Briauast Young's will to probate. politics and notes
The issue notes Briauast Young's will to be admitted to probate on the 15th. It reports Pennsylvania Republican State convention in Harrisburg, Comstock mine output for August projected at $4,000,000, and President pardons for violations of no laws or mailed matters. War and international items include Sitting Bull, Canadian shelter debate, and a note on Grant’s titles. Also covered are a California university liquor sale act, the Pope’s health, Cardinal Manning’s Rome trip, and Iowa Democrats’ political prospects. A Paris ice bet, Smyrna Jewish gratitude to the U.S., and September planetary positions are noted. Spanish Fever in Missouri cattle is described with a remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briauast Young
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Comstock
Ben de Bar
California University
San Francisco
Scotland
Cardinal Manning
England
Rome
Ulysses Simpson Grant
D. GC. L
Burgess
Edinburgh
John M. Corse
House
Congress
Evarts
McCrary
Schurz
War Department
Sitting Bull Commission
St. Paul
Lawrence
Col. Corbin
Washington
Tuere
Sitting Bull
Canada
Paris
M. Dumont
Tax Department of State
Smyrna
U. S
Turkey
United States
Ottoman Empire
Department of State
Mansill
Mulinois
Jupiter
Barton County
Missouri
Texas
Sedalia Democrat
Waterbury
Picayune
Tun Workingman
Baltimore
Joseph Thompson
Hobart Pasha
Porte
Sevastopol
Indiana
Mississippi
Indianapolis
Schofield
West Point
Georgia
Gambetta
MacMahon
Republic of France
Isaac Butt
Limerick
New York Herald
Howard
Calcutta
London Times
India
France
Rus
Russia
Connecticut
California
New York
Kentucky
Marseilles
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Boston
New Jersey
Chicago
Wendell Phillips
Lord Dufferin
Sun
Big Father
Hayes
Susun
Dam Hayes
Lebanon Springs
Chatham
Lebanon
N. Y
Brigham Young's Will Read Beside Large Family
The will leaves John W. Young with nothing, while Joseph A. Young is noted as indebted. Lucy and Clara receive large sums, Amelia gains the Amelia Palace for life, and Mary Ann Angell inherits the White House. George Q. Cannon oversees Amelia's use, and Brigham Jr. receives 3 percent of income. The Sword Bearer Rossiter is connected to a $5,000 bequest to an adopted daughter amid the lunar rumor and harem implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brigham Young
John W. Young
Joseph A. Young
Lucy
Clara
Amelia
Zion
George Q. Cannon
Mary Ann Angell
White House
Wm. Rossiter
Rossiter
Brigham, Jr
The Sioux Baby Birth Customs and Aftercare
The article describes Sioux baby rites from birth to adoption by the clan. It covers washing the papoose in cold water, a feast with gifts including ponies and dogs, and dances led by medicine men. It notes that gifts create time loans, making the child a debtor to the tribe, and outlines the infant's early confinement, dress, and later adornment.
Chinese Cookery Stuns Americans At San Francisco Banquet
An American banquet in San Francisco reveals orange rinds hiding five jellies, while colored eggs conceal nuts jellies meats and confections. An interpreter laughs at the puzzled reactions, declaring Americans are clever yet still surprised by Chinese culinary tricks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sann Francisco
German firm wins Amsterdam iron sleepers contract
A contract for 20 000 iron sleepers, weighing about 800 tons, was let at Amsterdam to a German works the Phanix at Laar near Rahport. The tender price was £6499 including delivery and laying. Belgian firms competed, Monceau sur Sambre close behind by £32. The sleepers will be laid on the Netherlands State lines using the Wautherin system, following Belgian trials where 10 000 sleepers were rejected.
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Amsterdam
Netherland
Marcinelle and Courlet
Selessin
Monceau Sur Sambre
Phanix
Laar
Rahrort
Monceau sur-Sambre
Netherlands
Wautherin
Great Central Belgian Railway Company
Railway Age
War lecture sparks demand for women’s restraint
Emily Faithful relayed Ruskin’s lecture at the Royal Military College where he told English women that wars arise from female selfishness and that if war touched their drawing rooms, European conflicts would end in a week. He urged women to abstain from provoking battles and implied women control the pace of war through permission and command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Faithful
Royal Military College
Ruskin
Europe
Financial reform proposal by General Spinner in Washington
General Spinner, former United States Treasurer, advocates a paper currency convertible into interest bearing US stock at 4.65 percent. He argues a government issued legal tender is needed, warns against bank power over notes, and condemns retrenchment over labor, urging sustained government spending to employ workers. He credits William D Ixell ey with the idea and stresses elastic currency and savings bank reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Spinner
United States
Washington
William D. Ixelley
Savings
Worths fashion for shorter skirts provokes mixed praise
The piece argues that shortening skirts would be widely celebrated or mourned as generations of ankles fade away. It condemns long skirts as burdens that ruin gait and beauty, claiming most women neither walk gracefully nor move with elegance, merely shuffling or jerking along.
Navy Lieutenant Joins Home Riot Marines in Surprise
Lieut ant Lewis E Bixter of the United States navy returned from the Asiatic fleet aboard the Yantic. He enlisted and joined marines under Col Heywood, unexpectedly marching with troops near Reading beside Pennsylvania militia, after learning he would not be released by the Navy Department for some months.
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Lewis E. Bixter
United States Navy
United States
Yantic
Easton
Heywood
Reading
Pennsylvania
Bixter
Navy Department
Mmuxican Mus Tang Liniment Foe of Pain and Savior of Cattle
A sensational advertisement extols Mmuxican Mus Tang Liniment as the universal healer for humans and animals. It claims it cures all sores and banishes aches, with promises of saving lives and restoring horses and cattle to usefulness, touting unmatched efficacy for burns sprains cuts and other injuries.
Quips and odds from a long newspaper column
A collage of jokes, quotes, and short items from Waterbury and elsewhere. The notes include social satire on marriage, class, and manners, anecdotes about trains, clergy, and households, brief political and international references, and humorous vignettes about public figures and daily life.
Gould Tries to Explain Himself In Interview
In a candid interview Gould states he aims for harmony with others but is not sociable. He describes Wall Street culture as fond of company and sport, noting his own preference for a domestic life with his wife and children and his books after business hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gould
Wall Street
Heir Wanted Over Vast Inheritance Claim
A letter to Denver’s Chief of Police from Lake Addie Minnesota seeks Amos C. Giltner to prove his right to a vast estate of about 180 million dollars. It notes other heirs in Pennsylvania and New York, a meeting of heirs in the Fall, and that the missing heir, if alive, may be traced through past Colorado mining ties.
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Denver
Lake Addie
McLeod County
Minn
H. C. Giltner
Amos C. Giltner
Holland
Catherine Caith
Kate Webber
John Francis Gilter
Pennsylvania
New York City
Trenton
N. J
E. B. Humphrey
Amsterdam
Amos
Colorado
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Aviechly
H. Glafors
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Salt Lake Tribune
Smith
Senator Conkling
Tilden
Wendell Purtiis
Ruskin, Women and
Spinner Inil
Newark
A. Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Commodore Perry
Newport
Lord North
Winchester
Mme
Sophie
Venus
General Court
Eastern Reformed Church
Dr. Knelling
Lancaster
McOnErran
Little Mac
Robert Toomas
Atlanta
Creedmoor
Gen. Dakin
Mr. Selph
New Orleans
Australia
Queensland
United
John W
Utah
Cerra
Bradley
United States Supreme Court
Presidential Bar Commission
Briast
Mere
Brigham
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