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Newspaper
Syracuse Register
Location
Syracuse, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1896
Page
2
The Syracuse Register reports varied items including an extraordinary demonstration on the return to Christiania, remarks on Prof. Bell’s sunbeam telephones, an artesian well in San Bernardino showing erosion, the Canatinta parliament voting 446000 for camps, and two Pennsylvanians dining on cabbage.
The passage asserts bear supremacy over China, England, Turkey and Europe, and checks Japan's expansion in Asia, framing a global power dynamic with dominant roles and interposed restraint.
The article notes farmers gaining social ties via bicycles and a two-wheeled vehicle. Oscar Freymain of Brooklyn, born in Russia, patents a 53 pound flying bicycle called the Syers with steel and silk wings. He aims to reach Europe in two days, confident the device will succeed.
A foreigner jokes about English ambiguities and mispronunciations. The piece notes experiments in papermaking from diverse materials such as bark, banana, pea stalks, coconut fiber, grass, leaves, corn husks, and even wool and asbestos fibers, highlighting improvised substrates for durable paper.
A garbled excerpt discusses time standards and public schedules with references to school hours, court hours, and railway timetables. It then notes Queen Victoria’s long reign as a benchmark in the United Kingdom, followed by stray, unclear phrases about wheelmen and allowances.
The report notes an annual expense estimate of 140 million dollars and 29 395 veteran deaths. It lists U S grain stocks on the 21st with wheat 49 556 000 bushels barley 1335 000 iushels and shows weekly exchange totals of 857 108 264 dollars, with a 14 3 percent decline from 1895. It also reports 315 business failures in the seven days to the 25th, versus 317 prior week and 210 in 1895.
New York sees Bob Fitzsimmons arrested over Corbett fight plot with $1000 bail while national democracy campaigns at Madison Square Garden feature Palmer and Buckher. Corbett jailed then freed on $1000 bail in Asbury Park. Philadelphia and Reading assets sold for $20.5 million to C H caster of New York. Richards company fails for $130000. Oliver D. Eaton dies in Weld Maine. Narragansett Pier pavilion burned for $250900. John R. Gentry sets harness mile world record at 2003.4 seconds in Portland Maine. Burpee Numsey Co. fails for $300000 in Lyon Mississippi. H Dumois Co. assigns with $234809. Brooklyn Democrats nominate Griffin for governor and Heinrichs for lieutenant governor. Palmer and Duckner electors sought. Marion Cricket Club clubhouse in Haverford destroyed for $140000. Democrats nominate Mullen Cunningham Wright for Congress in Pa. Carnegie Edgar Thawson works resume at Radford Va employing 1260. Butler teat world record. Sisterville drama in West Virginia. Gen Carlos Noloff held to grand jury in Cuba aid. Peter Ramm murders wife, self-harms in Buffalo. Miss Mirzatath Altuy left $1,500,000 fortune from Cuban planter. National Council of Women meets in Boston November 2–4. Gas explosion in Tremont Pa coal mine kills Jasper Newton and son-in-law. others fatally hurt. Massachusetts sound-money Democrats nominate Flo Prince for governor.
Notices report Dr. Lewis Swift revealing two new comets near the sun from the Mount Lowe observatory. In Dallas the Independent Order of Gun Fellows elected Fred Carlton of Austin as Stand Fire. A fire destroyed Cascade Lumber’s mill, office and yard at Martington with $105,000 loss. Jail prisoners in Relie Fontaine were released for lack of funds. police were discharged for the same reason. James Knotts, centenarian at Hal Jock township, Ohio, dies aged 200 years 5 months. Northwestern rates show ardent crop at 105,009,000 bushels. In Nene Tiefan La three members of the Cotton family are slain by a negro. another member wounded. Allainis populist candidate Joseph Schwerzgen faces defeat as theQuarpery moment ends.
Fire destroyed the Missouri Military Academy at Mexico causing about 100000 dollars in loss. The report also notes other incidents including a Chicago lynching, a Detroit man dying at 86, a 24 hour bicycle record in Chicago, and various robberies and incidents across the nation.
A jumble of 19th century items notes Victoria's 59 years on the throne, Kobe fire devastating the city, floods killing 2500 lives in northern Japan, and the loss of millions in property. Other items include deaths in Constantinople, canal openings on Sundays for traffic, and Armenian outrages reports.
The item notes a two month upheaval in Leadville Colorado ending with five dead and workers returning to the old mill. New York Governor candidate John Boyd Thacher declines to run while Massachusetts silver Democrats nominate George F. Williams of Dedham. A waterspout near San Marcos Texas damages property. Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley Massachusetts burns, loss listed at 150000. Ex congressman Ezra Clark marries in Hartford. Watercraft tragedy near Buckingham Ontario as three people drown. A fire destroys a building in Fulton Illinois with 2006 loss. County treasurer George S Morrison of Rensselaer New York reportedly owes 2000000 in short accounts.
Leadville Colorado Sept. 22 five men died in the Monday morning attacks on the Coronado and Emmett mines. Foreman Jerry O’Keefe was shot dead. Bert Meier James Denson John Mahoney and William Wiggins were killed by buckshot or bullets. An estimated six to fifty others were wounded. The militia arrived to patrol but no riot was found. Martial law declared later in Leadville as Gen. Brooks orders a military court to probe the assaults. Authorities issued warrants for Miners’ union leaders in connection with the riot.
Mayors of London and other cities wired congratulations to Queen Victoria at Balmoral as bells rang and the national anthem was played. Officials plan no official celebration until she marks sixty years on the throne in 1597, with stock exchange and merchant alestooms suspending the anthem at noon.
A fragment notes pacing events at Rigby with references to a world pacing record and an eventful day. Partial text mentions Mile and Port- 3 details, but exact names and outcomes are unclear in the readable excerpt.
In Liverpool four thousand attend a Reform Club mass meeting at Hengler's Circus protesting Turkish massacres of Armenians. Mr Gladstone, the principal speaker, calls for government action, recalls six European powers failing to stop the killings, and urges recall of the ambassador and measures to coerce Turkey without war. The crowd cheers as he urges strengthening executive power to reflect national will.
In New York K G Dun & Co notes a moderate but distinct improvement across markets. Buying of materials stiffens prices while orders for products rise in some industries and staples exports grow. Wheat prices jump and Western receipts dip vs last year. several new contracts and starts, including steel and iron works, hint at broader revival despite continued weakness in boot and shoe manufacturing.
Gov Claude Matthews ex President Harrison and about 13 Indiana citizens boarded the U S battle ship Indiana at Tompkinsville S L died off Monday presenting a silver service and library donated by Indiana to the ship named for the state Capt Evans and officers heard a presentation speech Gov Matthews spoke McAdoo Assistant Secretary of the Navy replied Gen Harrison also spoke
Reported by dispatches from Sebastopol the Black Sea squadron of about four ironclads three gunboats and torpedo vessels moves toward Otchakoff near the Dnieper mouth under orders to obey a telegram from the ambassador at Constantinople and join the admiral while the rest of the fleet remains at Sevastopol. Infantry detachments and troops move southward as the fleet takes war footing.
A brief Dalian wire reports a sovereign command and related directive issued on September 2, outlining steps for the crisis response and coordination among agencies. No further details available.
The American Bankers Association closes its twenty sixth annual convention in St. Louis with the adoption of a trust company section and the election of officers. Robert J. Lowry of Atlanta is chosen president and J C Vendris of New York is named vice president.
Louis Gimm of Pittsburgh lowered the American professional 24 hour bicycle record at the Coliseum finishing in 23 hours 36 minutes and 486 miles 1,151 yards to win a $400 purse before 15,000 spectators. Frank Walker of New York placed second with 452 miles 0 63 yards in 24 hours. Fred Schimmer of Chicago took third with 462 miles 7 yards.
The Broadway Flour Milling company shut its plant and ceased operations in Cleveland on Friday, with all machinery and stock up for sale. After a long struggle, the firm dissolved to liquidate debts, despite being once considered sound and thriving. George W. Lewis served as president. capital stock was 150,000 and plant value reached 145,000.
In Chicago a jealous woman killed her lover and then took her own life after a confrontation. The tragedy occurred after an argument that followed a day together, leaving police to investigate the grisly scene.
An article fragment advertises September and October home seekers excursions to Virginia from the west and northwest via several railroads. It touts Virginia as ideal for farmers, with cheap transport and small farms from 10 to 30 per acre, plus a pamphlet offer from U S Pacers N W C & O Big Four Route. It also notes a Detroit Free Press exchange about marriage timing and silver.
The Monon Route reports a booming season at West Baden and French Lick Springs with a new sanitarium to handle overflow. Doctors praise the springs for curative properties, surpassing Hot Springs and other famed spas, while Cedar Lake draws anglers and the railroad plans a new park and station.
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad offers low round trip fares on the first and third Tuesdays of each month through October to southern points. Inquire at your ticket office or contact C. P. Atmore, General Passenger Agent, Louisville KY, or J. K. Ridgely, NW P A, Chicago IL for excursion tickets.
The notice touts No-To-Bac as a miracle cure to quit tobacco, claiming users gain strength and even ten pounds in ten days. It promises a free booklet and sample by mail from Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York, and urges readers to buy from their druggist with a guaranteed cure.
An old advertisement extols Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters as a remedy for rheumatic conditions, kidney trouble, dyspepsia, debility, liver complaints, and constipation. It urges persistent use and includes a parental exhortation about behavior.
An old advert promotes Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a gentle kidney liver and bowel cleanser with claimed health benefits and sale prices. A Chicago editor’s assistant asks how to boil down a city drinking water article, and the editor answers to boil it down.
The Brothers Holland extend their engagement at McVickers Theater in Chicago with a new Henry Guy Carleton comedy titled Tawa, Men gf Business. The note hints at social comedy amid impulsive proposals and practical motives.
An old catalog-like passage markets Hali's Catarrh Cure for internal use and a dubious array of veterinary tonics. It mentions beef flavor, a horse with a bit in its mouth, gascanets claimed to stimulate organs, and a promise that a pencil leads better with lead. Includes a 109 price and 25 cent dose for Cascaret style remedies.
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