Paris Exposition Tower to Soar 684 Feet Above Grounds
Reports describe an immense pyramidal tower planned at the Paris Exposition entrance. The structure would stand about 684 feet high on four pillars with a six to seven minute ascent, housing galleries and restaurants, and weighing roughly 20,000 tons. Authorities estimate wind resistance at 600 pounds per square yard and note the project will be built for electricity conductance in storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedlow
Liberty
Miss Liberty
Washington Monument
Brooklyn Bridge
Texposition
Paris
G. Effet
Mouguir
Koechlin
Is &, Sauvoestre
Fashionable women emulate Langtry fencing style in New York
Mrs Langtry's fencing lessons inspire a vogue among fashionable women with Regis Senac teaching. The imitate dress includes a white buckskin waistcoat and knee-length trousers, plus plain white wool stockings and low laced shoes. Some wear this costume into summer. A physician notes grass fed milk aids nutrition, while swill-fed milk becomes acid and deficient in casein. A moral: live within income to enjoy a long, green old age.
New dining club formed amid divorce jokes at Brebuyt's
A Parisian style club named fe diner de Divorced forms to meet monthly at Brebuyt's with a chairman and chairwoman at each dinner. Members must be unmarried after remarriage or may keep honorary status. The piece notes widespread separations and the social stigma surrounding divorce, including police and agents watching separated women and the awkward entanglement of property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fe Diner de Divorced
Brebuyt’s
Sam Sural
Powell Sevent Leaf on Dickens Life and Charitable Side
Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine outlines Mr Powell's seventh leaf from his life focusing on Charles Dickens socially, critically, and anecdotally with portraits of Dickens across life. Also featured is The Charitable Side of New York Life with extensive charity facts, plus “Indian Babies” and related pictures. A fine colored engraving complements the issue.
Freedmans Bank Depositors and the Relief Question
The Sun argues against using U S Treasury funds to reimburse Freedmans Bank depositors, noting the ignorant black investors trusted the government while white speculators who bought the books would also benefit from any congressional relief. The piece questions how funds would reach original depositors versus speculators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Treasury
Oliver Otis Howard
Freedman’s Bank
United States
Congress
Sun
Popular Railroad Official Head of Southern Line
Vice President Fink moved headquarters to New York leaving General Manager C I Hudson as the official head of the road in the south. The Knoxville Journal lauds him as a perfect gentleman and sensible man who values business courtesy and safety in railroad dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fink
New York
C. I. Hudson
Knoxville Journal
Judge Barrett Denies Change of Venue in Sharp Case
In New York today Judge Barrett denied a motion to change venue for Jacob Sharp who was indicted for bribing aldermen to approve the Broadway railway franchise. The Maine corn season produced 445 900 cases worth 400 000 dollars paid to farmers by processing establishments for corn and beans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorke
Barrett
Supreme Court Today
Jacob Sharp
Maine
Inman Warns Cullom Reagan Bill Harms Interstate Trade
John H. Inman, New York cotton merchant and investor in manufacturing, argues the Cullom Reagan bill will restrict inter state commerce and stifle competition. He warns long and short haul limits hurt Southern industry, especially cotton, pig iron, and goods shipping to distant markets, and favors Massachusetts style commission with rate publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Congress
John H. Inman
New York City
Booth
Inman
South
Toman
Atlanta
Knoxville
Nashville
Texas
Galveston
Matthews Nomination Rejected by Senate District Committee
Jan 14. The Senate committee on District of Columbia ordered an adverse report on the nomination of J. C. Matthews of Albany as colored registrar of Deeds for the District. The vote was seven to two, with Senators Harris and Brown dissenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasurxeros
Senate Committee On District of Columbia
J. C. Matthews
Albany
N. Y
Colored Register of Deeds of
District of Columbia
Harris
Brown
Auburn recollection links Roscoe Conkling to scarred brow
An Auburn woman recalls Roscoe Conkling visiting her father when a horse kicked him, leaving a brow scar that explains his later curl. The story also notes a new smoked salt method claimed to revolutionize meat curing by smoking the salt instead of the meat, imparting flavor with less effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
Roscoe Conkling
Roscoe
Ita
Bath
Ashall
Hanged for His Crime In Virginia City
Thomas J. Cluverius was hanged for the murder of his cousin Fannie Lillian Madison in Virginia. The conviction rested on circumstantial evidence amid a crowded jailyard and a last moral appeal by the condemned and his counsel. The execution occurred at 1:08 PM after a lengthy legal struggle and prayers from Rev. Dr. Hatcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ricnaoxp
Thomas Judsop Cluverius
Fancie Lillian Madison
Virginia
Claverius
Beverly Cramp
Beverly Crump
William E. Hatcher
Frank W. Cunningham
Richmond
Sweetcat Dinger
Cunningham
Jesus Christ
Cluverius
Sergeant Smith
Chary
Smith
Claverine
Dr. Hatcher
Rais
King and Queen County
Rit HaMoxp
Thomas J. Oliverius
Fannie Lillian Madison
Marshall Reservoir
Charles J. Madison
King William County
Madison
Bath County
Dickerson
American Hotel
FL. Merton
Cluverine
Chesapeake and Ohio
Miss Merton
T. J. Cleverius
Ini
Migs Merton
Fannie Madison
Cluverins
Miss Madison
Clovering
Streebcar
Stratton
Bound of Health
Reservoir Street
Lillian Madison
Clayering
Lillian
Oliverius
East Tennessee SCOO FED deal secures control by Terminal Co
The Richmond and West Point Terminal and Railway Company gains control of the East Tennessee system by purchasing a majority of first preferred shares from Brice and Samuel Thomas. The block confers five years of director selection rights and expands Terminal control by 1429 miles. Payment totals 4.4 million dollars cash and 40 thousand Terminal shares, with financing via syndicate and bonds backed by collateral trust. Norfolk and Western say they are not part of the arrangement and could instead build new lines if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Richmond and
West Point Terminal and Railway Company
East Tennessee
Brice
Samuel Thomas
East Tennessee First
East Tennesee
Norfolk and Western
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly review highlights February issue
The February number surveys Washington history, the Domesday Book, and Willian the Conqueror’s sagacity, with pieces by W. Edgar McCann and Dr. Joseph Simms. It covers Noel Ruthven’s A Dash Through the Green Isle, Old New Orleans, Lord Lytton's Plays, Chantilly, and Proctor's Origin of Comets and Meteors, plus Hold er on monster sea serpents. Read about The Man Outside and Our Sweetheart, with notable illustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Leslie
Capitol
United States
W. Edgar McCann
Old
Washington
Willian the Conqueror
Joseph Simms
Green Isle
Noel Ruthven
New Orleans
Lord Lytton
Bulwer
Richelieu
Lyons
San Gabriel Valley
McQuade Ordered to Sing Sing After Appeal Denied
Judge Pratt refuses a stay for ex alderman McQuade, sending the convicted boodler to Sing Sing tomorrow. He will depart on a morning train under guard from Sheriff Grant's deputies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pratt
McQuae
Grant
Chin rest confuses thief and train seeker in odd letters
In a quirky exchange a caller misidentifies a violin chin rest as a train token. A county resident asks about his lost train while a serial-visitor asks for a gift idea. The Vermont governor vetoes a temperance study bill amid a note on Apache prisoners. The New York Commercial Advertiser marks ninety years of publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Commercial Advertiser
Also Mentioned on This Page
Freedman’s Bank Depositors
Matthews
Thomas J. Cluverius
Mins Madison
Capital
Cally Hin
Marning
General Assembly
Lee
England
Austria
France
Belgium
Germany
Cuba
Spain
Thetattle
Topeka
Santa Fe
Colorado
California
Epicures
McQuade
Sing Sing
Great Central Railroad Company
Peckham
Dingley
Dingey
Gov
Ormabee
Vermont
Florida
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!