Lard Rank Highlights U S Export Totals
Brainerd Dispatch notes that lard ranks sixth in value among American exports, with about 40 million dollars exported annually, reflecting the importance of meat product trade in the era.
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1888
Page
2
Finlander Colony Near Houghton Michigan
A colony of about sixty Finnish families lives near Houghton Michigan and maintains many customs from Finland, living much as they did there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houghton, Mich
Finland
London hansom to be introduced in Paris
Lord Shrewsbury, the leading London cab-owner, heads the company bringing the London hansom to Paris for the first time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
Lord Shrewsbury
Curious table decor features live pond center
A table decoration idea places a small pond at the center with crabs and lobsters visible and even fish paddling about.
Noxious animal toll reported in New South Wales
Last August the New South Wales authorities recorded deaths among several native animals described as noxious. Kangaroos numbered 59 666 and wallabies 52 346 while hawks reached 1 014 and emus 1, with 333 native dogs also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
Corinth Canal Nears Completion After Long Construction
The four mile canal through the Isthmus of Corinth in Greece is nearly finished. History records the project began under Emperor Nero more than 1,700 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isthmus
Corinth
Greece
Nero
Garfield statue to stand in Lakeview Cemetery
Marble heroic statue of James A. Garfield will be placed at Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland. The figure will depict him witnessing Congress and is to be completed and unveiled in June next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Garfield
Lakeview
Cemetry
Cleveland
Yale Tobacco Use Drops As Athletics Set Example
Tobacco use at Yale declines yearly due to athletic associations banning smoking and chewing. Gymnasiums influence collegiate health by promoting smoke free norms and discipline among students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
Skeleton Unearthed by Ditching in Kentucky
Mr. Marquis of Rearing Spring in Trigg county discovers Indian graves while ditch digging. Among them lies a nearly eight foot long perfect skeleton unearthed during work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Marquis
Gossip about Cleveland’s Future Presidency
Rumor and speculation surround President Cleveland with talk that once he loses the current title he may retreat from public life and take time to reflect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Urbanization Rise Reflected in Early American Census
The text notes shifting metropolitan shares from 1790 to 1860 with one thirtieth in cities in 1790 up to one sixth by 1860 and two ninths by 1850, illustrating growing urban concentration among the population.
Ladies Plan Silk Banner for Missent Letters Saint Dickinson
In a Westchester County town residents tired of mis sent mail propose a red silk motto banner reading missent. They intend to present it to Postmaster General Dickinson as a protest against delayed letters and stamped mis sent mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester County
Dickinson
Bulb Growers Withhold Hyacinth Blossoms From Sale
The great bulb growers in Helland will not sell hyacinth blossoms. They found that selling flowers harms bulb trade since buyers prefer flowers to plants, which are pricier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helland
Edison Phonograph Doll Sings From Chest Handle
Edison has devised a doll with a small phonograph inside that speaks when the handle is turned. The phonograph sits in a chest receptacle and the handle protrudes, causing words to issue from the doll. He also created a talking clock that announces the tune via the phonograph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Edison
Edison
France reports steady population with rising illegitimate births
Last year SYOSIS births and 842,797 deaths show a nearly stationary population. Over seven years deaths stayed constant while births declined. Illegitimate births rose, now over eight percent of total births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Turkeys Driven Across California Fields For Free Gleaning
In California, turkeys are raised in flocks of several thousand and guided by a herd er who drives them like sheep. They forage across miles each day, moving into vast wheat and barley fields after harvest to glean and fatten for market at minimal cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Parliament to Consider Communicable Disease Precautions
Dominion Parliament committees report from last session urge precautionary legislation. Medical experts told questions that disease can be transmitted to humans via beef and dairy, prompting calls for new rules in the upcoming session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us In Voice and Image
The phonograph and graphophone reveal that people rarely recognize their own voices when heard in recordings. Photographers find likenesses of others that fail to resemble the original, suggesting we do not see or hear ourselves as others do.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
Earth
Hell
Napoleon
Egypt
Russia
Voltaire
Continenta
Paul
Heaven
Zeuxis
Mazarin
Washington
McIntosh
Learned
Hannah More
Jesus
Sahara
Ellison
Providence College
Adoniram Judson
Judson
Huzza
Reyey Coroneta
Temple
Louis Phillippe
Tuileries
National Guard
Louis Phill
Chief Justice Royle of Washington Territory Dies in Seattle
Chief Justice Charles E. Royle died of pneumonia in Seattle after a week of illness. He was a Uniontown Pennsylvania native who arrived November 18 and sat on his first case November 22. His successor, Judge R A Jones of Rochester Minnesota, had died months earlier. The death leaves Washington Territory litigation in a lamentable state. Treasury agents seek to curb opium smuggling, tracing a wider gang from Victoria to the St Lawrence mouth with eastern base in New York and western base in Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Royle
Washington Territory
Seattle
Uniontown
R. A. Jones
Rochester
Minn
Treasury Department
Treasury
Gardner
New York
Victoria
St. Lawrence
Denver
Harden
St. Paul
Red River
Dangers of Cedar Oil Fatal For River Falls Worker
Frank Stiffel, who moved from St Paul to River Falls Wisconsin, died after ingesting cedar oil thinking it a call. His burial was private with no relatives present. A separate report recalls a fatal train wreck near Tallahassee Florida where two crewmen died and a brakeman survived. Also, Isidore Meyer and Guillaume Jacoby, French hunters from Helena Montana, disappeared after a Missouri river trip. Jacoby’s body was found later and identified near Stubbs Ferry with cause drowned and body frozen in ice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stiffel
River Falls
Wis
St. Paul
Gladstone
Tallahassee
Florida
Scot Seabrook
Jim Conyers
White
Isidore Meyer
Guillaume Jacoby
Helena
Mont
Missouri River
Stubbs’ Ferry
T. G. Webber
Diverse Notables from Rail Schemes to War Era Legacy
A.B. Stickney backs a steamship line linking St. Paul Duluth and Duluth Iron railways to haul ore to South St. Paul for Pittsburgh via barges, then coal on return. Charles Bruckett, Phenix iron works machinist, dies in Winona from post tooth-extraction blood loss. burial in La Crosse. Gen. Charles G. Dahlgren is dying in Brooklyn. he and Admiral Dahlgren were wartime brothers on opposite sides. Senator Dawes cites New England Historical Society on naming during state admissions, proposing Pembina for North Dakota and Tacoma for Washington Territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.B. Stickney
St. Paul
Bruckett
la Crosse
Charles G. Dy
Brooklyn
Admiral Dahligren
Dahlgren
Tennessee
Dawes
Senate
New England Historical and Genealogical Society
North
North Dakota
Pembina
Washington Territory
Tacoma
Arrests and trials headline diverse urban crime cases
The report lists a Brooklyn priest fined for intoxication near the Gowanus canal, a murder suspect captured in Minnesota for an axe killing near West Superior, and other violent incidents. It notes trials in Chicago and Mercer county counterfeiting busts, plus domestic scandals including a woman poisoning case and a dramatic family flight.
Trial in Wright county courts over Diggle case leads to crowded scene
A May band case in Wright county district court drew a large crowd as Mrs Diggle, escorted from Webster City, faced prosecution led by County Attorney Humphrey with aides Ladd and Cook. Noted defense plans by Erwin and Argo proved false, with Nagle Birdsall overseeing Diggle's interests. Nearby reports recount a New York jewelry heist, a Montana shooting at Stoneville, Irene Hawes found dead in Lakeville Alabama, and a Duck Hill Miss robbery with $3,000 loss. A Winnipeg detective corners forgery suspect George Gillette in Fargo, leading to his custody after a bluff by Fargo police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Wright County
Iowa
Humphrey
A. R. Ladd
Cook
Bill Erwin
St. Paul
J. W. Argo
le Mars
Fifth Avenue
New York
Broadway
Lexington Avenue
Stoneville
Montana
Missouri River
Johnson
Frank Austin
Austin
Miles City
Irene Hawes
Dick Hawes
Lakeville
Birmingham
Ala
James Hawes
Irene
Hughes
Winnipeg
Fargo
Oak
George A. Gillette
Canada
Gillette
Chief Fields
Headquarters
McRea
Swiss King Faces Massacre Claim After Premier Assassination
Foreign Gleanings notes from South Africa allege the Swiss king ordered the massacre of his premier six chiefs and followers tied to a supposed plot to dethrone him in favor of his brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Switzerland
Beach note recalls lost sailors from storm trip
A bottle found on a Sandwich Mass beach contained a note from John Wilson and four crew members of the J R Humphrey claiming they were lost at sea after a November 25 storm. The reverse read We are all lost. Separately Foraker of Ohio announced the Whitecap organization is disbanded and Panama Canal talks continue in Paris with limited American funding and potential further aid. A Milwaukee flour millers’ meeting discusses curbing flour output amid higher wheat prices, while a flour trust is deemed impractical due to control limits on raw material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandwich Harbor
Mass
J. R. Humphrey
Bath
John Wilson
Pat Hoey
Tom Lewis
John Neil
Billy Carroll
Foraker
Ohio
Whitecap
Richard Thomson
The
Panama Canal Company
Panama Canal
Paris
Friends of the Canal
Panama Company
Milwaukee
Brooxtyx
T. de Witt
Talmage
Pharaoh
David
Mins Whately
Egypt
Christ
Jesus Christ
Johnson
Hume
Durham
Halley
Isaac Newton
God
Nelson
Westminster Abbey
Expedition rumors swirl over Emin Pasha and Stanley
In reports from Svuakim and Beru dated December 16 and 14, Emin Bey and Henry M. Stanley are cited as prisoners or hostages. Osman Digna and the Mahdi hold key captives while British officials hedge on suspending Suakim operations. The White Traveler identity and relief expeditions remain disputed and uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Svuakim
Khalifa
Osman Digna
Equator
Osman Seleh
Lado
Osman Pasha
Emin
Stanley
Cairo
Beru
Herr Merensky
African Missions
Casate
Wissmann
Equatorial
Mahdi
Suakim
Coast Guard
House of Commons
Lord Randolph Churchill
Emin Pasha
Mr. Stanley
Gnd
Soverneen
Khartoum
Mr. Goschen
John Morley
J. Goschen
Mr. Morley
Emin Bey
Henry M. Stanley
Osman Digma
Minnesota dairy urged as farm salvation at Faribault meeting
At the States men's Association annual meeting in Faribault Minnesota John F Ames of Northfield argued for dairy cows as farm salvation. He urged careful cow feeding warm water good hay oats and a well near the barn. A talk on ropy milk followed by notes on European dairies and dehorning cattle preceded adoption of resolutions urging anti trust measures and alcohol prohibition in Dakota. Aberdeen was chosen for the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statesmen’s Association
Faribault
Minn
John F. Ames
Northfield
Minnesota
Ives
Mr. Ames
C. le Vesconte
Hastings
Jersey
J. H. Monrad
Chicago
America
Europe
Denmark
Holland
A. van Hammert
Plan for US Canada union proposed by Representative Butterworth
The Ohio representative advocates a joint plan to merge the United States with Canada under one government. He argues kinship and interlinked commerce justify assimilation and urges negotiations with Great Britain and Canada to set terms and admit Canadian provinces on equal footing, with US assumption of Canadian debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butterworth
Ohio
Canada
Washington
Dominion of Canada
United States
Great Britain
Dominion
Union of
Outrages by Ohio White Caps Reported Near Toledo and Bowling Green
Fresh outrages by masked White Caps threaten Wood County families near Bowling Green and Toledo. A man named Martin in Wood County received a warning to leave work and abandon his family or face punishment, illustrating rising organized intimidation by the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Martin
Bowling Green
Wood County
Mayer
White Cap threats loom as mob lashes victims near Fostoria
Reports describe masked riders in White Cap outfits visiting Defiance Napoleon Perryburg and Maumee in recent weeks. One victim Martin was dragged into woods, tortured with switches, then released home ill. A similar warning punished Miller and others feared as notices spread to farmers. The order uses skull and crossbones symbols and claims divine vengeance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Miller
Seem
Fostoria
Foster
Defiance
Napoleon
Perryburg
Maumee
Grain and livestock prices across New York Chicago Minneapolis St Paul Milwaukee
Market report lists wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye, flax seed and dairy products by region and grade. Notes futures and cash prices in New York Chicago Minneapolis St Paul Milwaukee with several varieties and associated quantities, including pork and lard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Chicago
Western Dairy
Western Ges
Elgin Creamery
Choice Western
Night Train Collision Near Reed's Landing Kills Brakeman
A Milwaukee and St Paul accommodation train collided head on with a freight train about a mile above Reed's Landing. One brakeman, Sumouer Brooks, was killed instantly while others were injured. Conductor Mede suffered severe injuries and the wreck left both engines off the track and eight freight cars wrecked. Brooks, 21, recently promoted, died. his body moved to Minneapolis for viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee & St. Paul Road
Reed's Landing
Wabasha
Sumouer Brooks
Mede
H McKay
Nelson
Brooks
Minneapolis
Rochester
Fatal shooting and other incidents in Wisconsin and Minnesota
Resignation of Mr. Gregory from La Pointe agency Wisconsin is reported. In New York James Ford killed Nellie O Connor after a dispute with Julia King and Thomas Barry. A boy in Viola Minnesota was bitten by his dog then the dog died. A Burlington flyer accident injured a Miss Quinlan and McGairn. Rev Meade Holmes of Rockford states readiness to defend city council and liquor licenses. Brainerd man James Meagher killed by a Northern Pacific train. coroners clear the railroad. He leaves a wife and six children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregory
la Pointe
Wis
Nellie O'Connor
Thomas F. Barry
New York
James Ford
Julia King
Barry
King
Ford
Eddie Morrow
Viola
Minn
McGairn
Quinlan
Meade Holmes
Rockford
White Caps
Haddock
James Meagher
Day & Meagher
Brainerd
Northern Pacific
Meagher
Ancle
Sixth Street
Ieat
Board of Trade
Catholic Societies
Et Brainerd
Race War at the South Ends in Mass Killing at Wauka
A riot in Wauak Mississippi leaves twelve white men and about 150 Black residents dead after white officers attempt to arrest a Black man. A firefight erupts near Maury’s hideout as Black assailants ambush a white posse, prompting regional calls for reinforcements and widespread panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wauaak, Miss
Maury
L. Cobb
Mammoth Plan Aims to Tie River Traffic Under One System
A. B. Stickney and backers pursue a unified control of Mississippi and Ohio freight by merging St. Paul routes the Duluth lines and river docks. They plan ore from Lake Superior to St Paul then Pittsburg and coal returning along the same river chain, making St Paul a central distributing hub. The project includes new docks at South St. Paul and an excursion boat between St Paul and Red Wing, with rail connections to Duluth and Iron Range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Stickney
Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City
Mississippi
Ohio
St. Paul & Duluth
Duluth & Iron Range
Kansans City
Lake Superior
St. Paul
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Northwest
Stickney
Western Railroads
Great Lakes
Firay
Iron Line
Davidson
H. Petach
R. T. O'Connor
T. A. Prendergast
E. ©. Lang
Wiliam Hamm
H. F. Stevens
South St. Paul
Duluth
Toledo
Cleveland
Buffalo
Great River
Bu Vers
Buffalo-Duluth
Red Wing
Labor Federation Debates Eight Hour Day and Boycotts
The American Federation in session at St. Louis endorsed union labels and considered boycotts. It discussed the Knights of Labor’s status amid doubts, adopted bonding provisions and per capita taxes, and directed plans for industrial divisions. The eight hour day committee urged mass meetings and possible employer arrangements. no fixed enforcement date was set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of the Labor
St. Louis
Committee On Boycott
Committee On
Knights of Labor
O. R. Lake
International Typographical Union
Knights
Federation
Lavine
Chicago
Harrison
Congress
Lifted from the Brick kilns promises heavenly adornment
The sermon frames emancipation from sin as liberation from brick kilns to wings of a dove, praising Christian faith as beauty and power. It contrasts believers with skeptics and infidels, cites biblical imagery, and urges choosing the Christian life for peace, purpose, and eternal reward.
Too late for mercy as throne falls and kings depart
Louis and the general clash over timing the revolt ends with the throne and House of Orleans toppled as the king resists. A voice warns it is too late to adjourn the fight over religion and spiritual foes. A biblical invocation follows about the Judge descending in majesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Hillippe
Louis
House of
Orleane
Philippe
Seven Bronze Turkeys Shot by Frontiersman Tale
W. E. Beach, an old frontiersman, recalls camping at the head of the Casa Grande in Chihuahua. He woke to wild squawks, found a herd of bronze hued wild turkeys, and one morning shot seven of them for breakfast. The party feared Apaches at first, but the birds proved plentiful and magnificent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Examiner
W.E. Beach
American Exchange
Casa Grande
Chihuhua
Mexico
In Love With a Married Man
A group of young women admire a stylish gentleman in a silk hat and Prince Albert coat. Grace warns they must not love a married man, but one speaker confesses ongoing love for a married man, revealing the situation involves her own father and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Albert
Grace
St.Louis Chronicle
Women hug themselves in cloaks at fashionable concert
Clara Belle notes a social observation from a concert where women in opera wraps instinctively cuddle their arms and shoulders, holding their own forearms and pressing their hearts, signaling a perceived feminine craving to be lovingly petted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Belle
De Lesseps and His Canal Venture in France
De Lesseps, worn by the Suez triumph, seeks French popular sympathy to fund the Panama Canal. The vast project exceeded early estimates and faced engineering difficulties, including unexpected lock usage, leaving it a costly promise. Critics warn a collapse would be a French calamity and liken it to a South Sea bubble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Lesseps
Suez Canal
Panama Canal
France
Strange Objects Cast Up by the Sea at Sea Isle City
After a recent storm beachcombers found odd shells and curiosities at Sea Isle City. J Frank Heilman recovered a bone rib of a gigantic animal four and a half feet long nine inches thick and over thirty pounds. Chief Marshal Lewis Steinmeyer found a large bird skull to be sent to the Smithsonian for examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea Isle City
J. Frank Heilman
Lewis Steinmeyer
Smithsonian Institution
Philadelphia Press
Pigeon Delivers Plea From New York to Massachusetts Shop
A carrier pigeon from Cortlandt Street in New York City landed on a Spencer Massachusetts shop window carrying a note begging for corn water to drink and bath then be released. The shopkeeper obliged and the bird flew away refreshed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortlandt Street
New York City
Spencer
Mass
Ginevra Agrees to Fifteen Minute Confession at Nine
A young man named Shadrach tries to confess his feelings to Ginevra in fifteen minutes, claiming he is slow and awkward. Ginevra sets a strict nine o clock time and judges him, while Mr. Spoona more is introduced as an unfortunate guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginevra
Shadrach
Mr. Spoonamore
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Ingersoll & Wieland, Publishers
Phthishc
Associated Press
James Dougherty
Gentlemen
Gowanus Canal
Peter Peterson
West Superior
Ely
Andrew Digier
Tower
John Sertel
Joliet
Findlay
Leon da Comba
Campbell
Maj. Bright
Oberkampf
McEdwards
Olsen
Mercer County
Reigelman
Thompson
Greenville
Titusville
Messina
Georgia
B. F. Thompson
Crape
Henry Landseidel
Allen City
Landseidel
Mra
Archabbot Wimmer
St. Vincent Abbey
Fred Acklin
Ferry Point
Mary
Hier Sister
Davy
Niagara
Acklin
Actee
State Dairymen’s Association
Lampman
Resolution Committee
Territorial Alliance
Council
House of Representatives
Territory of
Dakota
South Dakota
Alliance
Sioux Falls
Aberdeen
Redfield
Watertown
Huron
Northern
New England
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Mammoth Commercial Combination
Shadow OF Sin
Dr. Talmage
Iag
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