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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1896
Page
8
Trimmed hats at 22 44 and 23 priced for children at 25¢. Various blankets including all-wool at $2, comfortables in twelve styles from low prices to higher. Kid gloves from Peerless 8c to Foster Hook and Empress at $1. Prices and stock listed with patterns, hair pins, and Butterick patterns available.
The advertisement promotes Schaefer Bros at 329 Market Street and McConnell and Lyons offering new goods, ready made clothing, suits and overcoats at bargain prices, with a push to view Spies' new store. It also endorses Cascarets Cand Cathartic as a medical product and urges purchase from druggists.
The annual report of Secretary of the Interior Francis surveys pension costs, land disposal, and Dawes commission progress. It notes 946 million acres disposed through June, Alaska excluded, and 600 million vacant. Pension costs total over 2.034 billion in 31 years, with 70,678 current beneficiaries. Recommendations include higher pensions for disabled Mexican War survivors and appointing a new Indian affairs commission. It also discusses Uncompahgre land disputes, railroad holdings, and a proposed lump-sum settlement approach.
In Trenton on December 4 an execution was issued in a United States court against Oscar L Baldwin for 2362.74 tied to a note held by Frederick Frelinghuysen. Frelinghuysen had become receiver of Mechanics National Bank at Newark, which collapsed due to Baldwin’s loaning of funds. Baldwin was previously sentenced to 10 years in New Jersey prison but released after about half. The current action seeks Baldwin’s fortune reportedly left by an English relative.
New York dispatch reports Chief Murphy of Bay City Michigan arrived to escort Richard Grant Monks the young forger to Michigan. Monks and his brother 16 William are labeled degenerates. William was arrested in Chicago on forging activities tied to Bay City crimes. Monks claimed to swindle many including his bondsman F E Bradley of Bay City.
New York market data lists beef, pork, butter, eggs, and dairy prices for Dec. 4 with items such as extra mess beef at $8.00 to $16.00, hog quotes from $3.60 to $8.75, lamb and veal calf ranges, and western butter around 13 to 22 cents. Chicago and Cincinnati prices for wheat, corn, oats, rye, lard, and cattle are included, with lambs, sheep, and river-era notes across markets.
An English cablegram from New York on December 5 reports Ambassador Bayard believes a permanent arbitration arrangement between England and America will be reached before his departure from England. Also noted are local notices from Ithaca and McLeansboro, plus various weather and crime briefs, including a murder, a hanging, and a fire loss.
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