A Polygamic Play-Actor in Japan's Inland Tea Estate
George Pauncefort, once famed as John Mildmay in Still Waters Run Deep, was found in Japan with thirteen native wives and a tea plantation. Busines manager Joseph Arthur recounts how, after a wreck and a long exile, Pauncefort built a Japanese career, lecturing and acting, then returned to marry a local woman and run a large estate.
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George Pauncefort
John Mildmay
Pauncefort
Joseph Arthur
Willie Edouin
Sparks
Mr. Arthur
Philadelphia ‘Times
Japan
Diabutsa
George Paincefort
United States
John Drew
Murphy
Philadelphia
Thespis
Paunecefort
Adan
Yura
Ronius
Tex Plantation
Damio’ Clase
Lancashire Plateway A new freight road links Liverpool to Lancashire industry
A proposed Lancashire Plateway would replace inland freight by a road network of iron plate tracks radiating from Liverpool to South Lancashire manufacturing hubs. Wagons run on loaded from ships or factories to stations, then by steam engine to their destination, promising lower costs than current rail systems. Construction estimates reach £85,000 per mile with lower ongoing maintenance.
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Liverpool
Lancashire
Novel artificial fuel tested by Stevens students in Philadelphia
An artificial fuel made from anthracite coal dust, mixed with pitch, was pressed into egg shaped pieces and tested by a Stevens Institute of Technology graduating class corps in Philadelphia. Early observations showed bright steady combustion with heat comparable to coal and minimal ash production.
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Loiseau Fuel Company
Philadelphia
American Institute
Stevens Institute of Technology
Pennsylvania
Conjurer Hermann Foiled by Own Tricks in Paris Visit
The famed conjurer Hermann arrives in Paris from Vienna after six months in South America. During a Montevideo governor’s house performance he tried to mystify three Patagonian bystanders. He pulled an orange from a nose, predicted coins from hair, but the crowd grew alarmed as the act spiraled out of control.
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Hermann
Paris
Vienna
South America
Montevideo
Conjurer Loses Watch and Wallet in Patagonia Trick
In a Patagonian spectacle Hermann extracts a living rat from his nose and receives praise. Moments later his watch chain purse eyeglass and handkerchief vanish as the Patagonians cheer. The chief later returns the missing items after the trick ends, revealing the actor’s pockets were emptied during the illusion.
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Hermann
Bear Attack in Mammoth Park Ends in Fatal Bear Killed
William Parenteau, foreman at Gunnell mine, fought a fierce bear in Mammoth Gulch after a warning encounter. He stabbed and battled through injuries including a shattered nose, lacerations, and a severely damaged thigh, finally killing the bear after eighteen wounds. He crawled two miles to safety with a grave set of wounds and awaits doctors.
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Colorado
Central City Register
Mammoth Park
Mammoth Gulch
William Parentexit
Gunnell Mine
Mr. Parenteau
Parenteau
Parentean
Sin
Phil Parenteau
Time Telegraph Synchronization Gains Ground in New York
Albany company formed to manufacture and lease synchronized telegraph time instruments. Central dial plates linked by electric wires with standard timepieces, plans to install in major offices, stores, and transit stations. Current setups include Cooper Union and Western Union Telegraph office displays connected to James Hambler’s main clock.
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Albany
Pines
Manhattan Elevated Railroad Company
Western Union
Cooper Union
Broadway
Western Union Telegraph Office
New York
Chicago
Lorge
James Hambler
Brooklyn
Explosion Destroys Eureka Shaft Building in Virginia City
An accumulator exploded at the Eureka Consolidated shaft yesterday at 8 pm, blasting the eastern wall and shattering the sixty foot high structure. Debris flew a quarter mile, with a ton weight casting missing Newtown by a tile and a 300 to 400 pound fragment nearly harming miner William Lowry. Smaller fragments rained on rooftops as the roof collapsed outward in the gale.
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Virginia City Chronicle
Eureka Consolidated
Eureka
Newtown
William Lowry
Lewiston Rag Man Climbs Church Spire
In Lewiston Maine a drunken rag man scaled the ladders to the cross atop St. Joseph's Church during a lunch break. Spectators watched as he wobbled toward the summit, placed his hat on the cross, and began to descend with two men assisting to prevent a fall. He reached the ground shaken but safe and staggered away after a delirious shout.
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Lewiston
St. Joseph’s Church
A Robber's Fatal Repentance in Bakersfield
In Bakersfield California last Tuesday evening a man named M Volanteri woke a robber by feeling his pockets. The thief fled and was found dead next morning in an alley with a knife and the stolen purse bearing forty eight dollars. Medical opinion attributes the death to heart disease triggered by robbery.
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Virginia City Chronicle
Bakersfield
Cal
M. Volanteri
The Best Actor Killed by the Dog in Davenport
A bloodhound from an Uncle Tom's Cabin company killed a donkey last week in Davenport Iowa. The tale affirms the dog singled out the best actor in the troupe. A benevolent appeal offers Dr Graves Heart Regulator as a remedy for heart disease at one dollar.
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Davenport
Dr. Graves
The Corn Crop Report from the Department of Agriculture
The November corn report shows later planting and broader replanting, with a favorable tail to the season. It estimates a general average yield near twenty bushels per acre and total production around sixteen hundred fifty million bushels, with regional differences and quality trends across states.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
New Jersey
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Delaware
Michigan
South
Ohio
Nevada
Indiana
Vermont
Utah
Colorado
New York
Shade Island
New Mexico
New Hapshire
Iowa
Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
The Coming Cotton Crop Estimates by State
The Department of Agriculture reports fine weather for cotton maturing and harvesting. Estimated lint per acre: Virginia 178, North Carolina 180, South Carolina 183, Georgia 152, Florida 117, Alabama 150, Mississippi 100, Louisiana 283, Texas 240, Arkansas 288, Tennessee 170. Caterpillar or hell-worm effects are minimal. in four-fifths of localities these pests hastened maturity without reducing yield.
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Washreton
Department of Agriculture
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Beef and mutton exports rise with weekly market notes
Weekly port report shows increased live cattle and dressed beef exports for the week ending November 11 1882 with higher values and brisk demand in Atlantic markets. Liverpool prices for American steers and sheep are listed, while freight and insurance premiums dampen shipment volume. Trade at stockyards weak overall with Western beeves down, Boston beef values mixed, and detailed prices for Brighton slaughtered cattle.
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Liverpool
Atlantic
London
J. A. Hathaway & Co
Missouri
Swift Brothers & Co
Boston
Brighton
Snakes in deadly combat at Dime Museum
A Baltimore paper reports a 17 foot python fought a 12 foot anaconda in a third floor cage for six hours starting at 1:30 AM. The python finally killed the anaconda by biting its head and coiling around it. The watchman, who lacked keys to the case, would not attempt to separate them.
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Baltimore
Dime Museum
Dynamite in Cigars At Szegedin Hurts Engineer
An Szegedin engineer on public works lit a cigar that exploded after he finished one and laid a half smoked cigar on his desk. He was wounded in the cheek ears lips and left hand. Investigations found no glass nitro glycerine tube in the cigar, and the tobacco is a government monopoly making the mystery deeper.
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Szegedin
Hungary
Newfoundland dog Leo returns to owner in street dispute
Otto V. Brandesky, once on stage with his trained Newfoundland Leo, is involved in a dispute after a dog approached him on First Avenue and kissed his hand. Charles Rees claimed the dog, but Brandesky insisted the dog was Leo, taking the matter to Essex Market for settlement.
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Justice Smith
Brandesky
Brardesky
Biargoory
Leo
Branddesky
Leo Sprag
New York Sun
Otto V. Brandesky
Concordia Hall
First Avenue
Charles Rees
First Street
Essex
Strange Vision During Fever Seen by Methodist Bishop
In a Tabernacle sermon Bishop Bowman of St. Louis recounted a fever dream after returning from Japan and preaching in California. He described a near death experience with visions of his late child and encounters with departed friends, believing himself in the afterlife before waking back in his body.
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Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church
Bowman
St. Louis
Japan
California
Lille
Hitmer system brings telegraph regulated time to New York
A new Hitmer time system in New York uses telegraph regulated clocks for business houses, public institutions, railways, and hotels. Vitali Himmer, formerly with Tiffany & Co., developed the Austrian designed apparatus featuring a central regulating clock at the company office and gravity driven gear without springs. The system transmits time signals from the National Observatory at Washington to many clocks, allowing rapid, synchronized timekeeping across connected devices.
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New York
Paris
Geneva
Hitmer
Vitali Himmer
Tiffany & Co
National Observatory
Washington
Sony
Steinitz Opens Philadelphia Chess Tour With D Martinez Match
A crowd at the Philadelphia chess club in Irving House awaits Wilhelm Steinitz, the great chess master from Prague. An engagement of over forty days kicks off with a 3500 match against D Martinez, daily play at 6 pm, and a five dollar pass for all evenings plus six months’ club membership. Steinitz, 1836 birth, has long dominated the scene, defeating Blackburn and Lukertort in notable clashes and recently leaving the London Field chess column to start a new paper on his return to England.
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Irving House
Walnut
Ninth, Street
Wilhelm Steinitz
Steinitz
Philadelphia
D. Martinez
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Elson
Neill
Michaelis
Roberts
Kaiser
Mr. Martinez
The
Alich
Ulla
Lukertort
London Kield
England
Punishment for Church Missionary Society case in West Africa
The London Telegraph details the punishment of two ex-employes of the Church Missionary Society guilty of brutal mistreatment and murder of two enslaved girls in West Africa five years ago. They were convicted of manslaughter and sent to penal servitude for twenty years, eighteen years and a half, and two years respectively for the wives.
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London Telegraph
Church Missionary Society
West Africa
What May Happen in New York Journal ism
The breach between the Western Press Association and the New York Associated Press may bring major changes to New York journalism. Erastus Brooks was replaced by an executive committee, seen as influenced by Jay Gould. Various papers tilt toward or against sweeping changes with price wars hinted by Bennett of the Herald and the World.
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Western Press Association
New York Associated Press
New York
Erastus Brooks
Jay Gould
the Times
the Herald
The
Journal of Commerce
the Tribune
the World
the Mail
Express
Bennett
Herald
Boston Fire Ten Years Past Deepens Tax Valuation Gap
A historical note marks the November 9 1872 Boston fire which destroyed 65 acres and $75 million in property. It contrasts May 1872 real and personal valuations with May 1882 totals, noting Charlestown Brighton and West Roxbury annexation in 1874 added to city valuation and showing a comparative depreciation after adjusting for the annexation.
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Boston
Charlestown
Brighton
West Roxbury
Coffee in Typhoid Fever Drug News Report
Dr Guillasse of the French navy reports that in early typhoid fever coffee acts as a near specific. Adults receive two or three teaspoons of strong black coffee every two hours, alternated with one or two teaspoons of claret or Burgundy wine. Benefits are immediate with lemonade, citrate of magnesia, then quinine.
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Guillasse
Patient praising Hop Bitters in Haynesville notice
Hayesville Ohio February 11 1880 a local reader extols Hop Bitters claiming two bottles cured him and would not take a hundred dollars for the benefit he received he recommends them to patients and mentions a physician or stall name Buald Ave Meever Mowe
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Hayesville
Ohio
Finance and Commerce Doings of the Week in 1882 Market
Summary of a New York State Street market column noting modest weekly activity in money and discount rates, bank liquidity, and outside lending. Highlights include rates for mercantile and factory paper, collateral loans, and brokered paper. Clearing House and New York fund movements, foreign exchange steadiness, and bond dynamics are described with references to Vanderbilt and Lake Shore.
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New York
United States Treasury
Saneesaeeterseereetees
Vanderbilt
Lake Shore
London
United States
Great Britain
San Francisco Stock Exchange
Election Day Halts Markets With Little Price Change
Stock markets closed for a holiday on Tuesday with little effect on prices. Analysts say election outcomes were likely discounted in advance or that prior forecasts of major shifts proved unfounded, leaving a calm, uneventful week for traders.
Commercial matters Boston markets in a quiet week
A Boston Daily Market report notes light trade across departments amid national elections. Wool and leather show modest activity, cotton and dry goods slow, clothing soft due to mild weather, and provisions mostly steady though some items like potatoes and beans fluctuate. Boots and shoes see renewed activity, while copper and other metals favor buyers.
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Boston Daily
GLONE
Mobil
Kaidnerys
Butler
Wresh
New York Markets Quiet and Steady for Low Grades
New York markets report a quiet overall tone on Saturday with low grades steady while better brands show only nominal gains. Cotton spots eased, futures declined but remained firm for several months. corn, wheat, oats, and rice saw varied activity with notable futures and spot movements. Provisions and fats trade presented mixed signals with pork and lard prices fluctuating amid broad commodity activity.
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Minnesota Bakers
Minnesota
New York
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Ohio
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Mllnois
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Gloucester Fish Market weekly arrivals and prices
Special Gloucester market report lists weekly totals of 472000 pounds codfish 80600 pounds halibut and 700 barrels mackerel from 30 arrivals across Western Banks shore Cape Georges Grand Bank Banks and mackerel season. Includes price quotes for codfish halibut mackerel and related seafood products at varied quintal and barrel units.
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Sunday Globe
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Banks
Cape Shore
Georges
Grand Bank
Quintal
Haddock
Exeter
Livestock Market Arrivals for Brighton and Watertown Week
Weekly arrivals at Brighton and Watertown cattle and sheep markets show Western cattle 2096 Eastern 227 Northern 6711 total 2044. sheep and lambs Western 3800 Northern 10087 Eastern 2400 total 16237. Swine 16057 veals 224 horses 135. Beef cattle prices per 100 lbs live weight list extra first second third quality. hides and tallow values given for Brighton and country markets.
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Brighton
Watertown
Wright
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