Mexican Living Costs and Dental Profits for Americans
An American dentist in San Luis Potosi explains monthly living costs about 117 dollars, including servants, food, and soap, with many items much dearer than in the United States. He notes high wages and prices for cigarettes, canned goods, and clothing, and details earning potential from dental work in Mexico, plus extensive American investment opportunities in manufacturing, housing, and a growing pork packing industry in Mexico City.
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ITV OF
Mexico
San Luis Potosi
America
States
United States
South America
Pueblo
Monterey
Orizaba
Mexican Packing Company
Serano
Morris & Buttee
Kansas
Oaxaca
Japan
Frank G. Carpenter
Park Place Jury Finds Park Place Building Deadly Fall
New York September 11 The coroner s jury on the Park pl disaster reports that Sarah Ann Hogan and others died August 22 1891 from injuries when the building at 66 68 and 74 Park pl collapsed. The iron columns were not strong enough though the timber was sound and the fracture was caused by an exterior force rather than inherent weakness. The panel weighs evidence and remains undecided whether benzine vapor explosion or another shock caused the collapse.
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New York
Park Pl
Sarah Ann Hogan
City of
New Private Circular Offers Rate by WHEEKLY GLOBE
The WHEEKLY GLOBE announces a new private circular inviting readers to send for the updated rate offer and free sample copies. The notice targets potential subscribers and promotes a special introductory arrangement for those who apply.
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Wheekly Globe
Wheely Globe
Novel Use for Mail Bag on Winter Deliveries
A German rural postman yearly requests a new feather bag for winter. On icy slopes he slides down the hill delivering the miller's weekly papers because the roads are too frozen for normal carriage. An official witnesses the slide and a small sledge is provided to ease future winter deliveries.
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Germany
Mion
Diamond ring rent scheme targets poor suitors in Chicago
A New York man promotes a ring rental plan for engagement rings. Young men unable to buy a diamond pledge pay monthly notes, give the ring to their fiancés, marry, then reclaim the ring after payment and hand it back to the lender. He asserts no risk due to the note and notes the business will profit as diamond prices rise.
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Chicago Post
New York
Mr. Solomon
How Vessels Go Through the Suez Canal
The article explains daytime transit averaging 24 hours and night runs about 19 hours, with 15 hours possible. Vessels must carry an electric projector and follow gate orders. three white lights mean slow down, two mean stop and haul into the gate. After tying up, lights go out and the ship rests as the next vessel passes.
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Suez Canal
Suez
New York Republicans Nominate Fassett for Governor
Delegates at the State Republican convention in Rockrater choose J Sloat Fassett of Chemung as the gubernatorial nominee after a crowded field. Fassett vows to combat Hillism and Tammanyism, with a full ticket including Vrooman for lieutenant governor and O Connor, Wade, Hodges, Sutherland, Colvin filling key posts. The platform advocates reciprocity, silver parity, civil service reform, labor rights, and state reform while pledging loyalty to party unity.
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Rockrater
N. Y
Washington
Knapp
Collector Fassett
Maine
Jas. W. Husted
Peekskill
Loreno E. Payne
Cayuga County
Comitttes
J. W. Wright Cady
Columbia County
Husted
Permanent Organization Committee
James M. Varnum
Varnum
Republican Party
Gen. Varnum
Benjamin Harrison
Secretary Blaine
Mr. Jarrison
Blaine
Resolution Committee
George W
Ithaca
Arnacton
New York
Commonwealth
Republicain Party
Axprew D. Warr
Edward O'Connor
Binghamton
J. Sloat Fassett
Vassett
Fasett
Hillism
Democratic Party
Fassett
John Vrooman Herkimer
Eugene E. O'Connor
Brooklyn
Arthur C. Wade
Jamestown
Ira M. Hodges
Rockland County
William E. Sutherland
Monroe
Vervland Colvin
Albany
Europe
South America
Treasury
Harrison
Republic
Union
Nicaragua Canal
Col. Eliott F. Shepard
New York Republicans Endorse Harrison Era Platform
In Recresion New York on September day the Republican convention adopted a platform urging electors to favor the 1888 national victory basis, praising President Harrison and endorsing the 51st Congress tariff and protectionist policies. It asserts the revenue measures benefit labor, support American industry, and raise farm prices as factories multiply and wages stabilize.
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N. Y
New York
Congress
Harrison
Gist Congress
Sketch of Jacob Sloat Fassett leader of New York Republicans
Jacob Sloat Fassett, born November 13 1863 in Elmira New York, rose from Chemung county district attorney to State Senator and then collector of the port of New York. He led Republicans in the State Senate and was noted for preparation and eloquence in debate. He married the daughter of Charles Crocker, a California millionaire with substantial wealth.
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Chemung
Fassett
T. M. Farthing
Buffalo
Erie
Philip Becker
Seymour Dexter
Elmira
James H. Potts
Troy
Gen. Carr
Rensselaer
Col
C.L. McArthur
Smith
Richmond County
W. H. Williams
Brooklyn
Stewart L. Woodford
Wadsworth
Gen
Butterfield
Gen. Woodford
Jacob Sloat Fassett
N. Y
Rochester University
David B. Mill
Chemung County
State Senate
Senate
Port of
New York
Charles Crocker
California
Dorsey Says Fassett Backed Blaine Blames Platt for Nomination
Steve Dorsey, now in Chicago, alleges Fassett's nomination was a Platt move against Harrison. He claims Platt opposes Harrison's renomination and favors Blaine, with Fassett also backing Blaine. Dorsey warns Fassett's election as governor would push New York delegates toward the Plumed Knight in 1892.
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Chicaco
Steve” Dorsey
Fassett
Boss Platt
Harrison
Platt
National Publican Party
New York
Blaine
Knight
Flower and Sheehan poised for New York ticket
Albany news previews the Democratic State convention at Saratoga with Flower as governor nominee and William F. Sheehan likely to be lieutenant governor. Rees Flower dominates NY Democrats in finance and charity circles, while Sheehan’s speakership strengthens the ticket. Peck is mentioned as an alternative.
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Albany
N. Y
Saratoga
United States
Cleveland
Hill
Gov. Hill
Bae Well P. Flower
Whitey, Chapin
Flower
William F. Sheehan
Assembly
Rees Flower
New York City
Watertown
Sheehan
Charles FP. Peck
Political contest and party notes from Massachusetts report
Ex Congressmen Allen of Lowell leads Crapp of New Bedford for Massachusetts governor on the Republican side with Crapp returning from Europe to decide if he stays in. Democrats back Gov Russell for re-election. J W Armstrong named for Massachusetts state auditor by Colored Republicans. In Minnesota, Ignatius Donnelly and the People's party denounce wheat speculators and protest alleged efforts to depress prices by inflated yield claims.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Peck
Cleveland
Hillary
Hill
Othe
Gov
United States
Edward F. Jones
Jones
Farmers’ Alliance
Allen
Lowell
W. W. Crapp
New Bedford
Massachusetts
Crapo
Europe
Mr. Allen
Russell
St. Pave, Minn
Ignatius Donnelly
People's Party
Chicago
Minneapolis
Prohibition Candidate Augustus R. Smith for Lt Governor
Augustus R. Smith runs as Prohibition party candidate for Massachusetts lieutenant governor. The article notes the gubernatorial candidate has not sat for a portrait in 15 years.
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Prohibition
Massachusetts
The Girl to Be Avoided in Ruth Ashmore’s Warning
A condensed excerpt from Ruth Ashmore in Ladies' Home Journal warns about the dangerous influence of a certain "girl." It lists temptations like secret parties, smoking, wine and flashy clothes, urging reader caution against fashionable yet harmful social pressures that can lead to moral decline.
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Ruth Ashmore
Ladies’ Home Journal
Maiden Lady’s £200 Promise for Finding Suitor, England Case
A 60 year old widow offered £200 to the plaintiff to locate her suitor Mr Ewing. The army captain found him after advertising in personals and then sued for the money. The judge ruled against the plaintiff, noting the joke value of matching a suitor while the man remained prospective.
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Rehoboth Sunday Herald
England
Ewing
The Colonel from Kentucky Detroit Free Press piece
A humorous Detroit Free Press snippet recalls a Kentucky colonel aboard a ship. When a leak forces on deck calls, a crewman replies Tam from Kentucky, sir. The captain affirms relief in having a true Kentuckian aboard as the vessel faces danger and a bottle is joked to be tossed overboard.
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Detroit Free Press
Kentucky
Tam
Hold Your Wheat Hold Your Wheat Warns Farmers to Hold Grain
The Farmers Alliance in Minnesota and the Dakotas urge farmers to hold wheat as market supplies flood in. They claim prices could rise to $1.50 or more and mail a million letters urging a halt on selling. They warn against selling to speculators and say prices will rebound.
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St. Pat
Minn
Farmers’ Alliance
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Minneapolis
Duluth
Alliance
Wabash St
Europe
Death of chestnut stallion Wyandotte linked to possible poisoning
Cleveland report: Wyandotte, a chestnut stallion owned by W. B. Fassix, died after being sent to his stable sick following the 2.24 race Saturday. Valued at 810,000 dollars, the horse was sired by Ambassador with a Daniel Lambert dam. Strong suspicion of poisoning surrounds the death.
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Cleveland
Wyandotte
W. B. Fassix
Ambassador
Daniel Lambert
Skyscraper fall ends with trivial injuries
Patrick Barnett a 20 year old resident of 144 Cherry Street fell from the roof of a five story tenement at 160 Cherry Street while skylarking early yesterday. His fall was broken by a clothesline and he sustained only minor wounds. An ambulance surgeon treated him on site and he was not hospitalized.
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New York
Patrick Barnett
Cherry St
Open Way for Coolies to Mexico and Beyond
San Francisco Sept 14 German resident C Vogel who imported Chinese Coolies to Mexico arrived from Hong Kong. He plans rail travel to Mexico to arrange further labor imports and then Germany to raise capital for a Hong Kong Mexico steamship line. He cited 1800 Coolies sent to Salina Cruz last year and noted assured return passage and burial if death occurs. He pointed to Tehauntepec railroad and Tampico harbor jetties as opportunities for thousands of laborers.
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San Francisco
Cal
C. Vogel
Hong Kong
Mexico
Germany
R. Vowel
Salina Cruz
Fatal Peanut Inheritance Summarized In Family Tragedy
In Provipenon on Sept 14 W Berry and spouse mourn a two year old who dies within hours after swallowing a peanut kernel lodged in the left lung. Four doctors failed to ease pain. A troubling family pattern follows with an earlier child poisoned, another death from fright, and the father found dead in his chair after the mother’s funeral.
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William Berry
Pawtuxet Valley
Berry
Berrys
Miss Swain's Swoon Over Wedding Postponement
Miss Annie Swain of Pointville Burlington county attempted suicide by drinking carbolic acid after her fiancé Augustus Ridgway urged delaying the wedding. Ridgway intervened and a physician saved her life. The incident followed jealousy sparked by Ridgway’s flirtation in Asbury Park.
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Harry
N. J
Pointville
Burlington County
Annie Swain
Augustus Ridgway
Mr. Ridgway
Miss Swain
Asbury Park
Nervous pair wed in Newport amid flight to Kentucky
Two anxious youths asked Laurie Bodkin to marry them at once in Newport. Louis Motzell, ex convict, and Ella Gray, daughter of Morgan Gray, eloped after leaving a note to her parents saying they were headed to Kentucky to wed. About $80 vanished in the escape.
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Cincinnati
Laurie Bodkin
Newport
Louisville
Dayton
O. Louis Motzell
Ella
Morgan Gray
Motzell
Miss Gray
Rphematory
Ohio
Kentucky
Seal Poachers May Hang on Behring Sea Raid
A San Francisco schooner City of San Diego arrived with 600 seals from Copper Island after raft raids by eight schooners. A skirmish with a Russian warship followed. many hunters feared for the crew aboard the Hamilton Lewis as shots were fired and soldiers possibly killed.
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Vierorts
B.C
San Francisco
City of
San Diego
Copper Island
Behring Sea
St. Paul Island
Talboat
Webster
Hunter Vairn
Annie
McLean
Hamilton Lewis
San Diego Express
A Much-Talked Of Man Patrick Egan’s Storied Career
Patrick Egan, United States minister to Chile, has become a central public figure by circumstance. Over the last decade his career has intertwined with history on two continents, without apparent effort on his part.
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Patrick Egan
United States
Chile
Continents
Irish Nationalist Egan rises from Dublin to U S minister
The narrative traces M. Ps. Egan a Dublin-born agitator and activist who faced prosecution in one country and later became a U S government representative in another. It notes his roles with Fenian resistance, the Land League, Irish National League of America, and his 1880 conspiracy trial, followed by his U S ministerial appointment after naturalization and a milling career in Lincoln Nebraska.
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United States
Dublin
House of Representatives
Parnell
Dillon
Biggar
T. D. Sullivan
M. Ps
Egan
Land League
League
Paris
America
Irish National League of America
Blaine
United
Chile
Harrison
Lincoln
Neb
Reed flute courting among the Sioux described by Moorehead
Warren K Moorehead recounts Sioux courtship where a hopeful lover crafts a reed flute with five to eight holes and plays at night. The plaintive minor melodies attract the woman, who then signals her interest by walking north, amid a bemused prairie setting and distant animal responses.
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Warren K. Moorehead
Ladies’ Home Journal
Veldon
Wateree Survives Giant Pacific Wave Escape
About twenty years ago Com. Gilkeson served on the United States vessel Wateree. Off Peru a colossal tidal wave approached as the ship bore toward it. The Wateree rode the crest and, minutes later, sat abandoned on a mountain three miles inland, 1700 feet above sea level after traveling over 60 miles per hour. The coastal city of 80,000 was overwhelmed and most nearby ships foundered. The crew survived but the ship was lost. commissions from several nations debated causes without a satisfactory explanation.
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Com
Gilkeson
United States
Wateree
Peru
Peruvian
Anecdote of a Lecturer’s Brief Vote of Thanks
Max O'Rell recalls a chairman at one of his lectures who introduced him for an hour and a half. After the long speech, the lecturer rose, proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman for his address, then resumed his seat, ending the welcome with quiet authority.
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Max O’rell
Debts Promptly Paid Boost Eastern State Trade Rise
R G Dun & Co weekly trade review reports improving business across the East and beyond. Boston shows rising orders for boots and shoes, leather, dry goods, lumber, and wool prices firm. Philadelphia notes better iron market, hardware, liquors, tobacco, and fall groceries. Milwaukee and Denver show improvement, while cotton shipments and money movements rise in St. Louis and the South. Wool demand up. dry goods strong. overall failures in seven days tally 214 for US and Canada, down slightly from prior weeks.
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New York
Review of Trade
Boston
Philadelphia
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Chicago
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
St. Paul
St. Louis
Denver
Kansas City
South
Louisville
Memphis
Savannah
Atlanta
New Orleans
R. G. Dun & Co
E. Ruswell & Co
Mercantile Agency
United States
Canada
Damaged Cotton Crop Hurts Atlantic States in September Report
The September Department of Agriculture report shows cotton condition dropping from 88.9 to 82.7 across the Atlantic states with drought prevalent in the west and excess rainfall on the coast. Rust, shedding, and boll rotting are rising as temperatures swing, with Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi posting the sharpest declines while North Carolina and Tennessee show minor gains.
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Washtneton
Department of Agriculture
Aveene
Alabama
Arkansas
Louisiana
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Ississippi
Washington
Atlantic
Mississippi
Exas
Cotton Crop Condition Deteriorates Across States
Washington reports September condition of cotton at 82.7, down from 88.9 last month, with rainfall and drought driving declines from Virginia to Arkansas. Florida and Mississippi show notable losses while North Carolina and Tennessee post small gains, and Texas, Louisiana, and Alabama suffer significant drops due to weather and pests.
Frosts Fail to Hurt Most States Crop Except Four
The Farmers' Review cites reports from 14 states showing minimal frost damage overall. Only Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota and the Dakotas report damage in limited localities, not affecting the total crop. In some areas corn is already out of danger and should be safe in nearly all states within two weeks.
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Monterey
Philadelphia
5Eagar, Guernsey & Co
Cuicano
The
Farmers’ Review
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Census figures show Kansas mortgage debt and railroad liability
The census office reports Kansas mortgage indebtedness at 235 485 108 not including 7 661 718 railroad land contract debt. This debt equals 27 percent of estimated true real estate value between 800 million and 900 million. Real estate assessed valuation in 1890 stood at 711 with railroad property excluded. Average debt per mortgaged acre is 6 65. Keystone Bank expert examination by Philadelphia books has ended after Canerens 5000 appropriation.
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Kansas
Arsenal
Keystone Bank
Philadelphia
Canerens
Fann
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Helenta
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Andrew D. White
Col. Shepard
Hudson
Empire State
Dorsey
Flower and Sheehan
People’s Party
Augustus R. Smith
Alliance Alarm
U. 8
Chill
Dun & Co
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