13 Nov 1891
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1891
Page
1
Fragmentary market note mentions an offer of Nottingham Lace Curtains three yards long at one dollar per pair that never reached sale, with the line unfinished and references to Hotta.
Atlanta November 13. A brief scuffle erupted in Nash's barber shop on Peachtree street between Rev. Ian Small the anti barroom leader and Thomas A Minor a saloon keeper of 1386 Decatur street. Minor attacked after remarks attributed to Small about police at Minor's saloon. Small warded off blows and the men grappled briefly before others intervened.
A strike and boycott by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Locomotive Firemen is imminent on the St Louis Belt Line. Discharges over noon-hour pay sparked the action led by Chief Arthur and Chief Bargent. the move threatens a nationwide rail disruption if other roads join in.
Storms lash Western Washington from the Sound to the Cascades. A cloudburst near Weston floods areas while bridges wash away. In Georgia, Penitentiary Keeper fears Tennessee miners will cross into Georgia to topple Rising Pawn prison walls and release convicts at work.
The American Bankers association opened its seventeenth annual convention in New Orleans with about 300 delegates including many from the South. Senators, state associations, and a proposed constitutional change to give state bodies more say were discussed, alongside notes on silver law workings and currency policy. Mrs Parnell instructs bankers to withhold the Paris fund, amid Irish political controversy involving Henry Carey and Mrs O Shea and the evicted tenants plan.
Fragmentary report notes a female counterfeiter named Le Lottie Morphy or Murphy involved in a Texas arrest at Garsisvitas on November 12. The text includes garbled names and scattered dates, mentioning Parnell and Cleveland without clear context or outcome.
News from Calcutta reports a severe cyclone across Orissa and Bengal causing extensive destruction. At least seventy seven lives were lost on the Enterprise sinking and sixty convicts were killed, with widespread flooding, uprooted trees, and homes swept away along the coast and near Calcutta.
Louisvitte dispatch notes a major lumber failure tied to Goebel & Colter's assignment of C. B. Paul to W. R. Ray. Liabilities top 200,000 with assets around 100,000. Paul, once a prominent Indianapolis lumberman, built a sprawling business from exports and sawmills. The article outlines mismanaged consignments, debts, and a cascade of financial troubles across Catlettsburg, Cincinnati, and other points, hinting at broader insolvency concerns and legal questions. The piece also references an indictment in Jackson County and other local incidents, including a fatality linked to a separate accident and a peculiar death at Unbaya.
News dispatches report multiple items including a 4 percent rate hike by the Bank of Spain on government stock loans, a fire incident in Wisconsin injuring several, and various political, criminal, and economic notes from around the world. The collection mentions wartime fortifications, a water famine in New York, escapes from a Wisconsin state penitentiary, and notable figures such as Senor Herrera and General Secretary Treasurer Hayes.
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