Briauast Young's will admitted to probate soon
The Cheyenne paper reports Briauast Young's will to be admitted to probate on the 15th inst. It notes a Pennsylvania GOP convention in Harrisburg, expected Comstock mine output of about 4 million dollars for August, and various national happenings including grants of pardons and sentiments on Sitting Bull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briauast Young
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Comstock
John M. Corse
House
Congress
Evarts
McCrary
Schurz
War Department
Sitting Bull Commission
St. Paul
Lawrence
Col. Corbin
Washington
Brigham Youngs Will Read Amid Family Revelations
Brigham Young’s will, read publicly Monday, omits John W. Young entirely and assigns large sums to several concubines, including Lucy and Clara, and to Amelia who will control the Amelia Palace for life. The document also provides for George Q. Cannon, Mary Ann Angell, and Brigham Young Jr., with incomes set for the executors and other beneficiaries.
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 Customs and Birth Feast Traditions
The article describes Sioux birth rituals including immersion of the newborn, a feast with gifts from the husband and male relatives, and ceremonies led by a medicine man. Gifts range from a dog to a horse, with ponies and elk tooth ornaments, while a debt system among the tribe underpins the exchange of gifts and later repayment. The papoose is carried on the mother’s back and later dressed in blue cloth with elk teeth, then participates in lodge life and play.
Chinese Cookery Impresses American Diners at Banquet
Americans dining with the Chinese at a San Francisco banquet found an orange containing five kinds of jellys inside the rind and colored eggs with nuts meats and confections inside. An interpreter laughed and said Americans are smart but not yet learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sann Francisco
German firm wins Amsterdam contract for 20000 iron sleepers
The Netherlands State railways awarded the 20000 iron sleepers contract to Phanix of Laar near Rahfort, beating Belgian rivals Cinemonde Courlet Selessin Monceau sur Sambre by a narrow margin. The tender priced at £6499 includes delivery and laying, implying sleepers cost about £6 per ton. The Wautherin system sleepers had earlier failed Belgian trials, prompting Dutch scrutiny.
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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
Ruskin Lectures Women On War And Plowshares
Emily Faithful quotes a Ruskin lecture to the Royal Military College in which he tells English women their influence governs war. He argues wars devastate Europe because women are selfish and careless of others beyond their circles. He asserts if war reached their drawing rooms, no war would endure in Europe.
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Emily Faithful
Royal Military College
Ruskin
Europe
General Spinner on finances and currency reform
General Spinner urges a paper currency with legal tender notes convertible into interest bearing U S bonds at about 4 65 percent. He argues for government control of note issuance, elastic currency, and attack on bank power while warning against retrenchment that harms workers. He favors bonds for liquidity and opposes the current system and savings bank practices.
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General Spinner
United States
Washington
William D. Ixelley
Savings
Shorter skirts spark fashion and footloose ankles debate
The discourse argues for shorter skirts praising a new fashion while lamenting the loss of ankles. It claims full skirts hinder gait and carriage, deeming long skirts a wasted beauty. The speaker observes many women do not walk gracefully, instead merely covering ground with jerks and wriggles.
Navy Lieut Bixter joins Pennsylvania troops after riots
Lieut Lewis E. Bixter of the United States Navy returned from the Asiatic fleet aboard the Yantic and then enlisted with Pennsylvania militia near Reading. He arrived home in Easton, Pennsylvania, after the riots and served in the ranks bearing rifle and gear, choosing to volunteer rather than await Navy orders.
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Lewis E. Bixter
United States Navy
United States
Yantic
Easton
Heywood
Reading
Pennsylvania
Bixter
Navy Department
Mmuxican Mus-Tang Liniment Claims Vast Healing Power
An extension claims Mmuxican Mus Tang Liniment heals every sore and banishes all aches and pains. It boasts preventing burns and sprains and restoring humans and livestock to usefulness, asserting it has saved more lives and cattle than any other liniment.
Fragmented humor and social quips from late 19th century notices
A long collage of jokes, pointed witticisms, and brief anecdotes from a Waterbury era paper. It includes quips about manners, marriage, priests, clergy, fashion, and social norms, plus short humorous exchanges at stations, kitchens, and funerals. Names and places abound, with scattered references to US and European topics, politics, and culture in a brisk, satirical tone.
Gould Explains Himself in Interview About Domestic Tastes
In an interview Gould says he avoids quarrels and prefers sociable Wall Street culture, but he is not sociable by nature. He notes wealth leads others to yacht ownership and racing, while his own interests lie at home with family and books, making him unpopular with some financiers.
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Waterbury
Paris
Picayune
McOnErran
Little Mac
Robert Toomas
Atlanta
Creedmoor
Gen. Dakin
Mr. Selph
New Orleans
John W
Utah
Cerra
Congress
Bradley
United States Supreme Court
Presidential Bar Commission
Gould
Wall Street
Heir seeks Amos Giltner in $180 million estate claim
A Denver police chief letter from Lake Addie Minnesota claims a great grandfather’s estate, about $180 million, must be proven by Amos C. Giltner. It notes other heirs in Pennsylvania and New York, an agent in Trenton, and a fall meeting of heirs, urging contact to secure a share. Several Denver residents recall Amos as a former Colorado miner.
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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
Paris
Rus
Russia
Connecticut
California
New York
Kentucky
Marseilles
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Boston
New Jersey
Chicago
Sitting Bull
Wendell Phillips
Lord Dufferin
Sun
Big Father
Hayes
Susun
Dam Hayes
Lebanon Springs
Chatham
Lebanon
N. Y
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
Ben de Bar
California University
San Francisco
Scotland
Cardinal Manning
England
Rome
Ulysses Simpson Grant
D. GC. L
Burgess
Edinburgh
Tuere
Canada
M. Dumont
Tax Department of State
Smyrna
U. S
Turkey
Ottoman Empire
Department of State
Mansill
Mulinois
Jupiter
Barton County
Missouri
Texas
Sedalia Democrat
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
Australia
Queensland
United
Briast
Mere
Brigham
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