The South's Iron Boom and New Cranberry Ore
J. T. Winper argues for rapid southern iron and coal development. He cites Cranberry ore in East Tennessee and western North Carolina, growing Birmingham and Chattanooga furnaces, a Charleston to Ashland railroad plan, and the region’s vast coal, ore, and coke resources as a path to cheap Bessemer steel and regional growth.
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Iron Age
South
Ber
Chattihooga
Birmingham
Clinton
Silariay
Alabama
Georgia
Tennessee
Virginia
Lake Superior
Iron Mountain
Missouri
Chattanooga
America
Fox
Bessemer Steel
Carter
Ewer
Mitchell
North Carolina
Cranberry Iron Company
Philadelphia
Walle c
Johnson City
East Tennessee
Roanoke
Newport
Roane Iron Company
South Tredegar Nail Works
Bessemer
Nore
Besserger
Citico Furnace Company
de Bardeleben
Iron Works
Cranberry Fores
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company
Charleston
D. C
Kentuky
Virginia and
Kentucky
Ohio Valley
Ashland
Ohio River
Trenton
Connelleville
Micigen
Clinch River
Great Valley
Birminghaw
Jrst
Thos, EK. Mutson
Iran
Blue Ridge
North
South Carolina
Chicago
New York
Ohio
Rockies
Mount Mitchell
Florida
Appalachian Range
J.T. Winper
Prosperous South Annual Review Highlights 1886 Growth
The Baltimore Manufacturers' Record reports 1886 as a landmark year for Southern industry with $125,225,000 new capital in manufacturing and mining, a rise from 1885. Iron core drives growth as Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad and Slow Iron and Steel expand furnaces and coal mining. Birmingham Furnace and Manufacturing attracts Pennsylvania capital to build two furnaces. Twenty eight new furnaces planned. one Bessemer rail mill completed. more plants in progress.
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Baltimore
South
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Slows Iron and Steel Co
Birmingham Furnace and Manufacturing Company
Bessemer
North Carolina’s Industrial Rise Fueled by Rail Links
A traveling correspondent extols North Carolina as a great land of forests iron ore and mineral wealth. He highlights rail projects from Charleston to Ashland and the Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company push toward a Charleston Cincinnati Chicago line connecting coal mines and ore beds, promising vast trade and regional growth for Raleigh Asheville Wilmington and Charlotte. The piece notes ore coal forests and regional boom, with investors flocking to mineral properties as the line nears completion.
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Richmond
Norfolk
North Carolina
Carolina
Slaw
Crockett
Wilmington & Welden
Seaboard Air Line
Danville
Piedmont
Whitehill
Tennessee
United States
Johnson City
Tenn
Virginia
Ohio River
Johnson
Charlote
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
Ashland
Marion
Wilmington
Raleigh
Asheville
North
South Carolina
Rutherfordton
Black
A. & C. Air Line
Charleston Harbor
Furey
Shelby
Miyeurhusetts and Southern Construction Company
Thave
Masaienwechts and
Southern Construction Company
Bertai
Fornish
Massachusetts and Southern Construction Company
Chatterai
Charleston, Cincinnati & Chiricago
Southern Railroad
U. S
Kentucky
Tims
Cincinnati
South Shore
Huntington
I T
Hanging Rock
Aghland
Mitchell
Charleston
Atunne
Charlotte
Georgetown
Winyaw Bay
CO. & O.max
Cumberland Mountains
Ohio Valley
Carolinas
Olio Valley
Northwest
Ohio
Ail, Alc. Y
Need of Caution in Speculation Across Regions
The article warns thoughtful readers about a feverish speculative surge in railroads, manufacturing, cotton, and land. It notes boomed stocks and enormous Wall Street activity, urging conservative caution to avoid a financial disaster, especially in the South where land speculation risks a harsh downturn. It references the Baltimore Manufacturers Record’s warning that the South should resist a boom.
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Wallstreet
England
Vanner
Baltimore
Blonde postmistress charged with theft linked to kleptomania
A Peoney Tran belle, about twenty, famed for blonde hair and blue eyes, has been detected in money abstraction from the mail. The Trends of the culprit claim kleptomania explains the crime, contrasting the fate of plain girls with glamorous blondes in a cautionary tale from the world.
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Ehe
N. S. World
Holstein two-year-old steers aboard for sale at Farmers Market
Six Holstein Fr ie rian steers from Tak Reson Parma Montgomery county Pa exhibited at North Pennsylvania Drove Yards. Weighing 1400 to 1500 pounds total, they will be auctioned December 22 2024 at Stalls 24 0 8 First Avenue Farmers Market Twelfth and Market Streets. A forty year veteran leans these are finest two year olds seen. Feeding used Indian meal wheat bran and oats with ensilage fodder. weight gain averaged over two pounds daily.
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John Rides
Yietelar
Tak Reson Parma
Montgomery County
Pennsylvania
Mx Ridey
Jason Sexton
Tak Recond Farms
Philadelphia
Repeal of Tenure of Office Act reshapes presidential powers
The Senate moves to repeal the Tenure of Office Act, restoring the president’s right to remove federal officials without Senate approval. The House is expected to pass with little opposition. The act, enacted March 2, 1867, aimed to curb Johnson, but its reversal shifts control away from partisan restraints. Sherman supported repeal, arguing the party should not hoard spoils.
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Senate
House
Congress
Franches
Johnson
Sherman
Republic
Above All Reward A Handsome Man Robs a Bank
A stylized plot describes a dapper visitor in a plug hat entering a bank and demanding money from the president, with a sharp exchange about gentility and reward. The tale features a theatrical tone and a dramatic confrontation, ending with the president offering praise yet refusing further action.
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Tito
Arkoweire
Fragmentary notice of damaged text on Seurat theft
A partial OCR fragment mentions a theft related to dye or art materials and references El Sie or similar names with unclear context and garbled wording. The readable pieces point to a theft or crime note but lack concrete details or identifiable entities.
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Werry
Grover
Toan Mountain
Crozier Furnace
Chester Rolling Mille
Chester
Avi
Sunny South
Earth
Roy
Comer
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