27 Sep 1894
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Newspaper
Jackson Argus
Location
Jackson, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1894
Page
1
A department ads numerous men’s suits with marked values and sale prices. Examples include $2.50 items worth $4.50 and $6.50 suits valued at $10.00, plus Young Men’s serge and Scotch cheviots with substantial savings. Inspect stock to find salted bargains.
Shoes and accessories priced to sell with items including men’s brogans at 98 cents and Kip ties at $1.15. Also offered are satin oil calf ball and Congress styles at 1.25 and 2.00, respectively, with original values noted. Fine French calf shoes priced at 4.00, originally 6.00.
Miss Lula Browning heads the dress goods department and invites customers to see her for dressmaking tips and stylish selections. Specials include Jeans Sheeting and checks at reduced prices, Corticelli spool silk at one cent a spool, and heavy cottons, with groceries such as Armanis Soda and flour priced to attract buyers. Beauregard Moore leads the grocery room promising trade opportunities.
The notice promotes a daily Cut Rate Sale starting Monday October 1 at Thompson Bros White Store in Jackson Georgia. Patrons receive a Free Ticket to attend and are urged to inspect goods and prices, with the warning that unsharp shoppers may be sold to before leaving the store.
Australian middleweight champion Robert Fitzsimmons of Newark defeated Daniel Creedon of St Louis at 154 pounds in ten rounds at the Olympic Club arena, winning five thousand dollars and earning a challenge to champion James J Corbett. The crowd roared as Fitzsimmons won and declared the belligerent star would meet Corbett next.
Thirty five treasury clerks are listed by the secretary of the treasury as having attended horse races at Alexander Island Virginia across the Potomac. Names were sent to each bureau head and explanations sought. The episode sparks speculation on spotters and personnel knowledge as treasury reorganizes on October 1.
McElbourne reports the parliamentary vote shows a protectionist majority with Ministers OLoghlen Baker Richardson and Speaker Bent defeated for re election. The civil service and malcontents angered by salary cuts are blamed for the outcome.
A West Indies tropical hurricane hit Jacksonville on September 27 bringing 46 mph winds and torrential rain. The Everett House is unroofed and flooded, the unfinished union depot collapsed, losses reach 20 000 dollars, injuries reported but no deaths. Streets flooded and Mayport mouth flooded. trains halted.
Savannah announces an approaching storm likely to rival the August 1893 cyclone. Tybee winds reach 75 mph, tides rise higher at low tide, island encroaching water may submerge lodgings. Savannah's 45 mph gale worsens, railroad washout halts travel, port shipping idle with no damage yet reported.
The West Indies cyclone hit Charleston South Carolina, sweeping all day with wind speeds up to fifty five miles per hour. Damage to the waterfront appears limited, with the storm tide measured at about three and a half feet and no major impact on in port shipping or city structures reported.
The August cyclone of 93 causes serious damage feared in rice fields and sea island cotton crop. It is too early to estimate damage to the exposed waterfront where thousands of bales of cotton await shipment.
The Great Stallion Race at Mystic Park Boston drew about 20 000 spectators. Directum swept the three heats to take the 9000 first prize with Arion earning 1500 and Nelson 1500 as second and third places. Nelson led Directum briefly in the second heat by a neck.
RicoMono Va Sept 27 Mr G B Jones named by prohibitionists for the third district congress declines the nomination. He says he has always affiliated with the democratic party and now supports his warm personal friend Colonel Tazewell Ellett, the party’s nominee.
A 50 year old crank in Anderson Indiana was arrested at Alexandria. He declared his mission on earth was to kill President Cleveland and, after that, the Pope. He will be held and his condition investigated.
A terrible wind storm struck Grangeburg South Carolina last evening at 5 o'clock and roared through the night at forty five miles per hour. Trees and telegraph poles are down and crops, including corn and cotton, have suffered extensive damage. The wind blew from the northeast.
The Fifth district Democratic congressional convention in Lawrence Massachusetts heard Chairman Hogan read a letter from Congressman Moses T. Stephens declining again to run. The event occurred September 26.
A heavy wind storm with continuous rain drenched Wilmington through the night and remains ongoing. No fatalities reported so far though crops sustained great damage.
A gathering endorses a Hill candidacy for New York governor as a united front. The move appears to pressure a specific figure into the race, signaling strong party coordination.
The 1890 New York state Democratic convention completed the ticket with David B. Hill for governor and Daniel Lockwood for lieutenant governor. Gaynor was named for the court of appeals, Thatcher was withdrawn, and Hill’s acceptance is anticipated as the platform aligned with his recent speech.
Cleveland reports the shooting of James B. Cayen general freight agent for the Valley railroad on September 27. Five bullets struck him as he lay in the street. despite neighbors' cries no clues have been found. Cayen, a widower about fifty, lived on Kennard street with his daughter.
The article notes a wave of retirements and new members entering the Fifty-Fourth Congress with shifting political leadership. It highlights who leaves and who may replace them, signaling a period of change in the legislative lineup.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee reports a surge of new candidates in southern states. Alabama Maryland Kentucky Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Texas Delaware Florida West Virginia Mississippi and Arkansas show multiple fresh faces, signaling a reshaped southern bench in the fifty fourth Congress. In a separate sensational incident at Pushmataha court grounds Allen was executed by deputy sheriff Bob Jackson after a prolonged solitary vigil.
In Monroe county circuit court Judge Newman Cayce sentenced Van Roper and Ed Peters to five years each and James Nelson to two years for white-cap exploits. Roper, a new citizen from Alabama, and Peters, with Nelson, armed and masked, threatened Mrs. Cullers and her neighbor in a staged intimidation at night.
Cappo Oklahoma Territory September 27 Jim Allen a full-blood Choctaw about 24 years old was shot to death in a case of violence surrounding a planned execution the early details indicate this incident follows a local dispute and police are investigating the matter.
The Sun reports cotton prices fell across New Orleans Savannah Norfolk Baltimore and other markets with declines from 1 16 to 1 8 cents. New Orleans receipts are estimated at 3000 to 4000 today versus 8328 last year and 5550 last week.
General Antonio Ezeta departed with attorneys Reubens and De Quesada for Mexico. He seeks to enlist President Diaz to back a plan to unite Central American states into a single republic, a long held ambition.
Treasury officials say they have no means to enforce the alcohol paragraph of the new tariff bill. The rebate clause will stay inoperative until Congress provides funds or repeals the provision at its next session.
The monitor Puritan will be placed in the dry dock at the navy yard today to begin armor plate placement. Its keel dated 1875, officials doubt its final efficiency. over 6,000 tons displacement and dated engines noted. Separately at Gibraltar a new mole and dockyard are under construction with 5000 workers soon departing England.
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