Dismal Record Review Warns of Trade Collapse
Review of trade indicates a near unprecedented industry shrinkage in 1893 with prices at lows, unemployment soaring, and widespread distress across iron, wool, cotton goods, and farming sectors. Speculation harmed farmers, with official reports showing sharp declines in textile sales and overall liabilities surpassing a third of a billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Cos
Weekly Review of Trade
Boston
Chicago
Park
Remarkable Mystic Five Club Held Fifty Fifth New Year Banquet
Boston reports a Concord based club formed in 1848 as the Mystic Five, meeting each New Year’s Eve for 60 years. Members J C A Bill, Dr Charles A Tufts, Joseph S Abbott, Dr William Hurd, and George A Blanchard attended. one chair stays vacant after Dr Hurd’s wife’s death. They abstain from liquor and gambling, wives guest each year, and the group may end after this supper. Blanchard hosted.
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Tas
Boston
Young's Hotel
Concord
N. F
Myatic Five
Sonie
J. C. A. Bill
N. H
Charles A. Tufts
Dover
Joseph
Blanchard
Tragedy on the Patuxent Express Killings Three
Three people died in a crash near Patuxent when a New York express struck a carriage. Victims were Thomas Varley, his wife, and their 10-year-old grandson, all from Patuxent. The horse and carriage were smashed, with gruesome injuries reported as the bodies were removed.
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Thomas Varley
Baltmore
New York
Patuxent
Baltimore and Potomac
Pentacost Cannibals and Naval Punishment Report
A British gunboat report from Sydney details the punitive destruction of Pentacost island villages after cannibalism and murders of crew from the American schooner Don Henri and the French trading vessel Neptune. Detachments from Boomerang and Scorff seized perpetrators, with life imprisonment for those implicated and fines levied on other islands. Over 30 whites killed on Pentacost. many human bones found.
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Lonpos
Sydney
Don Henri
Noume
New Caledonia
Pentacost Island
Sandwich Islands
Penacost Island
M. Lifton
Neptune
Aurora Island
Scorff
Noumea
Pentacont Island
Irvine Divorce Case Reopens with Confession Attempts
Irvine divorce case resumes as A I Austin corroborates Mrs Irvine's Omaha interviews. Irvine sought a written confession from his wife but she refused, claiming guilt. Later Irvine said no confession and boasted two witnesses ready to swear to a compromising meeting. Defense rests. rebuttal witnesses testify. W H Irvine denies material claims. Also included: extensive Cherokee Strip land activity with thousands of entries and contests, Jacksonvill e visit by Wayne MacVeagh, and appointments in Denver and other local notes.
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Howard
Jackson
Tenn
Canada
J. H. Troutt
Baur Lae
Irvine
A. I. Austin
Omaha
Montgomery
W. H. Irvine
Wayne MacVeagh
Jacksonvills
Fla
Pennsylvania
Jacksonville
Windsor Hotel
United States
Senate
Florida
Rome
Mitchell Confident in Florida Fight
Charley Mitchell travels to Jacksonville after receiving a telegram from St Augustine supporters. He claims strong form, predicts victory over Corbett despite governor opposition, cites Florida climate aiding recovery from a cold, and notes focus on the match rather than chatter. He anticipated Corbett’s reach and height but prepared accordingly.
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Corbett
Jacksonville
Wasatsetos
Charley Mitchell
Washington
St. Augustine
Mitchell
Associated Press
Florida
Trade gloom as 1893 finishes with downturns
The Pall Mall Gazette reviews 1893 trade from official returns, noting a worse year than 1892 with large declines in imports and exports across coal textiles and cotton. American demand grows amid tariff speculation while merchants expect modest improvement in 1894 if strikes or lockouts do not disrupt. Chancellor Von Caprivi reportedly may resign though officials deny it.
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London
Pall Mall Gazette
Germany
America
von Caprivi
Will Tevde
Iis
Bertin
William
von Cuaprivi
The Cause and Its Lesson in a Nervous Breakdown
A wary client recounts the danger of nervous disorders and the ruin of seeking quick cures. The piece touts Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine with testimonials from Alonzo Barker and Mary Kister, urging treatment by physicians and selling bottles for $1 each or five for $5 with a free book.
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Franklin Miles
Miles
Alonzo Barker
Clinton
N. Y
Dr. Miles
Mary Kister
Los Angeles
Cal
I . H. Capwell
Tribune
Plymouth
Piveritenay
Dr. Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Aix
Ir. Miles
Drugginta
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Rock Island
Cateago
Alton
Caldwell
Tom Alien Goss
St. Louis
Tom Allen
Lucy Stone
Jan. T
Forest Hill
Blackwell
Stone
Blythe
San Francisco
Thomas H. Blythe
State Supreme Court
Coffey
Florence Blythe
Knights of Labor
Garfield Hall
Saginaw, Mich
George R. Wallace
First Congregational Church
Cumming
Omana
John Cummings
South Fifteenth Street
Saul Lax
Zane
Buitore
Russia
Rio
Paris
Lockrey
Chamber of Deputies
Brigeaneg
Skupuischina
Kidma
GevEva
Brooke
Smith Observatory
Astrological Society of the Pacific
Taggeblatt
Eugene Wolff
Uganda
Thompson
Buenos Ayres
Mr. Thompson
Brazil
Montevipeo
Deve
Serastiano Venuto
Rio de Janeiro
Denver
Waite
Cofpeyville
Kay
Missouri Pacific
Here
Express Company
Conrail
Guturam
O. T
Perry Land Office
Cherokee Strip
McMahen
Bissell
William McMachen
Colorado
McMachen
James A. Binall
New Mexico
Arizona
Wyoming
John A. Logan
Younastown
C. H. Andrewe
Ohio
Mia
Leslie C. Bruce
Missouri
St. Joston
Harrison County
Stromseura
Cyphers
Landen
Milwaukee
Milwauxee
Reliance Iron and Wire Works
John H. Gillman
Whitefish Bay Association
Charles D. Stanhope
Phoenix
Otto H. Finck
Derferson City
Wilson
Thomas McMichaels
la Clede County
Kentucky
England
You Caprivi
Nicaragua
Baker
Prince Bismarck
Lonnon
Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Bern
Coughlin
Gaicaco
Tuthill
Breckinridge
Lexineron
Dasha
Pollard
Ashland
Hallett
Santa Fe Road
United States Court
Little Rock
Ark
Des Moines
Workman
Sovereign
East
Parapetria
The
True & CO
Augusta
Maine
Poland
China
Grove City
Atlantic
Iowa
Albert Wakefield
C.R.L& P
M Limited
Griswold
Audubon
Harlan
Carson
Arriva
Avoca
Guthrie Center
Aniva
Menlo
City Water
Nonthwest
Zool Coaltay
Etat
Chestnut Street
City
Rest
Loa
Ofice
Towa
Fael
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