The Nitrate King Col North A Yorkshire Lad Turned Millionaire
The London death of Col John Thomas North known as the Nitrate King is traced from his Yorkshire beginnings in 1842 to his rise as a merchant and railway operator. He forged wealth in Chile and Peru through nitrate, built an immense social estate at Eltham, entertained royalty, and amassed a vast fortune amid political upheaval in South America.
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John T. North
London
New York
John Thomas North
Gladstone
Wales
Cardinal Vaughan
Salisbury
Rothschild
England
Colonel North
Yorkshire
Leeds
North
Shaw, North & Watson
Fowler Locomotive and Steam Plough Works
Col. North
Chili
Balmaceda
Kent
Eltham
John of
France
Richard II
Leo
Armenia
Henry IV
Joan of Navarre
Europe
Great Britain
Prince of Wales
Thomas P. Ochiltree
Jane Woodhead
Young North
South America
Carrizal
Chile
Peru
Andes
Pisagua
Iquique
Bolivia
Tarapaca
Montero Brothers
Eltham Queen
High Commissioner
Iddlesleigh
Rough Roberts
Swash
America
George Lockett
Liverpool
Harry
Cambridge
Royal Munster Fusiliers
New York Sun
Ex-President Marrison Extends Series at Ladies Home Journal
Enormous success boosts magazine circulation by over 100000 as former president Marrison expands his feature. The new installments cover "The President's Official Family" detailing Cabinet relations, followed by separate articles on "How the Senate Works" and "How Congress Legislates."
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Marrison
The
Ladies Home Journal
Senate
Congress
Feeding a City Like New York
John Gilmer Speed computes New York consumption figures in eggs butter milk and beef for a year and presents findings in The Ladies Home Journal article Feeding a City Like New York. The study highlights city hunger scale using exhaustive investigation and strong quantities.
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New York City
John Gilmer Speed
New York
Ladies’ Home Journal
Three Horned Three Eyed Three Nostril Steer Stuns NY Crowd
A New York World item describes a Madison Square Garden spectacle a steer with three horns three eyes and three nostrils. The owner calls it a three time winner and notes the extra horn eye and nostril lie in a line down the head.
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New York World
Madison Square Garden
Quick Slices of Absurdites and Puzzles Across the City
A collage of satirical snippets from a 19th century paper. Comical exchanges touch on politics with Weyler quips, mugwump jests, and social banter about tacks, bicycles, and pennies. A New York Herald line on shooting contrasts with light domestic quips, all in brisk witticisms.
Lord Rosebery Pensioner Duel and Annuity Story
An elderly Paris resident dies after decades receiving 7000 francs yearly from Lord Rosebery’s estate. The annuity arose from a duel aftermath as Rosebery sought to quiet a scandal by concealing the clash with a former servant. The piece blends this tale with notes on dangers of blue herons and bicycle trends shaping theater income.
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Lord Rosebery
Longchamps
Paris
Ohio bulletin on oats smut prevention and losses
The Ohio experiment station reports Bulletin No. 64 on preventing oats smut. Key findings: smut losses average 6-20 percent, costing Ohio about 480000 dollars annually and over 18 million nationally. Spores in seed cause infection. seed treatment like hot water immersion at 133 degrees and 24 hour potassium sulfide solutions prevent smut and may boost yields.
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Ohio
United States
Ustilago Avenue
Levis
Rape cultivation notes from Maine board bulletin
C E Valentine shares experience growing rape on light dry soil, detailing sowing, manures, irrigation, and grazing after harvest. He warns on drought impact, recommends the dwarf Essex variety, and notes oats and peas as good for milk production. Also includes scattered miscellaneous items on berries, fossils, and agriculture.
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Maine Board of Agriculture
C. E. Valentine
Fortune Found in Trunk Brings Laborer a Windfall
Frederick Henning of Youngstown, long a laborer who felt poor, discovered a hidden trunk after his wife’s death last week. Inside were items and documents that reveal a $10,000 fortune awaiting him. Letters of Beethoven and Goethe sold at auction in Frankfurt brought high prices, with Beethoven letters fetching nearly 1,000 dollars and others around 1,400 dollars. The Archbishop of Canterbury selected Rev Philip Kemball Fyson to be Bishop of Hokkaido in Japan, noting his Cambridge background and achievements.
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Philadelphia
Albany
Crystal Palace
London
Ohio
Dalles
Ore
Ornithologists’ Club
Frascati’s
Oxford Street
Spokane
Wash
Washington
Lower
California
Frederick Henning
Youngstown
Beethoven
Goethe
Frankfort
Brentana
Beethoven Haus
Bonn
Canterbury
Japan
Hokkaido
Philip Kemball Fyson
Christ’s College
Cambridge
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Monte Cristo
Col
J. T. North
QUA Pleasure Club
Ind. Journal
Braggs
Sid
New York Herald
New York Tribune
Passy
Louis Phillippe
Ualier
Washington Post
H. Grattan Donnelly
Swain
Pana
M. A. Thayer
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