New Lake Tonnage Under Construction Reaches 49000 Tons
Brainerd Dispatch notes ongoing construction of lake tonnage totaling over 49 000 tons across steamers and schooners.
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Newspaper
Brainerd Dispatch
Location
Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1886
Page
2
Walnut Discoveries Boost North and South Wood Supplies
The demand for black walnut has nearly cleared forests in the North yet large quantities are reported in Tennessee and Arkansas and even more abundant further south.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Arkansas
Oleo and Butter Makers Claim Sales Rise Under Law
Oleo and margarine producers report increasing sales under the new regulation while Middle States dairymen assert similar gains for butter, and both sides claim the law works as intended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle States
Agriculture bureau reports large grain and hay inventories
The agricultural bureau’s latest returns show about 1.7 billion bushels of corn 163 million bushels of potatoes 485 million pounds of tobacco and 45 million tons of hay. The figures imply ample supplies for the coming winter and reflect a strong farm sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Agricultural Bureau
Taxes take in over half of city levy in current month
Over half the annual New York city tax levy has been collected this month. The total levy was fixed at 32,421,550 dollars, with 17,512,354.05 dollars turned over to the city chamberlain so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chamberlain
Pennsylvania Railroad Eyes Chicago and North Western Purchase
The Pennsylvania railroad group reportedly contemplates acquiring a controlling share in the Chicago and North Western system using its $100,000,000 surplus. The plan is described as unexpected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Chicago and Northwestern System
Pennsylvania Company
Diffusion Process Boosts Sugar Yield From Cane
The commissioner of agriculture confirms Chemist Wiley achieved an average of 120 pounds of sugar per ton from eighty three tons of Louisiana cane using diffusion. The old process would have yielded eighty pounds per ton. Authorities see this as fulfillment of promising diffusion results in early experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Agriculture
Wiley
Louisiana
Agricultural Department
Premonition Death Fulfills in Ottawa Despatch
A middle aged man told a clerk he would die within twenty hours and offered a life policy for 25 dollars on a thousand dollar policy. He then fell through an opening in a building he was constructing and died, prompting some to call it a premonition fulfilled.
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Ottawa
Ont
Gordon’s inaugural address praises the Civil War as blessing
Georgia Governor Gordon declares the Civil War era a providential event that clarified national life. He asserts that sectional conflicts led to a stronger union, real peace, and a more robust national life for the South.
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Gordon
Georgia
Massachusetts Trial Sets Boycott Conspiracy Precedent
In Plymouth a trial charged Peter McGough of Lynn and William O Keefe of Salem with conspiring to intimidate by threats to stop leather purchases from Charles Harrington Co. Gen Butler failed to quash. Chief Justice Brigham ruled boycott acts as conspiracies illegal under state law.
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Massachusetts
Plymouth
Peter McGough
Lynn
Wm. B. O’ Keefe
Salem
Knights of Labor
Charles Harrington & Co
Gen. Butler
Boston Harbor
Brigham
Death of jockey Frederick Archer sparks obesity warning
The cable reports the death by suicide of famed English jockey Frederick Archer while suffering delirium from typhoid fever. It notes his drastic 33 pound weight loss from a normal 145 to 112 pounds due to a restricted diet and lifestyle, and warns of dangers for others attempting starvation to lose weight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Archer
Honduran insurrection leaders face execution after refusal of pardon
The fate of Generals and leaders of the Hon duras revolt rests on honor and defiance as Gen. Delgado, urged to accept a pardon, rejects a life disgrace. With no alternative, the four condemned men stand by their coffins and Delgado, at his own request, orders the execution of himself and his comrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honduras
Delgado
Bogran
Haddock murder case dominates Sioux City grand jury notes
A vast crowd gathered as a Sioux City grand jury reported indictments in the Haddock murder case. John Arensdorf was charged with murder, while conspiracy indictments were returned against H L Leavitt Fred Munehrath Paul Leader Henry Sherman Louis Platt and George Trieber with four still at large. Bail details were discussed as the trial likely won’t occur before late January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Iowa
Special Am
Nova Ee
Haddock
John Arensdorf
George C. Haddock
H. L. Leavitt
Fred Munehrath
Paul Leader
Bismarck
Lewis
Arensdorf
Fred Munchrath
Henry Sherman
Matt Cassman
J. Arensdorf
Fritz Folger
Chester A. Arthur Dies At New York Residence
Former president Chester A. Arthur dies at his New York home after a day of semi conscious state from apoplexy and paralysis. The death ends a long illness and caps years of public service.
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New York
Ex President Arthur Dies After Prolonged Illness
New York report confirms Chester A Arthur former president died at 5 oclock in the morning at No 123 Lexington Avenue from apoplexy and paralysis. He had suffered Brights disease heart enlargement and long illness, with last hours marked by dwindling breath and a final peaceful end. Intricate hospital care, family sorrow, and tributes from officials and foreign papers follow.
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New York
Hester A. Arthur
United States
Lexington Avenue
Bright
New London
Peters
Valentine
Wasuixerox
Arthur
Senate
Johin Sherman
George F. Edmunds
John A Logan
W. B. Allison
M. C. Butler
James D. Cameron
Warner Miller
George C. West
A P. Gorman
Joseph R. Hawley
James K. Jones
Garland
White House
Garfield
Lamar
Vilas
Whitney
Washington
Cleveland
Chester A. Arthur
Union
Navy
James Freed
Gen. Arthur
Mra McElroy
Bayard
New York Sun
New York Tribune
New York Times
New York Star
New York World
New York Herald
Brule's Love Brings Escape From the English Outcast
In a Yukon like settlement, Brule, a glamorous frontier woman, falls for Geordie Crooks the reclusive Englishman. She schemes to free him from pursuit, burns the money to aid him, and chooses a fate of danger and passion, leaving a cryptic note for Mary as a final confession.
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Brule
Sissy
Anooze
Love
Mary
Long Bedstead and Heroic Heights of Generals
Og king of Bashan reportedly had a bedstead thirteen and a half feet long and six feet wide, while Gen Winfield Scott stood six feet four and a half inches. Icons of size fed public awe. Scott demanded beds six feet six inches long, preferring space over footboards, as noted in a Washington album letter from 1860.
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Bashan
Scott
Lincoln
Gen
Winfield Scott
Washington
Exercises in Articulation at a Virginia normal school
At a Virginia normal school session the principal asked pupils to submit difficult articulation examples. The resulting collection is a comical budget of phrases including classic tongue twisters and nonsensical lines, such as Amidst the mists and coldest frosts and Theophilus Thistle, the successful thistle-sifter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Normal School
Calendar Craze in Boston Provokes Household Revolt
A Boston man declares calendar fetters unbearable as family life is overtaken by Emerson, Browning, and Browning influenced date lore. He mocks the yearly calendar mania that dictates shopping, love life, and dinner plans, contrasting it with simpler Bible verse guidance.
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Boston
Owell and Tennyson
Mrs. Browning
Language like monkeys and humans in expressive cries
In the November issue, Popular Science notes that monkeys manifest passions and fears through cries and gestures with accents varying by species. It compares their expressions to human emotion, describing laughter, sadness, and facial changes that resemble human affect. It discusses speech-like traits across tribes and the vocal limits of some African and Melanesian alphabets.
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Orangeyang
Cook
New Hebrides
Weekshoffer the Cigarette Victim in Wall Street Legend
The Atlanta Constitution notes Weekshoffer, a self-made Wall Street speculator once seen as a leader among capitalists, fell to the cigarette after a life of heavy smoking. He smoked fifty cigarettes daily for fifteen years, resisted quitting despite collapsing health indicators, and offered $50,000 to a doctor to free him from the habit.
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Weekshoffer
Wall Street
Gould
Colossus
Weiishoffer
Atlanta Constitution
De Lesseps and His Young Wife Narrated by Carp
The Cleveland Leader recounts how M. de Lesseps, 68 and widowed with grown children, married a younger Parisian woman after a tale of adventure, danger, and romance. Abe rosewater rose symbolized love’s bloom, and her reply offered a hand in old age, aiding his Panama project.
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Carp
Cleveland
M. de Lesseps
Palestine
Ann
Jericho
Panama
Celebrated Coral Necklace Worn by Italian Queen
A Paris Figaro note recalls the queen of Italy wearing a famous coral necklace set beneath diamonds. The necklace was bought by her son, the prince of Naples, who funded it pearl by pearl over five years, finally purchasing the full piece and gifting it to his mother. She then resolved to wear it daily on all occasions.
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Minnie
United States Marshal
St. Louis
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N. J
St. Mary's Abbey
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Latrobe
Pittsburg
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George Walker
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New York
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New York City
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Arthur Sebright
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Dakota
Duncan J. Grace
Harrington
W. J. Jackson
Iowa
Swen Lake
D. Smith
Elkhart
J. A. Sage
Ota
Campbell
Bartlett T. McNairy
Man — R. King
Wisconsin
Elroy
Alliohn’s
Father
Geordie
Figaro
Italy
Naples
Venice
Victor Emmanuel liI
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