Alden Goldsmith and the Goldsmith Maid legend
Alden Goldsmith, famed turf man and owner of the famous mare Goldsmith Maid, died in New Jersey. He bought the mare for 600 dollars, sold her for 20 000, and her earnings brought him about 240 000. The article also notes the antiquity of marine insurance traced to Solon, the lawgiver, circa 594 BCE, inspired by his travels to improve maritime governance.
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Alden Goldsmith
New Jersey
Astraddls
Goldsmith Maid
Solon
Christ
Draco
Woman Appointed First to U S Congress Office
Mr Singleton of Mississippi chairman of the house committee library at Washington appoints Miss Mary Johnston as clerk of his committee. She takes the oath before a woman notary public in the pension office, recently appointed by President Cleveland. This marks the first appointment of a woman to a congressional office.
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Singleton
Mississippi
House
Washington
Mary Johnston
Cleveland
Congress
Aveling Critiqued Over Wage Conditions Abroad
English socialist Dr. Aveling says U S wage workers are not better off on the whole than European workers and will push the point in talks to the poor upon returning home. The press counters, arguing against his impressions with a strong case.
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Dr. Aveling
United States
Europe
Illinois legislature convenes January 5 with Senate majority
Illinois lawmakers will meet January 5 to open sessions. If the assembly acts before January 11, the first vote for United States Senator must occur by January 18. Republicans hold a three seat House majority and a thirteen seat Senate majority, ensuring Logan's successor is a Republican.
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Illinois
United States
House
Senate
Canadian Pacific completes Selkirk snow sheds along line
The Canadian Pacific Railroad reports completion of extensive snow sheds in the Selkirk range of the Rockies. Sheds span the line from Donald to Revelstoke with five thousand workers and twenty two million cubic feet of lumber used over eight months.
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Canadian Pacific Railroad
Selkirk Range
Rockies
Donald
Revestoke
Columbia River
Cotton seed by products add value to farming and industry
Cotton seed once waste except for planting now yields valuable by products. Oil pressed from seed rivals olive oil in value, and the remaining cake provides an excellent fertilizer, reflecting advances in cotton culture and manufacturing.
Providence Journal Predicts 1887 Economic Rise
The Providence Journal forecasts a favorable year ahead with labor stability. It expects rapid business expansion, city construction, railroad development, and new demand for white labor in the South, contingent on lawful immigration and American citizenship standards.
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Providence Journal
Edward Atkinson Warns of Idle Population Strains Capital
The passage notes universal idleness for twenty months would exhaust accumulated capital. With an annual product of $200 per person, starvation would hit in just over two years at current consumption. Capital includes railroads factories and tools. the immediately available stock would last about two months.
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Edward Atkinson
Growth in Farm Crops Shows Nation’s Wealth and Progress
The latest agriculture report notes 1.635 billion bushels of corn, 446 million wheat, 517 million oats, 25.6 million rye, 50.8 million barley, and 11 million buckwheat produced this year. Aggregate 2.6868 billion bushels, 53 per capita, up from 38 in 1850, with 1885 totals over 3 billion. The wheat crop is five times and corn four times larger than in 1850.
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Commissioner of Agriculture
Death of Comrade John A Logan Announced by G A R Chief
Gen Lucius Fairchild, commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, reports the death of Comrade John A Logan who passed away in Washington DC on Sunday December 26. Logan was an early and lifelong worker for the G A R and is mourned by thousands of veterans across the nation. His funeral will draw many of his former Union Army comrades to pay tribute.
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Washington, D.C
Great Republic
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Pacific Express
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Weaver
Coon
Witrock
Haight
Fort Yates
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Troop E Ninth Cavary
Winona
Gov. Robinson
Massachusetts
Springfield
Blaine
Jim Cummings
Express
Calais
Read
Laken- Wilde
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Sir Charles Russell
Seige
Frankford
Secretary of the Treasury
General Land Office
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Colo
Boston
Cairo
Ill
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Login
Senator Sawyer
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John B. Drake
Chicago
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Michigan
George M. Pullman
Washington Star
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West
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Madison
Wis
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Philadelphia
Grand Army of the Republic
J. Henry Gorcke
Washington
Chinego
Robert C. Schneck
England
John A. J
Land Office
Rosecrans
Conklin
Sherman
Stanford
Chansey Andrews
Ohio
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Fred Grant
Black
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Hawley
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Whitney
Garland
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Logan Tucker
Parson Newman
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Butler
Tiffany
Newman
Methodist Church
Gen
Roscoe Conkling
Senator Stanford
H. Andrews
Col
Grant
McMillan
M. Hett
John C. Black
Congressional Committee
Carlisle
Episcopal Church
S. Corinthians
Dr. Butler
Senator Sherman
St Paul Board of Trade Names Trusted Dealers List
At a regular meeting President J M Bobrer announced resolutions publishing about fifty St Paul commission dealers and merchants deemed honorable for consignments. Country dealers are urged to use these firms and investigate others to avoid losses. The board invites the Minnesota Butter Cheese Dairy Stock associations to meet in St Paul in rooms provided by the board.
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St. Paul
Minnesota Butter, Cheese and Dairy Stock Association
Minnesota Dairy Association
Detectives Pursue Witrock Money Linked to Frisco Robbery
Report notes $22,000 in express lot money received by Mrs Witrock for Fred Witrock, with previous recoveries totaling about $45,000. Connections to the Pacific express robbery are described, including names Weaver Coon Haight and references to Witrock’s alleged confederates and later arrests.
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Leavenworth
Pinkerton
Witrock
Fred
Oscar Cook
Chicago
Express Company
Logan fund subscriptions and postal changes noted
Subscriptions to the Logan fund include Morton Bliss & Co. 1000, Henry C. Bowen 500, John R. McLean 500, Edwin L. Stewart 100, Edwin N. Benson 200, R. W. Clark & Co. 100, Charles Smyth 100, Sydney L. Wilson 25, total 2525 plus ex-Senator Paddock 500. Postoffices established in Minnesota Evan Brown county Otisville Washington county. Crow Lake to Belgrade. Bard in Iowa discontinued. Postmasters commissioned in Dakota Crystal Skene Jr Henry Walsh. Iowa Beaman Concord Manhattan McGraw Matthews. Montana Wallace Essie L Mitchell. Wisconsin North Valley C O Crisswald Phillips C C Kelleyher. Fourth class Minnesota Chatfield H L Atchison. Fire at Girard Pa destroys opera house block, loss 65000. Norfolk Va jury acquits George W Hill in Potter murder trial. Eau Claire fire destroys Chippewa, loss 6000 insured 3000. M W Slough of Algona Iowa dies. Col W H Bolton indicted for embezzlement pleads guilty. Grant story about Logan and Cameron offices. Saginaw river mills 1886 output and on-hand lumber figures. President's health improving.
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Onland
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Bracy
J. L. Roberts
Downaville
A. H. Curtis
Hixton
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Jeddo
D. Dixon
Maplewoods
L. Marsh
Simes
M. Koke
Josef Loewe
Mme
Elena d’Angri
Stanley
London
Zanzibar
America
Frank McLaughlin
Jocky
Justice Bartlett
Supreme Court
Brooklyn N.Y
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Coney
Logan Fund
Morton
Bliss & Co
Henry C. Bowen
John R. McLean
Cincinnati
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Edwin N. Benson
R. W. Clark & Co
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Paddock
Nebraska
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Brown County
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Concord
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Wallace
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Phillips
C. C. Kelleiher
Chatfield
H. L. Atchison
Girard
George G. Kibler
Norfolk
George W. Hill
J. D. Potter
Eau Claire
M. W. Slough
Algona
Col
W. H. Bolton
Chicago
Blodgett
United States District Court
Dakota Territorial News Joins Farmers Alliance on Free Markets
During the last days session the Farmers alliance adopted resolutions on death of Gen Free and free markets. They urged an alliance insurance company and passage of a law for negotiable elevator receipts and grain grading between Minnesota standards, while opposing extra market inspections. Officers were elected and President Loucks named to carry a memorial to Bismarck, with plans to meet again in Huron.
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Farmers’ Alliance
Gen. Free
Alliance Insurance Company
Railroad and Warehouse Commission of
Minnesota
Dakota
Mclouth
Brookings College
William M. Evans
H. L. Loucks
Devel County
K. B. Fancher
Stutsman
I. W. Hardin
Aurora
C. A. Sodeberg
Minnehaha
J. D. Scott
Grant
A. D. Chase
Codington
Loucks
Bismarck
Alliance
Alliance Hail Insurance Company
A. Wardall
Grant County
H. W. Smith
D. Cooley
Z. D. Scott
Huron
State committee seeks public support for early state government move
The state executive committee circulates questions to county committees asking if the people favor an early operation of the state government. They also survey papers for stance and affiliations while engineers survey the Manitoba line from Watertown to Huron and local notices cite a range of regional events and appointments.
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State Executive Committee
Huron
United States
Manitoba
Watertown
Blessing of a Wife and Home for a Toller
Michael J. Adams reflects in the Current on the evening blessing of a true loving wife. The poem describes relief from weariness, a welcoming glance from a trusted wife, and the joy of children greeted by their mother after a long day of toil.
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Michael J. Adams
Manuring and Profits in Farm Practice
The Chicago Times notes Western farmers overuse fields with manure, risking poor yields. High manuring benefits crops like corn, potatoes, onions, beets, and cabbage. garden soils need more manure for quality and early maturity. The piece warns against unprofitable ventures such as silk, goats, fancy fowls, and fast horses, urging realistic, well manured planting for lasting fertility.
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West
Chicago Times
Ding
California
France
Farm orders favor grass and small grains over manured crops
The directive says farms should avoid manure dressing and select crops of grass and small grains that are harvested by machinery, as these crops are not cultivated by manure and fit mechanized harvest.
Confusing California Claim on Gold Digging
A fragmentary interview references a person claiming presence in California from '49 to '60 and says they never dug for gold. The text then trails into garbled phrases about Cerdain and a cryptic exclamation, leaving the core assertion unclear.
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California
Cerdain
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