Worst Year Since 1837 Collapses Rock Industry
A New York review traces 1893’s collapse in trade and industry, noting unprecedented unemployment and low prices across iron, wool, cotton, and boots. It records vast corporate and banking liabilities, with manufacturing and other failures totaling hundreds of millions, and warns of ongoing financial distress through year end.
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New York
G. Dan
Wirk
Boston
Chicago
Inet
Tron
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Real Medicine Merit
Advertisement asserts Hood's Sarsaparilla proves its value when medicine is needed. It frames the product as a cure and reliable remedy, urging readers to remember Hood's in times of illness and distress.
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Hood
General trade declines mark year end across regions
Brailstreet's New York reports a sharp drop in wholesale trade this last week of the year with widespread production restrictions. Textiles and metals show 25 to 40 percent output cuts. overall U S business failures rise 50 percent to 15 560 with liabilities at 402 4 million. Bank suspensions total about 240 with 80 million liabilities. Exports of wheat and flour down. activity dull in Cleveland Cincinnati and other centers while Louisville Chicago Detroit and other cities report mixed results. Dominion trade remains weak with 1 731 failures in 1893 liabilities 15 69 million and assets 7 388 million.
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New York
Brailstreet’s
Augusta
United States
Canada
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Detroit
Indianapolis
Louisville
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Minneapolis
St. Pauly
Dominion
Newfoundland
Do You Know That Cough Cure Promises Quick Relief
Do You know that many deaths in the country come from consumption and long trouble. A cold neglected becomes consumption. Coughing worsens inflammation. Dr Hale's Household Cough Cure is claimed to cure all coughs quickly. Sold at 250 and Co and McFarland Co drug store.
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Dr. Hale
Jet 250. and Co
McFarland & Co
Lynchings In Mississippi Two Men Hanged
Memphis dispatch reports Lean Allen a colored man lynched by a mob in Holmes County Mississippi for the murder of Ben Nabors a wealthy farmer. Nabors house burned and his body burned in ashes revealed a trunk remains. A bloodstained ax was found near the scene and Allen confessed at the coroner's inquest before being strung up and his body burned.
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Memphis
Tenn
Lean Allen
Holmes County
Mississippi
Ben Nabors
Allen
Nabors
West Station
McAllen’s Business College Praised by Knoxville Bookkeeper
Mr W H Crawford, bookkeeper for J Allen Smith & Co of Knoxville Tennessee, recalls spending weeks in the McAllen's Business College course in 1885. He secured a position before finishing the course and has remained employed since. He also notes prior penmanship lessons and endorses McAllen's College over others he knows.
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W. H. Crawford
J. Allen Smith & Co
Knoxville
McAllen
Petition Seeks Removal of Northern Pacific Receivers
A sensational petition filed in Milwaukee seeks the removal of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company receivers. It asserts that at the time of appointment the road had practiced certain actions surrounding the receivership.
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Milwaukee
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Praoti
Road Reorganization Hinge on Trustworthy Management
A report states the road’s manager saddled the company with a vast debt through fraudulent methods, yielding great profits for themselves. It argues the railroad cannot be reorganized until controlled by competent and trustworthy people.
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Cally
Upou ii
Woodward Prominent Citizen Dead by Self Inflicted Shotgun Incident
Joby Beveling aged 70 a prominent Woodward resident committed suicide yesterday afternoon. He bought a double barreled shotgun loaded with buckshot placed the muzzle under his chin and used a walking cane to pull the trigger. Health is suspected to have caused the death.
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Birlinguan Ave
Joby Beveling
Woodward
Here
Capitals of the United States by Century old notes
A centennial survey lists cities that have served as the U S capital under the Continental period and early republic. Philadelphia Baltimore Lancaster York Princeton Annapolis Trenton New York and finally Washington hosted sessions between 1774 and 1800, outlining the evolving seat of government.
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Philadelphia
Baltimore
Lancaster Pa
York
Tyne
Princeton
N. J
Annapolis
Trenton
New York
Washington
Washington News
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