Curious City Facts From December Reports
The Aurora street railroad carried 12 000 passengers in December. Chicago deaths last year reached 12 913, versus 14 125 in 1881. Gambetta's brain weighed 39 ounces yet he possessed marked intellect. John B. Drake of the Grand Pacific Chicago is valued at about half a million dollars from hotel interests. U S debt before the war stood near 90 million dollars. Australian colonial debt already exceeds that by about fivefold.
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Aurora Street Railroad
Chicago
Gambetta
John B. Drake
Grand Pacific
United States
Chicago and its 64 million aires amid crises and elections
The piece notes prominent Chicago figures among sixty four million aires and discusses German communal aid, Brooklyn church scandals, and European storms. It also cites Samuel J. Randall favoring a Washington hatchet style gavel for the next House speaker and reports on a local board of education ballot where twenty commissioners were present but twenty four ballots were cast with no proxies despite a pledge against tampering.
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Samuel J. Randall
House of Representatives
G. Washington
Board of Education
Political realignment and back pay claim stir the era
The New York Sun chronicles shifts around Eugene Hale Frye and Chandler as Blaine faces isolation. It notes a sensational claim by the ninth Rhode Island regiment for 5 million dollars in back pay for three months service then longer period from April 1861, arguing misissued discharge papers.
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The
New York Sun
Eugene Hale
Blaine
Mr. Frye
Navy
Mr. Chandler
Mr. Blaine
Chandler
Frye
Hale
Ninth
Rhode Island Regiment
U. S. Army
Discovery of Malaria Cause by French Physician
Prof Laverain of Vale-de-Grace reports discovery of a minute organism causing malaria named Oscallario Malaria. M Richard announced the finding in the French Academy of Science and identified the microcobes involved.
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Laverain
Vale-de-Grace
M. Richard
French Academy of Science
Microscopic Parasites Observed in Algerian Hospital Blood
In a Philippe ville hospital in Algeria researchers describe red blood cell infections by visible parasites. The organisms appear as a necklace of black beads with protrusions that pierce the cell and whip-like motions, detectable when treated with acetic acid.
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Philippeville Hospital
Algeria
Old Blazes the Mexican Gambler With Circus Wagon of Games
Manuel Blases known as Old Blazes travels with a bright mobile gambling wagon drawn by six horses. The mobile setup features a faro table and roulette wheel and travels to fairs within 200 miles of the Mexican border and Texas camps, with a reputation for square games and armed protection against robbers.
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Manuel Blases
Manuel
Texas
Longstreet backs Grant on Porter and straw lumber boom
General Longstreet, though a converted rebel and republican, supports Grant on Fitz John Porter. A Kansas straw lumber factory promises affordable, durable boards rivaling walnut, fireproof and creatable from straw, hemp, or flax, with high yield per acre and potential to ease forest limits.
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Longstreet
Grant
Fitz John Porter
Porter
Logan
Lawrence
Kansas
Wife of French bean obsessed doctor seeks divorce
The wife of Dr Tanner, famed for his bean based temperament theory, has left for France after obtaining a divorce. He allegedly fed her three pounds daily of French beans to prove his theory that diet alters character, first sparking irritability and a jug thrown, then the turnip diet aimed to restore amiability with mixed results.
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Tanner
France
Dr. Tanner
Change in dress goods costs Lawrence mill two million
The Pacific Mills Company in Lawrence Massachusetts spent about 2 000 000 dollars on a change of machinery to switch from worsted luster material to soft woolen dress goods. Their annual worsted output was about 30 000 000 yards.
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Pacific Mills Company
Lawrence
Mass
How Flour Is Made
The article outlines old grinding methods for flour and contrasts them with a new electric process. It explains traditional single pass grinding with sieves causing bran loss and discoloration versus multi stage grinding with air separation. The electric method uses revolving hard rubber cylinders electrified by sheepskin contact to separate bran from middlings, producing purified flour.
Daily Note on Business Law Doctrines
The text outlines key legal principles for negotiable instruments and contracts. It covers: responsibility of makers and principals, void conditions for notes and contracts, fraud, capacity issues, signatures, and the effects of accommodation notes. It also details protest notices, notice timing, and indorser liability. Time and location rules for notices and limitations are explained.
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