From hippo m obiles to monkey motion steam engines
A collage of oddities and progress reports from the era: France coins hippomobiles for horse-drawn carriages, Germany considers rocomotive engines for a gold medal and long service bonuses, Bengal notes 4000 married baby girls with 600 widows, a Finnish housewife buys a broom daily, a Boulder Creek man survives a 200‑foot plunge, Canadian pulp shipments surge, attempts at Egyptian cotton fail in India, a counterfeit fifteen dollar bill circulates, Salt Lake City messenger boys ride with loaded trays, Southern Pacific tests the monkey motion engine on 1500‑ton trains, Cornel dam near Croton completes its floodgates, and Michigan ice harvest yields fish by icy entrapment.
Growth of French National Savings Bank Depositors
By end of first year 1882 deposits stood at $9,187,116. By December 31, 1903 the number of depositors rose to 4,143,288, with no year showing a decline. Total deposits grew from $9.19 million to $216.77 million, an increase of $204.58 million over 21 years. The population stake rose to about one in ten of France’s 39 million inhabitants.
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French National Savings Bank
France
Week's War News and Domestic Updates from 1901
Congress closes Impeachment trial of Judge Swayne with acquittal and passes naval appropriation bill. House favors Curtis bill lifting Philippine entry duties except sugar and tobacco tariffs. Statues of Houston and Austin placed in Statuary Hall. War in the East sees Japanese advances and clashes in Manchuria with heavy losses. Kuropatkin countered. Various political, curious, and tragic items follow, including assassinations, fires, and notable appointments.
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Senate
Swayne
House
Ways and Means
Philippine Islands
National
House of Representatives
Gen
Sam Houston
Stephen B. Austin
Statuary Hall
Texas
Congress
Croft
South Carolina
Otis
New York
Mahoney
Illinois
Panama Canal Zone
Stephens
Secretary of the Interior
Fire Devastates Grayvesant Jocks Terminal in New Orleans
A massive blaze swept Grayvesant Jocks on the riverfront destroying two Illinois Central grain elevators and hundreds of wharves sheds and freight cars. Wind carried embers, firefighters struggled as the upper elevator burned, and by midnight nine squares of terminals lay ruined. The origin remains unknown and the loss endangers grain shipments and export business.
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New Orleans
Grayvesant
Illinois Central
Eas
Austerlitz
Constantinople
Napoleon Avenue
Jocal Fire Department
New Orleans i
Fire in Hot Springs Causes Massive Early Damage
Sunday reports from Hot Springs recount a devastating blaze that destroyed more than several city blocks and inflicted losses estimated at 1.5 to 2 million dollars. Three unknown bodies were recovered, with a city relief drive already raising about 12 thousand dollars. Mayor Belding urged calm and closed saloons while pledging ample accommodations for visitors and residents still displaced.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Citizens’ Relief Committee
Snhorgm P Belding
Tassil
Hppa
Opening of Fire Deemed Unjustified by North Sea Commission
The International Commission on the North Sea incident announces that Admiral Rojestvensky’s opening of fire was not justified. The report cites the Kamchatka’s delayed advance due to machinery failure as a possible cause and notes the Russian commander signaling being attacked, prompting vigilance against torpedo boat threats.
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Paris
North Sea
Rojestveneky
Kamsechatka
Rosestyensky
Ben
WHY KRATZ WAS ACQUITTED
Butler Missouri February 27 H C Maxey foreman of the Kratz jury says Kratz was found not guilty due to insufficient state evidence and improper type of evidence There was little substantiation of doodle fund charges though money was raised for that purpose The defense received no sympathy and jurors noted poor reputations of many state witnesses and that speeches did not sway them
Terrific mine explosion at Wilcoe shocks Bluefield
A shaft explosion at United States Coal and Coke Co in Wilcoe, West Virginia, Sunday claimed 23 miners' lives with 15 bodies recovered. Rescue teams sweep the mine as hope fades for any possible survivors. Victims are listed as Italian or Hungarian.
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Bluefield
United States Coal & Coke Co
Wilcoe
Unbidden Guest Sparks Bloody Wedding Riot in Greensburg
In Greensburg Pennsylvania February 27 an uninvited guest at a Mount Pleasant township wedding celebration triggered a riot after Anna Oanafray refused to dance with George Lukesz. Lukesz gathered friends and armed with forks knives and pistols attacked. John Kopkas and Michael Leshow were killed while Tom Pollak died from wounds and six others were stabbed or shot. Twenty seven arrests were made.
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Dings
Newark
Common Pleas
Mount Vernon
Edward
Victoria of
Connaught
Prince Oscar
Sweden
Norway
Paris
Paul Jones
Tingle Gent
New Orleans
Naren
Prince and Princess of Wales
India
West Virginia
M. Petruskia
United States Coal & Coke Co
Wilcoe
Norfolk
Neb
Carrie Payton Wheeler
Joseph Wheeler
South
Stephen B. Lee
United Comfederate Veterans
Louisville
Tokio
Japan
England
Greensburg
Roosevelt
Army
West Point
McCormick
Russia
St. Petersburg
United States
London
Marquis of
Anglesea
Anna Oanafray
George Lukesz
Mount Pleasant Township
John Kopkas
Michael Leshow
Tom Pollak
Japan to Build Ships at Home, Not Abroad
Tokyo reports from London that Japan ordered four battleships in England is incorrect. It is probable Japan will construct all vessels at home, with extensive yards, shops, foundries, and a growing sentiment in navy and public favoring home construction. The yards are already engaged in an extensive program including two large armored vessels.
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Tokio
United States
London
Japan
England
Colombian cannibals eat twenty captured soldiers
From Mexico City comes a report that twenty Colombian soldiers including Col. Bargio Sanchez were captured by cannibals in Putumayo and eaten after being cut up and cooked with tobacco. Other items note Confederate sponsor duties, a U.S. district attorney death, a general strike in British Columbia, and late 19th century obituaries.
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Mexico City
Bargio Sanchez
Putumayo
Colomibia
Mississippi Agriculture Figures and Local News
The February crop report lists Mississippi totals for livestock and milk output, including 252,058 cattle valued at 862.08 each, 219,002 mules at 95.18, and 272,004 milch cattle at 23.50 each. It also notes Biloxi as a growing port and details county courthouse moves, political retirements, farmers institutes, and county developments in Covington and Lee counties.
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Wear
Mississippi
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H. Hollenback
Boulder Creek
Cal
American Mills
Canada Atlantic Railway
Quebec
Wilkie
Washington
Salt Lake City
Southern Pacific
Ogden
Wadsworth
Nev
Edgar M. Luckett
Cornell
Croton-on-Hudson
West Chester County
Egypt
Graves
Michigan
Grand Duchy
Far East
Shakhe
Manchuria
Kuropatkin
Beresnefthi
Emmons
California Senate
William B. Hart
Newton
Kas
Myrtle
W. W. Campbell
Lick Observatory
San Francisco
Perrine
Jupiter
Frank Elster
Ohio River
Maysville
R. Grove Walter
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Diego
Baker
Indiana House of Representatives
Cigarette Trust
George Washington University
Columbia University
William McGee
Frank Mitchell
Orleana Wharf
Hitness Central River Terminals
Care and
Jonph Cotton
Addnaiew
Shavkin H. Dmyte
Arsumda
Orrtanle Fon
Ania Staid & Pews
Laan
Illog
Dinkermelt
Trintores Maes
Dogger Bank
The
International Commission
Rojtstvosslky van Nat Santland
Kratz
Oreman
Krats
Butler
Wilcow
Japam
United Confederate Veterans
Tung
George A. Alem
Orie
George A. Allen
Western
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Victoria
Heb
Columbia
Robert Clarkes
Brie
Rotart Clark
Washinton
Martin Leatar Goswelin
Ritenoel
Aintree -Caligie
Biloxi
Hinget
Threville
Mississippi Sound
Mobile
Covington County
Board Supervisorn
Williamsburg
Gulf Imd
Senator Money
John Sharp Williams
Hardy
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Lee County
Tupelo
John Allen
Durant
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company
George R. Buchanan
Mississippi State Sunday School Association
Hazlehurst
Sherard
Pha
Guntown
Bolivar County
PiGhan
Titman
Gibson
Powell
Wade Powell
Mount Olive Instork
Mead
Independence
Hartman
Vatarrh
John D. Atkinson
Alla
B. Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Giesecke's Key Brand Shoes
ST. Louis
Lifetme
5C Cigars
Fromen
Sloan's
Ps Catia
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