Weekly News Summary From The Era of Prohibition
Canadian customs tighten export bans, Manitoba railway talks resume, Privy Council rejects Six Nation claim, Icelandic and other settlers blend into the nation, rail and mining advances, a Milford train accident, Jewish magistrate elected in Glasgow, Austrian army titles reform, London violence on rein beating, and political maneuvers around the Crown Prince and Emperor's health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Red River Valley
Cound River
Coeneil
Imperial Privy Council
Michael Simon
Glasgow
Scotland
Baron Wolverton
M. Flourens
Lord Salisbury
Lord Lyons
Lord Lytton
Mount St. Gothard
Switzer
Airol
Italy
London
Congress of the Woman's Self Association
Sabhenaiaiaen
Bes
Parli
The Perils of Mexican Stagecoach Robbery
A wealthy contractor Edgar Wood travels by stage from Mexico City to the countryside to pay laborers. Four masked robbers seize the coach, strip Wood of valuables, and demand his belt and valise as the crowd and drivers react with alarm and disorder. Wood, famed as the polite American of Mexico, navigates the peril with a pistol gift and guarded exchange as the scene devolves into a tense showdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Wood
Billy
Edgar Wood
Amelia
Mexico
Troton
Juarez
Emilia
Senor
Edgaro Wood
Edgaro
Wood
Senor Wood
Amigaille
Possill
Republic
Valise
Pac
Government promotes emigration tours to North for settlers
The government launches a campaign to encourage emigration by sending settlers to Canada to speak of their experiences and successes. Aimed at attracting first class settlers, the effort uses travel and testimonials rather than lectures to showcase the Dominion. The Boston Transcript notes a hotel rule list about guests and service. Leed Dedley, a young aristocrat and reputedly rich, is noted as a turf acquisition with large sums in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Est
Great Priel
Dominion
York Coleg Hes Og Pelea
Irdana
the Mail
Boston Transcript
Leed Dedley
England
Ahern Sakery
New York
Michaels
Bedly
English Bank Tellers and Mexican Robberies Tale
A lengthy account describes the Pueblo-to-Mexico treasure train attacks led by gang members, a British detective, and an American crew. Tellers Watfils and Yorke are central as a robberies plot unfolds with a staged pursuit, a backstory of counterfeiting, and a potential jail sentence for Watfils if tried in Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Www Coal Senora
Wood & Co
Yorke
Hotel Iturbide
Wood
Mr. Wood
Edgar Wood
Carlos Watfila
Bank of Mexico
Mexico
Watfils
Reion
Vera Cruz
Hospital of
Guadala
Los Watfils
Ang Eens
Bank of England
Watfire
Watéilsee
London
Thought and hair loss linked in peculiar tale
A man notes thinning hair and asks if thinking caused the loss. The other responds that thoughts can influence actions and recalls a prior chat with Jackson about debt settlement that led to a mishap. The tale ends with an odd remark about water creatures eating offal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zan Eee
Jackson
Tanna
Coronation Chair and the Stone of Destiny's Lore
A historical overview of the English coronation chair at Westminster Abbey and the legendary Stone of Destiny. The piece traces the chair's origin with Edward I, its royal occupants through centuries, and the myths about the stone’s origins and powers, including its journey from Scotland to London in 1206.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezeall
Ken Thames
Winchester
Westminster Abbey
British Museum
Queen Victoria
England
Edward I
Scotland
Edward the Confessor
Mory V
Victor of
Aginccurt
Edwards
Henrys
Richards
Jacob
Cecrops
Athens
Egypt
Spain
Ireland
Emerald Isle
Fergus
Dunstaffrage
Scone
Kenneth II
London
Fordun
Emin Bey and Stanley Expedition Advance Toward Albert Nyanza
Advices from St Paul de Loanda report Henry M. Stanley’s expedition leaving camp eight days from Mabodi and moving toward the western shore of Albert Nyanza. Fatigued men cross several kilometres while chiefs supply food. Stanley pauses four days to reorganize, plans a camp on the slopes near Albert Nyanza, and sends a small advance guard toward Waddai in a steel whaleboat under Lieut. Steere. He seeks to victual Emin Bey and hopes to communicate by September 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Paul
Organized Pesth bank note ring exposed amid fraud scheme
The report details a Pesth based forgers’ ring of 12 members forming a rules bound society. Their aims included printing spurious bank notes and diverting first year profits to equipment purchases. Members were restricted to celibacy and excluded Jews. operation relied on modest value notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McScrew
Ken MccScrew
Hungary
Pesth
Self heating cheese ware tank heater with water trough design
A design for a farm water tank heater that uses a bottom mounted fire tube connected to a watertight steel cylinder. The system includes a front door vent cap, rear stove pipe, and a removable draft cap to regulate heat. A crate floor prevents livestock from drinking, and a tile drain allows night drainage. A cover reduces heat loss and a hot water setup aims to be manufacturable.
Managing Bee Colonies For Winter Prep And Feeding
Success with bees hinges on fall management. Keep brood-rearing strong in August and September when honey stores are scarce. Ensure a fertile queen and 25 to 30 pounds of sealed honey per colony, feeding in September if needed. Use orange sugar or candy syrups on warm days, avoid honey or syrups in cold weather, and winter in protected hives or cellars. Maintain open entrances on warm days and protect hives from severe cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rasia 4
Apiariste
November Crop Estimates From Manitoba and United States
Manitoba reports on October 1 yields total 12,351,724 bushels of wheat 7,265,237 oats and 1,925,231 barley. US outlook shows 450,000,000 bushels wheat 600,000,000 oats and 55,000,000 barley. Spring wheat generally poor with low yields. Oats below average due to hot dry summer while barley shows bright grain but light weight. Total wheat barley oats combined estimate 17,134,830 bushels, down 2,031,583 from six year average. Oat counts vary by locality with better results where land is favorable. Overall yield per acre weaker than six-year average. Fat wheat yields cited at 14,440,611 bushels with lower per acre yields. berry crop small but hard with mixed opinions on quality and price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
United States
Smoking concerts falter as voices fall silent
In England smoking concerts face doubt as singing injures throats and performers withdraw. The text notes scarce coins in Fassia, where tiny denominations struggle to translate into Canadian dollars, illustrating economic oddities and value perceptions amid limited currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Fassia
The Wandering Wessel and the Sea Land Tale
An elderly traveler sails through foreign lands seeking a fabled land. He joins kings and fair ladies, sees wondrous sights, and grows white haired, yet never finds the land he seeks. He discovers his disappearance is tied to a universal truth that follows him home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seach
My bar is almost man, I say at his shoulders
A reflective lyric fragment speaks of a boy growing toward manhood and the unchanging depth of a mother's heart. The narrator notes a child named Andy Sender and various whimsical images, concluding that one cannot outgrow a mother's love despite growth and changing roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Sender
Girl in Prison for Life in Georgia Coal Mines
Leila Burgess, a young woman from near Martin, Georgia, is serving a life term for the murder of her father James Burgess in the Dade County coal mines. After years of strict churchgoing, she killed him with an axe during a coercive revival at dawn, explaining she would repeat the act rather than attend early services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leila Burgess
Dade County
Georgia
James Burgess
Martin
Leila
Burgess
Largess
Why Wheat Is Cheap in Global Market Trends
A Chicago News summary notes wheat prices in Liverpool and Chicago show export costs around 78 to 80 cents per bushel, with U S export prices averaging 55 to 87 cents previously and 1 66 in 1855. It cites European yields, global crop data, and criticizes American grain speculators for cornering the market despite abundant world production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Chicago
New York
London
United States
India
Austro- Hope
Great Britain
Vienna
Jouron
An Aged Spider
Dr H C McCook of Philadelphia describes a tarantula observed since 1852 by Dr Joseph Leidy. The spider lived in captivity until July and was at least seven years old at death, possibly eight, making it one of the oldest spiders cited. It survived in Fretina then a wooden box with water and live prey, shed skin multiple times, and faced fatigue from prior confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. McCook
Philadelphia
Joseph Leidy
Schooling and ambition for farming boys in the old days
A teacherly exhortation urges farm boys to seek education and practical knowledge beyond farming. It argues for attention to land measures, simple interest, geography, and commercial relations, stressing that proper schooling shapes future work. The piece cites Thackeray to contrast English and American youths and ends with a call to adopt proper conduct and dress.
At the Photographer's In Nervous Portrait Session
A dialogue on posing and nerves before a photo session shows two women fretting over looks and laughter. The piece notes that such scenes contribute to wrinkles and an early aging of portraits, citing the Detroit Free Press.
Travel in 1817 versus 1886 in freight rates
A Philadelphia 1818 magazine notes 1817 freight moves from Philadelphia and Baltimore over the Alleghenies, carrying 35 to 40 hundredweight per team at $7 to $10 per hundredweight, totaling over 1.5 million. By 1886, rates dropped to 2 cents per ton per mile, Pittsburgh-Philadelphia 385 miles, making a ton that cost $1 in 1817 worth $2.87 in 1886.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Alleghany Mountains
Baltimore
Phildelphia
Pittsburg
Singular mill fire saves engine at Carlton Michigan
A Carlton Michigan mill fire left the building a total loss while the large engine driving the machinery kept running throughout the blaze. Pumps fed the boiler, preventing explosion, and the engine moved away at high speed amid flames, a peculiar spectacle noted by American Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton
Mich
American Miller
Parker Lecture Criticized By Brooklyn Intellectuals
Dr Joseph Parker spoke in Cincinnati on Friday evoking debate about his influence on the community. A leading intellectual mocked his grasp of practical trade knowledge, remarking he has language but little about the pork trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Parker
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Montana
Comstock
Virginia City
San Francisco
Europe
Milford
Paseen
Poreiu
Pete
2. K. Bloomfield
Rey
James VI
James I
Emin Bey
Meary M. Stanley
Stanley Pallas
Davies
S. Nicho'os
the Changeling
Thackeray
Stripling
Pehaw
Oliers
S. Parker
Oregon
L. de Rothschild
George Fordham
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!