife and two sons to a river for a dog dip The two dogs were tied to an eight foot rope and Bietauser held the rope midspan as the pair plunged into the water The incident ended without serious harm to the family or pets with bystanders assisting.
A wife watching her fever-stricken husband in India crushes a hooded cobra that enters their bungalow, killing the snake and saving her husband. The doctor later finds her unconscious, but the husband rapidly recovers and cherishes a blue silk slipper as a sacred keepsake.
A Philadelphia hunting party in Clearfield County sustains depleted ammo and flees a bear. The guide beats to camp, his wife traps the bear by door stunts and a dog, then kills it with an axe at first blow. One hunter quips about the dog price, she retorts that they usually shoot them, not run.
Iowa farmer Daniel Fritz was tossed by a charging bull and injured with a broken arm. His watchdog leaped at the animal, grabbing the bull by the throat and buying Fritz a chance to flee. The dog was killed by the bull, a tragedy that saved Fritz from a worse fate.
Franz Csonksa, a famous seventy year old brigand, was executed at Essegg in Slavonia for murder. He smoked a pipe to the gallows and told the hangman to do his job well. He led the Rosza Sandor group in robberies and murders in the Bakonyer forests.
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