23 Aug 1894
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Newspaper
Oxford Eagle
Location
Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1894
Page
1
The article notes Max Gody intends to build a new yacht to challenge for the America's Cup if Lord Dunwaven extends the next year contest. It also covers various global and domestic items including tariffs, political notices, and labor issues.
A condensed report outlines Senate and House actions on river, trade, and fiscal measures. It notes tariff bills, free list proposals for coal and barbed wire, an income tax amendment, and shifts in appropriation bills. It also covers resignations, investigations, and notable political movements of the period.
The Dun and Co weekly review notes expected presidential signing of the new tariff bill and predicts a definite basis for business, with improved demand and deferred transactions resurfacing. It warns of uncertain effects on some industries and possible wage and price adjustments as the economy adjusts.
Police arrested four men at Caigago on the 1th for passing spurious silver dollars halves and quarters. The suspects named Thadeus Sprankeweit Joseph Hose neiteh Casper Staden and John Kalog aki face charges. Without the President's signature a ten day limit to sign or veto expired, foreclosing on a $100 debt on the 15th. A 2 mile river bend runs from Atlanta to the Mississippi. A spontaneous combustion in Fort Smith Ark caused a major house shake in Putnam County W Va. Tax gold reserves rose to $54 112 902, highest since August. Ontario wool dealers store over 1 000 000 pounds awaiting U S tariffs law. Tax failures in week total 223 in US and 45 in Canada. Hussar Tsomises completed a 21 day long walk to Adaom Ga from San Francisco. Miss Froma McCeassis jailed for horse stealing in Cedarville Ohio. Armies bandit attack near Wells Texas halted by lone robber who killed Dr Devaney and fled with valuables.
Two American Railway union men Jobs Maaring and Andy Lions were kidnapped at Stevens Point Wisconsin and arrested Monday evening on charges of assault with attempt to commit great bodily harm. They were brought back to Wisconsin without requisition papers. U S Marshal Geen and Sheriff Eddy were set to arrest a desperado in West Virginia near Putnam County after gunfire and a wounded deputy.
In Georgia, Col William A Warrey’s four decades in the senate and long secretarial service mark a career shaped by public life. The piece highlights his rise, service during the Civil War as a colonel, and his later influence as a trusted political fixer in state affairs.
A collage of literary figures and cultural notes profiles George Manville Fenn at sixty four, Janet Carlyle Hanning, and M. Georges Salomon. It highlights editors, scholars, and royal anecdotes, including Caligula’s reputation, the Third Folio Shakespeare sale, and Julian Hawthorne’s Jamaica move.
A collage of light satire and cartoon captions from Harper’s Young People Washington Star Chicago Record and others features whimsical exchanges about days, sleep and social manners. These brief snippets showcase playful wordplay misheard phrases and comic dialogues among families and friends.
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