Various political rumors and events in 1891 United States
The column reports on gubernatorial ambitions of Mr. Reagan, illness of Steamer Crisp and Congressman Mills, mulberry bark money in interior towns, Mills honored by Texas, U S foreign policy views on Chili, loan advertising after the alien land law, Jay Gould associated interests, Texas exhibit cars touring North Carolina, Kansas senate race after Senator Plumb’s death, Democratic party tensions in Louisiana, a red cotton plant finding, Cherokee Strip treaty prospects, silver half dollars Liberty, Vanderbilt wealth inquiry, Ex-Senator Etheridge’s retirement remarks, Garza revolution in the Rio Grande, Mexican government efforts against insurgents, New Year resolutions, Poolville fire damages, insurance details, and National Republican committee chair MSS converting to voting protections for Southern Republicans.
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Betra Looxwoop
Belva
Illinois
Texas
Milwauke
Wis
Tere
Cleopatra
United States
Jefferson Davis
Richmond
Virginia
Horace Greely
Jno
Minor Botts
Garrett Smith
Kingston's wide-fire law upholding good road tires
Kingston New York sustains a wide-fire ordinance to keep wagon tires broad enough to prevent road damage. The ruling supports that properly proportioned tire width distributes load to protect pavements and improve roads, urging universal adoption for public welfare.
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Kingston
N. Y
Proposed Sixteenth Amendment to Restrict State Aid to Religion
A National League amendment to the U S Constitution would forbid states from enacting laws or using public funds to support churches or sectarian institutions. Several states already bar sectarian action in their constitutions including California and Georgia with Indiana Oregon and Wisconsin limiting religious and theological institutions. Mississippi bans gifts to religious or ecclesiastical bodies and Kentucky has a revised constitution awaiting popular adoption.
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National League For the Protection of American Institutions
United States
Congress
California
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indians
Louisiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
New Hampshire
North Dakota
Oregon
South Dakota
Texas
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Indiana
Kentucky
Derivation of the word dollar from Joachimsthal and thaler
The article traces the origin of the word dollar to the German thal meaning valley. It describes Joachimsthal in Bohemia where a silver coin called joachim’s haler was minted in the 16th century. The term shortened to thaler, spread to Germany and Denmark as daler, and entered English with spelling changes.
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Thal
Bohemia
Joachimsthal
Joachim’s Valley
Joachimshaler
Germany
Denmaark
Railroad M Building 1891 railroad construction statistics
The year 1891 shows a grand total of 4168.04 miles of new railroad. Pennsylvania leads with 260.05 miles, Georgia 237.9, Washington 228.15, and South Carolina 212.35. Texas falls to tenth with 155.33 miles, though projections expect it to rise in 1892.
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Pennsylvania
Georgia
Washington
South Carolina
Texas
Prospect for War with Chili Fades on Horizon
The brief note states that the prospect for war with Chili was never more than a speck on the horizon, but that rumor or concern is now vanishing.
Fort Worth Express President Hoey Embezzlement Allegations
The Fort Worth Gazette alleges John Hoey, president of Adams Express, stole over 1 million dollars from the company. He allegedly returned 225 thousand to avoid punishment and goes free, while critics decry the improper handling by directors who favored the bribe over deterrence.
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John Hoey
Adams Express Company
Fort Worth Gazette
Hoey
Duty on flour to Cuba to fall under reciprocity treaty
The flour duty to Cuba will drop to one dollar a barrel starting January 1 under the reciprocity treaty, down from six thousand two hundred dollars. Exporters have already secured three months of breadstuffs and arranged freights for 300000 barrels to rush into the Ever Faithful Isle once customs barriers drop.
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Cuba
Ether power and future lighting through unseen energy
At a British Institution of Electrical Engineers dinner Prof Crookes discussed the state of electrical science. He cited vast energy in ether per cubic foot and the possibility of wireless light, heat, and telegraphy. Other notes describe brass cutting with mercury and a French inventor’s pencil light with an incandescent lamp.
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British Institution of Electrical Engineers
Crookes
Dean Swift
American Zoological Parks
Yellowstone Park
United States
Two men in Wharton fatal shooting over quarrel
Pierce Ashby killed Doc Pruitt at Wharton on Sunday after a prior quarrel. Pruitt approached and fired a shot, Ashby returned fire and killed Pruitt instantly. Ashby surrendered to Deputy Sheriff McDow shortly after the incident.
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Pierce Ashby
Doc Pruitt
Wharton
Pruitt
Ashby
McDow
Sam Rice
Geo. Campbell
Rockdale
Campbell
Rice
Editorial Notes From Velasco and National Whispers
Editorial notes comment on Velasco Daily Times quality, Tennessee Ohio politics, and a mix of social topics. It mentions Milwaukees potential convention funders, Cleopatra debates, a missing Jefferson Davis bond, and a Mobile Alabama lynching case in Choc taw county involving Bob Sims and the Savages.
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Heng
Atlanta Constitution
Alabama
Mobile
Simses
Hob
Choctaw County
Wom
Mack Hill
Womack Hill
Bob Sims
Sims
Savages
John Savage
Hillsboro to gain new de
A compact state wire item lists varied Texas incidents from Callahan and Erath to Cameron and Brownsville. It notes wheat sowing, mills burning, post office robbery attempts, shootings, fatalities, postmaster appointments, troop movements, and a pending San Angelo incorporation petition.
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Callahan County
Alexander
Erath County
Garrison
San Angelo
Scott Cyphax
Cuero
J. S. Weaver
Dangerfield
Hostetter Almanac 1892 Promises Wide Readership
The Hostetter Company of Pittsburgh reports the 1892 Hostetter Almanac will exceed ten million copies, printed in eight languages, under company supervision. It offers health remedies, testimonials, amusement, astronomical data and chronology. Free copies are available through druggists and country dealers nationwide.
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Hostetter
Hosteter
Hostetter Company
Pittsburgh
Goghands
Brief Notes on Global Oddities and Local Vivid Statements
A set of brief, quirky items mentions Chili's firearms order in France, legal twenty five cent coins, moral sayings, drought cattle feed, Salton Sea growth, debt prayers, tramp and pumpkin days, a Mexico rail survey from Saltillo, Mafite tribe actions in Mozambique, and a giant chicken race on Puget Sound claimed at 100000.
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Rio Grande
Salton Iske
South Africa
Mozambique
Puget Sound
Paris Christmas brakeman Jack Frost killed in Lamar avenue dispute
In Paris on a May morning a quarrel between brakeman Jack Frost and MecRady led to a pistol firing on Lamar avenue near a saloon rear door. Frost was wounded in the left lung and died at the city hospital. MecRady was jailed by Deputy U S Marshal Joe McKee. Earlier, barber shop brawls left Brown and Garrett injured.
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Paris
Jack Frost
MecRady
May
Lamar Avenue
McRady
Frost
United States
Joe McKee
Brown
Garrett
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Cherokee Strip
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Uncle Sam
Tuene
Poolville
Heuser & Turpin
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Miller & Price
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Ross
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National Republican Committee
Railroad M Building
B. B. Papaoer
Fort Worth Gazette Publishing Company
Gov. Campsett
Ohio
Church of England
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Brownsville
Hempstead
Clawson
Angelina County
Charlie Ringo
Vernon
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Geo. Fowler
Longview
A. Wallhoeffer
Hunter
Comal
G. L. Ahamon
Oak Forest
Gonzales
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Francis H. Hardie
Mexico
Louisa Agatha
Lorado
Santa Fe
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Thackerville
B. J. Wallace
Egbert Moorman
Fort Worth
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Madison County
Abbott
McKinney
McClure
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