European and American fiscal and military notes from 1887 era
An eclectic 1887 summaries column covers European arms spending and debt, American congressional service by era, gold and silver specie trade, Michigan iron districts, New York Harbor gun experiments, tobacco crop outlooks, Rev Upham’s birthday, German general Werder’s death, U S apples exports, Western money markets, and Hudson Bay navigation hopes with the whaling ship Alexander’s voyage. The piece blends economics, military, industry, and biographical bits.
Washington News in Brief from The Treasury and Posts
News in brief from Washington covers Treasury department activity between July 1 1886 and Oct 1 1887 with a 20 000 increase in circulation. new post offices listed in Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin. pensions granted in Wisconsin Dakota and Detroit. postmasters commissioned and a note on Crow Creek agency concerns and Sioux territory. It also mentions associates of the supreme court, labor leader warnings, and a court divorce outcome after a disturbance at Fairchild Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treaty Department
Dakota
Day
Minnesota
Elkton
Mower
Wisconsin
Northfield
Jackson County
Boulder
Lawrence County
Crow Creek
L. C
Supreme Place
Woolf
Lamar
Terror Department
Gener
Bec
Rile Kenny
Pete” Hs
Claan
Wilow
Fe Kaiser
Tal
Baltic mill fire leaves town with heavy loss and insurance
The Baltic mill in Baltic Connecticut owned by H L Aldrich & Co of Providence is a total loss with damages estimated at 1 250 000 and insured for 253 000. Other items report murder trial in Omaha, bank defaulter in Stafford Springs, and various international police and military notes amid a flood of unsettled stories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltic, Conn
H. L Aldrich &Co
Providence
Jeutiars
Omaha
Peter Lute
W. W. Lynch
Stafford Springs
Ick
Stafford Na
Sersean Herman D
Sous Falla 'Penitentiary
Francia
Supreme Court
Noted Rascal Escapes Minnesota Prison Breaks Out
An inmate named Frank Sanders escaped from Minnesota State penitentiary at Stillwater by exploiting a corridor pass. He fled through corridors to the prison yard, with a crowbar found during the escape, and eluded guards as a hillside wall gave way, leaving a chaotic scene and a $3,050 total value cited in records. The report also mentions the American Bankers Association convention officers and various financial policy notes, plus a note about fire extinguisher requirements for rail cars in Minnesota and President McKinley’s Kansas City visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inesota State Penitentiary
Stilewater
Goodhue
Landers
Storduck
Prisce
Southwest Board
Zarsont Betes
Wilbur F. James
Estes
Eas
Frank ‘Sanders
Minnewota Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Minnesota
Weil
Kansas City
YM. C. A
Ranans Clyve
Seraie
Kanaan
Ofice
Sparks
Land Department
Public Lands Fraud Plague Warns of Land Entry Abuses
Sparks delivers a reformist report on land laws emphasizing protection for bona fide settlers and the public domain. He cites extensive fraud, insufficent funding, and calls Congress to tighten statutes, revoke improper entries, and curb entrenched interests in land grants and railroad parcels.
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Bis
Sparks
Vari and
Territories
Aave Dakota
Lower Brule
Fiere
Dakota
Nuit
Congress
Renee Beet
Department
Black Barley Promises Gains for Cattle Feeders
A Pioneer Press excerpt relays H C Davin’s note on black barley as a superior cattle feed. C W Hofman of Bozeman reported a rich yield from a small seed test in 1886, praising its nutrition and potential to replace corn in northern markets.
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A. B. Stickney
Prem
H. C. Davin
C. W. Holfman
Bozeman
Mor
Davis
St. Paul
Black Barley
Stickney
Unparalleled Manitoba Extension railroad progress report
The Montana Extension recounts the St Paul to Manitoba link with five miles of new track west of Duce Me Gat, detailing 540 miles of road laid, record daily outputs, and the historic Manitoba extension from Minot to Great Falls by Shepard. It notes President Cleveland's Memphis reception marred by a fatal event and highlights J Ernest Smith’s decisive shooting of two train robbers, hailed as a turning point against banditry. Also reports Rev. Robert Smith’s death at Mt Brydges.
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D. Frederick Upham
New Eland
Fairhaven
Mass
New England
Werder
Strassburg
Bourbai
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Manitoba
Falla
Missouri
Great Falla Te de
Duce
Pigantic
Severn
Minot
Ghantic
Padc
Great
Shephard
Coyetanda
Ger
J. Fenest Smith
Texas
James
J. Ernest Fit
J. R. Beardsley
Terkin
Welle Fargo
Fort
Mer ‘Enger
J. W. Hichols
Wells Fargo
Louisiana
Robert Smith
Mt. Brydges
Farming Tips From The Farm and Garden Column
The column discusses cutting sorghum in cool northern climates, delaying harvest to ripen seeds, and preserving stalks. It covers drying sweet corn, handling cabbage heads, and managing fields with rolling weather. It warns against improper fertilization and stresses practical notes for farmers on equipment, rye vs wheat, and general crop care.
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Harper's
Isle of
Kaiser Wilhelm review honors the German army parade
Kaiser Wilhelm, sixty four, reviews twenty five thousand troops alongside Moltke and Bismarck observing the field. Uniforms dazzle in blues greens reds and golds as regiments march in precise double squares, the Kaiser praising officers and rankers amidst sunlit splendor.
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Erlaw
Berta
Tot Grange
Mer
Prince’ Bismarck
Prince Wireximent
Hussars
Astrakan
Edarme
Berlin
Alexander
von Moltke
Crown Prince
Princ William
Prince William
von. Moltke
Sleight of Hand and Snoring Predictions in Kingston News
Kingston Freeman reports Edward Pullen, a Jersey man aged about twenty three, jailed ten days for intoxication. Pullen performs remarkable feats with wire and iron in jail, including threading a wire through his eye and nose. The piece also cites scientists claiming universal snoring may arise from air warming and purification issues, linking to future health decline.
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Kingston Freeman
Edward Pullen
Ulster County
Kingston
Recorder Hussey
Pullen
Isaac Carman
F. O'Reilly
Carman
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Brainerd Dispatch
Asoll & Wirland, D, Publishers, the
Morocco
Europe
Michigan
New York Harbor
Danville, Va
Tobacco Association
North Carolina
United States
Canada
England
The
Chicago Tribune
New York
Boston
Ea Nes
France
Pullman Palace Car Company
Republic
Detroit
Hudson's Bay
New Bedford
Sneriaan
Crow Creek Reservation
Grant
Ee. D. Ie
Tame Saa
Winconnin
J. C. Sayles
Hartford
E. Scartee
Thomas K. Dencher
New Yorker
Wipple
W. T. Sherman
G. Preston
Wilmor Polk
Fairchild
Eau Claire
Wie
Foster
NC. Foster
Tam St Pires
Fairward Pons
Nova Scotia
Smuthreens
Behring Sea
Gen. Boulanger
Boulanger
Caffarel
Acapulco
Mexico
Canilf
Acae
J. Williams
John. Johnson
Ferro
Milwaukee
R. G. Dun & Cé
Hatopahire Senate
Thoman J. Pope
Tybor
Ewreread
Caiteas Ieee Ie
Minnesota Baptist Association
Sem
Vaniure
M. Dunnell
C. "Thomas
J- Hy Crum
Hiscox
John Dugman
J. H. Smith
J. Sunderland
Jason Hidden
D. D. Merrill
Judge Cooley
American Eak Fern Association
Pittaburg
Logan Murray
Fimt
Charles’ Parsons
St.Louis
John Jay
Yorks
Cos
Lyman
Chicago
Daniel Ananan
Cumbeland
James H. Rouse
W. G. Deshler
Collabus
Ohio
Bath Jordan
Syracuse
J. W. Lockwood
Richmond
Van
Augustus
Sanduaky
Michael
Philadelphia
W. T. Nash
D. J Rhawn
the Public Lands
General Land Office
Montana
Memphis
Merph
Cleveland
Ome Wan
Chancery Court
South
Memphia
Judge Blett
Bryant
Judge Ellet
Deen
Willie
Dimner
Endlema
Dulad Fae Uh Parein
Dudes
Hhe
Balkan Peninsula
Constantnople
Constantinople
Dolly
Gil
Nturn Peck
Flossie
Mamie Brown
Mamie
Maisie
Binghampton
Danville
Til
Miss Gingerfelter
Prizary
Puck
Father
Tommy
Zesae Siftings
Emperor William
Horton
H. C. Miller
Scheers
Teen Ror
Schloss
Ace Sven
Gaspar
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