Week in Review: Disasters, Trials and Markets Turmoil
The past week reports a major coffee market shake with Arnold & Sons retiring after an assignment and Bowie, Dash & Co suspending with liabilities of 1.4 million. Fires burn out The Weat her & Go Omaha operations with 125000 loss. A child’s petrification tale ends with the child’s death in Cleveland. Oklahoma colonists in Arkansas City address President Hayes, defying Gen Pope. Mining accidents kill two in Forman shaft, Virginia City. A German woman in Wisconsin slays family members in a frenzy. Sioux resistance grows over road rights in Dakota. A Chicago abortionist is jailed five years for malpractice. Diphtheria ravages Virginia families. A condemned man’s final words warn others away from bad company. Lynching follows murder of Mrs Kennedy in South Carolina. Revenue officers clash with moonshiners in Alabama. significant tax enforcement orders follow. Georgia cuts rail fares. political shifts surface in New York and Missouri. Military promotions and assignments are announced as Texas commands shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold & Sons
New York
Aiam
Wendell
Manz
Bowie, Dash & Co
Weather & Go
Omaha
Otal Lous
Cleveland
Oklahoma
Arkansas City
Kan
Hayes
Indian Territory
Pope
Payne
Virginia City
Nev
Glasema
Marquette
Greenlake County
Wid
Dakota
Spotted Tail
Milwaukee and
St. Paul
Great Reservation
Red Cloud
Spotted
Earl
Chicago
Hag
Gir
Virginia
Greyson County
King
Charlee Henderson
Friars Point
Miay
Kennedy
Clarendon County, & C
Revenue
Wantsville
John B. Hardie
Bone
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Jesuits plan farming at Oka after expulsion
The text notes subscriptions to the De Lessops canal are well above the needed amount worldwide. It also reports several Jesuits expelled from France reaching Montreal and planning to farm at Oka in spring on an 800 acre tract provided by the Seminary of Saint Sulpice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Lessops
France
Montreal
Oka
Bt Sulpice
Irish Land League Tensions Rise Over May’s Ruling
Reports from Ireland describe heightened unrest as Chief Justice May declines a postponement in the Trish state trials. Land League supporters threaten and celebrate. a bailiff is killed in Ballingilly and a Leaguer is threatened near Portadown. An Ulster tenant Naugle dies. Howgate resigns. Spain buys into a canal project. An explosion at a Walsh colliery near Cardiff kills eighty six miners.
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May
Queen's Bench
Irekrna
Trish
Land
Graham
Land League
L. L
Portadown
Naugle
H. W. Howgate
Signal Service
Spain
Healy
Parnell
Cork
Mennins
Mulholland
Cookstown
Ireland
Walsh
Cardiff
Congress Debates Tariff and Electoral Matters in Early Session
The second session opens with Senators Pigh of Ateturua and Joe Brown of Georgis sworn in. The House and Senate reflect with tariff debates, presidential communiques, and electoral vote procedures as lawmakers address treaties, taxation, and Indian Territory issues.
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Capitida
Oyrayer
Charich
Temes Pigh
Ateturua
Joep EL Brown
Georgis
Sentra
Bamana
Vermont
Rauia
Billy Bud
Cox
New York
China
Hurd
Caio
Senate
McDonald
Treasury
Ingalla
Indian Territory
Tower
Louisiane
Thomas Manning
Bullogg
House
Beiford
Secretary of the Interior
Oma
Vermont farmer's tragic end in muffled crash near town
A Vermont farmer, described through garbled OCR text, is reported to have attempted a journey home by wagon after a business dispute. He was found dead amid a scene suggesting he planned to move a wagon to fetch whiskey, with lantern in hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Dean
Tid
Weim
Bale
Stelburne
Drunk Driver Murmurs Vow Then Sleeps Off
Rutland Herald notes a man, after muttering that he is drunk enough, unhitched the benat from a wagon and went into his house to sleep off the intoxication. The item records a brief, local incident with a focus on the caller’s state and actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Herald
The Blind Water Rat Reaction to a Blind Rat in Prayer
A reading of Coleridge's lines echoes the tale of a blind water rat seen by a English angler. The rat crossed the stream then paused on gravel, gazed upward in a prayerful pose, seeking light and guidance. The observer withdrew quietly, leaving the creature in its solemn act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert
Hamande
Gupanion
Horrible crime in Chester ends in brutal decapitation
Louis Tockstein, once a Chester farmer, insane after religious fervor, seized a hotel guard’s water, broke free, and killed his own family. He then murdered a 12 year old girl, severed the child’s head, and fled before being captured by bystanders. A Catholic, later converting, his story ends in continued madness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Louis Tockstein
Jacksonville
Tockstein
Thomas Ryan
Smith
Murphy
Lay
Anyx
Lillo Ryan
Gordon
Tie
Dr. Gordon
Reading on sunstroke prompts whisky tea debate
A newspaper reader cites a science article where a Prof. Somebody warns whisky drinkers are liable to heat harm. She favors tea to counteract heat, while another suggests ice water may be riskier, and both note people should sip through a straw.
HARM AND HOME Bivins Rakings
Five waxperd bushels of Irish potatoes were grown by two Georgia farmers on one acre. The tubers brought $400. The apple crop of Wisconsin is assuming large proportions. Numerous notes discuss farm practices, milk yield by breed, Swase Moox manure methods, clover as fertilizer, and disease management for cows and sheep with practical, period advice.
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Georgia
Wisconsin
Jersey
Ayrshire
Stewart
Cnover
Growth and care of plants and kitchen recipes from a bygone era
The text discusses plant roots needing firm soil contact for permanent growth, advising close packing around roots when setting out garden plants or potted flowers. It then lists recipes and tips such as boiling macaroni in a cloth, layering oysters with buttered potato, and preparing various puddings, breads, and dessert sauces with detailed ingredient lists and steps.
Harbor as sanctuary of the soul and steadfast friendship
The excerpt treats sweet recollections tied to home and shelter from life’s storms, praising home as a harbor for the heart. It notes the French knowledge of foreign literature lagging, Taine’s influence, and a German-literature misunderstanding involving Schiller. It ends with a quip about a boy and a shopkeeper's misleading advertisements and a citation on Puaver as a symbolic key.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Byron
Taine
Schiller
Mountain Talk at the Backwoods School Visit
A western Canadian teacher on his first visit to constituents encounters a Vermont old lady in the backwoods. Their conversation riffs on education and science, with the woman poking at accepted ideas about the earth and sun. The exchange turns on what holds the earth up when the sun goes down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pantington von Pah
Canada
Varmount
Precious Manuscripts of Matthew and Mark Found in Rossano Palace
Two German scholars uncovered a purple parchment gospel manuscript in the Archbishop of Rossano’s palace. It contains the complete Gospel of Matthew and part of Mark in silver ink with gold letters for the first three lines, dating to end of fifth or early sixth century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossano
London
Rome
Vienna
Patmos
Eusebing
Carpiania
Heaven Help Us All In A Methuen Household
A young man brings his bride to live with his mother in Methuen. The two women quarrel until church members take note. The pastor’s wife confronts the daughter-in-law about sharing worship and communion together in life and heaven. The daughter-in-law quips that the mother-in-law will be changed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methuen
Mase
Baptist Church
Zowell Courter
Window Ornaments From Wheat Stalks In Winter
A simple winter decorative method uses twenty to thirty car loads of wheat tied together with short straw ends left two inches. Hang the bundle and keep it watered to form a verdant pyramid that stays attractive for weeks. Suitable for use during the winter months.
Revered Ma Falls Down Stairs With Mixed Treasures
Sunday morning incident left Rev Ma juggling a vase, water pitcher, lamp-globe, and china saucer while descending stairs. He reported he broke everything but the Sabbath as his wife cried for results. An odd, humorous recital closes with a musing on a state’s aging and industry.
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Genvynme
Alower
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Grey
Sullivan
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Voller
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Nebraska
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Chia Ty Sitke
Shelley
Mesleau
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Prenel Chiuwmher
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Aouday
Coleridge
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Berens
No &T Burten
Auley
Taene
Douinstle Boonaniya
Fran Aisen
Parlon
Vanison Srzax
Wren
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Bape Harbor
Puaver
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