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Newspaper
Syracuse Register
Location
Syracuse, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1896
Page
2
The item mentions Syracuse Indiana readers asking about bicycle origins and pin locations, a cross-eyed man borrowing $23, and tallies of Italians in New York and Brooklyn. It also notes the English bicycle champion’s suicide after a 24-hour record and references American vessels capturing 25 B24 scents this season with a note about sea prices.
The peach once contained a poisonous almond used to make arrow poison. Its fruit was employed for weapon purposes and was introduced into Persia as a toxic component.
Report claims a herd of 41 elk seen north of Slary's peak near Corvallis Oregon, sparking excited comment as the species remains scarce in the country.
A Kentucky divorce case halted abruptly when the husband suffered sunstroke during the trial. The wife abandoned her case to rush to the hospital to care for him.
A South Dakota man recently married his Indiana bride 700 miles away by telegraph, though such nuptials are unlikely to catch on as couples prefer proximity to hold hands.
Report from Philadelphia states the Cuban junta in the United States has raised 375006 dollars. Part of the funds has been sent to Cuba and placed with insurgent army officers. The Sahince remains with junta leaders in Philadelphia and New York to be used for advancing the Cuban cause.
Passenger traffic among trans Atlantic lines remains satisfactory though not as strong as peak years. Tourists are returning from Europe while steerage travel lags. Italian movement remains high as people seek to avoid conscription.
Two youths will crawl on hands and knees across the continent starting next spring. They face risks from near sighted farmers and cowboys, bites from snakes, and painful corn injuries, as they pursue a daring endurance feat and seek to escape a contractual obligation.
The New York Herald urges practical marriage choices and warns against deceitful schemes. It counsels women to marry for genuine character, not appearance, and advises consulting a father when faced with disguises or deceit in a suitor.
Judge Cole of the supreme court of Washington DC refused naturalization to two applicants who confessed they could not understand any part of the Constitution or give a rational description of the government. He held it absurd to take an oath binding a man ignorant of the Constitution to support and comply with its requirements.
Report mentions a Molinan friction roared engine with potential speed of 120 miles an hour and a New Jersey trial recording 947-10 miles per hour. Passengers aboard the trial train were frightened as air whipped past like a tornado. The text notes air resistance grows with speed and complicates achieving such speeds.
New data show 14470 miles of track operated by 916 companies owning 48152 cars. Horse or mule power covers 1219 miles, electric power used on 32293 miles, cable over 699 miles, and dummy engines on 319 miles. Regional totals list New England 1523, Eastern 4631, Central 4600, Southern 1096, Western 2317 miles. Capital stock stands at 754,813,781 dollars.
The article lists 23 distinguished figures featured on silver certificates. Names include Washington Franklin Jefferson Adams Hamilton Jackson Clay Calhoun Webster Lincoln Chief Justice Marshall generals Grant Sherman admirals Perry Farragut inventors Orse and Fulton poets Irving Hawthorne Longfellow and others. One certificate valued at five dollars is mentioned.
United States grain stocks on the 3d were wheat 46 755 000 bushels corn 10 752 000 oats 7 116 000 rye 1 598 000 barley 718 000. Judge Cole refused to grant naturalization to two Italians citing ignorance of the U S constitution. Judge Samuel W Shellabarger died at 75. Clearing house exchanges totaled 911 997 754 for the week ending the 7th, down from the prior week and 1895. Business failures numbered 264 in the seven days ending the 7th, down from 281 previous week.
A Boston wool firm failed for 240000. Private New York wedding of Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. and Grace Wilson. Philadelphia fire damaged Daniel Baugh & Sons for 125000. Readings railroad wreck killed Smock Smith Dreisach. Concord N H governor nominees Barnard Berry. Portland M D Frank nominated for Maine governor. Philadelphia carpet firm Boyd Parley & Co. failed for 250000. Park theater Niagara Falls destroyed with seven deaths and 250000 loss. St Louis record voyage 6 days 3 hours 32 minutes. Trenton New Zealand fire clay works burned, fireman Charlie Woods killed.
The piece lists Populist nominations across multiple states for governor and U.S. House seats, with fused efforts in West Virginia and Kansas. It notes conventions in Iowa Missouri Illinois Indiana Texas and Wisconsin, plus Confederate-like weather and accident deaths in Chicago Omaha and Concord.
Reports from Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and beyond recount nominations, bank closures, a fatal fire, hangings and executions, a church poison scare, a large heat wave with deaths, and a fatal freight wreck. Notable names include Capt. A. B. Langworth, J. C. Tanguary, Robert J., George W. Hawkins, and S. A. Wright.
Foreign intelligence reports say insurgents burned the San Joaquin plantation at Ibanese in Matanzas causing about 400000 dollars in damage. The Brincoch pit near Neath Wales entombed 40 miners after a captain caused an accident.
The sound money Democrats at Waterville split to form their own convention and nominate William Henry Clifford of Wortland for governor. The report also lists fires, drownings, a trolley derailment, a bank closure, lynching, heat deaths, and assorted obituaries and incidents.
Chicago St Louis and New York report dozens of heat deaths as temperatures climb. Chicago records 6 fatalities on Saturday and 19 by Sunday night with hundreds prostrated. St Louis sees 18 Saturday and continuing heat losses. New York faces rising deaths as 90 plus degree heat drives evacuations and casualties.
Readable fragments list individuals including Gannea a shoe man aged 455 George Clifford aged 77 and John Payne 600 years old noted as colored in a historical ledger.
Dispatches from major cities and towns detail extreme heat with numerous prostrations and deaths. Philadelphia and Louisville report fatalities. Jefferson Iowa hits a shade temperature of 106 as Des Moines records 92. horse losses and factory worker suffering noted across multiple states.
Chicago August 10 authorities arrested James F McClure William Thomas and J J Tallman on charges of using the mails for fraudulent purposes as part of a wide swindle operation that has spanned years and states. New York associates William H McClure and Dr John Craig are implicated and the gang previously ran lottery scams then bucket shop schemes and sold bogus mining stocks. Craig and William McClure were later jailed in Hudson county New Jersey after arrest at Tom's River and await arraignment.
A Pittsburgh land swindle leaves residents out 100000 dollars and more. Requisition papers for arrest of J F Van Smith, key figure, issued by Judge Porter. Smith located in Alexandria Virginia. Fraudulent deeds and certificates for western land swapped for Allegheny county land later sold or mortgaged for cash.
The provisional committee of anti Chicago Democrats merged into a national body and named Indianapolis for a September 2 convention to nominate presidential and vice presidential candidates. Senator John M Palmer was made permanent chairman as the party vows to uphold sound money and constitutional protections.
News recounts a massive railroad pool uncovered before the Interstate Commerce Commission. President A B Stickley of the Chicago Great Western testified that rivals coerced him to honor the Union League club agreement to equalize freight offerings and rates. He says western railroads forced farmers to pay 13 cents on 200 miles while dealers paid six cents for longer haul. He warns such practices inflame western farmers. The report includes Michigan Republicans nominating Pingree for governor.
The article notes American made locomotives used for the Russian coronation journey. It mentions an English corridor train advertised as expensive. It reports rail connections planned between Tashkend and Orenburg to link Siberia with Trans-Caspian lines. It cites 507 420 862 passengers on US railways in the year of the Interstate Commerce Commission report. It states the Pennsylvania Railroad as Philadelphia's highest taxpayer with 1596 taxes of 261 25.43 on property valued at about 20 million.
Popular Science notes Germany’s new industry distilling strong aromatic celery oil from green leaves with a hundred pounds yielding one pound of oil. It cites medical cases of ivy poisoning relief, Roentgen photography advances in Berlin showing stomach imaging, and a claim that fatigue alters blood chemistry producing a curare like toxin.
Paris publisher Georges Charpentier retires from the firm bearing his name. Egypt's khedive plans cures abroad in Corfu then Switzerland. Jico XIII. receives an ornate American typewriter with papal arms. Mrs Ellis of Sidney Maine nears her hundredth birthday and quips about daily jubilees.
Rev E P Baker lost control while riding on a Ben Lomond bridge and died on rocks below. In England two dozen brass wedding presents are said to be received by Princess Maud of Wales. An English cyclist faced Teeds police court for riding without a light and was fined 12 cents including costs.
An advertisement promotes Syrup of Bigs as a gentle spring cleanse. One bottle serves the whole family and costs 50 cents, with a large size at 1 dollar. The product is claimed to be genuine California Fig Syrup Company and sold by all druggists.
Washington Star notes no name chosen yet for the baby awaiting November election results to see which man is elected, reflecting the family's decision pending the vote impact.
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