International notes and financial facts from 19th century press
A compilation of diverse items: Jondi W.A. Tork in Washington and officials in Charlotte and Washington. France’s national debt at 370 million dollars. Britain’s debt per inhabitant. Glasgow selling streetcar tickets with scripture. fewer women stay stout. Pari Gus Company pays city 1 050 000 dollars annually with 25 percent dividend. wind mills for private irrigation in Konens. U S home ownership figures 8 355 000 free and 1 950 000 unencumbered and 5 815 000 rented. Missouri Supreme Court limits Grand Jury access to ballot boxes. Northeast states have high household occupancy.
Living Stones in Falkland Islands Forest Mystery
Curious Falkland Islands growths resemble weathered rocks anchored by strong roots, forming the world’s unusual plant life. The article notes lack of grain in the twisted wood and calls these structures living trees. It also mentions Americans shipping with 150 mags and a man from Peru, Indiana with a long marriage history and a town ordinance in Topeka about roosters.
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Falkland Islinds
Seattle
Abouham Reim
Peru
Ind
Osienlooga
Kan
Itip Gan
Tennessee Senate adopts levee district bill from Lauderdale and lake areas
The Tennessee senate passed the levee bill creating a district out of portions of Lauderdale and Lake counties and nearby areas. The report notes a separate line about a street organ tuning fee of 15 cents and a comparison about a crocodile egg size.
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Tennessee
Senate
Tennessee Senate
Lauderdale
Lake
Quarantine Tensions Between United States and Cuba Rise
The United States quarantines Cuba for yellow fever while Cuba imposes quarantine on the United States for filibusters. Reports note near parity in tensions, with commentary from the New Orleans Picayune. Other items discuss Central American boycotts of English goods, fundraising for Edgar Allan Poe monument, and theories on a drowning couple in Russia. The New York Sun highlights hidden timber and mineral wealth in Virginia and West Virginia and mountaineer independence from authorities.
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United States
Cuba
The
New Orleans Picayune
Virginia
West Virginia
New York Sun
Estimated UK annual income from all sources
It is estimated that the annual income of the inhabitants of the United Kingdom is not less than 5,000,000,000 dollars. Of that amount 300,009,099 dollars is credited to houses and lands. Foreign and colonial investments are credited with 700,000,000 dollars, and the remaining 3,500,000,000 dollars is Katoh as the annual income of the industrial activity of Great Britain, the average is 02 per head of the population.
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United Kingdom
Great Britain
Inventor’s postal car aims for 200 mph mail route
Antonin Michigan man after years of work finalizes a model of a postal car to reach speeds of two hundred miles an hour. The design features a thirty three foot long car running on an elevated steel track eight feet high. Projected road cost is ten thousand dollars per mile. The car includes automatic mail pickup and drop apparatus for streamlined service between major cities.
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Antonin
Mich
Paris Court of Appeal decision on widowed hotel case
The Paris Court of Appeal ruled against a hotel keeper after a French lady and her ill child faced eviction during a scarlatina episode. A physician intervened to prevent removal, and damages claimed by the proprietor, about three hundred dollars, were dismissed on appeal.
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Paris Court of Appeal
San Francisco
Court of Appeal
CAPITAL GOSSIP AND NAVAL MOVEMENTS OF THE DAY
Government printing office workers face new rules for session terms. The Georgia whitecaps murder case response heads to the justice department. The Raleigh sails to Key West to curb Cuban filibustering. Ex Senator Ransom ill in Mexico City. Harbor depths improve at Galveston Savannah Charleston and St Johns. Revenue cutters assigned to patrol from Charleston to Mobile to deter Cuba voyages and yellow fever risk.
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Government Printing Office
Recan
Congress
Georgia
Henry Worley
Worley
Department of Justice
Conrad
Atlanta
Glenn
Navy Department
Raleigh
New York
Key Weet
Fla
Florida
Ti Ia
Washington
Ransom
United States
Mexico
North Carolina
Treasury Department
Atlantic
Charleston
Mobile
Morrill
McLane
Cuba
Wyman
Carlisle
Ohio Miners Ratify Agreement and Return to Work
Ohio mine owners vote on the operators offer of 51 cents per ton for screening ore. The result: 6,091 in favor, 4,951 against, a 740 majority. Officials say the provisional June 1 1895 agreement is ratified and will be observed locally while hoping better terms may come if circumstances change. Secretary McBride notes the decision as wise and predicts Pittsburg miners may follow to advance by fall trade.
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Ohio
McBride
National Association
Pittsburg
Large Park Expansion Near Chickamauga Military Park
The United States plans to add about one thousand acres to the Chickamauga Chattanooga National Military Park. The area includes Cloud Springs property, the old federal hospital site, and the Dixon and Hardaway farms. Condemnation will begin immediately, likely in a U S court in Atlanta, since the land lies in Georgia.
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Chickamauga Military Park
United States
Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park
Cloud Springs
Federal
Dixon
Hardaway
Chattanooga
Hegan
Atlanta
Georgia
Packwood murder case to be retried in Florida courts
The Packwood murder case from Volusia county 1891 involving Trying Jenkins Marian Clinton and W Al McRae was reversed by the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee led by Chief Justice Mabry. The reargument follows a writ of error from Linke county circuit court. The December Hillsboro river killings near New Smyrna included Adelaide Bruce and relatives.
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Florida
Packwood
Jenkins
Marian Clinton
W. al McRae
Florida Supreme Court
Tallahassee
Mabry
IOWA POPULISTS MEET FOR STRAIGHT TICKET NOMINATION
The Populist state convention in Des Moines Iowa Tuesday with over 400 attendees opened after 11 pm. Chairman R G Scott criticized the two old parties and money power while anti-Weaver forces controlled committees. The gathering aims to nominate a straight Populist ticket on the Omaha platform with free silver as a minor issue. H T Gillette named permanent chairman at 1 45 pm.
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Des Moines
R. G. Scott
State Central Committee
Omaha
H. TH
Gillette
Bishop Turner Returns From Africa Voyage
Bishop W M Turner arrived in New York after visiting Bathuret Sierra Leone Liberia and other African points as head of the African Methodist Episcopal church. He praises the Liberia emigration scheme noting land allotments for families and hopeful colonists despite some prior deaths. A separate Newark fire incinerated Ballantine & Sons malthouse grain elevator and porter brewery causing $225000 in losses with no injuries. Knoxville Iron Company announces a 10 percent wage increase for all employees.
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Afric’s
Liberta
W. M. Turner
New York
Africa
England
Cunard
Stra Rin
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Bathuret
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Savannah
Monrovia
Republic
United States
Newark
N. J
P. Ballantine & Sons
Ole and Porter Brewery
Multon Street
Passaic River
Governor Atkinson Stricken With Severe Appendicitis
Early Sunday Governor Atkinson suffered a sudden severe attack of appendicitis and hovered between life and death. Dr. Holmes and accompanying physicians treated him at the executive mansion, debating immediate operation as his strength waned, with consultations from Dr. Harris, Dr. Cooper, and Dr. Nicolson throughout the day. By Monday at 2:30 a.m. he rested more comfortably and a successful operation seemed possible if he improved.
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Atkinson
J. B.S. Holmes
Holmes
Executive Mansion
Ifo
Dr. Holmes
Governor Atkingson
Thore
Nathan Harris
Dru
Cooper
Nicolson
Berioud
Atlanta markets groceries prices in a crowded list
A detailed price list from Atlanta markets shows varied goods and case sizes across groceries. Entries include coffee, sugar, flour, canned goods, meats, dairy, produce, poultry, and cotton market notes, with multiple prices and quality descriptors.
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Ihansom
New Orleans
Bane Orleans
Engarhouse
Rico—Mead Ge
Choices Ye
Bill—dlairy
Georgia
Burbank
Lellies HY
California
Goff Overruled In South Carolina Registration Case
The United States Court of Appeals in Richmond Virginia decided the SC registration dispute Tuesday. The injunction against Got was dissolved and the original bill dismissed. Chief Justice Seymour and Judge Hughes led, with Hughes issuing a strong opinion. An early decree reversing Got was entered.
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South Carolina
United States Court of Appeals
Lichmond
Tudge
Hughes
Seymour
Exploding boiler kills workers in Langley loom shop blaze
A fifty-horse power boiler exploded in the Langley loom harness shop in Fall River a three story wooden building. The blast collapsed the structure and fire broke out. Seventeen workers were trapped, four killed, three missing, and four seriously hurt as rescue efforts continued amid chaos and hospital arrivals.
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Fall River
Mass
Langley Loom Harness Shop
Profitable Traffic in Whisky Trade in South Carolina Dispensary
A Columbia report on the dispensary books shows profits but not half a million yearly. Total profits since July 1, 1893 amount to 160,257.48 with 146,607.69 under Traxler and 18,679.79 under Mixson. First quarter receipts ending April 30 show February 68,255.16, March 64,464.99, and April 71,016.02.
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South Carolina
Columbia
Traxler
Mixson
Joint Debate On Financial Question In Jackson Mississippi
An immense audience gathered at the Representatives Hall in Jackson to hear Lowery of Mississippi and Patterson of Tennessee discuss finance. Patterson backs the gold standard and Cleveland while decrying silver monometallism. Lowery advocates free silver at 16 to 1 and argues prosperity hinges on restoring silver to its pre 1878 status.
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Representatives Hall
Jackson
Miss
Low
Josiah Patterson
Tennessee
Lowery
Mississippi
Patterson
Grover Cleveland
Mortgage Signed for Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad
At a Baltimore meeting of the railroad reorganization committees the mortgage securing one million dollars of 5 percent gold bonds on the Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad line was executed and signed. It will be recorded in Georgia and Florida where the roads run.
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Georgia Southern and Florida Railroad Company
Baltimore
Georgia
Florida
Silver Mass Meeting Sparks Louisiana Silver Movement
The New Orleans convention launched Louisiana into the silver campaign with a robust turnout. Delegates formed a bimetallic league to organize state action for free coinage of silver at 16 to 1, aiming to influence Democratic policy and state unity without political party aims.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
United States
South
Memphis
New Orléans
President Accepts Invitation to Cotton States Exposition
A Atlanta delegation asked President Cleveland to attend the Cotton States and International Exposition next fall. He replied he would be glad to visit Atlanta, planning to arrive October 28 for President's Day, with October 21 departure from Washington.
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Atlanta
Cleveland
Washington
Flint
Growth in Southern Industry Reports and New Mills
The past week’s industrial reports show iron prices steady and a 10 percent wage increase at Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing in the Birmingham district. New coal, textile, and oil mills are planned or organized in Charleston, Athens, Prosperity, Augusta, Atlanta, Rome, Spartanburg, Meridian, and other Southern cities, with several capitalizations noted and labor stable.
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South
Pioneer Mining and Manufacuring Company
Birmingham
Bessemer
Sheffield
Aln
Sheffield Coal, Tron and Biel Company
Pennsylvania Iron and Stecl
Flemington Coal and Coke Company
Memington
W. Va
Thacker, Wa
Southern Capital
Charleston
8. C
Athens
Prosperity
8. O
Graham, Goldaboro
Mt. Holly
Elton
Wi Xan
Cartersville
Augusta
Atlantican
Gaines
Rome
Spartanburg
Columbia
Natchez
Mien
Brandon
Texas
Meridian
Mira
Pew
8. A
Bay St. Louis
Brookhaven
Migs
Richmount
Orlando
Via
Inavbor
Mias
Mutual Lumber Company
Cooperage
Grenville
Darlington
Grafton
Paresons
Lradesman
Chattanooga
Lewis Redwine Discharged Returns to Ohio Penitentiary Office
Lewis Redwine, known as the bank wrecker of Atlanta, has been discharged from a Columbus hospital where he had been since May 5 and returned to his position in the secretary's office at the Ohio penitentiary. His illness was feared fatal as consumption advanced, and his case drew significant attention and efforts for his veleago.
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Lewis Redwine
Atlanta
Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Redwine
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