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Newspaper
Vienna Progress
Location
Vienna, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1896
Page
2
A telegramal report outlines a landslide for McKinley in key states led by New York as Minnesota Indiana and Iowa follow with strong Republican margins. Kentucky and Michigan show decisive gains while Oregon California and Wisconsin tilt toward McKinley with wide margins across the nation.
The forecast estimates McKinley reaching about 268 electoral votes with Bryan at 7 and 42 doubtfully. McKinley could reach 800 in votes. States carrying McKinley include New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, and Oregon. Majorities are given for New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kentucky, and Minnesota, with New York City projected to yield a 200,000 edge for McKinley. Republicans and sound-money Democrats hold a strong majority in both houses, with Republicans expected to secure a small majority.
Banks loosened liquidity in New York amid a money market surge with rates reaching 60 and then 100 percent. Call money opened at 10 percent, later scarce, as borrowers sought funds for Sunday. Banks funded regular customers at 6 percent, but outsiders faced tight terms, and stock prices remained calm despite the high rates.
The legislature in joint session counted official Georgia election results. For Governor W Y Atkinson led with 120 897 to Seaboro Wright 85 832, majority 84 905. Secretary of State Allen D Candler 182 181 over J A Parsons 76 453, majority 65 781.
Arrangements have been perfected between President H. M. Comer of the Central of Georgia Railway and William Johnson & Co of Liverpool to establish a direct steamship line from Savannah to European ports. Johnson & Co will open Savannah offices November 1 for preliminaries. The Georgia Export and Import Company will be formed with $50,000 capital, later up to $1,000,000, to own and operate ships or to charter them.
Depositors of Merchants Bank of Atlanta are ordered by the superior court to file their claims within ninety days with the receivers. They will share in the bank assets when the division is made, informing depositors of the available course to recover their funds.
A massive gas explosion at the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Onal company shaft in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania Thursday afternoon killed six miners and badly injured others. The coal mine was idle at the time and only about 15 workers were inside, mostly repair crews. The force of the blast shook the ground for miles.
A writer in Atlanta Constitution discusses economic stagnation from credit tightening and real estate distress. He links bank foreclosures to the housing slump, notes dwindling mortgage liquidity, and argues the nation faces ballot-driven change. he cites Bryan and McKinley as pivotal, urges calm, and praises modest leaders.
A mosaic of curious notes describes a Veston society with gold tooth decorations, Chinese guardhouses amid tiny trees, a luxurious chestnut horse, and a peach blossom symbol of submission. It mentions a King of Anmam with hundreds of wives, a Luther Bible owned in Berlin with handwritten margins, an artesian well in Dade County, and the oldest Woodbridge house burned in 1607.
The article recalls Captain John G. Rourke noting early ideas of snake antidotes and chronicles Dr. Calmette and Dr. Phisalix at the Pasteur Institute. It details a horse serum immune to cobra venom curing bites, with twenty cubic centimetres claimed to cure deadly bites. A snake inoculated with the serum reportedly becomes resistant to other snake venoms.
A historical note recalls Ben Holliday’s 1860 sale near Saitoko City where 4600 mules were auctioned by Uncle Sam. Proceeds, driven by a California drive, yielded over 1 million dollars, shaping a famed record in mule trading history.
A Chicago youth moved a baby's carriage to scare the mother, a prank that backfired when he paid a $260 Amtgoment penalty. The offender was an official of the M. C. A., a detail that did not excuse the act.
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